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Elevated Equipment: DoD Awards $50 Million for Defense-Related Scientific Research
The DoD recently awarded $50 million in grants to 150 university scientists—54 of whom are sponsored by ONR—via the Defense University Research Instrumentation Program.
January 13, 2021
Inspired Intellect: Students Win CNR Scholarship Awards at International Science and Engineering Fair
For excellence in research areas such as artificial intelligence and robotic and autonomous systems, the Department of the Navy (DoN) recently presented $15,000 scholarship awards to five students competing in the 2025 Regeneron International Science and Engineering Fair.
July 01, 2025
Attention, Science Fans! Naval STEM Launches Newest Naval Horizons Essay Contest
The Department of the Navy’s (DoN) Naval STEM (science, technology, engineering, mathematics) program has gone live with the newest iteration of its popular Naval Horizons student essay contest for high school and college students.
March 21, 2024
Prize-Winning Prose: Naval STEM Announces Winners of Naval Horizons Essay Contest
The results are in for the recent Naval Horizons student essay contest, organized by the Naval STEM Coordination Office, which is located at the Office of Naval Research.
October 20, 2021
Onward, Upward: 2022 Naval Horizons Contest Boasts Greatest Number of Winners Yet
The results are in for the recent Naval Horizons student essay contest. The contest organizer, the Department of the Navy's (DoN) Naval STEM Coordination Office (NSCO), which is located at the Office of Naval Research, is excited about the growth of the contest since its premiere. In the 2022 contest, over 710 students were awarded a $200 cash prize.
January 10, 2023
Fine Fellows: DoN HBCI/MI Program Honors Winners at Distinguished Fellows Symposium
The DoN HBCU/MI Program recently hosted its Distinguished Fellows Symposium at the Office of Naval Research. The DoN HBCU/MI Distinguished Fellows Program provides HBCU/MI professors with faculty release time for three years, enabling them to focus exclusively on naval-relevant research.
July 24, 2024
Robot Rumble: NSWC Philadelphia-Mentored Team Wins Big at FIRST Robotics Championship
A high school team mentored by Naval Surface Warfare Center Philadelphia Division (NSWCPD) recently won a world title at the FIRST Robotics Championship in Houston, Texas.
September 04, 2024
Battle Blimps: ONR-Sponsored STEM Contest Shows Creativity of Student Engineers
The Office of Naval Research recently sponsored the Defend the Republic STEM competition at George Mason University in Virginia. The contest featured lighter-than-air vehicles, also called blimps.
August 01, 2024