Chief of Naval Research (CNR) Fellows Program

The Chief of Naval Research (CNR) Fellows Program is a one-year fellowship program that aims to bring up to five recently tenured academic research professors to the Office of Naval Research (ONR) to infuse state-of-the-art knowledge and provide leading academics with insight into the Navy and Marine Corps' most critical research challenges. The program seeks to build a bridge between academia and the Department of the Navy. The selected fellows will be immersed in the naval Science & Technology ecosystem, gaining firsthand experience with ONR program development, critical operational challenges, and the DoD's budget and planning processes. The fellows will be responsible for providing technical feedback, spending time at ONR headquarters and naval laboratories, submitting a written report, amplifying ONR's mission, and building the talent pipeline. Key responsibilities and requirements include: • Providing technical feedback on proposed and ongoing DON research efforts • Spending an average of four days per month in person at ONR headquarters and naval laboratories • Submitting a written report 330 days after contract award • Amplifying ONR's mission and building the talent pipeline • Being a United States citizen or permanent resident and a tenured associate professor or full professor