Air Force Fiscal Year 2027 Young Investigator Program (YIP)
The Air Force FY27 Young Investigator Program offers up to $450,000 over three years to support early-career U.S. scientists and engineers conducting basic research relevant to Air Force and Space Force missions.
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Funder: Air Force Office of Scientific Research
Due Dates: October 9, 2026 (White paper) | December 4, 2026 (Full proposal)
Funding Amounts: Up to $150,000 annually for three years ($450,000 total)
Summary: Supports early-career scientists and engineers conducting creative basic research relevant to Air Force and Space Force missions.
Key Information: A white paper under this announcement and an invitation to submit a full proposal are required.
Description
The Air Force Office of Scientific Research (AFOSR) Young Investigator Program supports individual early-career scientists and engineers showing exceptional ability and promise in basic research. It aims to foster creative and revolutionary science and engineering, advance investigators’ early-career development, and increase their understanding of Air Force and Space Force missions and scientific challenges.
The program seeks unclassified research aligned with the latest “Research Interests of the Air Force Office of Scientific Research” Broad Agency Announcement. AFOSR also partners with the Laboratory for Physical Sciences (LPS) to support experimental and theoretical gate-based quantum computing research within the Quantum Information Sciences portfolio. This work targets fundamental challenges in quantum computing systems, including noise, qubit performance, control and readout, and modular computing.
