National Security Economic Theory (NASCENT)

Location: Federal
Posted: Feb 23, 2026
Due: Apr 24, 2026
Agency: DEPT OF DEFENSE
Type of Government: Federal
Category:
  • A - Research and development
Solicitation No: DARPA-PS-26-14
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DARPA-PS-26-14
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DEPT OF DEFENSE
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DEFENSE ADVANCED RESEARCH PROJECTS AGENCY (DARPA)
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General Information
  • Contract Opportunity Type: Solicitation (Original)
  • Original Published Date: Feb 23, 2026 09:27 am EST
  • Original Date Offers Due: Apr 24, 2026 05:00 pm EDT
  • Inactive Policy: Manual
  • Original Inactive Date: May 24, 2026
  • Initiative:
    • None
Classification
  • Original Set Aside:
  • Product Service Code: AC12 - NATIONAL DEFENSE R&D SERVICES; DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE - MILITARY; APPLIED RESEARCH
  • NAICS Code:
    • 541715 - Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences (except Nanotechnology and Biotechnology)
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Description
The National Security Economic Theory (NASCENT) program aims to establish a principled theoretical foundation for geoeconomics, enabling evidence-based economic statecraft and defining a rigorous scholarly field of quantitative geoeconomics. The program seeks to achieve the following objectives:
- Test the technical hypothesis that economic mechanism design, computer science formal methods, and experimental economics can be combined to construct a robust scientific framework for geoeconomics
- Prevent strategic surprise by building the methodologies and tools necessary to both anticipate and mitigate unintended consequences of economic statecraft.
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Contracting Office Address
  • 675 NORTH RANDOLPH STREET
  • ARLINGTON , VA 222032114
  • USA
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History
  • Feb 23, 2026 09:27 am ESTSolicitation (Original)
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