DEFENSE ADVANCED RESEARCH
PROJECTS AGENCY
Submission of
Proposals
DARPA’s charter is to help
maintain U.S. technological superiority over, and to prevent technological
surprise by, its potential adversaries.
Thus, the DARPA goal is to pursue as many highly imaginative and
innovative research ideas and concepts with potential military and dual-use
applicability as the budget and other factors will allow.
DARPA has identified technical topics to which small businesses may respond in the second fiscal year (FY) 2001 solicitation (FY 2002.1). Please note that these topics are UNCLASSIFIED and only UNCLASSIFIED proposals will be entertained. Although they are unclassified, the subject matter may be considered to be a “critical technology”. If you plan to employ NON-U.S. Citizens in the performance of a DARPA SBIR contract, please inform the Contracting Officer who is negotiating your contract. These are the only topics for which proposals will be accepted at this time. A list of the topics currently eligible for proposal submission is included followed by full topic descriptions. The topics originated from DARPA technical program managers and are directly linked to their core research and development programs.
Please note that 1 original and 4 copies of each
proposal must be mailed or hand-carried.
DARPA will not accept
proposal submissions by electronic facsimile (fax). A checklist has been prepared to assist
small business activities in responding to DARPA topics. Please use this checklist prior to
mailing or hand-carrying your proposal(s) to DARPA. Do not include the checklist with your
proposal.
·
DARPA Phase I awards will be
Firm Fixed Price contracts.
·
Phase I proposals shall not exceed $99,000, and may range from 6 to 8 months in
duration. Phase I contracts
cannot be extended.
·
DARPA Phase II proposals must
be invited by the respective Phase I technical monitor (with the exception of
Fast Track Phase II proposals – see Section 4.5 of this solicitation). DARPA Phase II proposals must be
structured as follows: the first 10-12 months (base effort) should be
approximately $375,000; the second 10-12 months of incremental funding should
also be approximately $375,000. The
entire Phase II effort should generally not exceed
$750,000.
·
It is expected that a
majority of the Phase II contracts will be Cost Plus Fixed Fee. However, DARPA may chose to award a Firm
Fixed Price Contract or an Other Transaction, on a case-by-case basis.
Prior to receiving a contract
award, the small business MUST be
registered in the Centralized Contractor Registration (CCR) Program. You may obtain registration information
by calling 1-888-352-9333 or Internet: http://www.ccr.dlsc.dla.mil and
http://www.ccr2000.com/.
The responsibility for
implementing DARPA’s SBIR Program rests in the Contracts Management Office. The
DARPA SBIR Program Manager is Ms. Connie Jacobs. DARPA invites the small business
community to send proposals directly to DARPA at the following
address:
DARPA/CMO/SBIR
3701 North Fairfax
Drive
Arlington, VA
22203-1714
(703)
526-4170
Home Page
http://www.darpa.mil
SBIR proposals will be
processed by the DARPA Contracts Management Office and distributed to the
appropriate technical office for evaluation and action.
DARPA selects proposals for funding based on technical merit and the evaluation criteria contained in this solicitation document. DARPA gives evaluation criterion a., “The soundness and technical merit of the proposed approach and its incremental progress toward topic or subtopic solution” (refer to section 4.2 Evaluation Criteria - Phase I), twice the weight of the other two evaluation criteria. As funding is limited, DARPA reserves the right to select and fund only those proposals considered to be superior in overall technical quality and highly relevant to the DARPA mission. As a result, DARPA may fund more than one proposal in a specific topic area if the technical quality of the proposal(s) is deemed superior, or it may not fund any proposals in a topic area. Each proposal submitted to DARPA must have a topic number and must be responsive to only one topic.
· Cost proposals will be considered to be binding for 180 days from closing date of solicitation.
·
Successful offerors will be
expected to begin work no later than 30 days after contract
award.
·
For planning purposes, the
contract award process is normally completed within 45 to 60 days from issuance
of the selection notification letter to Phase I offerors.
