Closed · WHS-AD-FOA-18 · CFDA 12.630 · Discretionary

Minerva Research Initiative

Federal grant opportunity posted by Department of Defense, cataloged on Grants.gov.

$15M-$15M
Award range
Closed
Status
August 14, 2018
Close date
-
Expected awards

The verdict

Minerva Research Initiative is a closed discretionary listing from Department of Defense that offered $15,000,000 -- $15,000,000. Future funding cycles may be published under the same CFDA number. PlainGrants indexes 124 other opportunities from Department of Defense.

$15M-$15M
award range
Closed
application status
12.630
CFDA program
124
other opportunities from Department of Defense

Archived opportunity record

Minerva Research Initiative is closed (last close August 14, 2018). Check the agency catalog for replacement NOFOs. Department of Defense still indexes 124 other opportunities here.

According to Grants.gov (extract vintage 2026-08-10), this record reflects the officially published listing. See methodology.

Deadline tracker

Application window closed

Closed August 14, 2018

Posted May 24 Closes Aug 14

Instrument

Grant

Description

The Office of the Secretary of Defense (OSD) is interested in receiving proposals for the Minerva Research Initiative (http://minerva.defense.gov), a university-led defense social science program seeking fundamental understanding of the social and cultural forces shaping U.S. strategic interests globally. OSD is particularly interested in projects that align with and support the National Defense Strategy, found at: https://www.defense.gov/Portals/1/Documents/pubs/2018-National-Defense-Strategy-Summary.pdf The Minerva program aims to promote research in specific areas of social science and to promote a candid and constructive relationship between DoD and the social science academic community. The Minerva Research Initiative competition is for research related to the eight (8) topics below. Topic 1: Sociopolitical (In)Stability, Resilience, and Recovery Topic 2: Economic Interdependence and Security Topic 3: Alliances and Burden Sharing Topic 4: Fundamental Dynamics of Scientific Discovery Topic 5: Adversarial Information Campaigns Topic 6: Automated Cyber Vulnerability Analysis Topic 7: Power, Deterrence, Influence, and Escalation Management for Shaping Operations Topic 8: Security Risks in Ungoverned & Semi-Governed Spaces Innovative white papers and proposals related to these research areas are highly encouraged. See the full Minerva funding opportunity posted under the Related Documents section of this opportunity for details.

Multi-door applicant board · 2 Grants.gov types

Grants.gov prints 2 distinct applicant types for Minerva Research Initiative (Public / state-controlled institutions of higher education; Private institutions of higher education). Filter fit against the official announcement before drafting. The extract does not mark applicant cost-sharing as required. Instrument: Grant. Funding-activity code maps to Science and Technology / R&D (ST). 12 other Department of Defense listings share this eligibility-code string (10% of 125).

Code 06
Public / state-controlled institutions of higher education
Code 20
Private institutions of higher education

Codes are Grants.gov eligibility category values from the extract vintage 2026-08-10. Confirm the full eligibility statement on the official listing or the Grants.gov eligibility reference.

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Agency Contact

Christina Gess Contract Specialist Phone 703-545-1880

What to do next

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