Acquisition Research Program at The Naval Postgraduate School

This BAA�s primary objective is to attract outstanding researchers and scholars to investigate topics of interest to the defense acquisition community. The program solicits innovative proposals for defense acquisition management and policy research to be conducted during fiscal year (FY) 2011 (1 Oct 2010 � 30 Sep 2011) and FY 2012 (1 Oct 2011 � 30 Sept 2012). In this BAA, the phrase �defense acquisition management and policy research� refers to investigations in all disciplines, fields, and domains that (1) are involved in the acquisition of products and/or services for national defense, or (2) could potentially be brought to bear to improve defense acquisition. It includes but is not limited to economics, finance, financial management, information systems, organization theory, operations management, human resources management, and marketing, as well as the �traditional� acquisition areas such as contracting, program/project management, logistics, and systems engineering management. These topics are listed for guidance only. Evidence of Progress: � Awardees must demonstrate evidence of progress via quarterly progress reports. � Awardees must agree to deliver completed sponsored research technical reports (as a Word file or PDF attachment) to the Technical Point of Contact listed below no later than 30 days after completion of the period of performance. Samples of completed reports can be found under publications at http://www.acquisitionresearch.net. � Awardees must agree to present their research findings at the Naval Postgraduate School�s Annual Acquisition Research Symposium ( www.researchsymposium.org ) held in May of each year in Monterey, CA. Awardees may elect to present their findings at either the May 2012 or May 2013 symposia (dates to be announced), depending on the anticipated progress of their research efforts. (If awardees elect to present at the 2013 symposium, the grant period of performance should be adjusted beyond 12 months to extend through May 2013.)