Office of Scientific Research and Development (OSRD) was an agency of the United States federal government created to coordinate scientific research for...
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arm was superseded by the Office of Scientific Research and Development in 1941, but it remained as an influential advisory and consulting agency until...
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Vannevar Bush (redirect from Pieces of the Action)
engineer, inventor and science administrator, who during World War II headed the U.S. Office of Scientific Research and Development (OSRD), through which...
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James B. Donovan (category American people of Irish descent)
lawyer and United States Navy officer in the Office of Scientific Research and Development and the Office of Strategic Services (OSS, predecessor of the...
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Federally funded research and development centers (FFRDCs) are public-private partnerships that conduct research and development for the United States...
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CSIRO (redirect from Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation)
led to the renaming of the organisation as Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO). Notable developments by CSIRO have included...
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Manhattan Project (redirect from Development of Substitute Materials)
American civilian Office of Scientific Research and Development. The Manhattan Project employed nearly 130,000 people at its peak and cost nearly US$2 billion...
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The Home Office Scientific Development Branch (HOSDB; formerly the Police Scientific Development Branch) was a branch of the Home Office in the United...
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its predecessor and alternately called the National Research Defense Committee of the Office of Scientific Research and Development. The committee was...
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(DOE) for scientific and technological research. The primary mission of the DOE national laboratories is to conduct research and development (R&D) addressing...
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Alsos Mission (category Office of Naval Intelligence)
chief scientific advisor. It was jointly staffed by the Office of Naval Intelligence (ONI), the Office of Scientific Research and Development (OSRD)...
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The Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) is a scientific research and development detachment of the United States Air Force Materiel Command dedicated...
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Office of Scientific Research and Development, and in 1942 it was officially transferred under the auspices of the United States Army and became known...
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parties to keep research results confidential for up to five years under the Freedom of Information Act. The Office of Scientific and Technical Information...
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Research and development (R&D or R+D), known in some countries as experiment and design, is the set of innovative activities undertaken by corporations...
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Coordinator of Research and Development, an institution within the Navy during World War II meant to coordinate between the military-wide Office of Scientific Research...
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Office of Scientific Integrity (OSI) in the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and the Office of Scientific Integrity Review (OSIR) in the Office of...
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Army’s extramural research program. Originally a standalone organization assigned under the Office of the Chief of Research and Development, ARO was consolidated...
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Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) is an agency under the Department of Defence Research and Development in the Ministry of Defence of the...
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The Office of Scientific and Technical Information (OSTI) is a component of the Office of Science within the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE). The Energy...
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M69 incendiary (category World War II aerial bombs of the United States)
Oil Development Company, whose work was funded by the Office of Scientific Research and Development. They were nicknamed "Tokyo calling cards". The M69...
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conducts a broad program of scientific research, technology and advanced development. ONR's headquarters is in the Ballston neighborhood of Arlington County,...
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The Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR; IAST: vaigyanik tathā audyogik anusandhāna pariṣada) is a research and development (R&D) organisation...
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Psi Factor (redirect from Office of Scientific Investigation and Research)
paranormal investigations of the "Office of Scientific Investigation and Research" (O.S.I.R.). The first season introduces members of the O.S.I.R. team, including...
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Howard P. Robertson (category University of Washington College of Arts and Sciences alumni)
terms of general relativity. During World War II, Robertson served with the National Defense Research Committee (NDRC) and the Office of Scientific Research...
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Mária Telkes (category Members of the Society of Women Engineers)
recruited her to serve as a civilian advisor to the Office of Scientific Research and Development (OSRD). There, she developed a solar-powered water desalination...
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remaining 257 served in some capacity with or for the Office of Scientific Research and Development. Gladys Anslow Donald Balfour Hendrik Wade Bode Thomas...
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Science Advisor to the President (category Executive Office of the President of the United States)
Vannevar Bush, chairman of the Office of Scientific Research and Development, served presidents Franklin Delano Roosevelt and Harry S. Truman from 1941 to...
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Office Of Scientific Research And Development. War metallurgy. Issued by National Defense Research Committee. Washington D.C.: Office of Scientific Research...
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S-1 Executive Committee (category History of the Manhattan Project)
defense-related research, and the Advisory Committee on Uranium became the Uranium Committee of the NDRC. In June 1941, Roosevelt created the Office of Scientific Research...
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