Air Force Office of Scientific Research

Description

The Department of Defense (DoD) announces the fiscal year 2020 (FY20) Defense Established Program to Stimulate Competitive Research (DEPSCoR). The program is sponsored and managed by the Basic Research Office, Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering (OUSD [R&E]), awarded by the Air Force Office of Scientific Research (AFOSR), and administered through the Office of Naval Research (ONR). The DoD plans to award FY20 DEPSCoR appropriations through this announcement.The aim of DEPSCoR is to improve the research capabilities at institutions of higher education (IHE) in eligible States/Territories to perform competitive basic research in science and engineering that is relevant to the DoD mission and reflect national security priorities. The Basic Research Office anticipates approximately $7.2 million in total funding will be made available for this program to fund approximately twelve (12) awards up to $600,000 (total cost) each. Each award will be funded up to $200,000 (total cost) per year for three (3) years in the form of a grant. The FY20 DEPSCoR competition seeks proposals addressing the following topic areas as detailed in the full announcement in the Related Documents folder:Cognitive and Computational NeurosciencesSpace ScienceAgile Science of Test and EvaluationMaterials with Extreme PropertiesPropulsion and EnergeticsComputational Architectures and VisualizationOptoelectronicsProbability and StatisticsMolecular Structure and DynamicsSocial and Behavioral ScienceBiotronicsAerospace Structures and MaterialsOcean AcousticsMachine Learning, Reasoning, and IntelligencePower Electronics & Electromagnetism, Adaptive & Machinery Controls and Advanced Machinery Systems

Who can apply

• Others

Contact

Elaina L Barker <br/>Grants Officer
elaina.barker@us.af.mil