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"Office of Naval Research (ONR) Fiscal Year 2026 Young Investigator Program for Early-Career Naval Science and Engineering Including AI and Autonomy" is currently closed and not accepting applications.
The ONR Young Investigator Program funds early-career academic researchers working on defense-related science and engineering, with AI, autonomy, human-machine teaming and machine learning for sensing among ONR's standing priorities. Two features distinguish it from its sister programmes. The first is size: at up to USD 750,000 over three years it is the most generous of the service young-investigator awards, roughly 1.
7 times the AFOSR YIP ceiling, which changes what kind of research programme is fundable - a genuine multi-student effort with hardware rather than a single-student theoretical study. The second is process: for FY2026 ONR did not solicit white papers, going straight to full proposals due 1 August 2025.
That removes the usual free early-feedback stage, which raises the value of the one remaining informal channel - ONR states that program officers should be contacted before submitting a proposal, and in ONR's culture that pre-submission conversation is effectively part of the process rather than optional. A proposal that arrives without a program officer having heard of it is at a real disadvantage.
Eligibility for FY2026 required a PhD or equivalent received on or after 1 January 2018, a fixed date rather than a career-stage judgement, meaning eligibility lapses on a known schedule. ONR YIP is also a recognized entry point into ONR's broader funding ecosystem, including the Long Range BAA, so the strategic value extends beyond the award itself.
The FY2026 full proposal deadline of 1 August 2025 has passed; the programme runs annually and prospective applicants should track ONR's funding opportunities page from spring for the next cycle and should begin program officer conversations well before the announcement drops.
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Or search similar grants →According to the current listing, eligibility includes: Applicants must be early-career researchers who received a PhD or equivalent degree on or after 1 January 2018 for the FY2026 cycle, and are generally expected to hold faculty or equivalent research positions at U.S. institutions of higher education; standard ONR citizenship, institutional and eligibility conditions in the governing announcement apply. Individual awards are funded at a maximum of USD 750,000 over a three-year period of performance. For FY2026 ONR did not solicit white papers, and full proposals were due 1 August 2025. ONR explicitly advises that program officers should be contacted before a proposal is submitted, and prospective applicants should treat that pre-submission discussion as a necessary step given the absence of a white paper stage. Research must fall within ONR's defense-related science and engineering topic areas, which include artificial intelligence and machine learning, autonomy and autonomous maritime systems, human-machine teaming, sensing and sensor fusion, ocean and atmospheric sciences, materials, and directed energy among others; applicants should confirm topical fit with the cognizant program officer. Recent ONR YIP announcements have been issued under solicitation numbers in the N00014-xx-S-Fxxx series, and applicants should locate the current-year announcement rather than relying on a prior number. The FY2026 deadline of 1 August 2025 has passed. The programme recurs annually; verify the current PhD-date eligibility cutoff, award ceiling, whether white papers are being solicited, topic areas and deadlines in the official announcement on the ONR funding opportunities pages before preparing a submission. Confirm the full requirements in the official notice before applying.
The current listing shows individual awards are funded at a maximum of USD 750,000 over a three-year period of performance, so amount_min and amount_max are both set to 750,000 - ONR publishes a single ceiling rather than a range. At roughly USD 250,000 per year this is markedly more generous than the comparable AFOSR Young Investigator Program at USD 150,000 per year, and the gap is large enough to be a real consideration for an early-career researcher deciding where to invest proposal effort: the ONR award can realistically support two graduate students plus equipment, where the AFOSR award supports one. The trade-off is that ONR's FY2026 cycle solicited full proposals directly with no white paper stage, so there is no low-cost early feedback step and the full proposal is the first and only filter. Verify award ceilings, matching requirements, and allowable costs in the official notice.
The published deadline was August 1, 2025, which has passed. Check the official notice for any future application windows before investing time in a proposal.
Office of Naval Research (ONR) Fiscal Year 2026 Young Investigator Program for Early-Career Naval Science and Engineering Including AI and Autonomy is funded by U.S. Office of Naval Research (ONR). Verify program details on the funder's official page before applying.
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