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DARPA Broad Agency Announcement

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The Defense Sciences Office at the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) is soliciting innovative research proposals in the area of new simulation capabilities to test the accuracy and robustness of causal modeling methods for understanding human social systems and behaviors.

Proposed research should investigate innovative approaches that enable revolutionary advances in social science modeling, simulation, and causal inference.

Specifically excluded is research that primarily results in evolutionary improvements to the existing state of practice.

–DARPA Broad Agency Announcement, https://www.grants.gov/web/grants/view-opportunity.html?oppId=293519