Air Force Fiscal Year 2017 Young Investigator Research Program (YIP) | Apply Online

Opportunity Summary:

The Air Force Fiscal Year 2017 Young Investigator Research Program (YIP) is a competitive early-career research funding opportunity run by the Department of Defense, Air Force Office of Scientific Research (AFOSR), under Funding Opportunity Number BAA AFRL AFOSR 2016 0006 (CFDA 12.800). It is designed to identify and support scientists and engineers who are still in the early stages of their independent careers but have already demonstrated exceptional ability and strong promise for conducting high-quality basic research. The program is rooted in the Air Force interest in expanding the pipeline of innovative researchers whose work can ultimately help address current and future Air Force mission needs, especially by connecting fundamental science and engineering advances to long-term defense challenges.

A central goal of YIP is professional development as much as it is research output. The program explicitly aims to foster creative, fundamental research while accelerating the early-career trajectory of outstanding investigators. In practice, that means the Air Force is looking for proposals that are not just incremental extensions of existing work, but thoughtful, ambitious basic research ideas that can open new directions. At the same time, applicants are expected to demonstrate awareness of how their research area relates to Air Force priorities in science and engineering, even when the work is clearly basic rather than applied or near-term product focused.

Eligibility is targeted and fairly strict. The principal investigator must have received a Ph.D. or an equivalent degree on or after April 1, 2011, which sets the early-career window for this particular fiscal year competition. The principal investigator must also be a U.S. citizen, U.S. national, or U.S. permanent resident. Awards are not made directly to individuals; instead, they are made to the U.S.-based organization employing the investigator, and the investigator must be employed full-time in a regular position at that organization. Eligible host organizations include U.S. institutions of higher education (public or private), industrial laboratories, nonprofit research organizations (including 501(c)(3) nonprofits), and for-profit organizations (including small businesses), as reflected in the eligible applicant categories. A key exclusion is that researchers working at a Federally Funded Research and Development Center (FFRDC) or a Department of Defense laboratory are not eligible to compete under this program, which keeps the focus on investigators outside those federal research environments.

In terms of funding, the standard YIP award is structured as approximately $120,000 per year for three years, totaling $360,000, which is also listed as the award ceiling for typical awards. The Air Force notes that proposals considered truly exceptional may be evaluated for higher funding levels and/or a longer period of performance, though those cases are handled individually rather than as the standard expectation. The funding instrument type for the opportunity includes both grants and procurement contracts, signaling that awards may be issued under different legal/administrative mechanisms depending on the specific circumstances and the nature of the recipient organization and work.

The Air Force anticipated making about 50 awards under this competition, contingent on the availability of funds, which indicates a relatively substantial cohort for a young investigator program and suggests a broad interest across multiple research areas in science and engineering. The opportunity was posted on March 21, 2016, with an application closing date of June 1, 2016, for the FY2017 cycle described. Overall, the program is best understood as a prestigious entry point for early-career researchers to build an independent basic research portfolio while forming early connections to Air Force-relevant scientific questions and longer-range defense research needs.

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