Max Higgins, Senior Consultant, Author at EverGlade

Max Higgins, Senior Consultant

Max Higgins, Senior Consultant

DARPA Announces HUBBLE Proposers Day to Map the Human Interactome

Leave a Comment / All Posts, DARPA, Life Sciences / By

The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), through its Biological Technologies Office (BTO), has issued Special Notice DARPA-SN-26-121 announcing a Proposers Day for the planned “High-throughput Unmasking of Biological Interactomes with Binding Landscape Emulators” (HUBBLE) program. HUBBLE targets one of the most consequential unsolved problems in computational biology: building an in-silico capability to map all

DARPA Announces HUBBLE Proposers Day to Map the Human Interactome Read More »

BARDA’s Draft New Vaccine Platforms RPP Signals a Major Push for Adaptable Medical Countermeasures

Leave a Comment / All Posts, BARDA, Life Sciences / By

The Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority (BARDA) has released a draft Request for Project Proposals (RPP), RRPV 26-05-NVP: “New Vaccine Platforms,” through the Rapid Response Partnership Vehicle (RRPV). The draft opportunity seeks mature, adaptable vaccine platform technologies that can help the United States prepare for emerging infectious disease threats before and during public health

BARDA’s Draft New Vaccine Platforms RPP Signals a Major Push for Adaptable Medical Countermeasures Read More »

ARPA-H STREAM Program: A New Federal Push for Safer, Smarter Weed Management

Leave a Comment / All Posts, ARPA-H, Emerging Technologies, Life Sciences / By

The Advanced Research Projects Agency for Health (ARPA-H) has launched the Systems for Tracking and Resilience in Efficient Agricultural-input Management (STREAM) program, a new effort focused on reducing herbicide exposure across the food system without making farming less productive or food less affordable. STREAM starts with a practical problem: herbicides remain essential tools for many

ARPA-H STREAM Program: A New Federal Push for Safer, Smarter Weed Management Read More »

BARDA’s BioMaP-Consortium Seeks Vendor Managed Inventory Capabilities to Secure the Nation’s API Reserve

Leave a Comment / All Posts, BARDA, Emerging Technologies, Life Sciences / By

The Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority (BARDA), through the Biopharmaceutical Manufacturing Preparedness Consortium (BioMaP-Consortium), has released Request for Project Proposals (RPP) 26-12-VMI, “Ensuring American Pharmaceutical Supply Chain Resilience through Vendor Managed Inventory Capabilities for Active Pharmaceutical Ingredients Used in Medical Countermeasure Finished Dose Form Drug Products.” Issued by the Administration for Strategic Preparedness and

BARDA’s BioMaP-Consortium Seeks Vendor Managed Inventory Capabilities to Secure the Nation’s API Reserve Read More »

ARPA-H’s BRAINS Initiative to Advance Functional Brain Tissue Repair

Leave a Comment / All Posts, ARPA-H, Life Sciences / By

Download the Solicitation Restoring Brain Function: ARPA-H’s BRAINS Initiative The Advanced Research Projects Agency for Health (ARPA-H) has launched the Brain Repair of Any Injured Neural Structure (BRAINS) initiative to address a major unmet need in neurological care: the lack of effective therapies to replace damaged or degenerated brain tissue and restore lost function. Brain

ARPA-H’s BRAINS Initiative to Advance Functional Brain Tissue Repair Read More »

BARDA Seeks Input on Medical Countermeasures for Drug-Resistant Fungal Infections

Leave a Comment / All Posts, BARDA, Life Sciences / By

Download the Solicitation The Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority (BARDA), within the Administration for Strategic Preparedness and Response (ASPR) at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), has issued a Request for Information (RFI) to better understand the current development landscape for antifungal medical countermeasures. BARDA plays a central role in advancing

BARDA Seeks Input on Medical Countermeasures for Drug-Resistant Fungal Infections Read More »

BARDA Seeks Input on AI-Enabled Discovery of Broad-Spectrum Small-Molecule Filovirus Therapeutics

