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DARPA STTR P2: Acquisitions Process Innovation
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Agency: DARPA
Program: STTR
Award Year: 2022
Phase: II
$250.00
Proposal Topic:
America's technological dominance enables national security, but two forces threaten this advantage: near-peer competitor advances and commercial R&D shifts that make DoD projects less attractive.We propose researching what motivates companies to participate in DoD R&D, then developing a tool to help contracting officers analyze projects, design effective incentives, and negotiate with industry. We'll also explore automating analysis elements to reduce errors and accelerate contracting.
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How does this proposal help me win?
An old proposal gives you an idea of what you need to produce in order to win. Imagine trying to do a puzzle without being able to see the image of the competed puzzle.
This redacted proposal is like the puzzle box that shows you what you are working towards.
We have a video with full recommendations on how to get the most out of these old winning proposals but the key benefits are:
- Decide whether to pursue at all: Seeing an old proposal gives you a sense for the technical and commercial bar you need to hit. If you can't produce something of a similar quality and rigor you might not want to invest the time to pursue federal funding right now
- Proposal planning: There are strict page limits. See how a past winner "used" their pages
- Understand the questions: The prompts and sections of the proposal can be confusing and seem duplicative. An old winning proposal gives you a sense for what the government is looking for
- What this proposal is NOT: An old proposal is not a madlib where you can just search for key words and replace them with your technology's. You still need to write a clear and compelling proposal. This just shows you what clear and compelling actually means.
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Will an old winning proposal help me win?
We can make no guarantees about winning or win rates but consider this:
The value of your time:
- It takes most people 100 hours to write a proposal for a new agency or funding program. We have found that being able to reference a prior winning proposal reduces that by 10-20 hours.
- if you value your time at $75/HR that means that this proposal will save you $750-$1,500 in time
Your chances of winning:
- If you win you'll generally get $250K for a Phase I.
- We believe that having access to an old winning proposal can easily increase your win rate by 1%
- Based on the value of this increased chances of winning an old proposal is worth $2,500
We have been very conservative in our estimates and we think that an old winning proposal will save you more time and increase your win rate by more than 1%, but even at these assumptions the value of a winning proposal is far higher than the cost