Can foreign partners, such as university professors, be co-investigators or subcontractors to a US investigator?
There are no restrictions on the participation of non-US citizens or permanent residents as investigators or co-investigators . There are also no specific restrictions on the participation of foreign institutions, but potential performers must be cognizant of ITAR and export control restrictions to the extent they may apply. Q: For consortiums or collaborations, do we need to arrange the group now and submit only one abstract before July 3rd, or do we submit an abstract with the piece of the solution we are proposing and then organize a consortium before the proposal deadline? A: It is advisable to fully identify your team for the abstract submission. If not, this is OK, although this may affect DARPA’s recommendation, but the final team would need to be in place when the final proposal is submitted and fully detailed therein. For consortiums, as applicable when proposing an OTA TIA award instrument, the details of the consortium structure will be negotiated subsequent to selection for
