Office of Naval Research (ONR) Young Investigator Program (YIP)
FAS/SEAS/OSP Deadline: March 19, 2021
Sponsor Deadline for Full Proposals: March 26, 2021
Award Amount: Typical awards are $510,000 over a 36-month period of performance. Applicants may request up to $170,000 for each 12-month interval to cover any reasonable costs related to conducting the proposed research, for example, salary for the investigator, graduate student support, supplies, and applicable indirect cost. Additional funding may be requested (under the 36-month period) up to $250,000 to cover equipment costs, testing, ship time, etc. These funds must be included as an option and the applicant should discuss any request for additional funding with the Program Officer prior to submission.

The Office of Naval Research (ONR) is interested in receiving proposals for its Young Investigator Program (YIP). ONR's Young Investigator Program seeks to identify and support academic scientists and engineers who are in their first or second full-time tenure-track or tenure-track-equivalent academic appointment, who have received their PhD or equivalent degree on or after January 1, 2013, and who show exceptional promise for doing creative research. The objectives of this program are to attract outstanding faculty members to the Department of the Navy's Science and Technology (S&T) research program, to support their research, and to encourage their teaching and research careers. The Principal Investigator of a proposal must be a U.S. citizen, national, or permanent resident (on the date proposals are due).

Proposals addressing research areas which are of interest to ONR program officers will be considered. Contact information for each division (a subgroup of an S&T Department) is listed within the S&T section of the website. Applicants are STRONGLY ENCOURAGED to contact the appropriate Program Officer who is the point of contact for a specific technical area to discuss their research ideas. Brief informal pre-proposals may be submitted to facilitate these discussions but are not required.

In FY20, ONR made 26 awards with a total award value of $14M. ONR anticipates a similar number of awardees and total award value for the FY2021 YIP.