# Battelle Memorial Institute **Entity class:** Organization or institution **Type:** Research organization **Collection:** [[collections/Neurotech|Neurotech]] **Primary source:** [[articles/2026 Annual Report on Brain-Computer Interfaces|2026 Annual Report on Brain-Computer Interfaces]] ## Definition Battelle Memorial Institute is the prime performer responsible for BrainSTORMS under DARPA N3. ## Relationships [[wiki/Battelle Memorial Institute|Battelle]] is related to [[wiki/BrainSTORMS|BrainSTORMS]], [[wiki/Patrick Ganzer|Patrick Ganzer]], and [[wiki/DARPA N3|DARPA N3]]. <!-- BEGIN HUMANIZED RELATIONSHIPS 2026-09-11 --> This entry is routed through [[collections/Neurotech|Neurotech]], [[collections/Consciousness Continuity|Consciousness Continuity]], and [[collections/War With Empire|War With Empire]]. Its source context is developed in [[articles/2026 Annual Report on Brain-Computer Interfaces|2026 Annual Report on Brain-Computer Interfaces]], [[articles/The Next Interface Layer|The Next Interface Layer]], [[articles/Technologies for Consciousness Mapping and Transfer|Technologies for Consciousness Mapping and Transfer]], and [[articles/The Architecture of Continuity and Emerging Neuroinformatics Standards|The Architecture of Continuity and Emerging Neuroinformatics Standards]]. Status-qualified source edges are preserved in the terminal Research Edges section. ### Funding, business, and licensing - [[wiki/DARPA Contract N66001-19-C-4019|DARPA contract N66001-19-C-4019]] is associated with **Battelle Memorial Institute**. 2020 contract option notice; work distributed across Columbus, Weston, Miami, Pittsburgh. ### Key Relationships - [[wiki/DARPA N3|DARPA N3]] features **Battelle Memorial Institute**. external transceiver + nonsurgically delivered electromagnetic nanotransducers. - [[wiki/Next-Generation Nonsurgical Neurotechnology (N3)|Next-Generation Nonsurgical Neurotechnology (N3)]] features **Battelle Memorial Institute**. ### People and institutional relationships - **Battelle Memorial Institute** has as an N3 principal investigator [[wiki/Gaurav Sharma|Gaurav Sharma]]. external transceiver + nonsurgically delivered electromagnetic nanotransducers. ### Additional Documented Relationships - external transceiver + nonsurgically delivered electromagnetic nanotransducers. <!-- END HUMANIZED RELATIONSHIPS 2026-09-11 --> ## Source route [[articles/2026 Annual Report on Brain-Computer Interfaces|2026 Annual Report on Brain-Computer Interfaces]] · [[collections/Neurotech|Neurotech]] ## Research Edges <!-- BEGIN NEUROTECH RELATIONSHIP GRAPH 2026-09-10 --> #### Master relationship graph patch — 2026-09-10 **Collection:** [[collections/Neurotech|Neurotech]] **Relationship source:** [[research/Neurotechnology Ecosystem Relationship Graph - 2026-09-10|Neurotechnology Ecosystem Relationship Graph — 2026-09-10]] **Related source articles:** [[articles/The Architecture of Continuity and Emerging Neuroinformatics Standards|The Architecture of Continuity and Emerging Neuroinformatics Standards]] · [[articles/2026 Annual Report on Brain-Computer Interfaces|2026 Annual Report on Brain-Computer Interfaces]] · [[articles/The Organic-Synthetic Brain Atlas|The Organic-Synthetic Brain Atlas]] #### Outgoing typed edges - **Edge 117 — `N3_principal_investigator` → [[wiki/Gaurav Sharma|Gaurav Sharma]]** — **VERIFIED**; evidence `DARPA_N3`. external transceiver + nonsurgically delivered electromagnetic nanotransducers. #### Incoming typed edges - **Edge 68 — [[wiki/DARPA Contract N66001-19-C-4019|DARPA contract N66001-19-C-4019]] `prime_contractor` → this entry** — **VERIFIED**; evidence `DOD_4019`. 2020 contract option notice; work distributed across Columbus, Weston, Miami, Pittsburgh. - **Edge 116 — [[wiki/DARPA N3|DARPA N3]] `performer` → this entry** — **VERIFIED**; evidence `DARPA_N3`. external transceiver + nonsurgically delivered electromagnetic nanotransducers. <!-- END NEUROTECH RELATIONSHIP GRAPH 2026-09-10 --> <!-- BEGIN INTERFACE SOFT SOVEREIGNTY RELATIONSHIP GRAPH 2026-09-10 --> #### Interface and soft-sovereignty graph patch — 2026-09-10 **Collections:** [[collections/War With Empire|War With Empire]] · [[collections/Neurotech|Neurotech]] **Relationship source:** [[research/Interface and Soft Sovereignty Ecosystem Relationship Graph - 2026-09-10|Interface and Soft Sovereignty Ecosystem Relationship Graph — 2026-09-10]] **Related source articles:** [[articles/The Next Interface Layer|The Next Interface Layer]] · [[articles/The Magic Kingdom and the Managed State|The Magic Kingdom and the Managed State]] #### Incoming typed edges - **Edge 470 — [[wiki/DARPA N3|Next-Generation Nonsurgical Neurotechnology (N3)]] `performer` → this entry** — **VERIFIED**; evidence `DARPA_N3`. <!-- END INTERFACE SOFT SOVEREIGNTY RELATIONSHIP GRAPH 2026-09-10 --> <!-- BEGIN CONSCIOUSNESS MAPPING TRANSFER RELATIONSHIP GRAPH 2026-09-10 --> #### Consciousness mapping and transfer graph patch — 2026-09-10 **Collections:** [[collections/Neurotech|Neurotech]] · [[collections/Consciousness Continuity|Consciousness Continuity]] **Relationship source:** [[research/Consciousness Mapping and Transfer Ecosystem Relationship Graph - 2026-09-10|Consciousness Mapping and Transfer Ecosystem Relationship Graph — 2026-09-10]] **Related source articles:** [[articles/Technologies for Consciousness Mapping and Transfer|Technologies for Consciousness Mapping and Transfer]] · [[articles/The Architecture of Continuity and Emerging Neuroinformatics Standards|The Architecture of Continuity and Emerging Neuroinformatics Standards]] · [[articles/2026 Annual Report on Brain-Computer Interfaces|2026 Annual Report on Brain-Computer Interfaces]] · [[articles/The Organic-Synthetic Brain Atlas|The Organic-Synthetic Brain Atlas]] #### Outgoing typed edges - **Edge 117 — `N3_principal_investigator` → [[wiki/Gaurav Sharma|Gaurav Sharma]]** — **PRIOR_NEUROTECH_VERIFIED**; evidence `DARPA_N3`. external transceiver + nonsurgically delivered electromagnetic nanotransducers. #### Incoming typed edges - **Edge 68 — [[wiki/DARPA Contract N66001-19-C-4019|DARPA contract N66001-19-C-4019]] `prime_contractor` → this entry** — **PRIOR_NEUROTECH_VERIFIED**; evidence `DOD_4019`. 2020 contract option notice; work distributed across Columbus, Weston, Miami, Pittsburgh. - **Edge 116 — [[wiki/DARPA N3|DARPA N3]] `performer` → this entry** — **PRIOR_NEUROTECH_VERIFIED**; evidence `DARPA_N3`. external transceiver + nonsurgically delivered electromagnetic nanotransducers. <!-- END CONSCIOUSNESS MAPPING TRANSFER RELATIONSHIP GRAPH 2026-09-10 -->