Office of Scientific Research and Development

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Office_of_Scientific_Research_and_Development
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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:government_agency
gptkbp:country gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:director gptkb:Vannevar_Bush
gptkbp:dissolved 1947
gptkbp:established 1941
gptkbp:fundedBy gptkb:U.S._federal_government
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Office of Scientific Research and Development
gptkbp:location gptkb:Washington,_D.C.
gptkbp:notableContributor development of new military technologies
coordination of scientific research during World War II
promotion of collaboration between scientists and the military
gptkbp:notableMember gptkb:A._N._Richards
gptkb:Detlev_Bronk
gptkb:E._J._McMillan
gptkb:E._L._Bowles
gptkb:E._L._Moreland
gptkb:E._O._Lawrence
gptkb:E._U._Condon
gptkb:Frank_B._Jewett
gptkb:H._D._Smyth
gptkb:H._M._Chadwell
gptkb:H._S._Taylor
gptkb:Irving_Langmuir
gptkb:Isaiah_Bowman
gptkb:J._C._Hunsaker
gptkb:J._R._Oppenheimer
gptkb:J._W._Beams
gptkb:James_B._Conant
gptkb:James_Phinney_Baxter_III
gptkb:James_S._Simmons
gptkb:Karl_T._Compton
gptkb:L._A._DuBridge
gptkb:L._J._Henderson
gptkb:Lyman_J._Briggs
gptkb:M._A._Tuve
gptkb:R._C._Tolman
gptkb:R._H._Kent
gptkb:R._S._Mulliken
gptkb:Richard_Tolman
gptkb:S._A._Goudsmit
gptkb:S._K._Allison
gptkb:W._A._Noyes,_Jr.
gptkb:W._K._Lewis
gptkb:W._S._Wilson
gptkb:Warren_K._Lewis
gptkb:Warren_Weaver
gptkb:Zay_Jeffries
Conant, James Bryant
gptkbp:notableProject gptkb:Manhattan_Project
antimalarial drugs
development of radar
penicillin mass production
proximity fuze
gptkbp:parentOrganization gptkb:Executive_Office_of_the_President_of_the_United_States
gptkbp:predecessor gptkb:National_Defense_Research_Committee
gptkbp:purpose coordinate scientific research for military purposes
gptkbp:successor gptkb:Research_and_Development_Board
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Vannevar_Bush
gptkbp:bfsLayer 1