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DARPA Microsystems Technology Office

Funds advanced United States electronics, photonics, quantum, and sensing work for computing, communications, and security.

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DARPA's Microsystems Technology Office is the agency's home for microelectronics, photonics, and quantum information science. It works on the hardware base that supports sensing, compute, and communications, and the notes place it in a roughly USD 700 million annual pool tied to semiconductor and microelectronics priorities.

Awards run from USD 2 million to USD 50 million with a median actual awa…

DefenseQuantumSemiconductorsAI
Max award$50M
Realistic median$10M
Success rate5–10%
Decision time26 weeks

No upcoming rounds verified. Cadence: Annual.

Last verified: 13 May 2026Source: www.darpa.mil