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GlobalX Challenge: Official Guidelines

GlobalX Challenge: Official Guidelines

May 19, 2025

Battling the Barnacle (and other ship-fouling critters)

By Gail Cleere, Office of Naval Research For as long as we’ve been building boats and putting them in the water, we’ve been battling those pesky little ocean critters that want to attach themselves to our boats for a free ride. The ubiquitous, determined barnacle — not to mention tubeworms, oysters...

January 01, 2001

Welcome Aboard, Rear Adm. Selby! New CNR Takes Helm at Office of Naval Research

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).

June 01, 2020

Marine Mammals and Biology

The Marine Mammals and Biology (MMB) program supports basic and applied research and technology development related to understanding the effects of sound on marine mammals, including physiological, behavioral, ecological and population-level effects.

March 18, 2022

Office of Naval Research Selected to Lead Technical Management of Vital New Joint Training Program

The Office of Naval Research (ONR) has been selected by the Pentagon to manage a critical, one-of-a-kind futuristic training program in which warfighters would train here at home in preparation for the types of small, urban and borderless conflicts that have spread throughout the middle east and other regions of the world.

January 30, 2009

ONR Supports Monterey Bay 2006 Experiment

Like schools of robot fish, dozens of undersea gliders and other robotic undersea vehicles have been cruising the near-shore waters of the Central California coast during the past month.

January 01, 2006

Work With Us

The Office of Naval Research provides resources for the public sector, commercial contractors, nonprofit organizations, colleges and universities to obtain research funding.

March 09, 2022

Frequently Asked Questions

If you are interested in becoming an Office of Naval Research (ONR) Global Science Advisor, the following questions and answers may assist you.

March 18, 2022

Office of Naval Research Chair Established in Naval Academy's Aerospace Engineering Department

The U.S. Naval Academy (USNA) has announced the establishment of the new Office of Naval Research (ONR) Vertical Takeoff and Landing and Rotary Wing (VTOL/RW) Chair in the Academy’s aerospace engineering department.

January 15, 2009

Small Business Expo Offers Networking Opportunity for Office of Naval Research

The Office of Naval Research (ONR) opened gateways to contracting opportunities with the Navy’s science and technology provider at the Small Business/Minority and Women Business Expo in Harrisburg, Pa., on March 23.

March 24, 2011