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Intelligence Advanced Research Projects Activity

Offers United States intelligence mission programmes with development-ready agreements for advanced technology.

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Programs8
Active grants1
Total grants6
About

The Intelligence Advanced Research Projects Activity, or IARPA, is a US federal agency within the Office of the Director of National Intelligence. Established in 2007, it was formed by consolidating the NSA's Disruptive Technology Office, the NGA's National Technology Alliance, and the CIA's Intelligence Technology Innovation Center. Its mandate is to lead high-risk, high-payoff research that can …

Programs & grants under this funder
IARPA BENGAL — Bias Effects and Notable Generative AI Limitations

Offers super seedling support for large language model threat bias and vulnerability testing toward safer deployment.

IARPA Emerging Technology Accelerator (ETA)

Supports transition of emerging technologies into intelligence capabilities through agile development and practical prototyping pathways.

IARPA ARCADE

Funds advanced circuit design assistance tools to automate engineering workflows and speed electronics capability growth.

1 grant
IARPA ARCADE
Closed
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IARPA COSMIC

Funds geospatial monitoring research that fuses commercial observation assets and public data to identify meaningful change.

1 grant
IARPA COSMIC
Closed
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IARPA DECIPHER

Funds language analysis tools that classify coded speech and specialized terminology across multilingual intelligence text.

1 grant
IARPA DECIPHER
Discontinued
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IARPA LocUS — Location Using Sound

Funds location inference from audio and visual signals to improve intelligence awareness when metadata is missing.

1 grant
IARPA LocUS — ETA OTA
Discontinued
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IARPA MOVES

Funds video-based movement analysis for neurological assessment applications in intelligence and security contexts.

1 grant
IARPA MOVES
Discontinued
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IARPA-Wide Research BAA (Seedlings)

Funds exploratory, early-stage intelligence research that seeds future programmes through broad experimental solicitation.

1 grant
IARPA Seedling BAA
Open
— pool·Rolling submission
Parent entityOffice of the Director of National Intelligence
Last verified: 29 May 2026Source: www.iarpa.gov