04 June 2024 National Strategy on Aquatic Environmental DNA ARLINGTON, Va. — Today, the White House Office of Science, Technology, and Policy (OSTP) released the “National Strategy for Aquatic Environmental DNA.” The Environmental DNA (eDNA) Task Team had 10 federal agencies participating in drafting the strategy and included significant...
08 May 2024 SEMPER SCIENCE: ONR SHOWCASES S&T EFFORTS AT MODERN DAY MARINE ARLINGTON Va. — Short gave his remarks during Modern Day Marine, held April 30-May 2 at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center in Washington, D.C. Modern Day Marine is the largest military equipment, systems, services and technology exposition exclusively targeted to the Marine Corps...
29 April 2024 Cetacean Celebration: ONR Sponsors Family-Friendly Dolphin Workshops in South Carolina Thousands of wildlife lovers learned about the lives and health of dolphins during workshops sponsored by the Office of Naval Research (ONR) — in partnership with the National Marine Mammal Foundation (NMMF).The interactive events — titled “Dolphin Doctor: On the Front Lines of Marine Mammal...
10 April 2024 Secretary Del Toro Releases Science and Technology Strategy, Offers Path for Sustained Innovation NATIONAL HARBOR, Md. — To empower U.S. Sailors and Marines to operate amid today’s security, economic and geopolitical challenges, Secretary of the Navy Carlos Del Toro released the 2024 Naval Science and Technology (S&T) Strategy. ...
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...
05 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...
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...