ARO Early Career Program (YIP)
Supports early-career faculty pursuing Army basic research through direct funding pathways.
The Army Research Office Early Career Program (ECP), widely known externally as the Young Investigator Program (YIP), supports outstanding tenure-track faculty in the early stages of their independent research careers. Awards are up to $120,000 per year for three years, for a total ceiling of approximately $360,000. The program's stated objective is to attract exceptional junior faculty to pursue …
Same research areas as Core BAA: Physical Sciences, Engineering Sciences, Information Sciences with Army applications.
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