ARO DURIP (Annual Cycle)
Supports United States universities acquiring research equipment for defense-relevant scientific research.
The Defense University Research Instrumentation Program (DURIP) is a tri-service program sponsored by the Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering and jointly executed by ARO, the Office of Naval Research (ONR), and the Air Force Office of Scientific Research (AFOSR). DURIP provides one-year grants from $50,000 to $3,000,000 to accredited U.S. universities for the acqu…
Acquisition of research equipment or instrumentation for research areas important to national defense. No topic restrictions beyond national defense relevance.
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