DARPA: Defense Sciences Office (DSO)– Fuel Access Anywhere, Regardless of Means (FAARM)/ )/ Advanced Research Concepts (ARC)- abstracts
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DARPA: Defense Sciences Office (DSO)– Fuel Access Anywhere, Regardless of Means (FAARM)/ )/ Advanced Research Concepts (ARC)- abstracts Application deadline: 15/04/24 |
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General description: |
Chemistry | Design | Electronics | Energy | Fundamentals | Materials | Opportunities | Syn-Bio | Tech-Foundations | ARC Opportunities are designed to allow an individual researcher the opportunity and time to focus on nascent, paradigm-shifting ideas for national security applications. The delivery of fuel to contested and resource-constrained regions is a logistics challenge for the Department of Defense. Distributed production of nitrogen- and carbon-based fuels could eliminate the associated supply chain vulnerabilities and enable agile expeditionary units. Recent advancements in the field of synthetic fuels for commercial applications offer promise, but, at this time, synthesis of energy-dense fuels of interest, such as ammonia, methanol, and gasoline, remain energetically costly and are not viable to deploy at the point of need. In addition, for military operations, having efficient and reliable small-scale transportable systems is more important than commercial financial considerations. Developing robust, mobile methods of fuel production for DoD applications in contested environments requires alternative formation pathways that are deployable under ambient conditions with a low energy requirement. The FAARM ARC targets innovative techniques to form a wide range of synthetic fuels from varied readily available sources for DoD applications. The FAARM ARC Opportunity is soliciting ideas to explore the following question: Can energy-dense fuels be synthesized using an efficient, small-scale system? Funding: up to $300,000 for 12 months. https://sam.gov/opp/0eb10a5b87fc4075964a1ea8f592ea0e/view
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Source: | Foreign |
Contact person: | Robi, 2152, robertg@trdf.technion.ac.il; iris 1272, irisbr@technion.ac.il; Luba, lubak@technion.ac.il |
Fields: | Exact sciences and IT Field |
Type of fund: | The fund is not a competitive fund |
Related fund and profiles: | Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency - DARPA ,Access available for Technion staff. Please sign in to see the Agency profiles (upper left corner) |