Young Investigator Program, Air Force Office of Scientific Research
Young Investigator Program, Air Force Office of Scientific Research
Department of Defense
Proposals must be received electronically through Grants.gov by Thursday, 01 Jun 2017 at 11:59 PM Eastern time to be considered. Technical or general pre-proposal inquiries and questions must be received in writing by electronic mail not later than Monday, 01 May 2017 to be considered.
See Deadline.
The Department of Defense offers four recurring grant programs that benefit new investigators, including opportunities through the Office of Naval Research (ONR), The Air Force Office of Scientific Research (AFOSR), the Army Research Office (ARO) and the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA). While broad areas of research are supported, the agency will usually evaluate the application in terms of agency need. DoD agencies typically publish lists of desired topic areas.
Scientists and engineers demonstrating exceptional ability and promise for conducting basic research who have:
1.Received a Ph.D. or equivalent degree on 1 April 2012 or later; or,
2.Received a Ph.D. or equivalent degree between 1 April 2010 and 1 April 2012, be presently in a tenure-track position and has served as a tenure-track faculty member for no more than two years prior to 01 April 2017. Examples of other interim appointments after receiving Ph.D. include: post-doctoral or research associate positions, serve as active duty service member for the U.S. Armed Forces, or maternity/paternity leave.
150,000 per year over 3 years
04/13/17