Abstract_Template_-_Resilient.docx

This is an abstract submission template for DARPA-PA-25-07-04 Resilient, a Disruption Opportunity solicitation issued by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) Defense Sciences Office (DSO). The template is mandatory for all abstract submissions and establishes formatting and content requirements for proposers responding to this opportunity focused on accelerated materials testing and prediction for concrete.

Abstracts must not exceed two pages total (one cover sheet plus one page of technical description) and must be submitted in PDF or Microsoft Word format. All submissions require 8.5 by 11-inch paper with 1-inch margins and minimum 12-point font, though figures, tables, and charts may use 8 or 10-point font. The cover sheet must include the prime organization logo, abstract summary title, technical and administrative points of contact with full contact information. The technical description section requires concise answers to four questions derived from the Heilmeier Catechism: what the proposed work accomplishes, how work is currently performed and its limitations, what is new in the approach, and the technical basis for success. The underlying solicitation offers total award value up to $2,000,000 across Phase 1 (base, not to exceed $1,000,000) and Phase 2 (option, not to exceed $1,000,000) through Other Transaction for Prototype Agreement vehicles, with awards including Government funding and performer cost share if required or proposed.