Leave a Comment / All Posts, BARDA, Life Sciences / By

Download the Solicitation The Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority (BARDA), part of the Administration for Strategic Preparedness and Response (ASPR) within the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), has issued a Request for Information (RFI) focused on AI-Enabled Discovery of Broad-Spectrum Small-Molecule Inhibitors for Filoviruses. Filoviruses, including Ebola virus (EBOV), Sudan virus

BARDA Seeks Input on AI-Enabled Discovery of Broad-Spectrum Small-Molecule Filovirus Therapeutics Read More »

DARPA Seeks Input on Rapid Petroleum Stabilization and Repurposing Technologies

Leave a Comment / All Posts, DARPA, Emerging Technologies / By

Download the Solicitation The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), through its Biological Technologies Office (BTO), has released a Request for Information (RFI) titled ROUNDTOP, seeking input from industry, academia, government laboratories, and non-traditional performers. The RFI focuses on advanced methods to rapidly stabilize and/or repurpose large volumes of petroleum products, including petroleum abandoned in

DARPA Seeks Input on Rapid Petroleum Stabilization and Repurposing Technologies Read More »

autonomous robotic systems – Untethered Robotics

Materials for Physical Compute in Untethered Robotics

Leave a Comment / All Posts, DARPA, Emerging Technologies / By

DARPA-SN-26-76 In April 2026, the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), through its Microsystems Technology Office (MTO), released a Request for Information (RFI) titled “Materials for Physical Compute in Untethered Robotics” (DARPA-SN-26-76). This RFI signals DARPA’s early-stage interest in advancing the next generation of autonomous robotic systems capable of operating in communication-denied and dynamically changing

Materials for Physical Compute in Untethered Robotics Read More »

Organoid Cytomorphic Intelligence Resulting from Convergent Understanding and Information Transfer (O-Circuit)

DARPA’s O-Circuit Program and the Future of Biological Computing

Leave a Comment / All Posts, DARPA, Emerging Technologies / By

DARPA-PS-26-28 In May 2026, the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), through its Biological Technologies Office (BTO), released a new program solicitation titled Organoid Cytomorphic Intelligence Resulting from Convergent Understanding and Information Transfer (O-Circuit). This initiative reflects DARPA’s continued investment in next-generation computing paradigms, specifically those that move beyond traditional silicon-based systems. At a high

DARPA’s O-Circuit Program and the Future of Biological Computing Read More »

ARPA-H Launches IGoR Program to Transform Biomedical Research Infrastructure

ARPA-H Launches IGoR Program to Transform Biomedical Research Infrastructure

Leave a Comment / All Posts, ARPA-H, Life Sciences / By

DOWNLOAD THE SOLICITATION The Advanced Research Projects Agency for Health (ARPA-H) has released the Intelligent Generator of Research (IGoR) Innovative Solutions Opening (ISO), a bold initiative designed to fundamentally transform how biomedical research is conducted. Managed through ARPA-H’s Proactive Health Office, the program seeks to address longstanding inefficiencies in scientific discovery by creating an artificial

ARPA-H Launches IGoR Program to Transform Biomedical Research Infrastructure Read More »

DARPA’s RAPIID Program shelf stable blood analogs

DARPA’s RAPIID Program to Transform Trauma Care with Shelf-Stable Blood Analogs

Leave a Comment / All Posts, DARPA, Emerging Technologies, Life Sciences / By

DARPA-SN-26-77 The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), through its Biological Technologies Office (BTO), has issued Special Notice DARPA-SN-26-77 to announce forthcoming areas of interest for the Resuscitation and Prevention of Ischemia-Induced Dysfunction (RAPIID) program. As part of DARPA’s broader mission to accelerate breakthrough technologies for national security, this initiative aims to address one of

DARPA’s RAPIID Program to Transform Trauma Care with Shelf-Stable Blood Analogs Read More »

Scroll to Top