DESIGNA // Government R&D + SBIR/STTR Fit

Turn an operational kernel into a fundable transition plan.

A flagship technical concept and two focused variants show where public R&D can validate, harden, adapt, and transition the PHP/WASM kernel without confusing research with ordinary implementation.

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Phase I feasibilityPhase II prototypeTransition path

Funding lifecycleOPERATIONAL BASELINE // TRANSITION-ORIENTED

01Operational baselineWorking PHP/WASM runtime and deployment lessons.

02Phase I feasibilityMeasure startup, footprint, recovery, and controls.

03Phase II prototypeHarden the selected technical hypothesis.

04Mission pilotEvaluate against a defined workflow and environment.

05TransitionPlan acquisition, insertion, or partner integration.

01 // Deployment baselineOperational PHP/WASM runtime

Current deployment experience is the baseline; environment-specific evidence is supplied with each validation scope.

02 // Runtime recordVersion and date: pending

A release record and representative workload are scheduled for Phase I validation.

03 // MeasurementsStartup, recovery, footprint: pending

Baseline measurement scheduled for Phase I validation. No invented performance values are published here.

04 // Validation artifactEvidence packet on request

Sanitized deployment notes, test plans, and validation artifacts are scoped to the partner and mission context.

Fund the right unknowns

Start from a working baseline. Fund the unknowns.

Each concept connects a mission problem to an existing operational baseline, a bounded technical unknown, explicit phase deliverables, and a plausible transition customer.

Flagship concept // Project A

Resilient Agent Runtime for Low-Resource Government Systems.

One coherent proposal direction joining the operational kernel, agent-assisted operations, recovery controls, measurable research, and dual-use commercialization.

NSF AI SBIR/STTRDARPA/IPTODHS S&T SBIRDoW SBIR/STTR - topic dependent

Why it fits: Trustworthy, secure, efficient, commercially scalable AI infrastructure with a bounded runtime and measurable operating controls.
Current baseline: Operational PHP/WASM kernel and deployment experience.
Remaining unknown: Startup, footprint, recovery, provenance, and bounded-action performance under defined mission faults.
Phase I / Phase II: Benchmark feasibility, then a hardened prototype and mission pilot.

Variant B

Low-resource trusted execution.

Portable execution where deployment conditions change and the research question is resource efficiency, isolation, and secure orchestration.

DHS S&T SBIRDoW SBIR/STTR - topic dependent

Why it fits: Resilient, distributed, or continuity-focused applications with a testable resource and isolation hypothesis.
Deliverable: Measured prototype with a mission-specific transition path.
Transition customer: Field operations, emergency response, or distributed administration.

Variant C

Self-healing digital services.

Recovery with safety boundaries: classify failure, propose bounded remediation, support rollback, and retain operator approval.

DARPA/IPTODoW RISE - transition path

Why it fits: Research into recovery policies, provenance, and controlled intervention - not an ordinary implementation effort.
Deliverable: Fault-injection trials, recovery evidence, and a mission-pilot plan.
Commercialization: Resilient service infrastructure for regulated and continuity-sensitive operators.

Phase I feasibility$250K-$350K

Benchmark plan, technical hypothesis, representative workload, and initial validation evidence.

Phase II prototype / validation$750K-$1.8M

Hardened prototype, fault-injection testing, mission adaptation, and measured pilot readiness.

Transition / acquisition planning$1.5M-$3M+

Not a standard grant ceiling; depends on the contracting or transition vehicle, partner, and acquisition path.

Eligibility and submission note. Funding depends on the specific solicitation, company eligibility, topic alignment, proposal evaluation, and allowable-cost rules. DESIGNA will tailor the project to the agency topic rather than submit a generic platform proposal.

Opportunity intake

Bring the kernel, the mission, and the transition question into one room.

This intake gives an agency, prime, university, or small-business partner a structured way to request the right brief and name the pathway they are evaluating.