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Former ONR Performer Wins Nobel Prize in Physics for Climate Research

Since its creation in 1946, the Office of Naval Research (ONR) has supported the early-career research of more than 60 Nobel laureates. ONR, which is currently celebrating its 75th anniversary, is proud to add another name to that prestigious list—Dr. Klaus Hasselmann of Germany’s Max Planck...
March 04, 2022
Portrait of Klaus Hasselmann Photo: © Julia Knop/Max-Planck-Gesellschaft

Navy ‘SCOUTs’ the Digital Battlespace to Test Operational Problems

A partnership involving the Office of Naval Research (ONR); the deputy assistant secretary of the Navy for Research, Development, Test and Evaluation (DASN RDT&E); and the Joint Interagency Task Force South (JIATF-S) is conducting the first virtual sprint demonstration of the Aggregated Digital...
March 03, 2022
200216-N-RL695-2126 CARIBBEAN SEA (February 16, 2020) The Freedom-class littoral combat ship USS Little Rock (LCS 9) underway in the Caribbean Sea. The USS Little Rock is deployed to the U.S. Southern Command area of responsibility in support of Joint Interagency Task Force South (JIATF-S) Campaign MARTILLO targeting counter illicit drug operations. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Marianne Guemo/Released)

Video Games Can Enhance Warrior Cognitive Performance

The U.S. Navy and U.S. Marine Corps have been using simulators, virtual reality and video games to train Sailors and Marines for years. The Office of Naval Research (ONR) is sponsoring research focused on understanding the cognitive effects that video games have on the human brain.
February 17, 2022
Photo By Petty Officer 1st Class Chris Williamson | 210629-N-JH293-1370 OVERLAND PARK, Kan. (June 29, 2021) The U.S. Navy esports team, Goats & Glory, plays Valorant against Navy Talent Acquisition Group Mid America Future Sailors at an esports event during Kansas City Navy Week, June 29, 2021. Kansas City Navy Week is the first in-person Navy Week since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, bringing Sailors from different Navy units across the U.S. to conduct focused outreach with members of the comm

Making Hydrogen Fuel Anywhere: ONR Tests Prototype to Power Marines in Expeditionary Environments

ONR Global TechSolutions program is sponsoring efforts to convert aluminum into hydrogen fuel, which could potentially serve as a portable, readily available power source.
February 15, 2022

Best and Brightest: ONR's 2022 Young Investigators

Today, the Office of Naval Research (ONR) recognized awardees of the 2022 Young Investigator Program (YIP).
January 31, 2022
170202-N-PO203-073 BATON ROUGE, La. (Feb. 2, 2017) Dr. Reginald Williams, program manager at the Office of Naval Research, talks about the Young Investigator Research Program (YIP) during a Department of the Navy (DoN) Historically Black Colleges and Universities and Minority Institution (HBCU/MI) program visit to Southern University and A&M College. The YIP seeks to attract outstanding faculty members in their first or second full-time tenure-track appointment who show exceptional promise for doing creativ

Navy Announces Winners of its First Distinguished Fellows Program for HBCU/MIs

The Department of the Navy’s Historically Black Colleges and Universities/Minority Institutions Program—located at the Office of Naval Research—recently announced the inaugural winners of its Distinguished Fellows Program.
December 15, 2021
A screenshot of Dr. Reginald Williams, acting director of the Department of the Navy’s Historically Black Colleges and Universities/Minority Institutions (HBCU/MI) Program, speaking during the virtual 2021 Naval Opportunity Awareness Workshop (OAW). The Naval OAW targeted college and university presidents, vice presidents, provosts, faculty, staff and students from HBCU/MIs. It highlighted research opportunities within the Navy and Marine Corps, summer faculty/sabbatical research initiatives, and student in

'Our Time to Innovate is Now': Chief of Naval Research Reimagines Naval Power for 21st Century

Chief of Naval Research Rear Adm. Lorin C. Selby recently expanded on his remarks about reimagining naval power from November’s HacktheMachine Unmanned competition.
December 08, 2021
Rear Adm. Lorin Selby, chief of naval research, delivers remarks at the “HACKtheMACHINE” unmanned competition in Alexandria, Va., Nov. 17, 2021. HACKtheMACHINE Unmanned is the first in a series of public-facing technology challenges aimed at accelerating discovery and teambuilding between the DoN, industry and academia for the creation of groundbreaking unmanned and autonomous systems. (U.S. Navy photo by Michael Walls)

Unraveling 'Knotty' Problems: ONR Helps Launch New Academic Center for National Security Innovation

Recognizing the modern need for bold answers to complex naval challenges, ONR has sponsored the creation of Stanford University’s Gordian Knot Center for National Security Innovation (GKC)—a new academic center dedicated to helping the U.S. government re-envision its approach to national security...
December 03, 2021

ONR Sponsors New Academic Center for National Security Innovation

ONR continues its 75-year-old commitment to fostering innovation with the sponsorship of a Stanford University-based academic center formally launching next week.
November 26, 2021

How Science is Finding Ways to Navigate in GPS-Denied Environments

The Office of Naval Research (ONR) Global selected and co-funded with the U.S. Army Development Command the winning proposal of its second annual Global-X Challenge.
November 23, 2021