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ONR Funding opportunity announcement for Fiscal Year (FY) 2025 Young Investigator Program

The DoD recently awarded $50 million in grants to 150 university scientists—54 of whom are sponsored by ONR—via the Defense University Research Instrumentation Program.

See a list of the 2016 recipients of the U.S. Department of the Navy's Young Investigator Program.

The Office of Naval Research's Fuel Flexibility for Contingency Operations program comprises basic and applied research to support naval needs for operational energy resilience and sustained operations when conventional fuels are not abundantly available. This program seeks technological breakthroughs to enable the generation of synthetic fuels from abundant and logistically compatible resources.

The Office of Naval Research's Machine Learning, Reasoning and Intelligence program focuses on developing the science base and efficient computational methods for building versatile intelligent agents (cyber and physical) that can perform various tasks with minimal human supervision.

The Office of Naval Research (ONR) ushered in a new era of leadership Friday, as Rear Adm. Lorin C. Selby—a decorated submarine commander, naval engineer, and acquisition officer—was sworn in as the new Chief of Naval Research (CNR).

Twelve researchers sponsored by the Office of Naval Research were recently honored with Presidential Early Career Awards for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE) recognition.

The Office of the Assistant Secretary of the Navy for Research, Development and Acquisition honored the team with the 2011 Dr. Delores M. Etter Top Scientists and Engineers of the Year Award, citing the team’s work to significantly advance the EM Railgun launcher technology.

Two ONR-supported scientists awarded the prestigious 2012 Kavli Prize for nanoscience and neuroscience.

The Directed Energy Weapons (DEW) Program is part of the Office of Naval Research's Naval Air Warfare and Weapons Department.