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SUMMARY:US DOD DARPA - Bio-inspired Restoration of Aged Concrete Edifices 
 (BRACE)
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20220429
DTSTAMP:20260506T045014Z
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CATEGORIES:Call for proposal
DESCRIPTION:The Bio-inspired Restoration of Aged Concrete Edifices (BRACE)
  program aims to prolong the serviceability of Department of Defense (DoD)
  structures and airfield pavements by integrating a self-repair capability
  into existing concrete. The BRACE program aims at developing bio-inspired
  approaches that 1) integrate deep within aged concrete to form a healing 
 “vasculature” for ongoing damage repair\; and 2) combine with new conc
 rete to increase the durability of runway patch repairs.\n\nTo achieve the
 se goals\, BRACE performers will engineer and operationalize vascularizing
  agents for both long-term (e.g.\, steel-reinforced marine or buried infra
 structure) and rapid (e.g.\, expeditionary airfield) use cases.\n\nAreas o
 f Interest:  Technical Area 1 (TA1): Engineer Vascularizing Effectors: Th
 e overall goal of TA1 is to create a bio-inspired vascularizing effector t
 hat will improve existing concrete durability by implementing an ongoing r
 epair capability. Accordingly\, TA1 will harness recent advances to addres
 s three key challenges: Vascularization\, Crack Repair\, and QC Diagnostic
 s.\n\nTechnical Area 2 (TA2): Operationalize Vascularizing Effectors: The 
 overall goal of TA2 is to develop approaches for operationalizing TA1 vasc
 ularizing effectors\, so they are easy to adopt and deploy and provide wel
 l-characterized service life extension. Over the course of the program\, p
 erformers will develop techniques to apply\, characterize\, and model vasc
 ularizing effectors on specimens of increasing size and complexity\, appro
 aching structural and operational realism by the program’s end.\n\nDEADL
 INE: Proposal Abstract Due Date and Time: April 29\, 2022\; 4:00pm EST.\n\
 nFull Proposal Due Date and Time: June 17\, 2022\; 4:00pm EST.\n\nProposer
 s are strongly encouraged to submit an abstract (maximum of ten pages\, in
 cluding all figures\, tables\, and charts) in advance of a proposal to min
 imize effort and reduce the potential expense of preparing an out-of-scope
  proposal. DARPA will respond to abstracts providing feedback and indicati
 ng whether\, after preliminary review\, there is interest for the proposed
  work.\n\nELIGIBILITY: EPFL researchers are eligible to participate.\n\nHO
 W TO APPLY: Abstracts and Full Proposals sent in response to HR001122S0029
  may be submitted via DARPA’s BAA Website (https://baa.darpa.mil).\n\nFO
 R FURTHER INFORMATION: Please refer to the FOA HR001122S0029 and feel free
  to contact the Research Office or BRACE@darpa.mil for any question.\n\n 
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