Definitive Contract IND16PC00053

This is a $700,000.00 Firm Fixed Price definitive contract awarded by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) to The Regents of the University of California, doing business as the University of California, Berkeley. The contract, which has no set-aside designation, was awarded under DARPA's BAA-15-05 solicitation for "METHODS TO DECODE SPEECH IMAGERY FROM THE HUMAN CORTEX" and has a period of performance ending on February 2, 2018. As a public research university, UC Berkeley has extensive experience supporting federal agencies like the Department of Defense and NASA through both contract and grant awards, leveraging its expertise in areas such as space physics, semiconductor design, and national security. The State of California Controller's Office, as the parent organization, will administer any funding provided to UC Berkeley under this contract.