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OVERVIEW OF THE AIR FORCE OFFICE
OF SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH
Today
the United States is second to none in military capability. This is a
direct
result of research and development carried out in the past; it has
provided
us the necessary technology for the present. Only a vigorous,
focused, and
diversified research program can provide our Nation with the
required
depth and scope of options for new and advanced technologies to meet
future
challenges.
The Air Force Office of Scientific Research (AFOSR) is
charged with directing
the Air Force's basic research program. This
program includes both
engineering and scientific research. The goals of
this program are:
--to maintain technological superiority in the
scientific and engineering
areas relevant to Air Force needs;
--to
prevent technological surprise to our Nation and create it for our
adversaries;
--to
maintain a strong research infrastructure composed of Air Force
laboratories,
industry, and universities; and
--to complement the national
research effort.
Through grants to university scientists, academic
support, contracts for
industry research, and support for basic research
in Air Force laboratories,
funded at more than $200 million for Fiscal
Year 93, we support approximately
1,300 grants and contracts to about 350
academic institutions and industrial
firms.
AFOSR works closely
with the Air Force laboratories to transition extramural
research to the
exploratory development programs of these laboratories. In
addition, the
laboratories participate in the selection of AFOSR research
topics in
areas of Air Force needs. To this end, we are encouraging those who
prepare
proposals to contact appropriate activities in the Air Force
laboratories.
The Directory section of this pamphlet provides some initial
contact
points to assist you in this.
This pamphlet will guide you in your
efforts to participate in our research
program. To facilitate the
preparation of proposals, the pamphlet is divided
into five
sections:
The Introduction section describes Broad Agency
Announcement, the mechanism
used by AFOSR to solicit research proposals.
It also provides an overview of
the general approach used to submit
proposals.
The Research Interests section describes the basic
research AFOSR is
interested in sponsoring.
The Academic
Support Programs section discusses research assistantship
programs,
faculty programs, and graduate school programs. Most of these
programs
foster mutual research interests between the Air Force laboratories
and
institutions of higher education.
The Proposal Guidance section represents
a reprint of our general Broad
Agency Announcement, BAA94-1, which
provides detail about the proposal
process.
The Directory lists
the names, telephone numbers, and addresses of AFOSR
scientific directors
and program managers, Air Force chief scientists, and
Air Force laboratory
task managers.
Anyone qualified to perform research is encouraged to
contact AFOSR in
accordance with the appropriate BAA and the guidelines
given in this
pamphlet. We particularly encourage proposals from
Historically Black
Colleges and Universities, minority institutions, and
minority researchers.
HELMUT HELLWIG
Director
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Air Force Office of Scientific
Research
_________________________________________________________________
The Air Force Office of Scientific Research (AFOSR) is charged with
directing the Air Force's basic research
program. This program
includes
both engineering and scientific research. The goals of this
program are to maintain technological
superiority in the scientific
and engineering areas relevant to Air Force needs; to prevent
technological surprise to our Nation and
create it for our
adversaries;
to maintain a strong research infrastructure composed of
Air Force laboratories, industry, and
universities; and to complement
the national research effort.
_________________________________________________________________
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