IARPA: Smart Collection (BAA-13-01)

The Intelligence Advanced Research Projects Activity (IARPA) invests in high-risk, high-payoff research. This BAA solicits research to dramatically improve the value of collected data from all sources. Research areas of particular interest include:
- Innovative methods or tools for identifying and/or creating novel sources of new information.
- New ways of identifying and assessing collection systems for dramatically improved performance.
- Sensor technologies that dramatically improve the reach, sensitivity, size, weight, and power for collection of broad signal or signature types.
- Secure communication to and from collection points.
- Tagging, Tracking, and Location (TTL) techniques.
- Electrically small antennas and other advanced RF concepts.
- Agile architectures that intelligently distill useful information at the collector.
- Innovative means and methods to ensure the veracity of data collected from a variety of sources.
Funding period of 12 months; no stated monetary funding amounts.
http://www.iarpa.gov/Programs/sc/solicitation_smart.html