1. DARPA -
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) was established in 1958 to prevent strategic surprise from negatively impacting U.S. national security and create strategic surprise for U.S. adversaries by maintaining the technological superiority of the U.S. military.
To fulfill its mission, the Agency relies on diverse performers to apply multi-disciplinary approaches to both advance knowledge through basic research and create innovative technologies that address current practical problems through applied research.  DARPA’s scientific investigations span the gamut from laboratory efforts to the creation of full-scale technology demonstrations in the fields of biology, medicine, computer science, chemistry, physics, engineering, mathematics, material sciences, social sciences, neurosciences and more.  As the DoD’s primary innovation engine, DARPA undertakes projects that are finite in duration but that create lasting revolutionary change.
50% success is the goal – proposals should strive to improve state-of-the-art 10X
2012 Budget - $3.25B, examples of spending programs $294M for C3, $283M for Information technology, $243M for sensor technology, $206M for advanced electronics, $220M advanced systems, $143M cognitive computing, $140M for network centric systems ( NSF $7.0B, NIH $31B )
Types of funding: 6.1 (Basic Research), 6.2 (Applied Research), 6.3 (Prototype development)

2. Offices AEO – Adaptive Execution Office
The Adaptive Execution Office (AEO) prepares and coordinates field trials of advanced technology developed by DARPA. At any point in time, DARPA has technologies in all stages of development, from nascent idea to system ready for fielding.
DSO – Defense Sciences Office
DARPA’s Defense Sciences Office (DSO) programs bridge the gap from fundamental science to applications by identifying and pursuing the most promising ideas within the science and engineering research communities and transforming these ideas into new DoD capabilities. – Physical sciences, neuroscience, materials, mathematics, biology

3. Offices I2O – Information Innovation Office
I2O aims to ensure U.S. technological superiority in all areas where information can provide a decisive military advantage. This includes the conventional defense mission areas where information has already driven a revolution in military affairs: intelligence, surveillance, reconnaissance, command, control, communications, computing, networking, decision-making, planning, training, mission rehearsal, and operations support. – Understand, empower, connect
MTO – Microsystems Technology Office
The Microsystems Technology Office (MTO) supports DARPA’s mission of creating and preventing strategic surprise by investing in areas such as microelectromechanical systems (MEMS), electronics, computing, photonics and biotechnology. - Biological platforms, computing, electronic warfare, manufacturing, novel concepts, photonics, position-navigation-training, thermal managament

4. Offices STO – Strategic Technology Office
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency’s (DARPA) Strategic Technology Office (STO) undertakes research and development of innovative technologies to support the Department of Defense (DoD) mission in current and emerging strategic areas including: Finding Difficult Targets; Communications, Electronic Warfare, and Networks; Shaping the Environment; and Foundational Strategic Technologies. - Communications-networks and electronic warfare, shaping the environment, finding the difficult targets, foundational strategic technologies
TTO – Tactical Technology Office
TTO transforms the future of warfighting by pursuing high-risk, high payoff tactical technology and development of rapid, mobile and responsive combat capability for advanced weapons, platforms and space systems. – Advanced platforms, Advanced space systems, Advanced weapon systems

5. Types of Solicitations
BAA – Broad Agency Announcement – general office open BAA
Part I: Overview Information
• Federal Agency Name – Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), Defense Sciences Office (DSO)
• Funding Opportunity Title – Defense Sciences Research and Technology
• Announcement Type – Initial Announcement
• Funding Opportunity Number – Broad Agency Announcement (BAA) DARPA-BAA-11-65
• Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance Numbers (CFDA) – Research and Technology Development
• Dates o Posting Date: August 10, 2011
o Proposal Abstracts are due by 4:00 PM ET, August 9, 2012
o Full Proposals are due by 4:00 PM ET, August 9, 2012
o Closing Date, 4:00 PM ET, August 9, 2012
• Concise description of the funding opportunity - The mission of the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency’s (DARPA) Defense Sciences Office (DSO) is to pursue and exploit fundamental science and innovation for National Defense. Therefore, DSO is soliciting proposal abstracts and full proposals for advanced research and development in a variety of enabling technical areas.
• Anticipated individual awards – Multiple awards are anticipated.
• Types of instruments that may be awarded – Procurement contract, grant, cooperative agreement, or other transaction.
• Agency contact
Points of Contact:
The BAA Technical POC is Dr. Jon Mogford, who can be reached at
The BAA Administrator for this effort can be reached at:
DARPA/DSO
ATTN: DARPA-BAA-11-65

