# Office of Naval Research **Domain:** United States Research Funding / Naval Science and Technology **Doc Type:** Institution Node **Maturity:** Established **Related:** [[DARPA]], naval research, [[Brain-Computer Interfaces]] --- ## Definition The **Office of Naval Research (ONR)** is the United States Department of the Navy organization that sponsors and coordinates scientific research and technology development relevant to naval capabilities. ## Corpus Context ONR appears in the funding acknowledgments associated with the neural-wave research discussed in [[articles/Analog Cognition and the Architecture of Continuity|Analog Cognition and the Architecture of Continuity]]. Its presence establishes defense-sector research support and institutional attention; it does not, by itself, establish a specific operational purpose or intent. ## Sources / Provenance - [Office of Naval Research](https://www.nre.navy.mil/organization/onr) - Earl K. Miller, Scott L. Brincat, and Jefferson E. Roy, [Analog Cognition and Consciousness](https://doi.org/10.1523/JNEUROSCI.0711-26.2026), _The Journal of Neuroscience_ (2026)