Among other things, Osenberg researched the use of ceramics as a cutting tool material and was given a chair at the Technische Hochschule Hannover in 1938.
His research database formed the basis for the selection of German scientists as part of Operation Overcast by the United States.
In 1942, Osenberg was appointed head of the research, invention and patent department of the Oberkommando der Marine.
A model torpedo test station with a tank measuring 240 square metres (2,600 sq ft) was designed.
The president of the RFR was Reichsmarschall Hermann Göring, whose political power was beginning to decline at the time.
A comprehensive organization was planned for the RFR with 17 department heads and 20 representatives, who would be supported by technical colleges, universities, institutes of the Kaiser Wilhelm Society and others.
Osenberg expanded his collection of addresses of under-utilized research capacities in Lindau into a central index for all branches of the Wehrmacht.
This index made it possible to register scientists and technicians at universities, scientific institutes and Wehrmacht offices.
With a total of four memoranda sent to 50 people from government leadership, the Wehrmacht, and the scientific community, Osenberg pursued his main goal: to make science and technology more useful for warfare.
With the help of the card index, 5,000 skilled workers were brought back from their units and placed in companies that were vital to the war effort.
In August 1944, at Osenberg's insistence, Göring founded another institution with similar goals to the Planning Office, the Defense Research Association (Wehrforschungs-Gemeinschaft-WFG).
[5] Ruth Federspiel, on the other hand, sees the WFG as an important step towards interdisciplinary research planning.
The most important project was a rocket warhead with the code name Bienenkorb (beehive) , which was intended to defend against enemy fighter planes.
These were to fall through the bomber squadron in a circular motion and hit as many enemy aircraft as possible with their spiral trajectory.
This was intended to transfer German scientists, including convinced National Socialists, into American service.