The DOD SBIR Program has
implemented a Fast Track process for SBIR projects that attract matching cash
from an outside investor for the Phase II SBIR effort, as well as for the
interim effort between Phases I and II.
Refer to Section 4.5 for Fast Track instructions. DARPA encourages Fast Track Applications
ANYTIME during the 6th month of the Phase I effort. The Fast Track Phase II proposal must be
submitted no later than the last business day in the 7th month of the
effort. Technical dialogues with DARPA Program
Managers are encouraged to ensure research continuity. If a Phase II contract is awarded under the
Fast Track program, the amount of the interim funding will be deducted from the
Phase II award amount. It is
expected that interim funding generally, will not exceed $40,000.
To encourage the transition
of SBIR research into DoD Systems, DARPA has implemented a Phase II Enhancement
policy. Under this policy DARPA
will provide a Phase II company with additional Phase II SBIR funding, not to
exceed $200K, if a DARPA Program Manager can match the additional SBIR funds
with DARPA core-mission funds or the company can match the money with funds from
private investors; or at the discretion of the DARPA Program Manager. DARPA will generally provide the
additional Phase II funds by modifying the Phase II
contract.
DARPA
FY2002.1 Phase I SBIR
Checklist
1) Proposal
Format
a. Cover Sheet
(formerly referred to as Appendices A and B) MUST be submitted electronically
______
(identify topic number)
b. Identification and
Significance of Problem or Opportunity
______
c. Phase I Technical
Objectives
______
d. Phase I Work Plan
______
e. Related Work
______
f. Relationship with
Future Research and/or Development
______
g. Commercialization
Strategy
______
h. Key Personnel, Resumes
______
i.
Facilities/Equipment
______
j.
Consultants
______
k. Prior,
Current, or Pending Support
______
l. Cost
Proposal (see Appendix C of this Solicitation). Ensure your cost proposal is
signed.
______
m. Company
Commercialization Report (formerly referred to as Appendix E)
______
MUST be registered
electronically and a signed hardcopy submitted with your
proposal
(register at http://www.dodsbir.net/submission)
2) Bindings
a. Staple proposals in
upper left-hand corner.
______
b. DO NOT use a cover.
______
c. DO NOT use special
bindings.
______
3) Page
Limitation
a. Total for each
proposal is 25 pages inclusive of cost proposal and resumes.
______
b. Beyond the 25
page limit do not send appendices, attachments
______
and/or additional references.
c. Company
Commercialization Report (formerly referred to as Appendix E)
______
IS NOT included in the page count.
4) Submission Requirement for Each
Proposal
a. Original proposal,
including signed Cover Sheet (formerly referred to as Appendix A)
______
b.
Four
photocopies of original proposal, including signed Cover Sheet
______
and
Company Commercialization Report
(formerly
referred to as Appendices A, B and E)
DARPA SB021-001
Continuous Wave Terahertz Source
DARPA SB021-002
Unique Packaging of Exposed MEMS Sensors
DARPA SB021-003
Bistatic Terrain Scattering Model for Microwave SAR
Simulation
DARPA SB021-004
Densely Multiplexed Photonic mm-wave Radio Modulator and
Demodulator
DARPA SB021-005
Mathematical Methods for Video Registration in Autonomous Navigation
Applications
DARPA SB021-006
Novel Concepts for Soldier-Centric Technology in Non-Traditional Combat
Casualty Care
DARPA SB021-007
Quality Water Lubrication of Special Triboceramics, Alloys and
Self-Lubricating Composites
DARPA SB021-008
Detecting Misleading Information
DARPA SB021-009
Modeling Asymmetric Economic Threats to Critical DoD Technology
Sectors
DARPA SB021-010
Modeling Organizational Behavior within
Operations Other than War
DARPA SB021-011
Multi-Modal Control for Automatic Vehicle Management
Systems
DARPA SB021-012
Tools for Design and Validation of Quantum Algorithms and
Protocols
DARPA SB021-013
Reading Signs in Context to Support Perception-Based Autonomous
Navigation
DARPA SB021-014
Electronic Textiles
DARPA SB021-015
Three Dimensional Micro-Fluidics
DARPA SB021-016
Design Tools for Integrated 3-Dimensional Electronic
Circuits
DARPA SB021-017
Wide Bandgap Semiconductor (eg., SiC, GaN) Front-End Electronics for Wide
Dynamic Range Analog/Digital Converters
DARPA SB021-018
VHF/UHF Endo-Clutter SAR Fiducial Marker
DARPA SB021-019
Airplane Optimal Periodic Flight Control
DARPA SB021-020
Water-Based Thrusters for Space Propulsion
DARPA SB021-021
Tracklet Fusion for strategic GMTI
SUBJECT/WORD
INDEX TO THE DARPA FY2002.1 TOPICS
Subject/Keyword
Topic Number
Acceleration
of Healing..............................................................................................................................................
