Basic Research Initiatives

Abstract

Basic research provides the Department of Defense (DoD) with a deep and broad awareness of current directions in areas of research important to U.S. military capabilities – including physics and the physical sciences, materials science, chemistry and chemical engineering, electrical engineering, mathematics, computer science, mechanical and aerodynamic engineering, ocean sciences, biological sciences, and the social sciences, among others. Basic research sustains scientific and engineering communities as it generates the critical technical knowledge underpinnings of DoD capabilities. Basic research allows exploration and discovery, yielding disruptive non-incremental advances that can improve or radically change military capabilities, strategy, and operations. The Basic Research Initiatives program element (PE) supports the defense basic research enterprise in three critical areas: Strategic Support for Basic Research (SSBR), the Minerva Research Initiative (MRI), and the Vannevar Bush Faculty Fellowship (VBFF) Program.

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Document Details

Document Type
R2 Budgetary Justification
Publication Date
Oct 01, 2023
Source ID
0601110D8Z_1_0400_PB_2023
Change Summary Explanation
FY 2022 Appropriation includes Congressional Adds, as follows: $8.000 million - asymmetric threat analysis $10.000 million - Minerva $19.000 million - DEPSCOR FY 2023 funding increase reflects the fact that the FY 2022 President’s Budget request did not include out-year funding.
Service Agency Name
Office of the Secretary Of Defense

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Organizations

  • Office of the Secretary of Defense

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Communities of Interest

  • Autonomy
  • Energy and Power Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Artificial Intelligence
  • Biological Sciences
  • Chemical Engineering
  • Climate Change
  • Computer Science
  • Department Of Defense
  • Education
  • Engineered Materials
  • Engineering
  • Information Science
  • Materials Science
  • Military Education
  • National Security
  • Quantum Information Science
  • Social Sciences
  • United States
  • Warfare

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  • Defense Technology Research and Development.
  • Military Science and Technology Research and Modernization.
  • Research Science/Academic Research

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