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.

Aliases (9)

Committee on Medical Research ×1
OSRD ×1
Office of Production Research and Development ×1
Office of Research and Development ×1
Office of Scientific Research and Development (World War II) ×1
Office of Scientific Research and Development (administrative services) ×1
Research and Development Board ×1
United States Office of Scientific Research and Development ×1
World War II scientific mobilization ×1

Statements (51)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	United States federal government agency → World War II research organization →
appointedBy	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	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	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 → Research and Development Board →
shortName	OSRD →
significantEvent	creation by executive order in 1941 → termination after World War II →
subordinateTo	President of the United States →

Referenced by (23)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Office for Emergency Management → Office of Scientific Research and Development ("Committee on Medical Research") →	hasPart
Executive Order 8807 → Science, The Endless Frontier →	relatedTo
National Defense Research Committee → Office of Scientific Research and Development ("Research and Development Board") →	replacedBy
Manhattan Engineer District →	collaboratedWith
Richard C. Tolman →	employer
Executive Order 8807 →	establishes
Massachusetts Institute of Technology Radiation Laboratory →	fundedBy
United States home front during World War II →	involvedAgency
Science, The Endless Frontier →	issuedBy
James B. Conant →	memberOf
John G. Trump ("Office of Scientific Research and Development (World War II)") →	militaryService
Office for Emergency Management ("Office of Scientific Research and Development (administrative services)") →	oversaw
Alfred Loomis ("World War II scientific mobilization") →	participatedIn
Research and Development Board →	predecessor
National Science Foundation →	replaced
Directorate of Science and Technology ("Office of Research and Development") →	replaces
MAUD Report ("United States Office of Scientific Research and Development") →	sentTo
Office of Scientific Research and Development ("OSRD") →	shortName
War Production Board ("Office of Production Research and Development") →	subOrganization
Met Lab →	supervisedBy