Notice ID: HR001125RE003
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency’s (DARPA) mission is to create technological surprise for national security, which drives its Research and Development (R&D) programs to transform revolutionary concepts into practical capabilities for the military and civilian society. Under DARPA’s Commercial Solutions Opening (DCSO), DARPA seeks to close military and civilian capability gaps with commercial solutions derived from the Agency’s R&D programs. This DCSO is solicited by DARPA Commercial Strategy within the Director’s Office. The Commercial Strategy team oversees the implementation of the DCSO, which includes the Embedded Entrepreneurship Initiative (EEI). The EEI, through the DCSO, awards participants with funds to support bringing in an embedded entrepreneur (EE) to assist performers with commercialization and business efforts.
Proposals for the DCSO are solicited for transitioning and commercializing innovative solutions derived from DARPA R&D-funded technologies into capabilities that fulfill requirements, close capability gaps, or provide new technological advancements. DARPA reasonably anticipates meaningful proposals with varying technical, scientific, and business approaches in response to this DCSO.
DARPA seeks to: (1) make appropriate, high-impact technologies, developed by the Agency, commercially available for purchase by the DoD; and (2) invest in and strengthen the performers servicing the DoD needs. The EEI is one of several initiatives designed to support these goals.
Commercial Strategy – Embedded Entrepreneur Initiative (EEI) The EEI seeks to connect the strong technical talent resident in DARPA’s performer teams with equally strong business talent to bring a new capability to market. The program provides technical experts with the tools, advice, and business acumen that is often otherwise absent. EEI supports development of a robust and deliberate commercialization strategy for selling products to the Government and commercial markets, and positions DARPA performers to attract U.S. investment.
There are two primary resources provided by DARPA’s EEI program: (1) a Senior Commercialization Advisor (SCA), separately funded by DARPA, who works with the performer to examine the business case for the new technology and uses commercial methodologies to identify steps toward achieving a successful transition of technology to the Government and commercial markets; (2) funding for the perfomer to hire an embedded entrepreneur (EE) to achieve specific milestones for transitioning the technology to products …
Not Yet a Premium Partner/Sponsor? Learn more about the OS AI Premium Corporate and Individual Plans here. Plans start at $295 annually.