University Research Initiatives
Abstract
The Office of Naval Research's (ONR) mission is to ensure the technological advantage of U.S. Naval forces. ONR fosters scientific research necessary for the discovery, development and delivery of new technologies. Often this research is done in partnership with academia. This program includes support for multidisciplinary basic research in a wide range of naval relevant scientific and engineering disciplines that enables the U.S. Navy to maintain technological superiority and for the university research infrastructure to acquire the research instrumentation needed to maintain and improve the quality of university research important to the Navy. In order to provide greater transparency of Department of the Navy University Research Initiatives (URI) investments, funding has been transferred into new Projects within this PE (0601103N): - The Defense University Research Instrumentation Program (DURIP) project supports university research infrastructure essential to high quality, Navy-relevant research. This research instrumentation project complements Naval research objectives by supporting the purchase of high-cost research instrumentation that is necessary to carry out cutting-edge research. This research investment has been aligned to new Project 1100. - Multidisciplinary University Research Initiative (MURI) efforts involve teams of researchers investigating high priority topics and opportunities that intersect more than one traditional technical discipline. For many military problems, this multidisciplinary approach serves to stimulate innovation, accelerate research progress, and lay the foundation for transition of results into Naval applications. This investment has been aligned to new Project 1101. - The PECASE project supports single-investigator research efforts performed by outstanding academic scientists and engineers early in their research careers. This project provides the knowledge base, scientific concepts, and technological advances for the maintenance of Naval power and national security. This investment has been aligned to new Project 1102. - The Minerva Research Initiative (MRI) is a partnership with the Office of the Secretary of Defense (OSD) to support basic social science and multi-disciplinary research aimed at improving national security and international stability. All research activities under the MRI project were moved to the Defense Research Sciences (DRS) PE 0601153N starting in FY 2024. - The ONR Graduate Student and Postdoctoral Fellow Support project supports the participation of graduate students and postdoctoral fellows in DON-related research. These graduate students and postdoctoral fellows will be the future leaders in areas of science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) critical to DON, DOD and national security. This investment has been aligned to new Project 1103. Due to the number of efforts in this PE, the programs described herein are representative of the work included in this PE.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Project
- Publication Date
- Oct 01, 2025
- Source ID
- 0000_0601103N_1_1319_PB_2025
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- Root: University Research Initiatives
- Child Accomplishment: Defense University Research Instrumentation Program (DURIP)
- Child Accomplishment: Multidisciplinary University Research Initiative (MURI)
- Child Accomplishment: Presidential Early Career Awards (PECASE)
- Child Accomplishment: Minerva Research Initiative (MRI) (Social Science Networking)
- Child Accomplishment: Graduate Student and Postdoctoral Researcher Support