Basic Research Initiatives
Abstract
The Basic Research Initiatives program funds DoD-wide research projects that directly support Director, Defense Research and Engineering (DDR&E) imperatives. Work will be performed by teams of research groups in industry, universities, and federal laboratories. The primary objective of this program is to support the Minerva Research Intiative (MRI), a university-based social science research program initiated by the Secretary of Defense in FY 2009 to develop a fundamental understanding of the perceptions, attitudes, and beliefs of foreign cultures. The overall goals of the initiative are to foster basic social science research on topics of U.S. national strategic importance; to increase the Department's intellectual capital in the social sciences; and to build bridges between the Department and the academic social science community.
Document Details
- Document Type
- R2 Budgetary Justification
- Publication Date
- Oct 01, 2012
- Source ID
- 0601110D8Z_1_0400_PB_2012
- Change Summary Explanation
- The Basic Research Initiatives PE reflects the transfer of the Minerva Research Intiative from the Army in FY 2012. Defense Efficiency – Report, Studies, Boards and Commissions. As part of the Department of Defense reform agenda, reflects a reduction for the number and cost of reports, studies, DoD Boards and DoD Commissions below the aggregate level reported in the previous budget submission. Defense Efficiency – Contractor Staff Support. As part of the Department of Defense reform agenda, reduces funds below the aggregate level reported in the previous budget submission for contracts that augment staff functions.
- Service Agency Name
- Office of Secretary Of Defense
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