Proposers' Day registration The Intelligence Community (IC) needs to accelerate the delivery of essential technologies to meet the nation’s most pressing national security challenges. The Emerging Technology Accelerator effort seeks to create new IC technology advantage by bridging the technical gap between emerging solutions and successful...
ARCADE seeks to accelerate electrical circuit design within the Intelligence Community to enable faster response to emerging national security threats at an unprecedented level of speed, reliability, and innovation. ARCADE (Artificial Reasoning for Circuit Automation and Design Engineering) aims to transform and accelerate...
The AGILE program seeks innovative, energy-efficient, and reliable computer architectures that can address the Intelligence Community’s large-scale data-analytic applications, as well as other classes of data intensive applications. AGILE offers the potential to enable a predictive analysis of massive data from diverse sources and methods, not ju...
The demand to solve increasingly complex problems is accelerating beyond the capabilities of traditional computing approaches. Quantum computing promises to revolutionize a host of industries by enabling rapid solutions to complex problems that are currently intractable for more traditional – or classical – computers. As a primary funder of...
The demand to solve increasingly complex problems is accelerating beyond the capabilities of traditional computing approaches. Quantum computing promises to revolutionize a host of industries by enabling rapid solutions to complex problems that are currently intractable for more traditional – or classical – computers. As a primary funder of...
The Biomaterial Structural Analyses for Use Recognition and Understanding Synthesis (B-SAURUS) program will enhance the Intelligence Community’s (IC’s) capability to secure supply chains, identify counterfeits, and combat illegal activities associated with illicit narcotics. B-SAURUS will establish new reverse engineering capabilities to...
IARPA invests in high-risk, high-payoff research with the goal of providing our nation with an overwhelming intelligence advantage. Developing scientific breakthroughs that challenge the state of the art requires IARPA Program Managers (PMs) to take ideas from a place of “disbelief to doubt” before successfully launching an IARPA program. As...
IARPA invests in high-risk, high-payoff research with the goal of providing our nation with an overwhelming intelligence advantage. Developing scientific breakthroughs that challenge the state of the art requires IARPA Program Managers (PMs) to take ideas from a place of “disbelief to doubt” before successfully launching an IARPA...
Join us for a sneak peek of IARPA: Disbelief to Doubt Episode 3! In this episode, we sit down with Former Office Director Rob Rahmer to discuss his journey from self-professed math geek to leading the Office of Analysis to a prolific number of new programs during his tenure. Part 1 drops on January 13th, 2025 followed by Part 2 on January 27th...
In this episode of Disbelief to Doubt we continue our conversation previously recorded with former IARPA Director Dr. Jason Matheny, who served as IARPA director from 2015 through 2018. In part two of this two-part interview we discuss the impact of IARPA's mission on national security and science, overcoming the challenges of technology adoption, ...
Dr. William Benard joined IARPA in May 2024 as the Office Director for Collection Research. His primary research interests are: the science of design; distributed sensing; design and manufacture of complex products; additive manufacturing; and semiconductor materials, devices, and architectures. Prior to arriving at IARPA,...
In this episode of Disbelief to Doubt we turn back the clock to 2018 and sit down with former IARPA Director Dr. Jason Matheny who served as IARPA director from 2015 through 2018. In part one of this two-part interview we discuss a wide range of topics, including Jason's early career in science, how being a "force multiplier" drew him to IARPA, les...
In Part 2 of our premiere episode of the Intelligence Advanced Research Projects Activity's (IARPA) new podcast series, we continue our conversation with former Director Catherine Marsh to discuss IARPA's process for funding high-risk/high reward research, what differentiates IARPA's mission from that of DARPA's, how Program Managers are empowered ...
In Part 1 of the premiere episode of the Intelligence Advanced Research Projects Activity's (IARPA) new podcast series, we sit down with former Director Catherine Marsh to discuss IARPA's origin story and the world events that led to her joining government service and set her on a path to leading what the New York Times has heralded as "one of the ...
Dr. Tom Schneider joined IARPA in August 2023. In his current assignment as a Program Manager, Dr. Schneider focuses on areas of scientific research that include sensor systems, biosecurity, and chemical and biological defense. He is currently the Program Manager for the B24IC-targeted seedling effort which aims to develop new methods for counterin...
Solar energy conversion is a time-tested method to provide power to electrical devices in remote locations where the electrical grid is not available, including on land, under water, and in space. Because of the diffuse nature of sunlight and the current efficiency of existing solar photovoltaic (PV) devices, only a modest amount of energy can be...
Dr. Mickey Batson joined IARPA in March 2024. In his current assignment as a Program Manager, Dr. Batson focuses on areas of scientific research that includes electromagnetics, ionosphere geophysics, ionosphere chemistry, and plasma physics. He is presently leading IARPA's efforts on the EQuAL-P program that aims to realize significant gains ...
The ubiquity of imagery produced by security cameras is difficult to measure. In fact, for CCTV security cameras alone, there are, globally, more than one billion in continuous operation1. Even for a single facility such as a school or office building with far fewer security cameras, there is still a vast amount of footage produced. With so much...
Mini battery-powered Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) come in all shapes and sizes and have become ubiquitous in both the private and public sectors. They’re used for a wide variety of activities and missions, including recreation, commerce, intelligence gathering, and warfighting. However, while UAVs provide great enjoyment and utility, they...
Dr. Adam L. Anderson joined IARPA in December of 2023. In his current assignment as a Program Manager, Dr. Anderson focuses on scientific research that includes novel applications of machine learning and communication systems. Prior to joining IARPA, he was a Senior Scientist supporting work at Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA)...
