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. 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 foundations for transition of results into Naval applications. The Defense University Research Instrumentation Program (DURIP) supports university research infrastructure essential to high quality, Navy-relevant research. The instrumentation program complements other Navy research programs by supporting the purchase of high cost research instrumentation that is necessary to carry out cutting-edge research. This program supports Presidential Early Career Awards for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE) which are single investigator research efforts performed by outstanding academic scientists and engineers early in their research careers. This program provides the knowledge base, scientific concepts, and technological advances for the maintenance of Naval power and national security. The Minerva Research Initiative is funded in partnership with the Office of the Secretary of Defense to support basic social science and multi-disciplinary research aimed at improving national security and international stability. The goals of this program are to enhance connections between DoD and academia and build cultural and foreign area knowledge on topics ranging from the mechanisms of radicalization to geopolitical power projection strategies in a multi-polar world. The missions of today's Sailors and Marines are enabled by the results of naval Science and Technology (S&T). Since 1946, the Office of Naval Research (ONR) has fostered scientific research related to the maintenance of maritime superiority and national defense. ONR manages the Department of the Navy's (DON) portfolio of naval Basic and Applied research, and Advanced Technology Development investments to ensure naval forces can effectively deter conflict, but when called upon, fight, win and come home safe. Current investments hedge against uncertainty, providing solutions to commanders today, and options for the future. The Naval S&T budget supports higher guidance defined by the National Defense Strategy, and responds to requirements identified by the Secretary of the Navy through research priorities set by the Chief of Naval Research, coordinated across the Naval Research Enterprise (NRE), and outlined in the Naval R&D Framework. This Program Element (PE) funds Basic Research, typically defined as systematic study directed toward greater knowledge or understanding of the fundamental aspects of phenomena and of observable facts without specific applications towards processes or products in mind. The work in this PE can be classified between Technology Readiness Level (TRL) 1 (basic principles observed and reported) and TRL 2 (technology concept and/or application formulation). 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: R2 Budgetary Justification
• Publication Date: Oct 01, 2022
• Source ID: 0601103N_1_1319_PB_2022
• Change Summary Explanation: Funding changes in FY22 are reflective of realignments within S&T to support Navy Priorities.
• Service Agency Name: Navy

Entities

Organizations

• United States Navy

Tags

Communities of Interest

• Advanced Electronics
• Autonomy
• Cyber
• Energy and Power Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

• Aircrafts
• Artificial Intelligence
• Brain Injuries
• Data Analysis
• Department Of Defense
• Engineering
• Information Operations
• Information Processing
• Machine Learning
• Manufacturing
• Materials
• Military Research
• National Security
• Optical Materials
• Social Networks
• Social Sciences
• Turboshaft Engines

Fields of Study

• Education

Readers

• Defense Technology Research and Development.
• Maritime and Naval Warfare Studies
• Research Science/Academic Research