Requests For Information

Requests for Information (RFIs) are designed to gather more information on an idea in an area in which our program managers are not fully informed on the state of the art or the community of potential performers. RFIs are released on SAM.gov and posted to IARPA.gov.

It may be the case that an IARPA Program Manager has (or is presented with) an idea in an area where he/she is not fully informed on the state-of-the-art or the community of potential performers. As a result, IARPA may release an RFI. An RFI requests input from the community on a particular topic and includes a specified format and a deadline for responses.

An RFI must be rooted in an idea—they are not used as a means to generate ideas for a program. Proposers respond to an RFI because they are interested in the field and want to position themselves for a future Broad Agency Announcement (or influence its direction). Please note that issuing an RFI is not a commitment to funding or even a guarantee that a program will be initiated and responses to an RFI are freely shared and should not contain proprietary information.

There are no open RFIs.
Name	RFI #

Name	RFI #
High Specific Power, Durable Solar Photovoltaic Systems	IARPA-RFI-23-04
Characterizing Large Language Model Biases, Threats and Vulnerabilities	IARPA-RFI-23-03
Advanced Image Simulation and 3D Object Extraction	IARPA-RFI-23-02
Molecular Information Storage II (MIST II)	IARPA-RFI-23-01
Annotated Malicious Binaries and Surrogate Source Code for Authorship Exploration	IARPA-RFI-22-08
Cognitive Effects in Cyber Operations	IARPA-RFI-22-07
Characterization of Biomanufactured Materials	IARPA-RFI-22-06
Identification of Chemical Species in Aerosols	IARPA-RFI-22-05
Orbital Debris Detection and Tracking	IARPA-RFI-22-04
SMART Electrically Powered and Networked Textile Systems (SMART e-PANTS)	IARPA-RFI-22-03
Methods for Evaluating Analytic Quality of Reasoning	IARPA-RFI-22-02
Evaluation of Neural Text Generation Models and Methods in Explainable NLP	IARPA-RFI-22-01
Biologically Templated Nanofabrication	IARPA-RFI-21-06
Large Scale Microsimulations with Coherent Activity	IARPA-RFI-21-05
Low-Energy Beta Particle Detection	IARPA-RFI-21-04
Targeted Evaluation of Ionizing Radiation Exposure (TEI-REX)	IARPA-RFI-21-02
Effective Quantitative Antenna Limits for Performance (EQuAL-P)	IARPA-RFI-21-01
Low-cost Mirrors for Interferometers	IARPA-RFI-20-01
Biometric Recognition and Identification at Altitude and Range (BRIAR)	IARPA-RFI-19-10
Energy Storage Systems	IARPA-RFI-19-09
System-Level Application Modeling	IARPA-RFI-19-08
Camera Network Research Data Collection	IARPA-RFI-19-06
Camera Network Research Data Collection	IARPA-RFI-19-06
Innovative Technologies for Small Satellites	IARPA-RFI-19-05
Innovative Technologies for Small Satellites	IARPA-RFI-19-05
Deep Learning	IARPA-RFI-19-04
Portable Electronic Cooling	IARPA-RFI-19-02
Portable Electronic Cooling	IARPA-RFI-19-02
Portable Electronic Cooling	IARPA-RFI-19-02
Securing the SCIF of the Future	IARPA-RFI-19-03
Future Computing Systems	IARPA-RFI-19-01
Components and Capabilities for Ultra-Low-Power Chemical Sensing Devices	IARPA-RFI-18-04
Marine and Coastal Biosecurity	IARPA-RFI-18-03
Credibility Assessment Datasets	IARPA-RFI-18-02
Credibility Assessment Datasets	IARPA-RFI-18-02
Detection and Characterization of Special Nuclear Material	IARPA-RFI-18-01
Detection and Characterization of Special Nuclear Material	IARPA-RFI-18-01
Rapid Detection Nucleic Acid Signatures (RaDNAS)	IARPA-RFI-17-06
Compact Magnetometer	IARPA-RFI-17-07
Classified as a Service (ClaaS) to US government customers	IARPA-RFI-17-05
HECTOR	IARPA-RFI-17-03
Creating a Classified Processing Enclave in the Public Cloud	IARPA-RFI-17-04
Detection of Genome Editing	IARPA-RFI-17-02
DNAtoFace	IARPA-RFI-17-01
Echo	IARPA-RFI-16-08
Energy Efficient Computer Architectures	IARPA-RFI-16-05
Deception for Cyber Defense	IARPA-RFI-16-07
Novel Training Datasets and Environments to Advance Artificial Intelligence	IARPA-RFI-16-03
Protein Sequencing for Human Identification	IARPA-RFI-16-01
Data Ingress and Egress for Cryogenic Systems	IARPA-RFI-16-04
Neurally Inspired Computing Principals	IARPA-RFI-16-02
Forecasting Rare Events	IARPA-RFI-15-03
Electronic Design Automation tools for Superconducting Electronics (EDA for SCE)	IARPA-RFI-15-02
Future Applications of Sensing Technologies for Fidelitous Wearable Devices (FAST FWD)	IARPA-RFI-15-01
Future Applications of Sensing Technologies for Fidelitous Wearable Devices (FAST FWD)	IARPA-RFI-15-01
Maritime Tagging, Tracking, & Locating (TTL)	IARPA-RFI-14-09
Using Neural Tools to Augment Prediction of Performance, Expertise, and Domain-knowledge (UNTAPPED)	IARPA-RFI-14-08
Ecology Meets Genomics	IARPA-RFI-14-07
Cyber Attack Data	IARPA-RFI-14-06
Emerging Events and Participating Entities	IARPA-RFI-14-05
Security and Privacy Assurance Research - Multiparty Computation (SPAR-MPC)	IARPA-RFI-14-03
Coding Societal Events	IARPA-RFI-14-04
Model Drift	IARPA-RFI-14-02
Lessons Learned Knowledge Management	IARPA-RFI-14-01
Scientific & Technical Intelligence	IARPA-RFI-13-06
Cortical Computing Primitives and Connectomics	IARPA-RFI-13-05
Laboratory-on-a-Chip for Multiplexed Bioassay Analysis	IARPA-RFI-13-04
Using Alternate Reality Environments to Help Enrich Research Efforts (UAREHERE)	IARPA-RFI-13-03
Novel Technologies for High Performance Computing	IARPA-RFI-13-02
Autonomous Outdoor Chemical Sensing Technology	IARPA-RFI-13-01
Strengthening Human Adaptive Reasoning and Problem-solving (SHARP)	IARPA-RFI-12-04
Emic	IARPA-RFI-12-03
Toward Automated International Law Compliance Monitoring	IARPA-RFI-12-02
Automatic Machine Learning	IARPA-RFI-12-01
Energy Efficient Cryogenic Memory	IARPA-RFI-11-01
Tools for Recognizing Unconscious Signals of Trustworthiness (TRUST)	IARPA-RFI-10-05
SIRIUS	IARPA-RFI-10-04
Novel Biometric Signatures	IARPA-RFI-10-02
Forecasting	IARPA-RFI-10-01
Cultural Insights from the Use of Metaphors	IARPA-RFI-09-04
Computational Cognitive Models of Sensemaking	IARPA-RFI-09-02
Multi-Qubit Quantum Coherent Operations	IARPA-RFI-09-01