6. Types of Solicitations
BAA - DARPA-BAA-13-01: Methods for Explosive Detection at Standoff (MEDS) Response Date 9/15/2013 
Part I: Overview Information
• Federal Agency Name – Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), Defense Sciences Office (DSO)
• Funding Opportunity Title – Methods for Explosive Detection at Standoff (MEDS)
• Announcement Type –Initial Announcement
• Funding Opportunity Number – Broad Agency Announcement (BAA) DARPA-BAA-13-01
• Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance Numbers (CFDA) – Not applicable.
• Dates o Posting Date: October 16, 2012
o Proposal Abstracts are due by 4:00 PM ET, November 13, 2012
o Full Proposals are due by 4:00 PM ET, December 18, 2012
o Early submissions of abstracts and full proposals are strongly encouraged because selections may be made at any time during the period of solicitation.
o Proposals received after this due date may be received and evaluated up to six months (180 days) from date of posting on FedBizOpps. However, selection may be contingent upon the availability of funds.
o Closing Date, 4:00 PM ET, April 15, 2013
• Concise description of the funding opportunity - DARPA is soliciting innovative multidisciplinary research proposals to rapidly develop and demonstrate non-contact methods to detect explosives embedded or packaged in opaque media with high water content (e.g., water, mud, meat/animal carcasses) at standoff.
• Anticipated individual awards – Multiple awards are anticipated.
• Types of instruments that may be awarded -- Procurement (research) contract only.
• Agency contact
Points of Contact:
The BAA Technical POC is Dr. Judah Goldwasser who can be reached at
The BAA Administrator for this effort can be reached at:
DARPA/DSO
ATTN: DARPA-BAA-13-01
675 North Randolph Street Arlington, VA
Solicitations and FAQs (which are updated periodically) can be viewed at:

7. Types of Solicitations
BAA - DARPA-RA-13-08: Young Faculty Award (YFA), Response Date 1/21/2013 
Part I: Overview Information
 Federal Agency Name – Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA),
Microsystems Technology Office (MTO)
 Funding Opportunity Title – Young Faculty Award (YFA)
 Announcement Type – Initial Announcement.
 Funding Opportunity Number – DARPA-RA-13-08
 Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance Numbers (CFDA) – Research and
Technology Development.
 Dates
o Posting Date: 5 December 2012
o Proposal Due Date: 5:30pm ET, January 21, 2013
o Estimated period of performance start: April 30, 2013
 Concise description of the funding opportunity: This RA solicits ground-breaking single-investigator proposals from junior faculty at universities and their equivalent at non-profit research institutions for research and development in the specific areas of
Science, Mathematics and Engineering of interest to DARPA’s Microsystems Technology Office (MTO) and Defense Sciences Office (DSO).
 Anticipated individual awards – Multiple awards are anticipated.
 Anticipated funding Type – 6.1
 Types of instruments that may be awarded – DARPA intends to award grants to eligible university faculty and nonprofit research organizations; each grant will encompass funding for a 24-month base period consisting of two 12-month phases (a
maximum of $250,000 per 12-month phase) and a 12-month option period (a maximum of $500,000).
 Any cost sharing requirements – None.
 Agency contact
The RA coordinator for this effort can be reached via electronic mail:
DARPA/MTO
ATTN: DARPA-RA-13-08
675 North Randolph Street
Arlington, VA

8. Heilmeier’s Catechism
What are you trying to do?
How is it done today, and what are the limitations?
What is new about your approach and why do you think it will be successful?
If you succeed, what difference does it make?
What are the risks and the payoffs?
How much will it cost and how long will it take?
What are the midterm and final exams to check for success?

