# Project 1402 — Naval STEM, Outreach, & Partnerships

**Program element:** 0601153N — Defense Research Sciences  
**Project:** 1402  
**Component:** U.S. Navy  
**Appropriation:** 1319 — RDT&E, Navy  
**Budget Activity:** 1 — Basic Research  
**Vintage:** President's Budget PB2027  
**Canonical URL:** https://hitchintel.com/programs/0601153N/1402  
**Parent:** https://hitchintel.com/programs/0601153N

## Summary

Project 1402 — Naval STEM, Outreach, & Partnerships requests $62.4M in FY2027, 12% of the $525.4M requested for program element 0601153N, up 9.9% on FY2026. 4 R-2A activities decompose the request.

## Funding profile

| Fiscal Year | Estimate Type | Amount ($M) |
|---|---|---|
| FY2025 | Actual | 17.0 |
| FY2026 | Enacted | 56.8 |
| FY2027 | Request | 62.4 |
| FY2028 | Outyear | 63.3 |
| FY2029 | Outyear | 66.3 |
| FY2030 | Outyear | 65.7 |
| FY2031 | Outyear | 66.9 |

> Estimate types are not summed. This project is one leaf of PE 0601153N; the PE total is the sum of its projects, never added to them.

## What project 1402 buys

The Naval STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics) research area proactively addresses a variety of naval, and national, security issues by fostering and cultivating a world-class workforce as necessary to maintain the U.S. Navy and Marine Corps technological superiority. The Naval STEM research area supports strategic opportunities that inspire, engage, educate, employ, develop, and retain the current and future workforce through a portfolio of research and initiatives. Naval STEM initiatives are coordinated across the Naval Research Enterprise (NRE) to provide critical skills and career opportunity awareness.

## Activities (R-2A) — 4

| Activity | FY2025 | FY2026 | FY2027 | Move | Page |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Naval STEM | 17.0 | 32.6 | 39.0 | +20% | [a0](https://hitchintel.com/programs/0601153N/1402/a0) |
| Young Investigator Program (YIP) | 0.0 | 12.6 | 11.5 | −9% | [a3](https://hitchintel.com/programs/0601153N/1402/a3) |
| Historically Black Colleges and Universities / Minority Institutions (HBCU/MI) | 0.0 | 8.9 | 9.2 | +3% | — |
| Naval Research Enterprise Internship Program and The Science and Engineering Apprenticeship Program (NREIP/SEAP) | 0.0 | 2.6 | 2.8 | +6% | — |

> Activities carry the prior, current and budget year only — no five-year plan. In the request year they partition this project exactly; in earlier years they can under-cover it.

### Naval STEM

Science, Technology, Education and Mathematics (STEM) - Continue existing successful efforts, like the Navy and Marine Corps Junior Reserve Officers' Training Corps (JROTC) Flight Academy, while examining approaches to further scale up these efforts to achieve greater impact across the DON. - Continue the development of highly scalable…

Full year-by-year narrative: https://hitchintel.com/programs/0601153N/1402/a0

### Young Investigator Program (YIP)

- Complete Young Investigator Program topics initiated in previous fiscal years and review opportunities to transition technologies and identify future funding for high-quality investigators that will contribute to developing capabilities for the Navy. - Continue FY2025 and FY2026 YIP awards to assistant professors that have demonstrated…

Full year-by-year narrative: https://hitchintel.com/programs/0601153N/1402/a3

### Historically Black Colleges and Universities / Minority Institutions (HBCU/MI)

**FY2027 planned work.** - Continue with increasing number of internships at SYSCOMs: NRL, NAVSUP, NAVAIR, NAVFAC, BUMED, NAVWAR, Marine Corps, and SSP for students at HBCU/MIs. - Continue to provide faculty fellowships for HBCU/MI faculty to conduct Naval-relevant research at all Naval Warfare Centers and Laboratories. - Continue new outreach initiatives in accordance with congressional directives and executive order to increase the capacity and facilities for HBCUs to develop pipeline for technologies and transitions to the Fleet. - Continue the pipeline into STEM enrichments through scholarship awards to include the Chief of Naval Research scholarships. - Continue to expand the DoN HBCU/MI Post-doctoral program that impacts the number of HBCU/MI PhD candidates working within the Navy STEM related fields.

**FY2026 to FY2027 change.** Funding increase from FY2026 to FY2027 is due to increased number of internships at SYSCOMS for students at HBCU/MIs.

**FY2026 plans — current year.** - Complete new outreach initiatives to increase number of HBCU/MI white paper and grant proposal submissions - to include making more grant awards. - Complete effort to increase number of science fairs at HBCU/MIs that have partnerships with local junior and high schools to include providing more Chief of Naval Research scholarships. - Complete effort to increase number of SYSCOMs participating in Scholarship for Service (S4S) at the Naval Postgraduate School. - Continue with increasing number of internships at SYSCOMs: NRL, NAVSUP, NAVAIR, NAVFAC, BUMED, NAVWAR, Marine Corps, and SSP for students at HBCU/MIs. - Continue to provide faculty fellowships for HBCU/MI faculty to conduct naval-relevant research at all Naval Warfare Centers and Laboratories. - Continue to expand the DoN HBCU/MI Post-doctoral program that impacts the number of HBCU/MI PhD candidates working within the Navy STEM related fields. - Initiate new outreach initiatives in accordance with congressional directives and executive order to increase the capacity and facilities for HBCUs to develop pipeline for technologies and transitions to the Fleet. - Initiate the pipeline into STEM enrichments through scholarship awards to include the Chief of Naval Research scholarships.

### Naval Research Enterprise Internship Program and The Science and Engineering Apprenticeship Program (NREIP/SEAP)

**FY2027 planned work.** - Continue Naval Research Enterprise Internship Program (NREIP) and Science and Engineering Apprenticeship Program (SEAP) opportunities for students to participate in Navy and Marine Corps-relevant research at Naval Warfare Centers and Laboratories by expanding the number of participating sites, mentors, and interns.

**FY2026 to FY2027 change.** No significant changes.

**FY2026 plans — current year.** - Continue Naval Research Enterprise Internship Program (NREIP) and Science and Engineering Apprenticeship Program (SEAP) opportunities for students to participate in Navy and Marine Corps-relevant research at Naval Warfare Centers and Laboratories by expanding the number of participating sites, mentors, and interns.

## What is NOT on this page

Congressional marks, the R-2 mission description and acquisition strategy, the industry vs government split of the whole request, and related program elements are recorded at **program-element** grain — an NDAA mark lands on a PE, never on a project. They are at https://hitchintel.com/programs/0601153N.

## Source & machine access

- **Source:** FY2027 Department of the Navy RDT&E Budget Justification, Exhibits R-2/R-2A/R-3, PE 0601153N project 1402 (PB PB2027).
- **MCP:** `mcp.hitchintel.com` — `budget_get_program_element(pe="0601153N")`.

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