Resilient

The DARPA Defense Sciences Office seeks innovative research concepts to create a transportable “Material Accelerator” that can accelerate concrete aging >1,000× while preserving real‑world degradation mechanisms. The effort is split into two 12‑month phases: Phase 1 focuses on designing a benchtop accelerator and an initial physics‑based scalability model; Phase 2 expands the platform to a versatile, field‑deployable system and validates the model against multi‑environment data. Successful proposals will deliver high‑fidelity accelerated testing data, a validated multi‑scale predictive model, and a transportable prototype capable of operating in diverse U.S. climates. • Total funding up to $2 M (max $1 M per phase). • Phase 1 (12 mo): benchtop accelerator design, baseline testing, initial scalability model. • Phase 2 (12 mo): transportable prototype, >1,000× acceleration, validation on multiple concrete formulations and environments. • Required deliverables include hardware, software, data sets, and regular milestone reports. • Mandatory data‑sharing via a federated baseline database. • Program start ≈ December 18 2026; final completion ≈ December 2028.