Fiscal Year 2012 Office of Naval Research Young Investigator Program (YIP)

Post Date

September 7th 2011

Application Due Date

December 22nd 2011

Funding Opportunity Number

ONRBAA11-030

CFDA Number(s)

12.300

Funding Instrument Type(s)

Grant

Funding Activity Categories

Science and Technology and other Research and Development

Number of Awards

18

Eligibility Categories

Unrestricted

Awards under this BAA will be made only to U.S. Institutions of Higher Education which award degrees in science, engineering, and/or mathematics. Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) and Minority Institutions (MIs) are encouraged to submit proposals and join others in submitting proposals. However, no portion of this BAA will be set aside for HBCU and MI participation. Further, the Principal Investigator of a proposal must be a U.S. citizen, national, or permanent resident (on the date proposals are due), holding a first or second full-time tenure-track or tenure-track-equivalent faculty position at that university, and who for FY2012 have begun her/his first full-time appointment on or after 01 November 2006. The term "national" of the United States includes a native resident of a possession of the United States, such as American Samoa.

Funding

• Estimated Total Funding:

  $8500000

• Award Range:

  $None - $None

Grant Description

The Office of Naval Research (ONR) is interested in receiving proposals for its Young Investigator Program (YIP). ONR's Young Investigator Program (YIP) 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 and for FY2012, have begun their first appointment on or after 01 November 2006, and who show exceptional promise for doing creative research. The objectives of this program are to attract outstanding faculty members of Institutions of Higher Education (hereafter also called "universities") to the Department of the Navy's research program, to support their research, and to encourage their teaching and research careers.

Contact Information

• Agency

  Department of Defense

• Office:

  Office of Naval Research

• Agency Contact:

  Jennifer Brown
  Contract Specialist
  Phone 703-588-2432

• Agency Mailing Address:

  grants.gov questions

• Agency Email Address:

  jennifer.brown4@navy.mil

• More Information:

  Link to all ONR BAA's