DARPA is offering the Maximally scalable Optical Sensor Array Imaging with Computation (MOSAIC) grant to revolutionize imaging systems. This program seeks to overcome limitations of conventional designs, enabling near-linear growth of optical information throughput for extraordinarily high imaging performance in small, affordable form factors. The specific challenge is to develop an imaging system achieving very high angular resolution over a wide field of view, avoiding the size, weight, temporal complexity, or SNR degradation issues of current approaches. DARPA is particularly interested in integrated system approaches that leverage the co-design of optics, sensors, and processing to manage vast data quantities efficiently within compact, power-efficient, and affordable devices. This grant aims to push the boundaries of optical imaging technology.
Opportunity ID: 46958
General Information
| Document Type: | Grants Notice |
| Funding Opportunity Number: | DARPA-BAA-09-50 |
| Funding Opportunity Title: | Maximally scalable Optical Sensor Array Imaging with Computation (MOSAIC) |
| Opportunity Category: | Discretionary |
| Opportunity Category Explanation: | – |
| Funding Instrument Type: | Cooperative Agreement Grant Other Procurement Contract |
| Category of Funding Activity: | Science and Technology and other Research and Development |
| Category Explanation: | – |
| Expected Number of Awards: | 99 |
| Assistance Listings: | 12.910 — Research and Technology Development |
| Cost Sharing or Matching Requirement: | No |
| Version: | Synopsis 1 |
| Posted Date: | Apr 22, 2009 |
| Last Updated Date: | – |
| Original Closing Date for Applications: | Apr 21, 2010 First Round Proposals due 08 June 2009 |
| Current Closing Date for Applications: | Apr 21, 2010 First Round Proposals due 08 June 2009 |
| Archive Date: | May 05, 2010 |
| Estimated Total Program Funding: | – |
| Award Ceiling: | $0 |
| Award Floor: | $0 |
Eligibility
| Eligible Applicants: | Unrestricted (i.e., open to any type of entity above), subject to any clarification in text field entitled “Additional Information on Eligibility” |
| Additional Information on Eligibility: | – |
Additional Information
| Agency Name: | DARPA – Microsystems Technology Office |
| Description: | DARPAs MOSAIC program aims to overcome the limits of conventional imaging system design strategies and to demonstrate the feasibility of innovative design approaches providing for near-linear growth of optical information throughput with increasing imaging system scale. This will enable extraordinarily high imaging performance in reasonably small and affordable form factors. The specific MOSAIC challenge problem is to design and demonstrate an imaging system that achieves very high angular resolution over a wide field of view without paying the heavy penalties in size, weight, and temporal complexity or SNR degradation incurred by todays approaches.
DARPA is particularly interested in integrated system approaches that exploit the co-design of optics, sensors, and processing to manage the transduction and management of enormous quantities of data from photons to information within compact, power efficient, and affordable form factor. All administrative correspondence and questions on this solicitation, including requests for information on how to submit a proposal to this BAA, should be directed to the administrative addresses below; e-mail or fax is preferred. The administrative addresses for this BAA are: Full BAA document attached. |
| Link to Additional Information: | MTO Solicitations Page |
| Grantor Contact Information: | If you have difficulty accessing the full announcement electronically, please contact:
Dennis Healy, Ph.D.
Program Manager DARPA/MTO 3701 North Fairfax Drive Arlington, VA 22203-1714 Fax: (703) 696-2206 Email:DARPA-BAA-09-50@darpa.mil |
Version History
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Related Documents
Folder 46958 Full Announcement-1 -> mosaic_baa09-50_final for posting_22apr09.pdf
Packages
| Agency Contact Information: | Dennis Healy, Ph.D. Program Manager DARPA/MTO 3701 North Fairfax Drive Arlington, VA 22203-1714 Fax: (703) 696-2206 Email: DARPA-BAA-09-50@darpa.mil |
| Who Can Apply: | Organization Applicants |
| Assistance Listing Number | Competition ID | Competition Title | Opportunity Package ID | Opening Date | Closing Date | Actions |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12.910 | PKG00011760 | Apr 22, 2009 | Apr 21, 2010 | View |
Package 1
Mandatory forms
46958 RR_SF424-1.1.pdf
Optional forms
46958 RR_FedNonFedBudget-1.1.pdf
46958 RR_FedNonFed_SubawardBudget-1.2.pdf
46958 RR_OtherProjectInfo-1.1.pdf
46958 RR_Budget-1.1.pdf
46958 RR_KeyPersonExpanded-1.1.pdf
46958 RR_PerformanceSite-1.1.pdf
46958 RR_SubawardBudget-1.2.pdf
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