March 10, 2025

Call for Abstracts - 2025 DoD Basic Research Conference

The 2025 DoD Basic Research Conference aims to showcase groundbreaking research, facilitate collaboration, and inform researchers about opportunities in basic research. The conference is a multi-day event featuring breakout sessions on over 15 topics. The abstract submission deadline is April 23, 2025.

Nov. 12, 2024

New Breakthrough in Quantum Engineering!

Exciting new research by Vannevar Bush Faculty Fellows Profs. Supratik Guha and David Awschalom, along with their collaborators, on "Controlled Spalling of 4H Silicon Carbide for Quantum Technologies," has recently been published in ACS Nano.

July 26, 2024

Register Now for the 2025 VBFF Competition Webinar!

The Vannevar Bush Faculty Fellowship (VBFF) Program Team is hosting the 2025 Vannevar Bush Faculty competition webinar at 3:00 EST on Friday, August 2nd.

July 2, 2024

DOD Announces 2024 Vannevar Bush Fellows to Pursue Breakthrough Research

The Department of Defense today announced the selection of 11 university scientists and engineers to fill the 2024 class of the Vannevar Bush Faculty Fellowship (VBFF), the DoD's flagship single-investigator award for basic research.

May 16, 2024

Vannevar Bush Faculty Fellow, Prof. Elchanan Mossel elected to the American Academy of Arts & Sciences in 2024

Congratulations to Prof. Elchanan Mossel, a distinguished Vannevar Bush Faculty Fellow from the class of 2019. Prof. Mossel, a faculty member of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, has achieved an extraordinary milestone by being selected as one of the 250 exceptional individuals elected to the American Academy of Arts & Sciences in 2024.

July 14, 2022

Department of Defense Announces 2022 Class of Vannevar Bush Faculty Fellowship

The DoD announced the selection of nine distinguished faculty scientists and engineers for the 2022 Class of Vannevar Bush Faculty Fellows (VBFF).

July 28, 2020

FY21 Vannevar Bush Faculty Fellowship Funding Opportunity Announcement

The FY21 Vannevar Bush Faculty Fellowship (VBFF) Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) is now available.