Attachment_A_Executive_Summary_Template.docx

This is an Executive Summary Template for the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) Defense Sciences Office (DSO) Office-wide Broad Agency Announcement (BAA) solicitation HR001126S0015. The template is mandatory for all executive summary submissions and establishes standardized formatting and content requirements for proposal responses. Submissions must be formatted as a two-page document maximum (one cover sheet plus one technical description page) on 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 document must be submitted in PDF or Microsoft Word format and written in English.

The cover sheet requires identification of the prime organization with logo, executive summary title, applicable DSO thrust area, proposer organization name, and contact information for both a technical point of contact and administrative point of contact, including name, mailing address, telephone, and email for each. The technical description section requires proposers to concisely answer four core questions derived from the Heilmeier Catechism: what the proposed work aims to accomplish, how the work is currently performed and what limitations exist, what is novel about the proposed approach and why it will succeed, and who benefits and what the impact will be if successful. This BAA seeks innovative approaches enabling revolutionary advances in science, devices, or systems for national security applications, explicitly excluding research that results in only evolutionary improvements to existing practices.