Funding Opportunity: AFOSR Releases FY 2024 Young Investigator Program (YIP)

The Air Force Office of Scientific Research (AFOSR) released its fiscal year (FY) 2024 funding opportunity announcement (FOA) for the Young Investigator Program (YIP). This program provides early career university faculty, scientists, and engineers who have shown promise for conducting basic research the opportunity to work with the Air Force and Space Force to further its research and development mission. This popular program is also offered by other Department of Defense (DOD) agencies, such as the Army Research Office (ARO), the Office of Naval Research (ONR), and the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) through their Young Faculty Program.

AFOSR will only accept proposals that pursue research in its outlined research interest areas. A full list of the areas of interest to AFOSR and the relevant Program Officer to contact for questions and inquiries can be found in AFOSR’s open broad agency announcement (BAA) here. YIP proposals can only be submitted for one research area.  

Due Date: Technical and eligibility questions should be submitted no later than May 15, 2023. White papers must be submitted to the program in the applicant’s research area by June 12, 2023. Full proposals are due by August 14, 2023.

Total Funding and Award Size: Individual awards will be funded at a maximum of $150,000 per year for a three-year base period, for a total maximum of $450,000. Exceptional proposals will be considered for higher funding levels and longer durations. AFOSR anticipates making 36 awards.

Eligibility and Limitations: This FOA is for individual early career university faculty, scientists, and engineers who have received a Ph.D. or equivalent degree on or after April 1, 2016. Proposers must be a U.S. citizen, national, or permanent resident.

The award associated with this FOA will be issued in the form of a grant to U.S. institutions of higher education. U.S. nonprofit research organizations, for-profit research organizations, and industrial laboratories are also eligible if the principal investigator (PI) is a full-time employee and holds a non-contractor position.

The Full FOA, with more information on eligibility, submission information, and contact information is available on www.grants.gov under solicitation number “FOA-AFRL-AFOSR-2023-0011.”

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