Today's research, tomorrow's breakthroughs

Future Directions

The Future Directions Workshop (FDW) series seeks to examine emerging research and engineering areas that are most likely to transform future technology capabilities

VBFF

The Vannevar Bush Faculty Fellowship (VBFF) is the Department of Defense’s most prestigious single-investigator award and supports basic research with the potential for transformative impact.

US-Africa

The hub for US-Africa research collaborations

US-United Kingdom

The Bilateral Academic Research Initiative (BARI) focuses on high-risk basic research in science and engineering as a bilateral academic collaboration

US-Korea

The hub for US-Korea research collaborations

US Finland

The US-Finland collaboration focuses on high-risk basic research in science and engineering as a bilateral academic collaboration

Resources

Helpful resources and links to Basic Research Office partner organizations

ABOUT

The Basic Research Office (BRO) created this portal, “The Basic Research Xchange,” as a centralized hub for collaboration across our many programs and initiatives. The office is responsible for setting DoD policy for grants, and manages programs including: the Vannevar Bush Faculty Fellowship, the Future Directions Workshops, The Bilateral Academic Research Initiative (BARI), as well as a number of pilot programs meant to rethink the Department’s approach to managing and maturing basic research investments.