The Idea Pollinators: DARPA Service Chiefs Fellows - Episode 88
From Voices from DARPA by DARPA
July 31, 2025 · 16 min
About this episode
The episode discusses the DARPA Service Chiefs Fellowship Program and its impact on military and government collaboration.
The Service Chiefs Fellows connect their operational insights with potential DARPA breakthroughs. We explore DARPA’s Service Chiefs Fellowship Program (SCFP) , a 12-week immersive experience that brings together participants from various backgrounds across the Department of Defense (DOD) and other U.S. agencies. Its dual core purposes are to educate future leaders from military services and other agencies, helping them "infuse some of the DARPA magic into their home base," and to inform DARPA program managers and performers, many of whom lack military or government backgrounds, about the mission and the needs of current warfighters. This blending of ideas fosters new connections and can even lead participants to return to the agency, as exemplified by Rob McHenry, DARPA's current Deputy Director and the agency’s first Service Chiefs Fellow. As part of DARPA’s broader strategy to engage the U.S. military and other U.S. government partners, the SCFP helps ensure vital ideas take root and flourish where they are most needed. Service Chiefs Fellowship Program webpage Biological Technologies Office (BTO) Information Innovation Office (I2O) Mission-Integrated Network Control (MINC) Dr…
People in this episode
Host: Dr. Michael Feasel
Topics covered
- Service Chiefs Fellowship Program
- DARPA
- military innovation
- leadership education
- government collaboration
Keywords
- DARPA
- Service Chiefs Fellowship
- military
- government
- innovation
- leadership
- Rob McHenry
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: DARPA, Department of Defense, Biological Technologies Office, Information Innovation Office, Mission-Integrated Network Control
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