By MC1 Lewis Hunsaker

NPS Naval Research Program (NRP) Manager and retired Navy Capt. Rod Abbott talks to students about the NRP during a brown-bag lunch in Reed Hall, Jan. 13. The NRP has three objectives, to answer operational questions from the fleet, to facilitate research for publication and advancement in all academic disciplines, and to provide research opportunities for students.

"The main things that comes from this program are projects required by the services," said Abbott. "[The Navy and Marine Corps] need them completed now … Our students make an impact right away."

According to Abbott, The NRP has has come up with a process that is repeatable, objective, and transparent in accordance with the Secretary of the Navy's call to provide active academic research programs deemed vital to defense-focused education.

The NRP will be conducting two additional information sessions, Jan. 20 and 27. For more information about the program contact NRP Program Manager Rod Abbott.