9. Some Examples
Seedling – large area neutron detectors
Proposal - Neutron Detector proposal docx
Quad Chart - Neutron Detector_Proposal_Summary_Chart.pptx
Program workshop - Agenda - EXACT.docx
Workshop presentation - EXACT presentation pptx
From white paper to proposal – flexible UV photodiodes
White paper - UV comms white paper.docx
Proposal - BAA-12-28_ASU_Allee_Technical_Proposal.pdf
Full proposal for BAA
Proposal DARPAp011Lee_submitted_02_22_2011.pdf
Budget - Revised Gnade - GE Budget xlsx

10. ICECool Applications Industry Day Thursday February 7, 2013 Agenda
List of Poster Presentations
Time
Title
Presenter(s)
7:00 - 8:00 AM
Breakfast and Registration
Jeannie Osborne, SPC
8:00 – 8:45 AM
Introduction and Overview
Avram Bar-Cohen, DARPA
8:45 - 9:15 AM
Overview of the BAA Process
Michael Blackstone, DARPA
9:15 – 9:35 AM
AFRL Testing Capability
Dave Via, AFRL
9:35 – 9:50 AM
ICECool for Computing
Paul Franzon, NC State
9:50 – 10:05 AM
ICECool for RF Systems
John Albrecht, Michigan State
10: :20 AM
Break
N/A
10: :40 AM
3D Stackable Evaporative Cooling of Microelectronics
Yogendra Joshi, Georgia Tech
10: :00 AM
Integrated 3D Silicon Two Phase Cooling
Tim Chainer, IBM
11: :20 AM
Microcooling for Intensely Concentrated Electronics – An Intrachip Approach
Suresh Garimella, Purdue
11: :40 AM
Phase Separation Diamond Microfluidics for HEMT Cooling
Ken Goodson, Stanford
11: :00 PM
Embedded Micro Thin Film Cooling for High Power Electronics
Michael Ohadi, U. Maryland
12: :20 PM
Piranha Pin Fins: Voracious Boiling Heat Transfer by Vapor Venting from Microchannels
Yoav Peles, RPI
12: :40 PM
Membrane-Enhanced Evaporative Cooling for High Flux Thermal Management
Evelyn Wang, MIT
12:40 - 2:00 PM
Lunch (On Your Own)
2:00 - 3:30 PM
Poster Session
NJTT and Selected Seedlings
Meetings
1:30 - 7:00 PM
Meetings with PM (10 Minute Blocks)
Breakout Room Available for Teaming Meetings (10 Minute Blocks)
As Arranged

11. Seedling Programs Effort Title Presenter(s) Seedling
Capacitive Deionization of Water Coolant by using Vertically Aligned Carbon Nanotubes
CP Wong, Georgia Tech
Thin-Film Evaporation With Digital Microfluidic Coolant Delivery
System For Embedded Thermal Management
S.M. You, UT-Dallas
Galinstan-Based Liquid Cooling of Microelectronics
Marc Hodes, Tufts University
NJTT
Design of a Near Junction Thermal Transport Spreader
Stanton Weaver, GE Global Research
Thermally Enhanced Gallium Nitride
Steve Bernstein, Raytheon
GaN-on-Diamond RF Power Technology
Rama Vetury, RFMD
Next Generation GaN-on-Diamond RF Power Amplifier Device and MMIC Technology
David Fanning, TriQuint
Low Temperature Bonding GaN-on-Diamond Technology
P.C. Chao, BAE Systems
NJTT Diamond Vias
Randy Sandhu, NGAS