{"id":25368,"date":"2024-12-10T16:41:29","date_gmt":"2024-12-10T22:41:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.tamus.edu\/research\/?page_id=25368"},"modified":"2026-01-12T10:46:02","modified_gmt":"2026-01-12T16:46:02","slug":"dod","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.tamus.edu\/research\/development\/dod\/","title":{"rendered":"Research Development &#8211; DOD"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"25368\" class=\"elementor elementor-25368\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-5b0d8f4 elementor-section-stretched elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"5b0d8f4\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" 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href=\"https:\/\/www.tamus.edu\/research\/development\/team\/\" class=\"elementor-item\">Team<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-25365\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tamus.edu\/research\/development\/services\/\" class=\"elementor-item\">Services<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-25364\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tamus.edu\/research\/development\/cop\/\" class=\"elementor-item\">Communities of Practice<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-25369\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tamus.edu\/research\/development\/newsletter\/\" class=\"elementor-item\">Newsletter<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-25553\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tamus.edu\/research\/development\/funding\/\" class=\"elementor-item\">Finding Funding<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-custom menu-item-object-custom menu-item-25793\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/ruralresilience.tamus.edu\/\" class=\"elementor-item\">Rural Resilience<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-26166\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tamus.edu\/research\/development\/space\/\" class=\"elementor-item\">Affinity Group &#8211; Space<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-26207\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tamus.edu\/research\/development\/materials\/\" class=\"elementor-item\">Affinity Group &#8211; Materials<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-26245\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tamus.edu\/research\/development\/research-development-nuclear-energy\/\" class=\"elementor-item\">Affinity Group \u2013 Nuclear Energy<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-25378\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tamus.edu\/research\/development\/nsf\/\" class=\"elementor-item\">NSF<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-25361\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tamus.edu\/research\/development\/nih\/\" class=\"elementor-item\">NIH<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-25377\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tamus.edu\/research\/development\/usda\/\" class=\"elementor-item\">USDA<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-25375\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tamus.edu\/research\/development\/doe\/\" class=\"elementor-item\">DOE<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-25376\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tamus.edu\/research\/development\/dod\/\" class=\"elementor-item\">DOD<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-25559\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tamus.edu\/research\/development\/nasa\/\" class=\"elementor-item\">NASA<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\t\t\t<\/nav>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-menu-toggle\" role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" aria-label=\"Menu Toggle\" aria-expanded=\"false\">\n\t\t\t<i aria-hidden=\"true\" role=\"presentation\" class=\"elementor-menu-toggle__icon--open eicon-menu-bar\"><\/i><i aria-hidden=\"true\" role=\"presentation\" class=\"elementor-menu-toggle__icon--close eicon-close\"><\/i>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<nav class=\"elementor-nav-menu--dropdown elementor-nav-menu__container\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t<ul id=\"menu-2-bb3db0d\" class=\"elementor-nav-menu sm-vertical\"><li class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-25355\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tamus.edu\/research\/development\/\" class=\"elementor-item\" tabindex=\"-1\">Leadership<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-25363\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tamus.edu\/research\/development\/team\/\" class=\"elementor-item\" tabindex=\"-1\">Team<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-25365\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tamus.edu\/research\/development\/services\/\" class=\"elementor-item\" tabindex=\"-1\">Services<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-25364\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tamus.edu\/research\/development\/cop\/\" class=\"elementor-item\" tabindex=\"-1\">Communities of Practice<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-25369\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tamus.edu\/research\/development\/newsletter\/\" class=\"elementor-item\" tabindex=\"-1\">Newsletter<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-25553\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tamus.edu\/research\/development\/funding\/\" class=\"elementor-item\" tabindex=\"-1\">Finding Funding<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-custom menu-item-object-custom menu-item-25793\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/ruralresilience.tamus.edu\/\" class=\"elementor-item\" tabindex=\"-1\">Rural Resilience<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-26166\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tamus.edu\/research\/development\/space\/\" class=\"elementor-item\" tabindex=\"-1\">Affinity Group &#8211; Space<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-26207\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tamus.edu\/research\/development\/materials\/\" class=\"elementor-item\" tabindex=\"-1\">Affinity Group &#8211; Materials<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-26245\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tamus.edu\/research\/development\/research-development-nuclear-energy\/\" class=\"elementor-item\" tabindex=\"-1\">Affinity Group \u2013 Nuclear Energy<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-25378\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tamus.edu\/research\/development\/nsf\/\" class=\"elementor-item\" tabindex=\"-1\">NSF<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-25361\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tamus.edu\/research\/development\/nih\/\" class=\"elementor-item\" tabindex=\"-1\">NIH<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-25377\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tamus.edu\/research\/development\/usda\/\" class=\"elementor-item\" tabindex=\"-1\">USDA<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-25375\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tamus.edu\/research\/development\/doe\/\" class=\"elementor-item\" tabindex=\"-1\">DOE<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-25376\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tamus.edu\/research\/development\/dod\/\" class=\"elementor-item\" tabindex=\"-1\">DOD<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-25559\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tamus.edu\/research\/development\/nasa\/\" class=\"elementor-item\" tabindex=\"-1\">NASA<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\t\t\t<\/nav>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-8e884d7\" data-id=\"8e884d7\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c6519a0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-template\" data-id=\"c6519a0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"template.