6
Activity
Monitoring..................................................................................................................................................
8
Adversarial
Reasoning...............................................................................................................................................
8
Algorithms...............................................................................................................................................................
12
Analog/Digital
Converters.......................................................................................................................................
17
Asymmetric
Warfare.................................................................................................................................................
9
Atmospheric
Sensing.................................................................................................................................................
1
Automated
Vehicles.................................................................................................................................................
11
Autonomous
Behaviors...........................................................................................................................................
13
Autonomy...............................................................................................................................................................
11
Bandwidth.................................................................................................................................................................
4
Behavior
Modeling..................................................................................................................................................
10
Bio-MEMS..............................................................................................................................................................
15
Bi-static.....................................................................................................................................................................
3
Clutter........................................................................................................................................................................
3
Cognitive
Modeling.................................................................................................................................................
10
Common-Sense
Reasoning.........................................................................................................................................
8
Communications........................................................................................................................................................
1
Computer-Aided
Design..........................................................................................................................................
16
Digital/Analog
Converters.......................................................................................................................................
17
Dominant
Situational Awareness............................................................................................................................
21
Economic
Stability.....................................................................................................................................................
9
Electric
Thrusters....................................................................................................................................................
20
Electromagnetic
Therapy...........................................................................................................................................
6
Electronic
Components...........................................................................................................................................
14
Evidential
Reasoning..................................................................................................................................................
8
Fabric.......................................................................................................................................................................
14
Feature
Aided TrackingData Fusion........................................................................................................................
21
Fibers.......................................................................................................................................................................
14
Fiducial
Marker.......................................................................................................................................................
18
Flight
Control Systems............................................................................................................................................
11
Fraud
Detection.........................................................................................................................................................
8
GMTI......................................................................................................................................................................
21
Ground
Moving Target Indication...........................................................................................................................
21
High
Resolution Range Profiling..............................................................................................................................
21
Hybrid
Control Systems.........................................................................................................................................
11
Image
Registration...................................................................................................................................................
18
Imagery......................................................................................................................................................................
3
Improving
Airplane Performance............................................................................................................................
19
Information
Operations.............................................................................................................................................
8
Information
Warfare..................................................................................................................................................
8
Integrated
Circuits...................................................................................................................................................
16
Interconnect
Latency...............................................................................................................................................
16
Lab-on-a-Chip.........................................................................................................................................................
15
Materials....................................................................................................................................................................
2
Medical
Imaging.........................................................................................................................................................
1
MEMS.......................................................................................................................................................................
2
Micro
Fluidics.........................................................................................................................................................
15
Micro-Optics.............................................................................................................................................................
2
Mission
Planning.....................................................................................................................................................
10
Mission
Rehearsal...................................................................................................................................................
10
Mixed
Signal Systems..............................................................................................................................................
16
Mixed-Signal
Circuits..............................................................................................................................................
17
MM-Wave.................................................................................................................................................................
4
Navigation............................................................................................................................................................
5, 13
OOTW.....................................................................................................................................................................
10
Operations
Other Than War....................................................................................................................................
10
Optical
Parametric Oscillator....................................................................................................................................
1
Optimal
Cruise........................................................................................................................................................
19
Optimal
Cyclic Cruise.............................................................................................................................................
