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Multidisciplinary University Research Initiatives

The Department of Defense (DoD) announces the Fiscal Year 2001 competition for the Multidisciplinary Research Program, one element of the University Research Initiative (URI). The URI is a Department of Defense initiative sponsored by the Director of Basic Research, Office of the Deputy Under Secretary of Defense for Science and Technology (DUSD(S&T)) to enhance universities' capabilities to perform basic science and engineering research and related education in science and engineering areas critical to national defense.

The Multidisciplinary Research Program of the URI (MURI) supports university teams whose research efforts intersect more than one traditional science and engineering discipline. Multidisciplinary team effort can accelerate research progress in areas particularly suited to this approach by cross-fertilization of ideas and also can help to hasten the transition of basic research findings to practical application. By supporting team efforts, MURI complements other DoD programs that support university research through single-investigator awards.

FY2001 MURI TOPIC TITLES - those with nanoscience focus

Defense University Research Initiatives on NanoTechnology

The Department of Defense (DoD) announces the Fiscal Year 2001 competition for the Defense University Research Initiative on NanoTechnology (DURINT). The DURINT program is a Department of Defense initiative sponsored by the Director of Basic Research, Office of the Deputy Under Secretary of Defense for Science and Technology (DUSD(S&T)) to enhance universities' capabilities to perform basic science and engineering research and related education in nanotechnology critical to national defense. The program will be administered through the Army Research Office (ARO), the Office of Naval Research (ONR), the Air Force of Scientific Research (AFOSR), and the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), hereafter referred to as "agencies".

The DURINT program supports university teams to conduct basic research on nanotechnology. The program consists of two components: research and equipment, both of which support education. By supporting team efforts, the DURINT program complements other DoD research programs on nanotechnology that support university research through single-investigator awards. This announcement calls for proposals requesting research equipment and for white papers and proposals to conduct nanotechnology research.

FY2001 DURINT TOPIC TITLES