DTRA Basic Research

Abstract

The Basic Research for Countering Weapons of Mass Destruction (CWMD) project, as the nation’s primary basic research portfolio dedicated to combating threats posed by chemical, biological, or nuclear weapons and is a core strategic investor in future scientific and technological progress across the full spectrum of the Defense Threat Reduction Agency's (DTRA) mission areas. This project concentrates on high risk, high-payoff basic research, leveraging world-class expertise in academia, government, and industry, to increase the foundational body of scientific knowledge supporting DTRA’s Applied Research and Advanced Technology Development projects. This project aligns with DTRA’s strategic objectives that support policy and planning guidance from the Executive Office of the President, the Department of Defense (DoD), and the broader WMD threat reduction and consequence management communities. The portfolio addresses this through fundamental research focused on making revolutionary scientific discoveries relevant to emerging and future CWMD challenges. Program managers drive interdisciplinary portfolios primarily drawing from physics, chemistry, biology, mathematics, and information and network sciences to: train the next-generation workforce; advance the fundamental knowledge and understanding in the sciences; promote university research to support the CWMD mission; and facilitate transition of research to support our warfighters.

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Document Details

Document Type
R2 Budgetary Justification
Publication Date
Oct 01, 2022
Source ID
0601000BR_1_0400_PB_2022
Change Summary Explanation
The increase in FY 2022 from the previous President's Budget is due to the realignment of funding from cross cutting research and development activities in PE 0603160BR to fund additional basic research grants as part of a portfolio rebalancing.
Service Agency Name
Defense Threat Reduction Agency

Entities

Organizations

  • Defense Threat Reduction Agency

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Agreements
  • Chemistry
  • Communities
  • Department Of Defense
  • Environment
  • Executives
  • Extreme Environments
  • Governments
  • Ionizing Radiation
  • Materials
  • Materials Science
  • Network Science
  • Nuclear Weapons
  • Procurement
  • Radiation
  • Weapons
  • Weapons Of Mass Destruction

Readers

  • Critical Infrastructure Protection in CBRN and WMD Threats.
  • Defense Technology Research and Development.

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