The Physical Sciences Division concentrates support in Novel Power and Energy Transfer (NPET) and Environmental Quality (EQ). Program officers in the Physical Sciences Division have diverse backgrounds in fields of chemistry, physics, and materials science to bring a unique perspective to each programmatic area. The current programmatic areas focus basic and exploratory development on areas which will have broad impact on future Naval Forces. Ultimately we seek to support science that addresses critical scientific and technical (S&T) issues necessary to develop technologies for the warfighter. Individuals seeking support are encouraged to provide a strong S&T proposal that clearly outlines a vision for a future technology of benefit to the Navy and Marine Corps while putting forward strong scientific concepts that will form the basis of this technology. In general we are looking for high risk, high pay-off approaches that could potentially offer order of magnitude increases in a specific capability/metric.
We actively seek research ideas (white papers, proposals) that address the programs described. Interested individuals should contact program officers in the areas described below to determine specific directions relative to the physical sciences programs. Our programs are dynamic and we welcome discussions of novel concepts outside the current programmatic areas. Support of these seedling concepts will ultimately lead to new programmatic emphasis areas. We also encourage and support interdisciplinary/multidisciplinary research. Partnerships between universities, industry and government labs are encouraged. For a description of each programmatic area please click on the topics below.
