Class of 2024 Vannevar Bush Faculty Fellowship (VBFF) Program

Background
The VBFF program is sponsored by the Basic Research Office, Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering (USD (R&E)). VBFF supports innovative basic research within academia, as well as opportunities intended to develop the next generation of scientists and engineers for the defense workforce. The program is oriented towards bold and ambitious “blue sky” research that may lead to extraordinary outcomes such as revolutionizing entire disciplines, creating entirely new fields, or disrupting accepted theories and perspectives.

Grant Details
The program seeks distinguished researchers for conducting innovative basic research in areas of interest to the DoD and fostering long-term relationships between the VBFF Fellows and the DoD. It supports unclassified basic scientific and engineering research that could be the foundation for future revolutionary new capabilities for DoD. The program aims to educate and train student and post-doctoral researchers for the defense workforce, foster long-term relationships between university researchers and the DoD, familiarize university researchers and their students with DoD’s current and projected future challenges, and increase the number of talented technical experts that DoD can call upon.

Eligibility Requirements
Eligible individuals include university researchers who can conduct single investigator grant proposals for basic research. All awardees will receive a research grant and the title of VBFF Fellow. The proposed research must satisfy the primary program objective of ambitious scientific exploration.

Period of Performance
The period of performance is estimated to start on 01 July 2024 and continue until 30 August 2024.

Grant Value
The total value of the grant is not explicitly provided in the document.