BY ORDER OF THE COMMANDER
AIR FORCE MATERIEL COMMAND
AIR FORCE MATERIEL COMMAND
INSTRUCTION 61-103
1 OCTOBER 2020
Scientific/Research, and Development
AFMC PROCESS FOR PROVIDING
STRATEGIC STUDY TOPICS TO
EXTERNAL STUDY BOARDS
COMPLIANCE WITH THIS PUBLICATION IS MANDATORY
ACCESSIBILITY: ACCESSIBILTY: Publications and forms are available for downloading
or ordering on the e-Publishing web site at www.e-Publishing.af.mil
RELEASABILITY: There are no releasability restrictions on this publication
OPR: AFMC/A9AQ
Supersedes: AFMCI61-103,
16 August 2016
Certified by: AFMC/A9A
(NH-04 Theodore Lewis)
Pages: 5
This instruction implements guidance from AFPD 61-1, Scientific Research and Development to
provide detailed operating procedures for the Air Force Materiel Command (AFMC) Process for
Providing Strategic Study Topics to External Study Boards. The operating instruction codifies the
process and timeline for eliciting, prioritizing and vetting strategic study topics from AFMC
Directors and AFMC Center Commanders to support each of the five major study boards. This
publication applies to individuals at all levels of AFMC, but does not apply to the Air National
Guard (ANG) and the Air Force Reserve Command (AFRC) and their units. This publication may
not be supplemented. Refer recommended changes and questions about this publication to the
OPR listed above using the AF Form 847, Recommendation for Change of Publication; route AF
Forms 847 from the field through the appropriate functional chain of command. Submit requests
for waivers through the chain of command to this Publication OPR for non-tiered compliance
items. Ensure that all records created as a result of processes prescribed in this publication are
maintained in accordance with (IAW) AFI 33-322, Records Management and Information
Governance Program, and disposed of IAW Air Force Records Information Management System
(AFRIMS) Records Disposition Schedule (RDS). The authorities to waive wing, and unit level
requirements in this publication are identified with a tier number (“T-0, T-1, T-2, T-3”) following
the compliance statement. See DAFI 33-360, Publications and Forms Management, for a
description of the authorities associated with the Tier numbers. Submit requests for waivers
through the chain of command to the appropriate waiver approval authority, through the
