Proper noun
OSRD
(US, sciences) Initialism of Office of Scientific Research and Development.
Bush therefore pressed for OSRD to be wound up as soon as possible.sfn With its dissolution, Bush and others had hoped that an equivalent peacetime government research and development agency would replace the OSRD. Source: Internet
Efforts to obtain legislation exempting the OSRD from the usual government conflict of interest regulations failed, leaving Bush and other OSRD principals open to prosecution. Source: Internet
He attempted to interpret the mandate of the OSRD as narrowly as possible to avoid overtaxing his office and to prevent duplicating the efforts of other agencies. Source: Internet
On 28 June 1941, Roosevelt signed Executive Order 8807, which created the Office of Scientific Research and Development (OSRD), citation with Vannevar Bush as its director. Source: Internet
The OSRD was on a firmer financial footing than the NDRC since it received funding from Congress, and had the resources and the authority to develop weapons and technologies with or without the military. Source: Internet
As chairman of the National Defense Research Committee (NDRC), and later director of OSRD, Bush coordinated the activities of some six thousand leading American scientists in the application of science to warfare. Source: Internet