U.S. Navy white paper templates for Department of Defense biomedical solicitiations

1. Office of Naval Research (ONR) White Paper Template
White Paper (5-page limit)
Cover Page:The CoverPage can be found here forcontract submissionsand here forgrantsubmissions.
Technical Concept: A descriptionof the technologyinnovationandtechnical riskareas.
Future Naval Relevance (where applicable):A descriptionof potential Naval relevance andcontributions
to the effortto the agency’sspecificmission.
Operational Naval Concept (where applicable):A descriptionof the projectobjectives,the conceptof
operationforthe newcapabilitiestobe delivered,andthe expectedoperational performance
improvements.
Operational UtilityAssessmentPlan (where applicable):A planfordemonstratingandevaluatingthe
operational effectivenessof the Offeror’sproposedproductsorprocessesinfieldexperimentsand/or
testsina simulatedenvironment.
Rough Order or Magnitude (ROM) Cost Estimate

2. Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) White Paper Template
White Paper (5-page limit)
Cover Page:The CoverPage shall be labeled“WHITEPAPER”andshall include the BAA Number,
summarytopicnumber,proposedtitle,technical pointsof contact,telephone number,facsimile
number,ande-mail address.
FOR BASIC RESEARCH
Future Naval Relevance (where applicable):A descriptionof potential Naval relevance andcontributions
to the effortto the agency’sspecificmission.
Rough Order or Magnitude (ROM) Cost Estimate
FOR APPLIED RESEARCH AND ADVANCED TECHNOLOGYDEVELOPMENT
Operational Naval Concept (where applicable):A descriptionof the projectobjectives,the conceptof
operationforthe newcapabilitiestobe delivered,andthe expectedoperational performance
improvements.
Operational UtilityAssessmentPlan (where applicable):A planfordemonstratingandevaluatingthe
operational effectivenessof the Offeror’sproposedproductsorprocessesinfieldexperimentsand/or
testsina simulatedenvironment.
Rough Order or Magnitude (ROM) Cost Estimate