DARPA BTO Office-wide BAA
Funds United States convergence work in biology, neurotechnology, and synthetic biology for strategic defense purposes.
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency's Biological Technologies Office (BTO) issues an annual Office-wide Broad Agency Announcement — HR001126S0003 for the current cycle — as its primary solicitation for proposals that leverage biological properties and processes to advance defense capabilities. BTO funds work at the intersection of biology and national security, including synthetic biolog…
Biological technologies relevant to defense — synthetic biology, biomanufacturing, biomaterials, biothreat detection and response, human performance optimization, neurotechnology, and biological computing.
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