Abstract Scope |
Dr. Andrew Brown is the current Acting Program Manager (PM) for the DEVCOM Army Research Laboratory (ARL) Army Research Office’s (ARO) Synthesis and Processing of Materials program and serves as Technical and Core Mission Support for the Sciences of Extreme Materials Branch at ARO. In this talk, Dr. Brown will describe the different funding opportunities for basic research in materials currently offered by the Army, provide brief descriptions of materials science relevant ARO Programs, show examples of previously funded advanced ceramic materials research efforts, and describe new areas of interest for the Synthesis and Processing Program. Lastly, the new competency-based structure for ARL will be presented and how prospective Principal Investigators can engage with it. |