Intrinsic Market Resilience Research and Prototype Development

The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency is seeking innovative research proposals to develop prototype tools that model modern markets, analyze resilience, and recommend repairs against disruptive attacks across three technical areas.

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General

Status:Open

Solicitation Identifier:DARPA-PS-26-138

Due Date:Dec 07, 2026 07:00 PM

Posted Date:Oct 16, 2026 05:57 PM

Estimated Value:$6,500,000.00

Contract Period:1 year base + options: 8 months, 1 year

Type:Request for Proposal (RFP)

Level:Federal

Clearance:Top Secret

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Contact

Name:Solicitation Coordinator

Email:imr@darpa.mil

Address:675 North Randolph Street, Arlington, VA, USA

Submission Instructions

Method:Online

Portal:https://www.darpa.mil/work-with-us/proposer-instructions

Items via this method:Unclassified and CUI TA1, TA2, and combined TA1 and TA2 proposals must be submitted to the DARPA Broad Agency Announcement Tool (BAAT).

Description

The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency's Intrinsic Market Resilience program seeks innovative research and prototype development across three technical areas: modeling and analysis of modern markets; refining resilience conjectures and recommending market repairs; and test and evaluation of models, conjectures, and repairs. Proposed solutions should use rigorous mathematical modeling, automated analysis, and large-language-model or other automation techniques to identify hidden weaknesses in public market interfaces, generate counterexamples, and develop practical repairs that preserve normal market operation. The program is expected to result in multiple Other Transaction for Prototype Agreement awards. Phase 1 is a 12-month base focused on proposer-selected market exemplars, followed by an 8-month generalization option and a 12-month application option. Anticipated award amounts are $4.5 million-$5.0 million per TA1 performer, $2.5 million-$3.0 million per TA2 performer, and $5.0 million-$6.5 million for the TA3 performer. Abstracts are required before full proposals; the provided abstract template requires a maximum five-page abstract, a one-slide summary, specified technical and management content, an informed budget, and disclosure of artificial-intelligence use. TA1 and TA2 submissions may be unclassified or contain controlled unclassified information, while TA3 work requires top-secret-level classified handling and a classified addendum.

Title	Date Posted
IMR_Abstract_Summary_Slide_Template_Final.pptx	Sep 25, 2026 12:00 PM
IMR_Abstract_Template_Final.docx	Sep 25, 2026 12:00 PM
IMR_CUIG_SEP_2026_v1.0.pdf	Sep 25, 2026 12:00 PM
DARPA-PS-26-138.pdf	Sep 25, 2026 12:00 PM
IMR_Abstract_Template_Amended.docx	Oct 06, 2026 12:00 PM
DARPA-PS-26-138-Amendment-01.pdf	Oct 16, 2026 12:00 PM