Closed · HQ0034NFOEASD07 · CFDA 12.431 · Continuation

Minerva Research Initiatve

Federal grant opportunity posted by Washington Headquarters Services, cataloged on Grants.gov.

$1M-$15M
Award range
Closed
Status
February 16, 2023
Close date
12
Expected awards

The verdict

Minerva Research Initiatve is a closed continuation listing from Washington Headquarters Services that offered $1,000,000 -- $15,000,000 across 12 expected awards. Future funding cycles may be published under the same CFDA number. PlainGrants indexes 38 other opportunities from Washington Headquarters Services.

$1M-$15M
award range
Closed
application status
12
expected awards
12.431
CFDA program

Archived opportunity record

Minerva Research Initiatve is closed (last close February 16, 2023). Check the agency catalog for replacement NOFOs. Washington Headquarters Services still indexes 38 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 February 16, 2023

Posted Sep 7 Closes Feb 16

Expected Awards

12

Instrument

Cooperative Agreement

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 upcoming 2022 National Defense Strategy. Minerva aims to improve DoD's basic understanding of the social, cultural, behavioral, and political forces that shape regions of the world of strategic importance to the U.S. The research program seeks to: · Leverage and focus the resources of the Nation's top universities; · Define and develop foundational knowledge about sources of present and future conflict with an eye toward better understanding of the political trajectories of key regions of the world; and · Improve the ability of DoD to develop cutting-edge social science research, foreign area and interdisciplinary studies, that is developed and vetted by the best scholars in these fields. Minerva brings together universities, research institutions, and individual scholars and supports interdisciplinary and cross-institutional projects addressing specific topic areas determined by the Secretary of Defense.

Campus applicant desk · Science and Technology / R&D

Grants.gov prints only higher-education applicant doors for Minerva Research Initiatve (Public / state-controlled institutions of higher education). This reads as a campus competition desk, not a civic or commercial open call. The extract does not mark applicant cost-sharing as required. Instrument: Cooperative Agreement. Funding-activity code maps to Science and Technology / R&D (ST). Inside Washington Headquarters Services's indexed book this exact eligibility-code string is unique to this listing.

Code 06
Public / state-controlled 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

Jonathan Bertsch

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