What project 1101 buys
The Multidisciplinary University Research Initiative (MURI) project is a Department of War (DoW) coordinated effort that supports high priority pure research topics. Each MURI topic is a five-year research grant addressing a challenging multidisciplinary scientific problem. MURI topics require collaboration among academic experts across disciplines from two or more universities to explore solutions to these cross-Service research challenges. The Office of the Undersecretary of War (OUSW) calls for new research topics annually, provides topic guidance, and approves new topics from each of the DoW Services. Office of Naval Research (ONR) MURI topics are selected based on Naval Science and Technology (S&T) priorities. Proposals for MURI research topics are submitted in response to a public Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) and all valid research proposals are evaluated by teams of technical experts. The Office of the Secretary of War (OSW) reviews all award nominations and announces selected awardees. Only US Universities and Research Institutions are eligible performers and the funding is provided through research grants. MURI projects make significant contributions to Navy and Department of War (DOw) objectives by accelerating research results through multi-university collaboration, a cross-fertilization of ideas, concepts and research approaches pursued. This collaborative research environment nurtured hastens the maturation of basic research concepts to applied applications and through the training of students in cross-disciplinary approaches to science and engineering research topics of priority interest to DoW.
Project 1101 funding, FY2025–FY2031
Prior years are actuals, the budget year is the request, and the outyears are the FYDP plan. Estimate types are colored and never summed into one figure. Projects carry the full five-year plan; the activities inside them stop at the budget year.
| Fiscal Year | Estimate Type | Amount ($M) |
|---|---|---|
| FY2025 | Actual | 67.7 |
| FY2026 | Enacted | 51.1 |
| FY2027 | Request | 0.0 |
| FY2028 | Outyear | 0.0 |
| FY2029 | Outyear | 0.0 |
| FY2030 | Outyear | 0.0 |
| FY2031 | Outyear | 0.0 |
1 accomplishment / planned program
The R-2A exhibit — the only level of the budget that describes work that has not happened yet. Activities carry the prior, current and budget year only, no five-year plan. Coverage is partial across the corpus, so count activities, never total them.
FY2026 to FY2027 change FY27 decrease of $51.117 due to reductions in MURI investments for alignment to Navy strategic goals within the S&T portfolio for Department prioritization of Future Naval Capabilities and Technology Candidates.
FY2026 plans — current year Completed support for multidisciplinary research in all ongoing research topic areas. Update the Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) to publish new research topic areas of priority interest to the Navy. Complete planned research efforts in multidisciplinary topics. Initiate up to ten new multidisciplinary research efforts.