OpportunityTitle: FY2017 Office of Naval Research (ONR) Young Investigator Program (YIP)
AdditionalInformationOnEligibility: Awards under this FOA will be made only to U.S. Institutions of Higher Education which award degrees in science, engineering, and/or mathematics. 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 has begun her/his first full-time appointment on or after 04 November 2011.  The term &quot;national&quot; of the United States includes a native resident of a possession of the United States, such as American Samoa.
Description: The Office of Naval Research (ONR) is interested in receiving proposals for its Young Investigator Program (YIP). ONR&apos;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, have begun their first appointment on or after 04 November 2011, 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 &quot;universities&quot;) to the Department of the Navy&apos;s 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 (S&amp;T) Department section of ONR&apos;s website at www.onr.navy.mil) which are of interest to ONR program officers will be considered. Contact information for each division (a subgroup of an S&amp;T Department) is also listed within the S&amp;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. A list of Program Officers and their contact information can be found at: http://www.onr.navy.mil/en/Science-Technology/Contacts.aspx 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. Please allow adequate time for such discussions with the ONR Program Officer. An individual wishing to apply for a Young Investigator award must submit a research proposal and at least one letter of support through the appropriate university officials. Refer to Section V &#8220;Evaluation Information&#8221; regarding the importance of the letter(s) of support in the overall evaluation criteria and Section IV &#8220;Application and Submission Information&#8221; regarding its content. The research proposal should follow the format described in FOA Section IV entitled, &#8220;Application and Submission Information.&#8221; ONR makes awards to institutions, not to individuals. Offerors may request up to $170,000 per year for three (3) years. These funds may be budgeted against any reasonable costs related to conducting the proposed research, for example, salary for the Young Investigator, graduate student support, supplies, and applicable indirect cost. Additional funds (beyond the basic $170,000 yearly amount) for capital equipment which enhances the Young Investigator&apos;s proposed research may be requested for the first budget period based on the needs of the research. Requesting funds for capital equipment will not decrease the probability of receiving an award. Additional support for equipment will be decided separately from award selections and will depend upon availability of funds. Offerors awarded grants under the ONR Young Investigator Program have the opportunity to supplement the basic $170,000 per year award through a &quot;matching funds&quot; enhancement available only to those receiving an ONR award. Proposals submitted against this FOA do not require offerors to identify if they will seek &#8220;matching funds&#8221; or provide additional documentation. As an incentive for becoming involved with other Department of the Navy research activities, the Office of the Director of Research of ONR may match on a 1-for-1 basis, the first $25,000 of additional Department of the Navy funding which a successful applicant obtains each year to support additional, collaborative research with a Navy laboratory during the YIP award. Potential sources of research support eligible for the 1-for-1 match include Navy laboratories and ONR Program Officers. Thus, these &quot;matching funds&quot; can provide research support over and above the basic $170,000 per year award, e.g., to support an additional graduate student or an additional research task. A Young Investigator is not prohibited from receiving more than $25,000 from other Department of the Navy sources; however, the Office of the Director of Research will match on a 1-for-1 basis only the first $25,000 each year, if funds are available. Other Navy support eligible for matching funds can be arranged at any time and generally will not have been identified at the time of the initial award. ONR Program Officers may assist, upon request, Young Investigators in identifying potential collaborators at Navy laboratories or other Navy organizations interested in funding additional research. Upon completion of the three (3) year award period, Young Investigators may apply to ONR for continued support under ONR&apos;s Long Range BAA. Decisions about continued funding outside the context of the YIP will be made following a review of the new proposal by the cognizant Program Officer based on the merits of the proposal, ONR&apos;s research priorities, and the creativity and productivity exhibited during the previous Young Investigator research program. The competition for YIP awards continues to be intense. In 2016 more than 260 proposals were received resulting in 47 Young Investigator awards. Past awardees have both submitted outstanding research proposals and possessed outstanding records of prior professional accomplishments. Given that &quot;past performance&quot; is a selection criterion, applicants are advised that the biographical information submitted as part of the proposal (see &quot;Qualifications&quot; under &quot;Proposal Content,&#8221; below) should list all relevant past and present activities. See Section V, &#8220;Evaluation Information&#8221; for more details regarding evaluation of submitted proposals. Proposals not selected for the Young Investigator Program may be considered for grant award under the ONR Long Range Broad Agency Announcement. Under the ONR Long Range BAA, grant proposals would be in competition with all other research proposals submitted in response to the ONR Long Range BAA. Historically, only a limited number of proposals initially submitted to the YIP received funding under the ONR Long Range BAA. The YIP is not a &quot;research initiation&quot; opportunity with standards that are less demanding than ONR&apos;s other research grant programs; instead, it is intended to confer honor upon awardees beyond the funding being provided. Consideration of any YIP proposal to another ONR research grant program is at the discretion of the cognizant program officer.
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GrantorContactText: David Broadwell &lt;br/&gt;Grant Management Specialist &lt;br/&gt;Phone 703-588-2866