ARO's Young Investigator Program (YIP) seeks to identify and support academic scientists who have received Ph.D.
or equivalent degrees within the last five years (on orafter 01 November 2002 for this FY08 competition) and who show exceptional promise for doing creative research.
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objectives of this program are to attract outstanding faculty members of Institutions of Higher Education (hereafter also called "universities")to the Department of the Army's research program, to support their research, and to encourage their teaching and research careers.
This YIP program is in addition to a YIP Program described in the open ARO BAA W911NF-07-R-000 3.