Opportunity Information: Apply for FOAAFRLAFOSR20240004
The Air Force Fiscal Year 2025 Young Investigator Program (YIP) is a discretionary grant opportunity run by the Air Force Office of Scientific Research (AFOSR) to support early-career scientists and engineers who are positioned to become leaders in basic research. The program is designed to back individuals who have already demonstrated strong potential and creativity, while also helping them build momentum at a critical career stage. A central goal is not only to fund high-quality foundational science and engineering, but also to connect promising researchers more directly with Air Force and Space Force missions and the underlying scientific and technical challenges those missions create.
Eligibility is primarily centered on the principal investigator (PI) and where they are employed. The PI must have received a Ph.D. (or an equivalent degree) on or after 01 April 2017, reflecting the program's focus on investigators early in their independent research careers. The PI must also be a U.S. citizen, U.S. national, or U.S. permanent resident. Awards are made to U.S.-based organizations rather than to individuals directly, meaning the applicant is the institution where the PI holds a full-time, regular (non-contractor) position. Eligible organizations include public and state-controlled institutions of higher education, private institutions of higher education, and certain nonprofit and other research organizations, including for-profit and non-profit laboratories, as long as the PI meets the employment requirement. Researchers employed at Federally Funded Research and Development Centers (FFRDCs) or at Department of Defense (DoD) laboratories are not eligible to compete under this program.
The funding structure is relatively straightforward and is intended to provide stable support over a multi-year period. Each award can provide up to $150,000 per year for three years, for a maximum total of $450,000. The cap is firm on a per-year basis, meaning no single project year may exceed $150,000 even if the three-year total remains under the overall ceiling. The funding instrument is a grant, and the activity category is science and technology and other research and development (CFDA 12.800), which signals an emphasis on foundational R&D rather than procurement or narrowly defined deliverables.
In terms of award volume, AFOSR anticipates making approximately 37 traditionally funded YIP awards under this competition. In addition, there are plans for two more YIP awards supported in partnership with the Laboratory for Physical Sciences (LPS), specifically within the Quantum Information Sciences research discipline. The announcement also notes the possibility of additional YIP awards funded from other AFOSR research funding, potentially matching the scale of the main cohort, but this is explicitly dependent on the availability of funds and is not guaranteed.
Key administrative details from the listing include the funding opportunity number FOAAFRLAFOSR20240004, an original closing date of 2024-06-21, and an award ceiling of $450,000, aligning with the three-year maximum described above. Overall, the YIP is best understood as a career-launching basic research grant aimed at helping exceptional early-career investigators establish a strong, mission-aware research trajectory while advancing scientific and engineering fundamentals relevant to the Air Force and Space Force.Apply for FOAAFRLAFOSR20240004
- The Air Force Office of Scientific Research in the science and technology and other research and development sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "Air Force Fiscal Year 2025 Young Investigator Program (YIP)" and is now available to receive applicants.
- Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 12.800.
- This funding opportunity was created on 2024-03-11.
- Applicants must submit their applications by 2024-06-21. (Agency may still review applications by suitable applicants for the remaining/unused allocated funding in 2026.)
- Each selected applicant is eligible to receive up to $450,000.00 in funding.
- The number of recipients for this funding is limited to 37 candidate(s).
- Eligible applicants include: Public and State controlled institutions of higher education, Nonprofits having a 501 (c) (3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education, Private institutions of higher education, Others.
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