Special Notice
Non-Optical Methods for High Speed Protein Control
Department of Defense · Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA)
From the noticeUPDATE: The purpose of Amendment 1 to DARPA-SN-26-89, the Non-Optical Methods for High Speed Protein Control Special Notice (SN), is to clarify the notice deadline. DARPA BTO will be actively “shopping” the ERIS Marketplace for innovative, post-competitive, awardable solutions that address the need for a new class of rapidly switchable, non-optogenetic protein domains for real-time cellular control. This effort seeks to develop a robust and versatile molecular tool for massless information transfer across a cell membrane, intended to supplement existing synthetic biology platforms. Read more
A newer version of this notice was posted Jul 21, 2026. It moves the due date from Dec 8, 2026 to Dec 31, 2026, which is the date shown on this page. See the latest version.
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From the notice
UPDATE: The purpose of Amendment 1 to DARPA-SN-26-89, the Non-Optical Methods for High Speed Protein Control Special Notice (SN), is to clarify the notice deadline. DARPA BTO will be actively “shopping” the ERIS Marketplace for innovative, post-competitive, awardable solutions that address the need for a new class of rapidly switchable, non-optogenetic protein domains for real-time cellular control. This effort seeks to develop a robust and versatile molecular tool for massless information transfer across a cell membrane, intended to supplement existing synthetic biology platforms.
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Notice details
- Posted
- Jun 8, 2026
- Notice type
- Special Notice
- Office
- Def Advanced Research Projects Agcy, Arlington, VA
- Product/service code
- AC12 · National Defense R&D Services; Department of Defense – Military; Applied Research
- Business type
- Engineering, architecture & research (FedReady's grouping, from NAICS 541714)
- Versions
3 versions have been posted, newest first.
- Jul 21, 2026 · Amendment 0002Due Dec 31, 2026
- Jul 21, 2026 · Amendment 0001Due Dec 31, 2026 (changed)
- Jun 8, 2026 · Special Notice (this version)Date Dec 8, 2026
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