AFOSR is seeking proposals for fundamental research in the areas listed below.
Funded projects are typically in the range of USD$100,000 to USD$300-000 per year for 3 years. Applications will be accepted for proposals of up to 5 years duration.
Applications will be accepted and assessed on a rolling basis until this BAA is superseded.
Research Areas of Interest
- Engineering and Complex Systems
- energetic solid-state physics and mechanochemistry
- GHz-THz electronics
- energy, combustion and non-equilibrium thermodynamics
- aerodynamic sciences
- aerospace composite materials
- multiscale multifunctional structures and systems
- propulsion and power
- agile science for test and evaluation
- Information and Networks
- computational cognition and machine intelligence
- computational mathematics
- dynamical systems and control theory
- dynamic data and information processing
- information assurance and cyber security
- mathematical optimization
- science of information, computation, learning and fusion
- trust and influence
- complex networks
- cognitive and computational neuroscience
- Physical Sciences
- aerospace materials for extreme environments
- atomic and molecular physics
- electromagnetics
- optoelectronics and photonics
- high-energy radiation-matter systems
- quantum information sciences
- physics of sensing
- space physics
- ultrashort pulse laser-matter interactions
- condensed matter physics
- astrodynamics
- Chemistry and Biological Sciences
- biophysics
- human performance and biosystems
- molecular dynamics and theoretical chemistry
- natural materials and systems
- organic materials chemistry
- space biosciences
Truly new and unique approaches in basic research areas that are not included above may be considered.
Prospective Australian applicants are encouraged to contact the Asian Office of Aerospace R&D (AOARD) prior to submitting a full proposal to discuss their ideas. The Melbourne office of AOARD can be contact via email to afosr.aoard@us.af.mil.
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AFOSR – BAA – FA955025S0001 Amendment 0001
