OpportunityTitle: ARO Young Investigator Program (YIP)
Description: ARO&apos;s Young Investigator Program (YIP) seeks to identify and support academic scientists who have received Ph.D. or equivalent degrees within the last five years (on orafter 01 November 2002 for this FY08 competition) 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 Army&apos;s research program, to support their research, and to encourage their teaching and research careers. This YIP program is in addition to a YIP Program described in the open ARO BAA W911NF-07-R-0003.
GrantorContactEmailDescription: ernie.dixon@us.army.mil
GrantorContactText: Ernest Dixon III &lt;br/&gt;Contract Specialist &lt;br/&gt;Phone 919-549-4270
CloseDateExplanation: The close date for this BAA has been given a &quot;grace period&quot; for submission of proposals though 04 April 2008, 1600 ET due to system problems.