Fund research supporting the defense advanced research projects agency biological technologies offices office wide broad agency announcement program

This $1.6 million cooperative agreement from the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency will fund research supporting the Biological Technologies Office's broad agency announcement program. Awarded on February 7, 2022 to President and Fellows of Harvard College, the agreement will provide $1,598,638 over a one-year period ending February 6, 2023 to support basic, applied and advanced research with potential military or dual-use applications. The research is conducted under the Research and Technology Development program (CFDA #12.910), which aims to stimulate scientific inquiry at educational institutions and nonprofit organizations that may yield technologies with defense or homeland security relevance. Through this agreement, Harvard University's Office for Sponsored Programs will leverage the University's research capabilities to advance goals within DARPA's BTO during the one-year period of performance.