Office of Scientific Research and Development

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United States federal government agency World War II research organization

The Office of Scientific Research and Development was a U.S. government agency during World War II that coordinated military-related scientific research, including major projects like the development of radar and the atomic bomb.

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Label Occurrences
Office of Scientific Research and Development canonical 15
United States Office of Scientific Research and Development 2
Committee on Medical Research 1

Statements (51)

Predicate Object
instanceOf United States federal government agency ⓘ
World War II research organization ⓘ
appointedBy President Franklin D. Roosevelt ⓘ
surface form: Franklin D. Roosevelt
conflict World War II ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
director Vannevar Bush ⓘ
dissolved 1947 ⓘ
employerOf Alfred Loomis ⓘ
Ernest O. Lawrence ⓘ
Frank B. Jewett ⓘ
I. I. Rabi ⓘ
James B. Conant ⓘ
Karl T. Compton ⓘ
Vannevar Bush ⓘ
fieldOfWork applied physics ⓘ
engineering ⓘ
medical research ⓘ
military science ⓘ
operations research ⓘ
hasPart Office of Scientific Research and Development self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Committee on Medical Research

National Defense Research Committee ⓘ
headquartersLocation Washington, D.C. ⓘ
inception 1941 ⓘ
influenced creation of the Office of Naval Research ⓘ
development of Big Science in the United States ⓘ
postwar U.S. science policy ⓘ
jurisdiction United States government ⓘ
surface form: Federal government of the United States
keyPerson Frank B. Jewett ⓘ
James B. Conant ⓘ
Karl T. Compton ⓘ
Vannevar Bush ⓘ
legalForm government agency ⓘ
locatedInTime 20th century ⓘ
mainPurpose coordination of scientific research for military purposes ⓘ
development of new weapons and military technologies ⓘ
notableProject Manhattan Project ⓘ
anti-submarine warfare research ⓘ
military medicine research ⓘ
penicillin mass production research ⓘ
proximity fuze development ⓘ
radar development ⓘ
rocketry and guided missiles research ⓘ
parentOrganization Executive Office of the President of the United States ⓘ
precededBy National Defense Research Committee ⓘ
replaced National Military Establishment ⓘ
replacedBy Office of Naval Research ⓘ
Office of Scientific Research and Development self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Research and Development Board
shortName Office of Scientific Research and Development self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: OSRD
significantEvent creation by executive order in 1941 ⓘ
termination after World War II ⓘ
subordinateTo President of the United States ⓘ

Referenced by (26)

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Science, The Endless Frontier → issuedBy → Office of Scientific Research and Development ⓘ
Science, The Endless Frontier → relatedTo → Office of Scientific Research and Development ⓘ
Office of Scientific Research and Development → shortName → Office of Scientific Research and Development self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: OSRD
Office of Scientific Research and Development → replacedBy → Office of Scientific Research and Development self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Research and Development Board
Office of Scientific Research and Development → hasPart → Office of Scientific Research and Development self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Committee on Medical Research
National Science Foundation → replaced → Office of Scientific Research and Development ⓘ
National Defense Research Committee → replacedBy → Office of Scientific Research and Development ⓘ
Alfred Loomis → participatedIn → Office of Scientific Research and Development ⓘ
this entity surface form: World War II scientific mobilization
Directorate of Science and Technology → replaces → Office of Scientific Research and Development ⓘ
this entity surface form: Office of Research and Development
Manhattan Engineer District of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers → collaboratedWith → Office of Scientific Research and Development ⓘ
subject surface form: Manhattan Engineer District
Office for Emergency Management → hasPart → Office of Scientific Research and Development ⓘ
Executive Order 8807 → establishes → Office of Scientific Research and Development ⓘ
Executive Order 8807 → relatedTo → Office of Scientific Research and Development ⓘ
Research and Development Board → predecessor → Office of Scientific Research and Development ⓘ
OEM → oversaw → Office of Scientific Research and Development ⓘ
subject surface form: Office for Emergency Management
this entity surface form: Office of Scientific Research and Development (administrative services)
Met Lab → supervisedBy → Office of Scientific Research and Development ⓘ
MAUD Report → sentTo → Office of Scientific Research and Development ⓘ
this entity surface form: United States Office of Scientific Research and Development
James B. Conant → memberOf → Office of Scientific Research and Development ⓘ
War Production Board → subOrganization → Office of Scientific Research and Development ⓘ
this entity surface form: Office of Production Research and Development
Richard C. Tolman → employer → Office of Scientific Research and Development ⓘ
United States home front during World War II → involvedAgency → Office of Scientific Research and Development ⓘ
Massachusetts Institute of Technology Radiation Laboratory → fundedBy → Office of Scientific Research and Development ⓘ
John G. Trump → militaryService → Office of Scientific Research and Development ⓘ
this entity surface form: Office of Scientific Research and Development (World War II)
Charlotte Serber → partOf → Office of Scientific Research and Development ⓘ
this entity surface form: United States World War II scientific community
Rad Lab → affiliatedWith → Office of Scientific Research and Development ⓘ
this entity surface form: United States Office of Scientific Research and Development
Statistical Research Group at Columbia University → sponsoredBy → Office of Scientific Research and Development ⓘ