Table 2: Projected DOD Basic Research Funding ($M) for FY2014 Discipline / Agency Army AF Navy DARPA DTRA CBDP OSD Biology / Life Sciences 8.2 26.1 29.8 Human Systems 21.2 Biology / Medical 20.6 Chemistry 9.4 xx xx Propulsion 40.1 Physics 12.3 18.5 xx xx Electronics/Photonics 10.9 88.6 54.2 46.9 Materials 7.1 46.4 57.4 82.8 Mechanics 6.4 xx Mechanics Structural Mechanics Fluid 30.1 Environment 3.8 Ocean 89.6 Atmosphere and Space xx 25.2 Environmental Science Computer, Information Sciences, Mathematics 48.3 72.1 Mathematics 6.3 38.2 Computing Sciences 7.7 Information Sciences 21 Networks 8.3 34.5 Cyber xx xx xx 33.3 Air/Ground/Sea Vehicles 63.7 Weapons 17.9 Counter IED Devices 15 Science Education Career and Outreach 9.7 29.5 42.6 Transformative / Basic Research Challenge 28.7 50.1 Chemical/Biological Warfare Defense xx 51.4 Weapons of Mass Destruction Defeat 45.8 High Energy Laser Multidisciplinary Research Initiative 13.3 Multidisciplinary University Research Initiatives (MURI) 56.7 76.8 82 Defense University Instrumentation Program (DURIP) 13.9 15.6 22.2 National Defense S & E Graduate Program 45.9 National Defense Education Program (NDEP) - STEM 84.3 Social / Cultural / Human - MINERVA, HSCB xx xx xx 7 National Security S&E Faculty Fellow (NSSEFF) 0 Medical 49.5 Total 151 509 588.6 364.5 45.8 51.4 91 Since the projected budgets in the table are parsed differently than the organization’s program taxonomies, clear assignment of funds is not always possible. The Table should be considered a best estimate. In some cases the amount of funding in a discipline is included under other headings and is thereby unknown – indicated by “xx” in the cell. The reported Army funding reflects only the ARO budget available for University proposal submission, not the total basic research funding. For the Navy, about 25% of the reported total basic research funding is provided to the Naval Research Laboratory and is not available for University proposal submission. For the Air Force, about 30% is provided to the AF Research Laboratories.
Scalable Testing of Autonomous systems Testing and Evaluation and Verification and Validation Cyber: Mission assurance and effectiveness Operating securely in an insecure world S&T Focus Areas From $0 in FY2013 to $12.3M The S&T Focus Areas task facilitates cooperation and collaboration among Components and optimizes development of selected S&T efforts across the DoD enterprise. Select technology areas are examined and projects are initiated to address gaps or opportunities. Efforts are formulated and managed by teams of subject matter experts drawn from the Office of the Secretary of Defense, the Military Services, and Defense Agencies. FY 2014 Plans: Candidate projects for S&T Focus Areas include: exceptional materials properties and processing routes through electromagnetic field - materials coupling; active informatics photonic materials; development of models and architecture for digital curation; nanoscale battery architectures; and 3-dimensional (3D) stereochemistry through multitasking polymer catalysts; garbage and waste mining – creation of material stock for mobile manufacturing. Appendix 3: Abbreviated illustration of a Program Officer Datasheet Dr. David M. Stepp ARO, Chief, Materials Sciences Division (919) 549-4329 david.m.stepp@us.army.mil Biosketch: Dr. David Stepp serves as the Chief of the Materials Science Division of the U.S. Army Research Office. Also, he is Adjunct Assistant Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering & Materials Science, Pratt School of Engineering, Duke University. Education PhD in Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science from Duke University in 1998 MS in Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science from Duke University in 1995 BS in Engineering from Harvey Mudd College in 1993 Program: Mechanical Behavior of Materials http://www.arl.army.mil/www/default.cfm?page=183 The Mechanical Behavior of Materials program seeks to establish the fundamental relationships between the structure of materials and their mechanical properties as influenced by composition, processing, environment, and loading conditions. The program emphasizes research to develop innovative new materials with unprecedented mechanical, and other complementary, properties. …… Recent MURI Topics: FY11 Flex-Activated Materials FY10 Ion Transport in Complex Heterogeneous Organic Materials