January 20, 2026

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Registration is required by all meeting participants.
Registration Deadline: January 14, 2026 at 4:00 PM ET

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PROGRAM OBJECTIVE AND DESCRIPTION

EVENT PARTICIPATION

Eligibility

DARPA is hosting this Proposers Day to: (1) promote teaming arrangements between researchers; (2) provide potential proposers with information on whether and how they might respond to the Government’s research and development solicitations; and (3) increase efficiency in proposal preparation and evaluation. Therefore, this Proposers Day is only open to registered potential proposers (i.e., the events are closed to the general public and media). For this particular program, Proposers Day registration is open to potential proposers who are U.S. citizens, U.S. permanent residents, and foreign nationals.  

All registrants who are not U.S. citizens must complete and submit either a DARPA Form 60 (U.S. Permanent Resident and Foreign National Visit Request – e.g., industry or academia) or an Official Visit Request (foreign government personnel, only) through their country’s embassy based in Washington, D.C., no later than 4:00 PM ET on January 8, 2026. Form 60 submission instructions are provided in the registration confirmation email. Contact your embassy staff for assistance in submitting the Official Visit Request.

Registration

There is no registration fee for the Proposers Day webcast. Registration closes on January 14, 2026 at 4:00 PM ET, or when capacity is reached, whichever comes first.

Advance registration is required. NOTE: All persons wishing to attend the webcast must register (whether viewing alone or as part of a group). 

Registrants in excess of the maximum capacity limitations (250 individuals) may be added to a waitlist. Individuals who are unable to register because the deadline has occurred may request to be added to the waitlist. If slots become available due to cancellations, the slots may be filled on a first-come, first-served basis from the waitlist.  

TEAMING OPPORTUNITIES

TEAMING

DARPA highly encourages teaming before proposal submission and will facilitate the formation of teams with the necessary expertise. Potential proposers may choose to participate in either, none, or both of the following options:

  1. Attendee List (limited distribution): Participant contact information (name, organization, email address) will be distributed to all other MARRS Proposers Day attendees. The registration website will ask registrants to indicate whether they approve distribution of their contact information.
  2. Proposer Profile List (limited distribution): Interested parties will submit a one-page profile consisting of their contact information (i.e., name, organization, email, telephone number, mailing address, and, if applicable, organization website), a brief description of their technical competencies, and, if applicable, their desired expertise from other teams/organizations. All profiles must be emailed to MARRS@darpa.mil no later than 4:00 PM ET on January 23, 2026. Following the deadline, the consolidated teaming profiles will be sent via email to the proposers who submitted a valid profile. Specific content, communications, networking, and team formation are the sole responsibility of the participants. Neither DARPA nor the Department of Defense (DoD) endorses the information and organizations contained in the consolidated teaming profile document, nor does DARPA or DoD exercise any responsibility for improper dissemination of the teaming profiles.  

LIGHTNING TALKS

Attendees may be afforded the opportunity to give a Lightning Talk (a 5-minute oral presentation) during the webcast outlining their interests and capabilities. The purpose of these presentations is to facilitate teaming discussions among the attendees. Upon registering, attendees may indicate if they would like to give a Lightning Talk. Due to limited availability, DARPA will accept submissions on a first-come, first-served basis and does not guarantee an attendee’s requests to brief will be fulfilled. Submitted briefings are limited to a single, PDF-format slide, which should be appropriate for public release, as they will be shared with the session via webcast. The slide must be submitted to MARRS@darpa.mil by 4:00 PM ET on January 14, 2026. DARPA will contact submitters upon receipt of their slide with additional guidance for the webcast.

SIDEBAR MEETINGS

There will be an opportunity to meet individually with the Program Manager, Dr. Thomas Schenkel. Eight-minute, individual, virtual meetings will be held during Proposers Day between 2:30 PM and 5:00 PM ET. Please request an individual/team (limited to four (4) people per team) session via the registration website. Requests must be received no later than the registration deadline date. 

AGENDA

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