Intelligence Advanced Research Projects Activity

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Intelligence Advanced Research Projects Activity

Agency overview
Formed	2006
Jurisdiction	United States Government
Headquarters	Intelligence Community Campus-Bethesda
Agency executive	Dr. Richard "Rick" Muller, Director
Parent agency	Office of the Director of National Intelligence
Website	IARPA.gov

The Intelligence Advanced Research Projects Activity (IARPA) is an organization within the Office of the Director of National Intelligence responsible for leading research to overcome difficult challenges relevant to the United States Intelligence Community.^[1] IARPA characterizes its mission as follows: "To envision and lead high-risk, high-payoff research that delivers innovative technology for future overwhelming intelligence advantage."

IARPA funds academic and industry research across a broad range of technical areas, including mathematics, computer science, physics, chemistry, biology, neuroscience, linguistics, political science, and cognitive psychology. Most IARPA research is unclassified and openly published. IARPA transfers successful research results and technologies to other government agencies. Notable IARPA investments include quantum computing,^[2] superconducting computing, machine learning, and forecasting tournaments.