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The Office of Naval Research (ONR) Global welcomed new leadership during a change of command ceremony at the Admiralty House Garden in Portsmouth, United Kingdom, while also commemorating its 80th anniversary. Chief of Naval Research Rear Adm. Lorin C. Selby officiated the ceremony, which was attended by U.S. and Royal Navy representatives.

ONR Global science advisors are civilian scientists, engineers and technologists selected to participate in a one- to three-year career development tour.

Naval Reservists in Science and Technology activities are aligned to organizations, functions or liaisons.

On June 6, the Office of Naval Research Global welcomed new leadership during a change-of-command ceremony at its London headquarters.

Two members of the Office of Naval Research Reserve Component (ONR-RC) recently won the organization’s most prestigious prizes.

Seeking out new technology or exciting ideas at the Office of Naval Research (ONR) Global is something of a treasure hunt. Dr. Scott Walper, science director, ONR Global, says the search for innovative projects can take him and his team of program officers all over the world, relying on a bit of luck — or serendipity — to strike gold. But recently, Walper said he and his predecessor for Synthetic Biology at ONR Global, Dr. Patrick Rose, who is now with SPRIND (Germany’s Federal Agency for Disruptive Innovation) had an idea to try something a little different. Walper said, “The thought was we would put out a call for a ‘Serendipity Collective,’ where we would sponsor a workshop and ask people to tell us their craziest ideas”. To attract innovators, the team worked with the company IdeatePlus. Walper said Kevin D'Silva, IdeatePlus CEO, and his team were instrumental in helping develop and manage the event, setting up a web-based platform to crowdsource and push out a social media campaign. The website generated 73 concepts from more than 225 active participants. The information was collected and shared it with a team of experts, including an artist, engineer, scientist and someone from the humanities. The experts scored proposals based on originality and feasibility. Eight teams were then invited to the “Serendipity Collective” held in Berlin in May. From those core concepts, another panel of experts composed of representatives from ONR Global, DEVCOM, the VW (Volkswagen) Foundation and SPRIND picked the ones they wanted to sponsor with an award of $50,000 to kick-start their efforts.

The U.S. Navy’s more than 35,000 junior officers have a new avenue for sharing ideas, insights and concerns with senior leadership—via the service’s Naval Junior Officer Counsel (NJOC).

If you are interested in becoming an Office of Naval Research (ONR) Global Science Advisor, the following questions and answers may assist you.

The year 2026 marks the 80th anniversary of the Office of Naval Research. From our beginnings as the first U.S. military organization dedicated to wide-ranging, basic scientific research — to the agile command leading aggressive research portfolios that deliver advanced warfighting capability — our story has always been one of forward-leaning transformation.