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The Office of Naval Research's five science and technology departments coordinate and execute the research investment strategy as outlined in the Naval Science and Technology Strategic Plan.
March 09, 2022

Nation's Future STEM Professionals Gather at D.C. Event

ONR will engage with students, families and teachers at the USA Science & Engineering Festival in Washington, D.C.
April 26, 2012

Godfather of Oceanography Wins Prestigious Award

Hailed as one of the world's greatest oceanographers and pioneers of marine science, Dr. Walter Munk, a long-time contributor to the Office of Naval Research (ONR), received the prestigious 2010 Crafoord Prize in Geosciences from the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences on May 11 in Stockholm.
January 01, 2010

Navy Chief: Here's What We Need for the Future Force

The Chief of Naval Operations (CNO), Adm. Jonathan Greenert, today outlined the top science and technology objectives for the Navy and Marine Corps of the future, at the Naval Future Force Science and Technology (S&T) EXPO in Washington, D.C.
February 04, 2015

Innovation in India Lecture

Seeking to promote the exchange of ideas in the global science and technology community, the Office of Naval Research recently hosted
October 29, 2009

Naval Community Celebrates High School Scientists, Engineers

Assistant Chief of Naval Research Capt. Robert Palisin, from the Office of Naval Research, was on-hand to present awards and congratulate some of the nation’s top science- and engineering-focused high school students at the 53rd National Junior Science & Humanities Symposium, or JSHS.
May 05, 2015

New Naval S&T Strategy to be Detailed at Partnership Conference

The recently approved Naval Science and Technology Strategic Plan and its thirteen science and technology (S&T) focus areas will be among the items discussed at the 8th annual Naval S&T Partnership Conference to be held starting on July 30th in Washington, D. C.
June 26, 2007

'Wired For War' Author Peter Singer to Kick Off Winter Lecture Series at ONR

Dr. Peter Warren Singer, author, senior fellow and director of the 21st Century Defense Initiative at the Brookings Institution, will speak on the science fiction and science reality of war in the 21st century, from 2 to 3:30 p.m. March 8 at the Office of Naval Research.
March 02, 2011

Business of Problem-Solving: S&T Panels Spotlight Naval Challenges, Opportunities

The Office of Naval Research held two science and technology (S&T) discussion panels during the recent 2024 Naval Science and Technology (S&T)/Combat Systems/Technology, Systems and Ships Symposium in Arlington, Virginia.
January 15, 2025

Basic Research Challenge

The ONR Basic Research Challenge (BRC) program was established to competitively select and fund promising research programs in new areas not addressed by the current basic research program. The program stimulates new, high-risk basic research projects in multidisciplinary and departmental collaborative efforts, and funds topics that foster leading edge science and attract new principal investigators and organizations.
March 18, 2022