Eligibility

• Doctorate no earlier than 01 Apr 2015
• As the Principal Investigator, you must hold a full-time permanent, career- competitive,or tenure-track position with your organization, or your proposal must include a letterfrom yourorganization stating that you will be considered for apermanent, career-competitive, or tenure-track position if you currently hold a short-term appointment.
• This is in addition to the requirement you are a U.S. citizen, national, or permanentresident. You are not eligible to submita proposal if you do not meet these requirements. You must have permanent residency at time of proposal submission.
• Researchers working at a Federally Funded Research and Development Center or DoD Laboratory are not eligible for this competition. 

Funding Priorities

• The program objective is to foster creative basic research in science and engineering; enhance early career development of outstanding young investigators; and increase opportunities for the young investigator to recognize the Air Force mission and related challenges in science and engineering.
• They seek unclassified proposals from qualified and responsible applicants in the research areas of interest identified in the most recent Broad Agency Announcement titled “Research Interests of the Air Force Office of Scientific Research” published on Grants.gov.

Additional Information

• Proposals deemed exceptional by our Program Officers may be considered for higher funding levels.
  • Higher funding levels could take the form of more funding in one or more years of the basic award, and/or an option for continued performance for one (1) or two (2) additional years at a funding level recommended by our Program Officer.
  • You should only submit a supplemental proposal for an option for continued performance beyond the three (3) year basic period if Program Officer asks you to.
• There may not be co-PIs.
• Full Solicitation Here