Office of Sponsored Programs

 

  • What We Do:
    The Office of Sponsored Programs (OSP) facilitates projects between Air University (AU) organizations and external sponsors, ranging from formalized Research Task Forces and media like the Wild Blue Yonder blog and podcast to one-off requests for expertise, coordination, and event planning.  Our approach is to help solve problems by figuring out how to “get to yes” and then passing on that process to others, whether it is responsive contracting and financial support or making use of AU assets like AUTV.  We do our best to direct traffic and make matches for whatever comes up as an opportunity to promote AU scholarship. 

    Our Mission:
    We’re the connective tissue that gets AU scholarship from the schoolhouse to decision-makers and sponsor’s requests to responsive subject matter experts.

    Our Vision:
    To be the one-stop entry point for requests for AU brainpower.

    Our Team:

    Dr. Margaret Sankey
    Research Coordinator
    Air University Academic Services
    Office of Sponsored Programs
    OfficeOfSponsoredPrograms@au.af.edu

    Dr. Kenneth Johnson
    Research Coordinator
    Air University Academic Services
    Office of Sponsored Programs
    OfficeOfSponsoredPrograms@au.af.edu

     


  • Air University offers sponsors the chance to leverage the career-spanning population of students, full spectrum of MOS and expert SME guidance to work on problem sets of importance to the DAF.  The backbone of a Research Task Force (RTF) are two-term elective courses taken by a mixed group of AWC and ACSC students, recruited early in the school year and selected by faculty for what they bring to the discussion. This joint, collaborative environment allows researchers to bring their expertise and experience to formal academic scholarship guided by available AU faculty.  Sponsors interested in providing data sets, financial support, access to their own SMEs, outbrief slots, or multi-year iterative topics are welcome to contact us for further discussion. 

    A RTF requires:

    • A sponsor 
    • Available faculty with appropriate expertise
    • Non-duplicative student interest at both ACSC and AWC (so no JADO RTF that competes with JWSS/JADS)
    • Specific problem set and desired deliverables.
    • External funding (if necessary).

    If your organization is interested in sponsoring an RTF or other AU scholarship, please contact us at OfficeOfSponsoredPrograms@au.af.edu

    Multiple RTFs study questions and develop research answers for specific leaders. Our research task forces, housed at the Air War College and at Air Command and Staff College, include the following for AY24:

    Past Research Task forces include: 

     


  • The OSP collaborates with authors, from cadets, to practitioners, to academics, to ensure peer-reviewed content relevant to the DOD and researchers worldwide is added to the Wild Blue Yonder Digital Journal. We also produce Podcasts, available here: https://www.airuniversity.af.edu/Wild-Blue-Yonder/.

    Wild Blue Yonder is an online journal and forum focused on military-related thought and dialogue. The journal seeks to foster discussion and debate among practitioners and academicians. We want to hear your ideas on how to reshape the way we think about air, space, cyberspace, and the multi-domain. Our articles bridge the gap between academic thought and practical operational experience. 

    Consider submitting an article or podcast idea today!  Submission requirements here: https://www.airuniversity.af.edu/Wild-Blue-Yonder/.


  • View the AU Research Topics List

    The Office of Sponsored Programs also oversees the AU Research Topics List, which is comprised of questions given to Air University by organizations with the USAF and other DoD organizations. To facilitate the iterative process of research, each question also includes a list of reverent work that has been recently by AU students that is hosted in the AU Library's databases.

    We accept topic submissions on a continual basis. If you would like to submit a topic, please contact us at AUResearch@au.af.edu. Be sure to include a short title, the question(s), the name of the organization or commander requesting the topic, and a POC with their contact information. You may also include a short background paragraph to provide context to the question(s).


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    About Us

  • What We Do:
    The Office of Sponsored Programs (OSP) facilitates projects between Air University (AU) organizations and external sponsors, ranging from formalized Research Task Forces and media like the Wild Blue Yonder blog and podcast to one-off requests for expertise, coordination, and event planning.  Our approach is to help solve problems by figuring out how to “get to yes” and then passing on that process to others, whether it is responsive contracting and financial support or making use of AU assets like AUTV.  We do our best to direct traffic and make matches for whatever comes up as an opportunity to promote AU scholarship. 

    Our Mission:
    We’re the connective tissue that gets AU scholarship from the schoolhouse to decision-makers and sponsor’s requests to responsive subject matter experts.

    Our Vision:
    To be the one-stop entry point for requests for AU brainpower.

    Our Team:

    Dr. Margaret Sankey
    Research Coordinator
    Air University Academic Services
    Office of Sponsored Programs
    OfficeOfSponsoredPrograms@au.af.edu

    Dr. Kenneth Johnson
    Research Coordinator
    Air University Academic Services
    Office of Sponsored Programs
    OfficeOfSponsoredPrograms@au.af.edu

     


  • Research Task Forces

  • Air University offers sponsors the chance to leverage the career-spanning population of students, full spectrum of MOS and expert SME guidance to work on problem sets of importance to the DAF.  The backbone of a Research Task Force (RTF) are two-term elective courses taken by a mixed group of AWC and ACSC students, recruited early in the school year and selected by faculty for what they bring to the discussion. This joint, collaborative environment allows researchers to bring their expertise and experience to formal academic scholarship guided by available AU faculty.  Sponsors interested in providing data sets, financial support, access to their own SMEs, outbrief slots, or multi-year iterative topics are welcome to contact us for further discussion. 

    A RTF requires:

    • A sponsor 
    • Available faculty with appropriate expertise
    • Non-duplicative student interest at both ACSC and AWC (so no JADO RTF that competes with JWSS/JADS)
    • Specific problem set and desired deliverables.
    • External funding (if necessary).

    If your organization is interested in sponsoring an RTF or other AU scholarship, please contact us at OfficeOfSponsoredPrograms@au.af.edu

    Multiple RTFs study questions and develop research answers for specific leaders. Our research task forces, housed at the Air War College and at Air Command and Staff College, include the following for AY24:

    Past Research Task forces include: 

     


  • Wild Blue Yonder

  • The OSP collaborates with authors, from cadets, to practitioners, to academics, to ensure peer-reviewed content relevant to the DOD and researchers worldwide is added to the Wild Blue Yonder Digital Journal. We also produce Podcasts, available here: https://www.airuniversity.af.edu/Wild-Blue-Yonder/.

    Wild Blue Yonder is an online journal and forum focused on military-related thought and dialogue. The journal seeks to foster discussion and debate among practitioners and academicians. We want to hear your ideas on how to reshape the way we think about air, space, cyberspace, and the multi-domain. Our articles bridge the gap between academic thought and practical operational experience. 

    Consider submitting an article or podcast idea today!  Submission requirements here: https://www.airuniversity.af.edu/Wild-Blue-Yonder/.


  • Research Topics

  • View the AU Research Topics List

    The Office of Sponsored Programs also oversees the AU Research Topics List, which is comprised of questions given to Air University by organizations with the USAF and other DoD organizations. To facilitate the iterative process of research, each question also includes a list of reverent work that has been recently by AU students that is hosted in the AU Library's databases.

    We accept topic submissions on a continual basis. If you would like to submit a topic, please contact us at AUResearch@au.af.edu. Be sure to include a short title, the question(s), the name of the organization or commander requesting the topic, and a POC with their contact information. You may also include a short background paragraph to provide context to the question(s).