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
- Project
- Publication Date
- Oct 01, 2012
- Source ID
- P010_0601110D8Z_1_0400_PB_2012
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