Basic and Applied Scientific Research

 

To support and stimulate basic and applied research and technology at educational institutions, non-profits and other research organizations, which have potential for superiority in the improvement of naval operations, and to train and motivate future researchers in science and engineering disciplines.

Active 12.300 Department of The Navy, Onr, Department of Defense B - Project Grants Fiscal Year 2016 1035 1354
Fiscal Year 2017 1015
Fiscal Year 2018 715
Fiscal Year 2019 The mission of the programs funded against CFDA 12.300 is to discover, innovate, and transition science and technology to ensure dominant strategic sea power, now and into the future. To execute this mission, the Navy leverages the substantial intellectual resource represented by the global academic scientific research community. Formation of a collaborative and transparent relationship with this community, with industry, and with small business for the enhanced discovery and innovation, and effective execution of basic and applied research programs in a variety of technical focus areas of high Navy interest.
Fiscal Year 2021 During the height of the COVID pandemic, the grantee deployed 100 drifting wave buoys in the Southern Ocean. Storms in the Southern Ocean generate energetic waves that radiate across the Pacific, Atlantic , and Indian ocean. The propagation of of these traveling swell waves was first investigated by Dr. Walter Munk in the 1960's with funding from the Office of Naval Research (ONR). Progress in ocean Internet of Things (IoT) technology enables the grantee to collect unprecedented data densities, which directly improves ocean and wave theories, validate and constrain ocean and atmospheric models, and provide a ground truth for satellite remote sensing data. The technology deployed by the grantee was developed with ONR sponsorship. It represents a shift in global ocean sensing toward a distributed paradigm with massive arrays of low-cost internet-connected nodes.
Fiscal Year 2022 Dr. Boyraz and his team are designing and prototyping a steerable/pointable, space-based laser altimeter that can be rapidly re-aimed and repeatedly illuminated. The laser measures the distance from the spacecraft to the sea or river surface, and can make maps of the coastal tides, or to gauge the discharge of a river, by measuring the hydraulic head, the difference in height between two sections of river. Dr. Boyraz’ team has shown the viability of the concept and built laboratory examples to demonstrate it, as well as evaluating the suitability of the lasing hardware for space applications (pointing accuracy, size, weight, energy and heat budgets). If the design phase is completed satisfactorily, the intent would be to build it as a hostable payload for a technology demonstration in space. 10 U.S.C. 2358 Office of Naval Research (ONR) headquarters Grants and Agreements cannot be awarded to individuals or families. ONR Global Grants and Agreements can be awarded to individuals. See above. Award is subject to: 1) receipt of applicable/acceptable certifications and representations; 2) having a current registration in the System for Award Management (SAM) (www.sam.gov); 3), the applicant, its principals, proposed subrecipients/subrecipient principals not appearing in SAM Exclusions as currently debarred, suspended, or otherwise ineligible; and 4) meeting other requirements specified in the agency announcements Preapplication coordination is not applicable. 2 CFR 200, Uniform Administrative Requirements, Cost Principles, and Audit Requirements for Federal Awards applies to this program. Eligible applicants may submit proposals in response to the relevant Broad Agency Announcements and Funding Opportunity Announcements published in grants.gov. See announcement for actual submission instructions. Award decisions will be based on a competitive selection of proposals resulting from a peer and/or scientific review. Evaluations will use the criteria contained in the relevant announcement. If selected, the proposal is incorporated into a grant/cooperative agreement document and the applicant agrees to perform the research described therein. Contact the headquarters or regional location, as appropriate for application deadlines Awards may be made at any time throughout the year for which funding is authorized. Not applicable. Reapplication with new proposal is permitted. Award decisions will be based on a competitive selection of proposals resulting from a scientific and cost review. Evaluations will typically be conducted using the following evaluation criteria: 1. Overall scientific and technical merits of the proposal; 2. Potential Naval relevance and contributions of the effort to the agency's specific mission; 3. The offeror's capabilities, related experience, facilities, techniques or unique combinations of these which are integral factors for achieving the proposal objectives; 4. The qualifications, capabilities and experience of the proposed Principal Investigator (PI), team leader and key personnel who are critical in achieving the proposal objectives; and 5. The realism of the proposed costs and availability of funds. Basic, applied and advanced research in the physical, mathematical, environmental, engineering and life sciences providing knowledge necessary for the Department of the Navy to make informed decisions about further exploratory development to provide the technology base from which naval capabilities are drawn and partial support of symposia in the listed disciplines. Programs to encourage careers in science, technology and engineering by supporting outstanding research by graduate and undergraduate students pursuing studies in areas of naval concern; research programs to increase the number of science and engineering graduates from underrepresented minority groups and programs providing funding for universities to purchase major, high-cost research instrumentation. Not applicable. Non-Federal entities that expend financial assistance of $750,000 or more in Federal Awards will have a single or a program-specific audit conducted for that year. Non-Federal entities that expend $750,000 or less a year in Federal Awards are exempt from Federal audit requirements for that year, except as noted in 2 CFR 200.503. Record keeping requirements are in accordance with the terms and conditions of the award, which will include appropriate provisions related to recipient records that are required by the DoD Grant and Agreement Regulations (DoDGARs). Statutory formula is not applicable to this assistance listing.

Matching requirements are not applicable to this assistance listing.

MOE requirements are not applicable to this assistance listing. Grants will reflect a period of performance which is generally 3-5 years. Awards are typically funded incrementally. None/Not specified. Susan Sutherland
875 North Randolph Street
Arlington , VA 22203 US
susan.m.sutherland2.civ@us.navy.mil
Phone: 703-696-4601 http://www.onr.navy.mil 17-1319-0-1-051 (Project Grants) FY 22$338,753,014.00; FY 23 est $424,972,030.00; FY 24 est $459,972,030.00; FY 21$347,101,852.00; FY 20$683,415,363.00; - Mean=$431,532; Median=$174,704 The DoDGARS (as updated through DoD's interim implementation of 2 CFR part 200 which can be found at 2 CFR part 1103) applies to DoD grants and cooperative agreements. Also refer to ONR website - http://www.onr.navy.mil Fiscal Year 2018 Properties and Performance of Compositionally Complex AlCrFeMn Alloys for Marine Applications
Fiscal Year 2019 Generalized Computations for Learning, Memory, and Decision Making in Artificial and Biological Neural Networks
Fiscal Year 2021 100 drifting wave buoys were deployed in the Southern Ocean. Storms in the Southern Ocean generate energetic waves that radiate across the Pacific, Atlantic , and Indian ocean. Progress in ocean Internet of Things (IoT) technology enables the grantee to collect unprecedented data densities, which directly improves ocean and wave theories, validate and constrain ocean and atmospheric models, and provide a ground truth for satellite remote sensing data. The technology deployed by the grantee was developed with ONR sponsorship. It represents a shift in global ocean sensing toward a distributed paradigm with massive arrays of low-cost internet-connected nodes.