19
Optimal
Periodic Flight...........................................................................................................................................
19
Organizational
Modeling.........................................................................................................................................
10
Packaging
............................................................................................................................................................
2, 14
Pattern
Detection.......................................................................................................................................................
8
Perception................................................................................................................................................................
13
Periodic
Flight Control............................................................................................................................................
19
Personal
Transportation..........................................................................................................................................
11
Photonic
Band Engineering........................................................................................................................................
1
Photonic.....................................................................................................................................................................
4
Plausible
Reasoning...................................................................................................................................................
8
Protocols..................................................................................................................................................................
12
Quantum
Computing...............................................................................................................................................
12
Quantum
Information..............................................................................................................................................
12
Radio
Frequency........................................................................................................................................................
4
Reduced
Fuel Consumption....................................................................................................................................
19
Registration................................................................................................................................................................
5
Remote
Sensing..........................................................................................................................................................
3
Resolution..................................................................................................................................................................
3
RF..............................................................................................................................................................................
4
Robots.....................................................................................................................................................................
13
Sample
Preparation..................................................................................................................................................
15
SAR
................................................................................................................................................................
3, 18 21
Satellites...................................................................................................................................................................
20
Sensors
..................................................................................................................................................................
2, 5
Simulation................................................................................................................................................................
12
Space
Propulsion.....................................................................................................................................................
20
Spectroscopy.............................................................................................................................................................
1
Splints........................................................................................................................................................................
6
Stabilization
of Injury................................................................................................................................................
6
Synthetic
Aperture Radar .................................................................................................................................
18, 21
Terahertz
Devices......................................................................................................................................................
1
Terahertz
Sources......................................................................................................................................................
1
Textiles....................................................................................................................................................................
14
Thermal
Management..............................................................................................................................................
16
Threat
Assessment....................................................................................................................................................
9
Three-Dimensional
Integration................................................................................................................................
16
Thrusters.................................................................................................................................................................
20
Tourniquets...............................................................................................................................................................
6
Traffic
and Road Sign Recognition..........................................................................................................................
13
Tribology...................................................................................................................................................................
7
Vehicle
Management Systems.................................................................................................................................
11
Video..........................................................................................................................................................................
5
Vision-Based
Decision Making...............................................................................................................................
13
Water-Lubrication......................................................................................................................................................
7
Wide
Bandgap Semiconductor Devices...................................................................................................................
17
Wide
Bandgap Semiconductor Integrated Circuits..................................................................................................
17
Wide
Dynamic Range Data Converters...................................................................................................................
17
Wireless
Communications.........................................................................................................................................
4
FY2002.1
DARPA Topic Descriptions
DARPA SB021-001
TITLE: Continuous Wave
Terahertz Source
KEY TECHNOLOGY AREA: Sensors, Electronics, and Battlespace
Environment
OBJECTIVE: Technological advancements in the
terahertz (1012 Hz) region of the electromagnetic spectrum have been
hampered by the lack of cost effective sources of terahertz radiation. Applications in ranging, imaging, and
communications are just a few of the areas that would benefit from efficient
terahertz sources. The objective of
this task is to develop a cost effective device to produce continuous wave,
coherent, terahertz radiation.
DESCRIPTION:
The optical, infrared, millimeter, and microwave portions of the
electromagnetic spectrum have been extensively exploited for communications,
radar, imaging, and other military and civilian applications. The ability to utilize practical systems
in these portions of the electromagnetic spectrum is a result of the
availability of cost effective sources and detectors in each spectral
region. While terahertz sources do
exist, they tend to be bulky and expensive. To date, the available sources consist
of extremely large systems, such as free electron lasers, or use pulsed optical
radiation to generate pulses of terahertz radiation. While the pulsed radiation has many
applications, there is also a need for continuous wave sources in the terahertz
range, particularly coherent sources.
Without cost effective sources, the terahertz region of the spectrum will
remain an interesting area of research confined to specialized
applications. Recently, the field
of photonic band engineering has emerged as a possible approach to solving the
problem of terahertz sources.