Defense Technology Conversion, Reinvestment, and Transition Assistance

The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency operates the Defense Technology Conversion, Reinvestment, and Transition Assistance program (CFDA 12.911), which has not disbursed grant awards since September 2004. The program appears dormant or inactive in its current form; the most recent documented activity consists of two Cooperative Agreements obligating a combined $1.9 million, awarded in September 2004 over two decades ago. No grant opportunities have been posted recently under this listing.

The two awards on record funded applied materials research and development. The first, a $600 thousand Cooperative Agreement, supported development, correlation, validation, demonstration, and delivery of an internal state variable model for powdered metal components. The second, a $1.332950 million Cooperative Agreement, funded testing and evaluation of a fuel preparator for potential use in Army vehicles. Both were structured as Cooperative Agreements (100 percent of the award portfolio), with completion dates in 2005 and 2006 respectively.

Funding concentration is absolute: Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency provided both awards and all federal dollars obligated. No other federal agencies appear in the funding record.

Given the twenty-two-year gap since the last award and the absence of any posted solicitations, organizations should verify current program status with DARPA before investing business development effort. The program's historical focus on defense technology conversion and transition suggests it was designed to bridge research outputs into operational military applications, but the extended dormancy warrants direct agency contact to confirm whether funding is currently available or whether the program has been superseded or consolidated under another Assistance Listing.