Future Program: National Security Economic Theory (NASCENT)

Agency: DEPT OF DEFENSE
State: Federal
Type of Government: Federal
FSC Category:
  • A - Research and development
NAICS Category:
  • 541715 - Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences (except Nanotechnology and Biotechnology)
Posted Date: Jan 9, 2026
Due Date: Feb 28, 2026
Solicitation No: DARPA-SN-26-26
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Future Program: National Security Economic Theory (NASCENT)
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DARPA-SN-26-26
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DEPT OF DEFENSE
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DEFENSE ADVANCED RESEARCH PROJECTS AGENCY (DARPA)
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  • Contract Opportunity Type: Special Notice (Updated)
  • Updated Published Date: Jan 09, 2026 11:23 am EST
  • Original Published Date: Jan 09, 2026 10:27 am EST
  • Updated Response Date: Feb 28, 2026 11:59 pm EST
  • Original Response Date: Feb 28, 2026 11:59 pm EST
  • Inactive Policy: Manual
  • Updated Inactive Date: Mar 01, 2026
  • Original Inactive Date: Mar 01, 2026
  • Initiative:
    • None
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  • Product Service Code: AC12 - NATIONAL DEFENSE R&D SERVICES; DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE - MILITARY; APPLIED RESEARCH
  • NAICS Code:
    • 541715 - Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences (except Nanotechnology and Biotechnology)
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The National Security Economic Theory (NASCENT) program will 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.


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  • 675 NORTH RANDOLPH STREET
  • ARLINGTON , VA 222032114
  • USA
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