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Opportunity Listing - Air Force Fiscal Year 2026 Young Investigator Program (YIP) Air Force Fiscal Year 2026 Young Investigator Program (YIP) Agency: Air Force Office of Scientific Research Assistance Listings: 12. 800 -- Air Force Defense Research Sciences Program Last Updated: May 13, 2026 View version history on Grants.
gov This is a special Notice of Funding Opportunity Announcement (NOFO) sponsored by the Air Force Office of Scientific Research (AFOSR), which will hereafter generally be referred to as “we, us, our, or AFOSR. ” The Fiscal Year 2026 Air Force Young Investigator Research Program (YIP) intends to support individual early in career scientists and engineers who have received Ph. D.
or equivalent degrees by 01 April 2018 or later showing exceptional ability and promise for conducting basic research. The program objective is to foster creative basic research in science and engineering; enhance early career development of outstanding young investigators; and increase opportunities for the young investigator to recognize the Air Force and Space Force mission and related challenges in science and engineering.
Individual awards are made to U.S. institutions of higher education, industrial laboratories, for- profit, or non-profit research organizations where the principal investigator (PI) is employed on a full-time basis and holds a regular, non-contractor position. A YIP PI must be a U.S. citizen, national, or permanent resident.
Researchers working at a Federally Funded Research and Development Center, or a Department of Defense (DoD) Laboratory are not eligible for this competition. YIP awards are funded up to $150,000 per year for three years, for a total of $450,000. No single year may exceed $150,000.
Please review the remainder of this announcement for additional information. Under this competition, an anticipated thirty-seven (37) traditionally funded YIPs and two (2) YIPs funded in partnership with the Laboratory for Physical Sciences (LPS) in the Quantum Information Sciences research discipline may be awarded. There may be potential for an additional 37 YIPs funded from other AFOSR research funding.
All actions are based on the availability of funds.
Pre-proposal inquiries due NLT 04 JUL 2025 Government response posted NLT 11 JUL 2025 White papers due by 25 JUL 2025 Feedback anticipated NLT 22 AUG 2025 Proposals due by 19 SEP 2025 Anticipated award date 01 MAR 2026 For-profit organizations other than small businesses Private institutions of higher education Public and state institutions of higher education Nonprofits non-higher education with 501(c)(3) Nonprofits non-higher education without 501(c)(3) Grantor contact information File name Description Last updated NOFOAFRLAFOSR20250006_Amendment_0001.
pdf Amendment 0001 Jul 1, 2025 04:55 PM UTC Attachment_1_-_AFRL_Privacy_Act_for_Covered_Individuals_1. pdf AFRL Privacy Act for Covered Individuals Form Jun 18, 2025 07:50 PM UTC NOFOAFRLAFOSR20250006. pdf NOFOAFRLAFOSR20250006 Jun 18, 2025 07:49 PM UTC NOFOAFRLAFOSR20250006_Amendment_0002.
pdf NOFOAFRLAFOSR20250006 Amendment 0002 Jul 11, 2025 09:14 PM UTC YIP_NOFOAFRLAFOSR20250006_Qs_and_As.
pdf FY26 YIP NOFOAFRLAFOSR20250006 Qs and As Jul 11, 2025 09:13 PM UTC Link to additional information Archived: October 19, 2025 Funding opportunity number : Cost sharing or matching requirement : Funding instrument type : Opportunity Category Explanation : Category of Funding Activity : Science technology and other research and development Your account requires additional identity verification.
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FA955026S0003 posted September 8 with full proposals due December 4, 2026 — but a five-page white paper is required by October 9, questions close September 17, and the PhD window admits degrees earned after April 1, 2019 only. At $450,000 over three years with no collaborators permitted, this is the most restrictive of the three service early-career programs and the only one with an LPS quantum carve-out.
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