Research Interests of the Air Force Office of Scientific Research

The Air Force Office of Scientific Research manages the basic research investment for the U.S. Air Force, seeking to foster revolutionary scientific breakthroughs enabling the Air Force and U.S. industry to produce world-class, militarily significant, and commercially valuable products.

Branches and topics: 

1. ENGINEERING AND COMPLEX SYSTEMS(RTA1)

1. Dynamic Materials and Interactions
2. GHz-THz Electronics and Materials
3. Energy, Combustion, and Non-Equilibrium Thermodynamics
4. Unsteady Aerodynamics and Turbulent Flows
5. High-Speed Aerodynamics
6. Low-Density Materials
7. Multiscale Structural Mechanics and Prognosis
8. Space Propulsion and Power
9. Agile Science of Test and Evaluation (T&E)

2. INFORMATION AND NETWORKS (RTA2)

1. Computational Cognition and Machine Intelligence
2. Computational Mathematics
3. Dynamics and Control
4. Dynamic Data and Information Processing
5. Information Assurance and Cybersecurity
6. Optimization and Discrete Mathematics
7. Science of Information, Computation, Learning, and Fusion
8. Trust and Influence
9. Complex Networks
10. Cognitive and Computational Neurosciences

3. PHYSICAL SCIENCES(RTB1)

1. Materials with Extreme Properties
2. Atomic and Molecular Physics
3. Electromagnetics
4. Laser and Optical Physics
5. Optoelectronics and Photonics
6. Plasma and Electro-Energetic Physics
7. Quantum Information Sciences
8. Remote Sensing
9. Space Science
10. Ultrashort Pulse Laser-Matter Interactions

4. CHEMISTRYAND BIOLOGICALSCIENCES (RTB2)

1. Biophysics
2. Human Performance and Biosystems
3. Mechanics of Multifunctional Materials and Microsystems
4. Molecular Dynamics and Theoretical Chemistry
5. Natural Materials, Systems, and Extremophiles
6. Organic Materials Chemistry

5. AFOSR INTERNATIONAL OFFICES (IO)

6. OTHER INNOVATIVE RESEARCH CONCEPTS

Funding: No fixed limit (usually $200,000 to $400,000 per year) 

Duration: 3-5 years