Future Program: National Security Economic Theory (NASCENT)
| Location: | Federal |
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| Posted: | Jan 9, 2026 |
| Due: | Feb 28, 2026 |
| Agency: | DEPT OF DEFENSE |
| Type of Government: | Federal |
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| Solicitation No: | DARPA-SN-26-26 |
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- Contract Opportunity Type: Special Notice (Updated)
- Updated Published Date: Jan 09, 2026 11:23 am EST
- Original Published Date: Jan 09, 2026 10:27 am EST
- Updated Response Date: Feb 28, 2026 11:59 pm EST
- Original Response Date: Feb 28, 2026 11:59 pm EST
- Inactive Policy: Manual
- Updated Inactive Date: Mar 01, 2026
- Original Inactive Date: Mar 01, 2026
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Initiative:
- None
- Original Set Aside:
- Product Service Code: AC12 - NATIONAL DEFENSE R&D SERVICES; DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE - MILITARY; APPLIED RESEARCH
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NAICS Code:
- 541715 - Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences (except Nanotechnology and Biotechnology)
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Place of Performance:
The National Security Economic Theory (NASCENT) program will 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.
- 675 NORTH RANDOLPH STREET
- ARLINGTON , VA 222032114
- USA
- Solicitation Coordinator
- NASCENT@darpa.mil
- Jan 09, 2026 11:23 am ESTSpecial Notice (Updated)
- Jan 09, 2026 10:27 am EST Special Notice (Original)
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