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Meeting the 'Challenge': Office of Naval Research Funds New Projects

The Office of Naval Research has selected five new basic research projects for significant funding, officials announced Dec. 13.
January 01, 2011

Remarkable Robotics: ROVs Shine in ONR-Sponsored International SeaPerch Challenge

More than 130 teams of elementary, middle and high school students from around the world competed at the annual International SeaPerch Challenge on June 4 at the University of Maryland in College Park, Maryland.
June 10, 2022

Profitable Partnerships: Chief of Naval Research Stresses Global Collaboration at Panel

Cyber and electronic warfare, shrinking defense budgets, and critical international science and technology partnerships were some of the key concerns for seven military leaders from around the world who met at the Sea-Air-Space Exposition.
May 19, 2016

Mission-Focused Autonomy Program Undergoes 'Marathon' Experiment

An Office of Naval Research-sponsored effort is moving closer to assisting federal law enforcement officials.
January 12, 2012

A Winning Bid: Stanford University Professors Share Nobel Prize in Economics

Dr. Robert Wilson and Dr. Paul Milgrom of Stanford University—both of whom previously received support from ONR—recently won the 2020 Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences.
January 28, 2021

Theoretical to Tactical: Veterans Turn Research into Naval Innovation

NEPTUNE 2.0 will launch in early 2020—providing new research grants to universities to align naval and national defense strategy requirements with campus laboratory capabilities. NEPTUNE sponsors university research, which enables military students (veterans and active duty) to connect education with entrepreneurial practice—developing technology for defense and commercial applications.
November 18, 2019

Innovation Acceleration: Navy Speeds Up Contracts for Small Business Partners

To solicit a wide range of potential small business partners, the U.S. Navy’s Small Business Innovation Research program is today announcing its expanded funding opportunity in a Broad Agency Announcement.
September 24, 2019

Full Power: Alternative Energy Partnerships Flourish in Asia

As President Barack Obama begins a trip to Asia to coordinate with allies and reconfirm America’s strategic pivot to the Pacific, officials at the Office of Naval Research (ONR) emphasized today the Asia-Pacific Technology and Education Partnership (APTEP) as an example of strong and growing ties between the United States and its allies in the region.
January 01, 2014

Fusing the Gap: ONR Global Team Develops Tech with Sailors and Marines

Office of Naval Research (ONR) Global Experimentation and Analysis (ONRG E&A) connects scientists, engineers, and industry partners with Sailors and Marines in the field, to better understand and develop technologies that will help operators achieve their objectives.
January 01, 2021

ONR Achieves Highest Ranking on Industry Association Scorecard

The Office of Naval Research (ONR) has ended fiscal year 2023 with the highest rating from the Professional Services Council (PSC) for its outreach, transparency and thoroughness in acquisition forecasts. The Department of the Navy’s ranking on the PSC scorecard is a big change from previous years according to Ellen Simonoff, director, Office of Small Business Programs. She said last year the DoN pushed an initiative to get a higher ranking and succeeded, in part, by getting all of the Navy commands to have their long-range acquisition estimates correspond to each other in terms of how and what information was published.
November 20, 2023