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CHEERS MAA Open Period 2 - All Technical Areas, 10 U.S.C. 4023 - Procurement for Experimental Purposes (ARA)

Solicitation ID: FA238424S2335

Agency: AFRL

Type: Solicitation
Deadline: 2027-09-30T17:00:00 ET
Eligibility: Maybe (Topic Dependent)
Funding: TBD; total value of all awards will not exceed $499.87M.
Doc Type: BAA
Clearance: No
Program Manager: AFRL.711HPW.MAA@us.af.mil
Last Updated: 2025-11-24 12:59
Analyzed File: Open Period Solicitation 2_ARA Amend 01_20Nov2025.pdf

Eligibility Reasoning

Any deviations from the CHEERS MAA Industry Guide will be identified in the Request for Proposal (RFP) issued to those offerors who have submitted White Papers identified as further interest to AFRL.

Note: This is an AI-generated summary...

Summary

This document, FA2384-24-S-2335, is an Open Period Solicitation from the Air Force Research Laboratory Human Effectiveness Directorate (AFRL/RH) and the USAF School of Medicine (USAFSAM) for the Continuing Human Enabling, Enhancing, Restoring and Sustaining (CHEERS) program. Issued under the 10 U.S.C. 4023 authority for Procurement for Experimental Purposes, it solicits solutions for all technical areas detailed in the parent CHEERS MAA (FA2384-24-S-2233). The process is a two-step submission: interested parties must first submit a white paper by the deadline of September 30, 2027. Offerors with successful white papers will then be invited to submit a full proposal. The total value of all awards resulting from this solicitation will not exceed $499.87 million, with multiple awards anticipated. Many specific details such as deliverables and schedules are to be determined based on the proposals received.

Overall Technical Areas

Human Performance MonitoringCognitive Enhancement TechnologiesPhysiological Augmentation SystemsHuman-Autonomy TeamingBiomedical Sensor DevelopmentAerospace Medicine ResearchBiosignal Processing and AnalysisFatigue Management TechnologiesRehabilitative & Restorative MedicinePersonalized Health AnalyticsEnvironmental Stress MitigationAdvanced Protective EquipmentApplied Neuroscience

Probable LBNL Areas

N/A

Focus Areas

N/A

Potential LBNL PIs (Overall)

Note on PI Matching: These suggestions are generated through an AI-driven semantic analysis of LBNL staff profiles.

NameScoreOrganization
Yi-Chuan Lu0.76EESA | CESD | Earth System Sciences · Environmental Stress Mitigation
Thomas Hendrickson0.74ETA | Energy Analysis | Systems & Energy Tech Analysis · Environmental Stress Mitigation
Kevin Fan0.74LD | LD | Strategic Partnerships · Applied Neuroscience
Zachary Jones0.74BSA | Biological Systems & Engineering | Process Engr & Analytics · Biomedical Sensor Development
Karthik Shekhar0.74BSA | Biological Systems & Engineering | Biodesign Dept · Cognitive Enhancement Technologies
Mark Alper0.73ESA | MSD | Material Physics · Biomedical Sensor Development
Alan Meier0.73ETA | Building Tech. & Urban Sys. | Bldg Technologies Dept · Fatigue Management Technologies
Victor Negut0.72PSA | NSD | ANP · Advanced Protective Equipment
Amy Kronenberg0.72BSA | Biological Systems & Engineering | Biodesign Dept · Aerospace Medicine Research
Steffen Uhlemann0.72EESA | EG | Geophysics Dept · Biosignal Processing and Analysis

Fundamental Research Exemption (FRE)

b. Export Control: TBD – See CHEERS MAA, Section 2.7 (d) Export Control for further information.