​​​​​​​Office of Naval Research Young Investigator Program (YIP): Full Proposal Deadline

Date: 

Friday, October 29, 2021 (All day)


Office of Naval Research Young Investigator Program (YIP)
FAS/SEAS/OSP Deadline: October 22, 2021
Sponsor Deadline for Full Proposals: October 29, 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. 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 MUST discuss any request for additional funding with the Program Officer prior to submission.

The objectives of ONR's Young Investigator 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. Proposals addressing research areas (as described in the ONR Science and Technology Department section of ONR's website) which are of interest to ONR Program Officers will be considered. The YIP 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, 2014, and who show exceptional promise for doing creative research. The Principal Investigator of a proposal must be a U.S. citizen, national, or permanent resident (on the date proposals are due).

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 before submitting a proposal. A list of most Program Officers and their contact information can be found at: https://www.onr.navy.mil/our-research/technology-areas or at: https://www.onr.navy.mil/our-research/our-program-managers. Brief informal pre-proposals may be submitted to facilitate these discussions but are not required. Such discussions can clarify the content and breadth of the priority research areas and enhance the match between a subsequent proposal and Department of the Navy research needs.

Recent recipients include Stephanie Gil (SEAS, 2021), Na Li (SEAS, 2019), and Jarad Mason (CCB, 2019).