Work With Us - Acquisition Research Program
Join the ARP Network as a Sponsoring Member
"The ARP is a difference maker helping to educate better than any other program the next generation of the acquisition workforce. The return on investment is astoundingly positive. These NPS graduates are professionally qualified, capable of critical thinking, and forward-looking through their acquisition-focused research."
– Hon. Doug A. Brook, Former Assistant Secretary of the Navy (Financial Management and Comptroller)
ARP program sponsors are a vital bridge between graduate student and faculty researchers, the Navy and Joint Force, and the broader defense acquisition community.
Sponsors invest funds, topics, and time.
You choose your path: support the Acquisition Research Program as a whole, fund specific research topics, or offer research problems for students to work on.
In exchange, you get access to upcoming leaders and warrior-scholars with the time, resources, and motivation to tackle research projects that can make a material difference to the capaiblity and efficacy of the operational forces.
General Program Support
Your financial sponsorship helps us professionalize the next generation of acquisition leaders, disseminate research findings, foster discussion and exploration among the acquisition community, and catalyze progress in the field of defense innovation.
Research Topic Support
Share the research topics of interest to your organization and get connected to our diverse network of acquisition researchers. Begin a working relationship with NPS students or external researchers as they collect and analyze data on your behalf.
We'll take it from there...
ARP will match topics to researchers, review and publish reports, host events to foster the exchange of ideas (notably our annual symposium), and deliver relevant research to sponsors.
Email us at ARP@nps.edu to discuss your research needs and other sponsorship options.
“By using research from NPS students combined with research grants that are ⅓ to ⅕ the cost of equivalent FFRDC work, the NPS ARP provides more return for the money.”
- Hon. David J. Berteau, Former Assistant Secretary of Defense for Logistics and Materiel Readiness