The Department of Cognitive AI Systems is offering the Mind’s Eye grant, a unique opportunity to cultivate advanced visual intelligence in machines—a capability presently exclusive to biological organisms. This grant is specifically for pioneering research that aims to overcome current artificial intelligence limitations, enabling machines to replicate human-like visual prowess. Humans exhibit remarkable spatial judgment, acquire new spatiotemporal concepts from visual experience, and mentally manipulate imagined scenes to solve problems. This program seeks innovative proposals to instill these sophisticated visual functions into AI systems. Achieving this objective will pave the way for a wide spectrum of applications, significantly enhancing the utility and impact of artificial intelligence across diverse fields.
Opportunity ID: 53197
General Information
| Document Type: | Grants Notice |
| Funding Opportunity Number: | DARPA-BAA-10-53 |
| Funding Opportunity Title: | Mind’s Eye |
| 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: | – |
| Assistance Listings: | 12.910 — Research and Technology Development |
| Cost Sharing or Matching Requirement: | No |
| Version: | Synopsis 2 |
| Posted Date: | Mar 25, 2010 |
| Last Updated Date: | Mar 26, 2010 |
| Original Closing Date for Applications: | May 10, 2010 |
| Current Closing Date for Applications: | May 10, 2010 |
| Archive Date: | Sep 21, 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 – Transformational Convergence Technology |
| Description: | The Minds Eye program seeks to develop in machines a capability that currently exists only in animals: visual intelligence. Humans in particular perform a wide range of visual tasks with ease, which no current artificial intelligence can do in a robust way. Humans have inherently strong spatial judgment and are able to learn new spatiotemporal concepts directly from the visual experience. Humans can visualize scenes and objects, as well as the actions involving those objects. Humans possess a powerful ability to manipulate those imagined scenes mentally to solve problems. A machine-based implementation of such abilities would be broadly applicable to a wide range of applications. Full Announcement is Attached |
| Link to Additional Information: | FedBizOpps Announcement |
| Grantor Contact Information: | If you have difficulty accessing the full announcement electronically, please contact:
James Donlon
Email:DARPA-BAA-10-53@darpa.mil |
Version History
| Version | Modification Description | Updated Date |
|---|---|---|
| Modification 1 of DARPA-BAA-10-53 corrects figure 5 on page 11 of the announcement attachment. | Mar 26, 2010 | |
| Mar 26, 2010 |
DISPLAYING: Synopsis 2
General Information
| Document Type: | Grants Notice |
| Funding Opportunity Number: | DARPA-BAA-10-53 |
| Funding Opportunity Title: | Mind’s Eye |
| 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: | – |
| Assistance Listings: | 12.910 — Research and Technology Development |
| Cost Sharing or Matching Requirement: | No |
| Version: | Synopsis 2 |
| Posted Date: | Mar 25, 2010 |
| Last Updated Date: | Mar 26, 2010 |
| Original Closing Date for Applications: | May 10, 2010 |
| Current Closing Date for Applications: | May 10, 2010 |
| Archive Date: | Sep 21, 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 – Transformational Convergence Technology |
| Description: | The Minds Eye program seeks to develop in machines a capability that currently exists only in animals: visual intelligence. Humans in particular perform a wide range of visual tasks with ease, which no current artificial intelligence can do in a robust way. Humans have inherently strong spatial judgment and are able to learn new spatiotemporal concepts directly from the visual experience. Humans can visualize scenes and objects, as well as the actions involving those objects. Humans possess a powerful ability to manipulate those imagined scenes mentally to solve problems. A machine-based implementation of such abilities would be broadly applicable to a wide range of applications. Full Announcement is Attached |
| Link to Additional Information: | FedBizOpps Announcement |
| Grantor Contact Information: | If you have difficulty accessing the full announcement electronically, please contact:
James Donlon
Email:DARPA-BAA-10-53@darpa.mil |
DISPLAYING: Synopsis 1
General Information
| Document Type: | Grants Notice |
| Funding Opportunity Number: | DARPA-BAA-10-53 |
| Funding Opportunity Title: | Mind’s Eye |
| 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: | – |
| Assistance Listings: | 12.910 — Research and Technology Development |
| Cost Sharing or Matching Requirement: | No |
| Version: | Synopsis 1 |
| Posted Date: | Mar 26, 2010 |
| Last Updated Date: | – |
| Original Closing Date for Applications: | – |
| Current Closing Date for Applications: | May 10, 2010 |
| Archive Date: | Sep 21, 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 – Transformational Convergence Technology |
| Description: | The Minds Eye program seeks to develop in machines a capability that currently exists only in animals: visual intelligence. Humans in particular perform a wide range of visual tasks with ease, which no current artificial intelligence can do in a robust way. Humans have inherently strong spatial judgment and are able to learn new spatiotemporal concepts directly from the visual experience. Humans can visualize scenes and objects, as well as the actions involving those objects. Humans possess a powerful ability to manipulate those imagined scenes mentally to solve problems. A machine-based implementation of such abilities would be broadly applicable to a wide range of applications.
Full Announcement is Attached |
| Link to Additional Information: | FedBizOpps Announcement |
| Grantor Contact Information: | If you have difficulty accessing the full announcement electronically, please contact:
James Donlon
Email:DARPA-BAA-10-53@darpa.mil |
Related Documents
Folder 53197 Full Announcement-1 -> mindseye baa final 25march10.pdf
Folder 53197 Full Announcement-2 -> mindseye baa mod1 26march10.pdf
Folder 53197 Full Announcement-3 -> mind’s eye faq – 2.pdf
Packages
| Agency Contact Information: | James Donlon Email: DARPA-BAA-10-53@darpa.mil |
| Who Can Apply: | Organization Applicants |
| Assistance Listing Number | Competition ID | Competition Title | Opportunity Package ID | Opening Date | Closing Date | Actions |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12.910 | PKG00017540 | Mar 25, 2010 | May 10, 2010 | View |
Package 1
Mandatory forms
53197 RR_SF424-1.1.pdf
Optional forms
53197 RR_FedNonFedBudget-1.1.pdf
53197 RR_FedNonFed_SubawardBudget-1.2.pdf
53197 RR_OtherProjectInfo-1.1.pdf
53197 RR_Budget-1.1.pdf
53197 RR_KeyPersonExpanded-1.1.pdf
53197 RR_PerformanceSite-1.1.pdf
53197 RR_SubawardBudget-1.2.pdf
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