Notice ID: 66d59a7a71484b0ab5985576853de2ffSolicitationArchived
National Security Economic Theory (NASCENT)
Archived on May 24, 2026. Original response deadline: . Full description on SAM.gov.
Overview
- Response deadline
- 5:00 PM EST
- Posted
- February 23, 2026
- Notice type
- Solicitation
- NAICS
- 541715: Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences (except Nanotechnology and Biotechnology)
- Agency
- Department of WarDEFENSE ADVANCED RESEARCH PROJECTS AGENCY (DARPA)
Notice details
- Office
- DEF ADVANCED RESEARCH PROJECTS AGCY
- PSC
- AC12: NATIONAL DEFENSE R&D SERVICES; DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE - MILITARY; APPLIED RESEARCH
- Last updated
- Nov 2, 2026
- First published
- Last updated on SAM.gov
Identifiers
- Solicitation number
- DARPA-PS-26-14
- Notice ID
- 66d59a7a71484b0ab5985576853de2ff
Description
The National Security Economic Theory (NASCENT) program aims to establish a principled theoretical foundation for geoeconomics, enabling evidence-based economic statecraft and defining a rigorous scholarly field of quantitative geoeconomics. The program seeks to achieve the following objectives:
- Test the technical hypothesis that economic mechanism design, computer science formal methods, and experimental economics can be combined to construct a robust scientific framework for geoeconomics
- Prevent strategic surprise by building the methodologies and tools necessary to both anticipate and mitigate unintended consequences of economic statecraft.
- Test the technical hypothesis that economic mechanism design, computer science formal methods, and experimental economics can be combined to construct a robust scientific framework for geoeconomics
- Prevent strategic surprise by building the methodologies and tools necessary to both anticipate and mitigate unintended consequences of economic statecraft.
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Solicitation Number
DARPA-PS-26-14
Archive Date
May 24, 2026
Office Address
ARLINGTON, VA, 222032114