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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

NAVSEA Chief Engineer Presents ONR's Next Distinguished Lecture

The Office of Naval Research (ONR) will host its next distinguished lecturer Dec. 13 with a narrative that involves a torpedoed ship and global intrigue.
January 01, 2011

ONR-Supported Nobel Prize Winning Scientist Speaks in Arlington

A Nobel Prize-winning scientist—who helped isolate a new ultra-thin material called graphene that could revolutionize everything from circuits to industrial processes—spoke at the Office of Naval Research (ONR) on Oct. 17.
October 17, 2012

ONR at 75: Virtual Anniversary Event to Highlight Future of Naval Power

On Thursday, Sept. 30, senior naval and congressional leaders will participate in a special Office of Naval Research-sponsored virtual event to discuss “The Future of Warfare.”
September 27, 2021

U.S. Navy Sails by Competition for Number, Quality of Patents

A laser with the potential to jam heat-seeking missiles and sniff out chemicals is one of 358 technologies patented by the U.S. Navy in 2012, helping the service dominate the government category in an annual ranking of patent portfolios published Oct. 23.
November 07, 2013

ONR Global sponsors winning round of naval Hacking for Defense challenge in Chile

The Avante 2020 Challenge, with the financial support of the local Naval Polytechnic Academy through its INNOVAPOLINAV program, the Production Development Corporation (CORFO), and the Office of Naval Research Global, selected two winning teams to develop a technological solution to a set of problems proposed by the Chilean Navy.
January 01, 2021

ONR Advances Cutting-Edge Unmanned Underwater Vehicles at Demo

Hundreds of people from six nations worked on autonomous underwater vehicles and mine countermeasures at the Office of Naval Research-sponsored Pax River technology demonstrations at Naval Air Station Patuxent River in Maryland.
October 02, 2015

ONR Scientist Generates 'Mud Power' for NPR Radio Audience

Dr. Linda Chrisey, a leading scientist at the Office of Naval Research, discussed how researchers are generating electricity from bacteria found in mud and wastewater during National Public Radio's recent
January 01, 2010

ONR-Funded Young Innovators Recognized by President

Six researchers funded by the Office of Naval Research (ONR) were honored with Presidential Early Career Awards for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE), officials announced Aug. 10.
January 01, 2012

ONR Streamlines Grant Submissions Process Beginning September 1

The Office of Naval Research (ONR) announced today that it has enacted a new policy aimed at streamlining the application and submission process for grants and cooperative agreements.
September 08, 2008