[Pols-l] FW: Dept. of Defense/Minerva Research Initiative

Fri May 21 15:26:19 CDT 2021

FYI...apologies for duplication

From: Burdsal, Carol <carol.burdsal at ku.edu>
Sent: Friday, May 21, 2021 3:17 PM
To: Research Funding Opportunities <funding-opportunities at ku.edu>
Cc: Bornemann, Douglas Joseph <dbornemann at ku.edu>; Alfers, Cari <cariell at ku.edu>
Subject: Dept. of Defense/Minerva Research Initiative

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White Papers Due: Wednesday, June 23, 2021 3:00 PM ET
Invited Full Proposals Due: Wednesday, September 29, 2021 3:00 PM ET

The Minerva Research Initiative supports social science research aimed at improving our basic understanding of security, broadly defined. All supported projects are university-based and unclassified, with the intention that all work be shared [cid:image002.jpg at 01D74E55.9A1A98E0] widely to support thriving stable and safe communities. The goal is to improve DoD's basic understanding of the social, cultural, behavioral, and political forces that shape regions of the world of strategic importance to the U.S.

CURRENT MINERVA RESEARCH INITIATIVE TOPICS OF INTEREST

The Minerva program has a strong interest in supporting interdisciplinary and innovative projects. Projects should utilize both qualitative and quantitative approaches and include validation strategies of the research findings and potential impacts. Further, the program is interested in how the theoretical and methodical approach of the proposed research is generalizable such that it could influence how similar problem sets are approached.

The Minerva topics of interest for the current funding competition are:
Topic 1: Social Implications of Environmental Change
Topic 2: Resource Competition, Social Cohesion, and Strategic Climate Resilience
Topic 3: Security Risks in Ungoverned, Semi-Governed, and Differently-Governed Spaces
Topic 4: Analysis of Foreign Influence Operations in Cross-Cultural Perspective
Topic 5: Community Studies on Online and Offline Influence
Topic 6: Computational Social Science Research on Difficult-to-Access Environments
Topic 7: Social and Cultural Implications of Artificial Intelligence
Topic 8: Humans and Outer Space
Topic 9: Management and Information in the Defense Environment

Award Info

  *   Anticipated Number of Awards: 10-12
  *   Anticipated Range of Individual Award Amounts: $150 K/year to $1.0 M/year
  *   Previous Years' Average Individual Award Amounts: $440 K/year
  *   Anticipated Period of Performance: 3-5 years

For full details please see the attached Funding Opportunity Announcement.

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KU Office of Research
Research Development
carol.burdsal at ku.edu<mailto:carol.burdsal at ku.edu> | 785-864-3149
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