Non-Optical Methods for High Speed Protein Control
Special Notice from the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (darpa). Due Dec 31, 2026, 11:59 PM (UTC-5), 74 days left.
| Solicitation number | DARPA-SN-26-89 |
|---|---|
| Agency | Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (darpa) |
| Office | Def Advanced Research Projects Agcy |
| Notice type | Special Notice |
| Set-aside | None |
| Trade (NAICS) | Research and Development in Biotechnology (except Nanobiotechnology) (541714) |
| Product or service code | AC12 |
| Posted | Jul 21, 2026 |
| Response deadline | Dec 31, 2026, 11:59 PM (UTC-5) (74 days left) |
Official notice and attachments
Description
UPDATE: The purpose of Amendment 1 to DARPA-SN-26-89, the Non-Optical Methods for High Speed Protein Control Special Notice (SN), is to clarify the notice deadline. DARPA BTO will be actively “shopping” the ERIS Marketplace for innovative, post-competitive, awardable solutions that address the need for a new class of rapidly switchable, non-optogenetic protein domains for real-time cellular control.
This effort seeks to develop a robust and versatile molecular tool for massless information transfer across a cell membrane, intended to supplement existing synthetic biology platforms.
About the buyer
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency awarded $1.2 billion in contracts in the last 12 months; its biggest suppliers were Lockheed Martin Corporation, Securigence LLC and The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory LLC. See what DARPA is buying now.