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ONR Awarding Scholarship Money to Top Students at Science Competition

Top students in the Intel International Science and Engineering Fair (ISEF) competition will be awarded scholarship prizes from the Office of Naval Research.
May 10, 2012

You Go, Girls: ONR Robotics Help the SciGirls

ONR's SeaPerch will be featured in PBS series "SciGirls."
October 12, 2012

STEM Grand Challenge Winners to Build Better Digital Tutors for Students

Winners of ONR's STEM Grand Challenge will produce intelligent tutoring technology that will be used to enhance the STEM skills of students, Sailors and Marines.
February 21, 2012

Students' Robot Submarines Enter the Ring in Gladiator-Themed Competition

The 15th International RoboSub Competition joins a lineup of Office of Naval Research-sponsored activities designed to familiarize students with autonomous underwater vehicles and grow their interest in future engineering careers.
July 19, 2012

Navy Researchers Fire 1,000th Shot on Laboratory Electromagnetic Railgun

Navy researchers hit a materials research milestone in the Office of Naval Research's Electromagnetic Railgun program with its 1000th fire on Oct. 31.
October 31, 2011

Titanic Discoverer Embarks on ONR Mission to Boost STEM Education

Oceanographer Dr. Robert Ballard has received a grant from the Office of Naval Research (ONR) to employ his tele-presence technology comprising advanced robotics and high-bandwidth ship-to-shore communications in support of ocean exploration and STEM education.
April 18, 2012

Whatever Floats Your RoboBoat: Competition Engages Students in STEM

The competition—sponsored by the Office of Naval Research and the Association for Unmanned Vehicle Systems International Foundation—is an autonomous robotics challenge where teams put their autonomous surface vehicles through a marked navigation channel and a series of challenges. The goal is to boost student interest in science, technology, engineering and mathematics and to inspire them to follow a naval career in these fields.
June 26, 2012

Free Search Engine Connects Classrooms with Science and Technology

An educational search engine funded by the Office of Naval Research has gone mobile just in time for the holidays with the Dec. 16 release of an iPad app.
January 01, 2012

U.S. Research Vessel Winds Down Visit to Vietnam as Part of Joint Oceanographic Research Program

Owned by the Office of Naval Research (ONR) and operated by the Scripps Institution of Oceanography, R/V Roger Revelle, an auxiliary general purpose oceanographic research vessel (AGOR 28), arrived in Vietnam on June 22. Its visit highlights partnership between ONR and the Vietnamese Ministry of Science and Technology as part of a five-year research endeavor.
June 27, 2012

Pirates, Beware: Navy's Smart Robocopters Will Spy You in the Crowd

A sensor prototype called the Multi-Mode Sensor Seeker will allow naval unmanned aircraft to autonomously identify small boats on the water.
January 01, 2012