DARPA Young Faculty Award
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The DARPA Young Faculty Award is a prestigious early-career research grant from the U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency that supports rising academic researchers working on high-risk, high-reward technologies relevant to national security.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| DARPA Young Faculty Award canonical | 2 |
| DARPA Director's Fellowship | 1 |
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: DARPA Young Faculty Award Context triple: [Drew Bagnell, awardReceived, DARPA Young Faculty Award]
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Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers
The Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers is the highest honor bestowed by the U.S. government on outstanding early-career researchers in science and engineering fields.
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B.
National Science Foundation Presidential Faculty Fellowship
The National Science Foundation Presidential Faculty Fellowship was a prestigious early-career award in the United States recognizing outstanding young faculty members in science and engineering for their research and teaching excellence.
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C.
Etter Early Career Award
The Etter Early Career Award is a distinction presented by the American Crystallographic Association to recognize outstanding research achievements by an early-career crystallographer.
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D.
Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) Program
The Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) Program is a prestigious National Science Foundation award that supports early-career faculty who exemplify the role of teacher-scholars through outstanding research, education, and integration of both.
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E.
Sloan Research Fellowships
The Sloan Research Fellowships are prestigious early-career awards that support outstanding young scientists and scholars in recognition of their potential to make significant contributions to their fields.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: DARPA Young Faculty Award Target entity description: The DARPA Young Faculty Award is a prestigious early-career research grant from the U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency that supports rising academic researchers working on high-risk, high-reward technologies relevant to national security.
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A.
Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers
The Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers is the highest honor bestowed by the U.S. government on outstanding early-career researchers in science and engineering fields.
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B.
National Science Foundation Presidential Faculty Fellowship
The National Science Foundation Presidential Faculty Fellowship was a prestigious early-career award in the United States recognizing outstanding young faculty members in science and engineering for their research and teaching excellence.
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C.
Etter Early Career Award
The Etter Early Career Award is a distinction presented by the American Crystallographic Association to recognize outstanding research achievements by an early-career crystallographer.
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D.
Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) Program
The Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) Program is a prestigious National Science Foundation award that supports early-career faculty who exemplify the role of teacher-scholars through outstanding research, education, and integration of both.
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E.
Sloan Research Fellowships
The Sloan Research Fellowships are prestigious early-career awards that support outstanding young scientists and scholars in recognition of their potential to make significant contributions to their fields.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
United States federal research program
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early-career award ⓘ research grant program ⓘ |
| administeredBy | Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency ⓘ |
| applicationMethod | broad agency announcement ⓘ |
| appliesTo | junior faculty ⓘ |
| awardFrequency | annual ⓘ |
| beneficiary | early-career investigators ⓘ |
| country |
United States
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linked to:
United States of America
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| eligibility |
U.S. institutions of higher education
ⓘ
faculty within a few years of their first appointment ⓘ tenure-track faculty ⓘ |
| field |
science and engineering
ⓘ
technology development ⓘ |
| focus |
national security innovation
ⓘ
transformative research ideas ⓘ |
| followOnFundingPossible | true ⓘ |
| funder |
U.S. Department of Defense
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linked to:
Department of Defense
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| hasComponent |
interaction with DARPA program managers
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opportunities to transition research to DoD applications ⓘ research funding ⓘ |
| inception | 2006 ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| notableFor |
connecting young faculty with defense research ecosystem
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supporting unconventional research directions ⓘ |
| purpose |
advance technologies relevant to U.S. national security
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foster high-risk high-reward research ⓘ support early-career academic researchers ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
DARPA Director's Fellowship
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linked to:
DARPA Young Faculty Award
National Science Foundation CAREER Award ⓘ Office of Naval Research Young Investigator Program ⓘ
linked to:
Office of Naval Research
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| sector | defense research ⓘ |
| selectionCriteria |
feasibility of research plan
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innovative approach ⓘ potential impact ⓘ relevance to DARPA mission ⓘ technical merit ⓘ |
| shortName | YFA ⓘ |
| sponsor | Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency ⓘ |
| supports |
applied research
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basic research ⓘ high-payoff research ⓘ high-risk research ⓘ |
| typicalDuration | 2 years ⓘ |
| typicalRecipientsPerYear | dozens ⓘ |
| website | https://www.darpa.mil/work-with-us/for-universities/young-faculty-award ⓘ |
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Subject: DARPA Young Faculty Award Description of subject: The DARPA Young Faculty Award is a prestigious early-career research grant from the U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency that supports rising academic researchers working on high-risk, high-reward technologies relevant to national security.
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linked to: DARPA Young Faculty Award