Dear Colleagues,
We are writing to invite you to a (zoom) meeting to hear about the DoD's recent FOA for its Minerva program: https://minerva.defense.gov/Research/Research-Priorities/
on Tuesday, May 25, 12-1PM at:
Meeting ID: 943 7164 8118
Password: 290830
As you may know, Minerva is DoD’s flagship social science research program.
There are 9 different topic areas for this FOA.
- 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
The DoD anticipates making 10-12 awards ranging from $150,000 to $1 million per year over a 3–5-year period.
Program Director, Dr. David Montgomery, will be joining us on Tuesday to provide an overview of Minerva and answer questions about this FOA.
White papers are due June 23, 2021.
We are eager for Penn State researchers to consider this opportunity and hope you are able to join us.
Best,
Tom Richard, Director, Institutes for Energy and the Environment
Susan McHale, Director, Social Science Research Institute