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Navy/USMC

ONR Launches New International Research Competition

Thursday, April 23rd, 2020

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The Office of Naval Research (ONR) this week launched Global-X, a new nine-month international science challenge to encourage “groundbreaking research." ONR Global, the division that sponsors scientific work outside the U.S., announced Global-X on Wednesday as an effort to competitively select and fund “revolutionary international research projects” in three areas not currently addressed in the basic research portfolio. ONR intends to award up to $750,000 to encourage the research while fostering international science community relationships. The three areas are tailored…

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