22 March 2024 Attention, Science Fans! Naval STEM Launches Newest Naval Horizons Essay Contest The Department of the Navy’s (DoN) Naval STEM (science, technology, engineering, mathematics) program has gone live with the newest iteration of its popular Naval Horizons student essay contest for high school and college students.First launched in 2020, Naval Horizons is a STEM educational video
23 February 2024 DOWN UNDER DEMO: ONR TOUTS ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING TECH AT AUSTRALIAN EVENT The Office of Naval Research (ONR) — and its international arm, ONR Global — participated in the recent Autonomous Warrior 2023 (AW23) exercise, located at HMAS Creswell in Jervis Bay, Australia.
22 January 2024 Mine Mission: Marine Corps Looks to Boost Mine Countermeasure Capabilities ARLINGTON, Va. — Sponsored by the Office of Naval Research (ONR), in partnership with I Marine Expeditionary Force (MEF), the event demonstrated ONR-funded technologies designed to enhance the Marine Corps’ capability in carrying out amphibious operations — including explosive
21 December 2023 Mighty Mentorship: Navy Civilian Employee Wins DoD STEM Advocacy Award The DoD STEM Advocate of the Quarter award is one of several prestigious accolades the Office of the Deputy Chief Technology Officer for Science and Technology — located within the Under Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering — presents to individuals and teams within the DoD
04 October 2023 OPPORTUNITY OUTREACH: NAVAL WORKSHOP CELEBRATES TALENT AT HBCU/MIS For the first time since before the COVID-19 pandemic, the Department of the Navy’s (DoN) Historically Black Colleges and Universities/Minority Institutions (HBCU/MI) Program sponsored its annual Naval Opportunity Awareness Workshop (OAW) in person.
30 September 2023 BEST AND BRIGHTEST: ONR’S 2024 YOUNG INVESTIGATORS The ONR YIP is a highly competitive program that attracts outstanding early-career academics in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) to propose innovative solutions to Navy and Marine Corps warfighter challenges. Prior academic accomplishments and potential for significant
23 August 2023 Competitive Edge: Students Win CNR Scholarship Awards at Global Science Fair Arlington, Va. - For excellence in research areas such as robotics and machine learning, the Department of the Navy’s (DoN) Historically Black Colleges and Universities/Minority Institutions (HBCU/MI) Program recently presented $15,000 scholarship awards to five students competing in the
21 August 2023 ‘SCOUT-ing’ for Solutions: Naval Exercise Seeks to Improve Maritime Drug Interdiction ARLINGTON, Va. – Gathered in a temporary maritime operations center in Arlington, Virginia, military, industry and political leaders watched multiple satellite images flash onto large monitor screens. These images showed three types of drug-running vessels hundreds of miles away in the
17 August 2023 Farewell, FLIP! Renowned Navy-Owned Research Platform Retired after 60 Years of Service ARLINGTON, Va. -- Built in 1962 with funding from the Office of Naval Research (ONR), FLIP helped generations of scientists and oceanographers better understand the mysteries of the sea, including internal waves, air-sea interaction and long-range sound propagation. Sadly, age and exorbitant
03 August 2023 Environmental Evaluation: ONR Part of Joint Effort to Deploy Data Buoys Across Arctic Ocean ARLINGTON, Va. - The buoy air deployment supported the International Arctic Buoy Programme (IABP), a collaborative program comprising more than 32 different research and operational institutions from 10 different countries and four international agencies — including the International