Air Force Fiscal Year 2025 Young Investigator Program (YIP)

Background
The Air Force Young Investigator Research Program (YIP) aims to support individual early career scientists and engineers who have received Ph.D. or equivalent degrees by 01 April 2017 or later, showing exceptional ability and promise for conducting basic research. The program objective is to foster creative basic research in science and engineering; enhance early career development of outstanding young investigators; and increase opportunities for the young investigator to recognize the Air Force and Space Force mission and related challenges in science and engineering.

Grant Details
Under this competition, an anticipated thirty-seven (37) traditionally funded YIPs and two YIPs funded in partnership with the Laboratory for Physical Sciences (LPS) in the Quantum Information Sciences research discipline may be awarded. There may be potential for an additional 37 YIPs funded from other AFOSR research funding. Individual awards are made to U.S. institutions of higher education, industrial laboratories, for-profit, or non-profit research organizations where the principal investigator (PI) is employed on a full-time basis and holds a regular, non-contractor position. A YIP PI must be a U.S. citizen, national, or permanent resident. YIP awards are funded up to $150,000 per year for three years, for a total of $450,000. No single year may exceed $150,000.

Eligibility Requirements
Individual awards are made to U.S. institutions of higher education, industrial laboratories, for-profit businesses, or non-profit research organizations where the individual principal investigator is a U.S. citizen, national, or has permanent residency at time of proposal submission; employed on a full-time basis and holds a permanent position. All PIs must meet all eligibility requirements.

Period of Performance
The YIP awards are most likely projected no later than 01 January 2025 based on the availability of the president’s budget.

Grant Value
YIP awards are funded up to $150,000 per year for three years, for a total of approximately $450,000.