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div 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data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"247\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tamus.edu\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/23\/2025\/01\/DoD-Logo-1024x247.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-25485\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.tamus.edu\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/23\/2025\/01\/DoD-Logo-1024x247.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.tamus.edu\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/23\/2025\/01\/DoD-Logo-300x72.png 300w, https:\/\/www.tamus.edu\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/23\/2025\/01\/DoD-Logo-768x185.png 768w, https:\/\/www.tamus.edu\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/23\/2025\/01\/DoD-Logo-1536x371.png 1536w, https:\/\/www.tamus.edu\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/23\/2025\/01\/DoD-Logo.png 1590w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-dd59faf\" data-id=\"dd59faf\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-26bd35 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"26bd35\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><b>Mission:<\/b> To provide the military forces needed to deter war and to protect the security of our country.&nbsp;<br><b>DOD Grants.gov Link<\/b>: <a href=\"https:\/\/grants.gov\/learn-grants\/grant-making-agencies\/u-s-department-of-defense-dod\">Click Here<\/a><br><b>DOD Link<\/b>: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defense.gov\/\">Click 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class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Resources related to the U.S. Department of\u00a0 Defense (DOD) agency, including Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), are available below. The TAMUS Research Development Office can develop resources on demand for any DOD opportunity. Please reach out to our office (<a href=\"mailto:researchdevelopment@tamus.edu\"><strong>researchdevelopment@tamus.edu<\/strong><\/a>) for additional requests.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-fcb17c3 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"fcb17c3\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-f9786e7\" data-id=\"f9786e7\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5214eca elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"5214eca\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul><li style=\"list-style-type: none\"><ul><li><a href=\"#AFOSR\">AFOSR YIP<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"#INTACT\">DARPA INTACT<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><p>\u00a0<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-f8c7daa\" data-id=\"f8c7daa\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f9ba134 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"f9ba134\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul><li><a href=\"#YFA\">DARPA YFA<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"#ONRYIP\">ONR YIP<\/a><\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-171aa4b elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"171aa4b\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-9242b86\" data-id=\"9242b86\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-abf706a elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"abf706a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" id=\"AFOSR\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><b>AFOSR YIP<\/b><\/p><p>The Fiscal Year 2026 Air Force Young Investigator Research Program (YIP) intends to provide support for individual scientists and engineers who have either received Ph.D. or equivalent degrees post 01 April 2018. These scientists and engineers must have shown exceptional ability and promise for conducting basic research.<\/p><ul><li>Proposal Checklist \u2013 <a href=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/file\/d\/1zRke00p1rGzcJV5q57h-lA9RCOjoubfL\/view?usp=drive_link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Click Here<\/a><\/li><li>Abstract Template \u2013 <a href=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/file\/d\/1f4J5w8rNPsWy1OYoJIb4QMWJdA6oBkVF\/view?usp=drive_link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Click Here<\/a><\/li><li>Narrative Outline \u2013 <a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/document\/d\/1GL8v78Wu02OsZt6yE3tFtHHXBm92cutE\/edit?usp=drive_link&amp;ouid=116534239100821299538&amp;rtpof=true&amp;sd=true\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Click Here<\/a><\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ff8d4fa elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"ff8d4fa\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" id=\"INTACT\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><b style=\"font-family: var(--global-body-font-family)\">DARPA INTACT<\/b><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Intrinsically Tough and Affordable Ceramics Today (INTACT) explores new approaches to produce tough monolithic ceramic materials. In contrast to fiber reinforcement strategies employed in ceramic matrix composites, INTACT is focused on atomic-scale toughening mechanisms that afford ceramics with the ductile characteristics of metallic systems.<\/span><\/p><ul><li>Proposal Checklist \u2013 <a href=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/file\/d\/1fVAUUvqi4bK76kH_YxPjI-EvrRkYFQN-\/view?usp=drive_link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Click Here<\/a><\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-bae18d7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"bae18d7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" id=\"YFA\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><b style=\"font-family: var(--global-body-font-family)\">DARPA YFA<\/b><\/p><p>The Young Faculty Award (YFA) program aims to identify and engage rising stars in junior research positions in academia and equivalent positions at non-profit research institutions, particularly those without prior DARPA funding, to expose them to DoD needs and DARPA\u2019s mission to create and prevent technological surprise for national security.<\/p><ul><li>Proposal Checklist \u2013 <a href=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/file\/d\/11iMi5JaZop2pJ2Aty8VS_A3aAc5hF6rt\/view?usp=drive_link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Click Here<\/a><\/li><li>Executive Summary Template \u2013 <a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/document\/d\/18RaSLt1F1MqIwOBwRLTuNMPBas_aaXPy\/edit?usp=drive_link&amp;ouid=116534239100821299538&amp;rtpof=true&amp;sd=true\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Click Here<\/a><\/li><li>Proposal Summary Slide Template \u2013 <a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/presentation\/d\/1bswbj5ExFlH3W-BWGppGdz7s4V_Lg452\/edit?usp=drive_link&amp;ouid=116534239100821299538&amp;rtpof=true&amp;sd=true\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Click Here<\/a><\/li><li>Technical Management Template \u2013 <a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/document\/d\/17yYGmJEIwdtqYfvtq3ZuRu3hsn4NhsbA\/edit?usp=drive_link&amp;ouid=116534239100821299538&amp;rtpof=true&amp;sd=true\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Click Here<\/a><\/li><li>Administrative and National Policy Requirements Template \u2013 <a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/document\/d\/1hp5T0Z5en2DKTUIVgcD4B9JpLnNPuPiv\/edit?usp=drive_link&amp;ouid=116534239100821299538&amp;rtpof=true&amp;sd=true\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Click Here<\/a><\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7eb1459 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"7eb1459\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" id=\"ONRYIP\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><b style=\"font-family: var(--global-body-font-family)\">ONR YIP<\/b><\/p><p>The goal of the ONR Young Investigator Program is for the Office of Naval Research to identify early career scientists and engineers in academia and nonprofits who have the potential to contribute long-term to the advancement of the Department of Navy\u2019s Science and Technology program. 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