Closed · HQ003423NFOEASD13 · CFDA 12.630 · Discretionary

Minerva Research Initiative’s (Minerva) Defense Education and Civilian University Research (DECUR) Partnership

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

up to $400K
Award range
Closed
Status
January 5, 2024
Close date
6
Expected awards

The verdict

Minerva Research Initiative’s (Minerva) Defense Education and Civilian University Research (DECUR) Partnership is a closed discretionary listing from Washington Headquarters Services that offered Up to $400,000 across 6 expected awards. Future funding cycles may be published under the same CFDA number. PlainGrants indexes 38 other opportunities from Washington Headquarters Services.

up to $400K
award range
Closed
application status
6
expected awards
12.630
CFDA program

Archived opportunity record

Minerva Research Initiative’s is closed (last close January 5, 2024). 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 January 5, 2024

Posted Aug 21 Closes Jan 5

Expected Awards

6

Instrument

Grant

Description

The Office of the Secretary of Defense (OSD) is interested in receiving applications for Minerva’s DECUR Partnership. The DECUR Partnership aims to develop collaborative basic research partnerships between PME Institutions and Civilian Research Universities by supporting fundamental scientific research that improves the capacity of security-related basic social science research and education. Building upon the success of Minerva’s university research awards, the DECUR Partnership aims to pair civilian university researchers with PME faculty to facilitate collaborative research in the 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 2022 National Defense Strategy.Minerva emphasizes questions of strategic importance to U.S. national security policy, and the DECUR partnership aims to increase the Department’s intellectual capital in the social sciences and improve its ability to address future challenges and build bridges between the Department and the social science community. Minerva brings together universities and other research institutions around the world and supports multidisciplinary and cross-institutional projects addressing specific interest areas determined by the Department of Defense. 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. See the NFO for more information.

Catch-all / unrestricted eligibility mark · HQ003423NFOEASD13

Grants.gov marks Minerva Research Initiative’s with a catch-all / unrestricted eligibility code (Others (see official listing text)). Read the official announcement text for the real applicant filter — the code alone is not a door list. The extract does not mark applicant cost-sharing as required. Instrument: Grant. Funding-activity code maps to Science and Technology / R&D (ST). This eligibility-code string dominates the Washington Headquarters Services book (32 peers, 82% of 39).

Code 25
Others (see official listing text)

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

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