Future Program: Intrinsic Market Resilience (IMR)
DEPT OF DEFENSE
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- Posted
- Aug 12, 2026
- Closes
- No deadline published by the funder
At a glance
This is a government contract opportunity posted by DEPT OF DEFENSE in the research and development in biotechnology (except nanobiotechnology) category.
Classification and identifiers
- Industry (NAICS)
- Research and Development in Biotechnology (except Nanobiotechnology) (541714)
- Product or service (PSC)
- National Defense R&D Services; Department of Defense - Military; Basic Research (AC11)
- Solicitation number
- DARPA-SN-26-110
- Contracting office
- DEF ADVANCED RESEARCH PROJECTS AGCY
Who can apply
About this opportunity
The evolution of markets from physical trading floors to interconnected, electronic venues has introduced new speed, transparency, and efficiency, but has also created new attack surfaces and systemic risks. Modern markets, which host trading for everything from equities and bonds to energy and cloud computing resources, can be manipulated in ways unanticipated by their designers. The 2010 United States Equity market "flash crash" and the 2000-2001 California energy crisis demonstrated how weaknesses in a market's public interfaces could have dramatic consequences. Similar design issues in today's complex, interacting market systems could be used to cause economic damage, which the IMR program technology seeks to prevent. The IMR program aims to develop repair methods to protect essential ...