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Office of Naval Research Website Wins Site of the Year Award

An international provider of Web content and portal solutions announced Feb. 1 that the Office of Naval Research (ONR) was named the best government website in its North American Site of the Year for 2011 contest.

February 01, 2011

ONR Researchers Look to the Future for Defeating Blindness

Neurobiologists funded by the Office of Naval Research (ONR) have discovered a potential cure for degenerative vision diseases leading to terminal blindness.

August 04, 2010

ONR-funded STEM Program Offers Peek Into World of Real "CSI"

The Office of Naval Research funds a CSI-styled summer camp at Southern Methodist University.

July 20, 2011

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

NOAA, Navy Continue Hunt For Lost Civil War Submarine Alligator

NOAA, with support from the Office of Naval Research (ONR), will return this week to the “Graveyard of the Atlantic” to continue the hunt for the Alligator, the U.S. Navy’s first submarine.

September 06, 2005

Human Power: Young Engineers Pedal Their Way to Underwater Dominance

Young engineers recently competed in the 14th biennial International Submarine Races, held at the Naval Surface Warfare Center Carderock Division, in Bethesda, Maryland.

July 12, 2017

Ocean Explorer: ONR Welcomes New Research Ship to Navy's Ranks

The Office of Naval Research (ONR) recently welcomed the U.S. Navy’s newest research vessel—R/V Sally Ride—for oceanographic research.

July 14, 2016

Quantum computing: How early funding from U.S. Navy and Army supports groundbreaking technology

Quantum computers may be able to help create new pharmaceuticals, understand chemical reactions, solve certain problems that are otherwise intractable, create new materials and allow for highly disruptive applications in numerous sectors.

January 01, 2020

ONR Distinguished Scientist Transitions to Deputy Director Role at Applied Research Laboratory

After a three-year term leading the Office of Naval Research’s (ONR) Discovery and Invention (D&I) Directorate, distinguished researcher Patricia Gruber, Ph.D., is returning to Penn State University’s (PSU) Applied Research Laboratory (ARL) to serve as the Deputy Director.

December 17, 2008

ONR Global-Sponsored Researcher Receives Prestigious Prize in Solid Mechanics

Dr. Vikram Deshpande, an engineering professor at the University of Cambridge, United Kingdom—whose research has been supported by both the Office of Naval Research (ONR) and its international arm, ONR Global—recently received the 2020 Rodney Hill Prize in Solid Mechanics.

March 02, 2020