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Aug. 20, 2024

Department of Defense Awards $46.8 Million in Grants for Minerva Research Initiative

The Department of Defense today announced $46.8 million in grants to 19 university-based faculty teams under its Minerva Research Initiative. These three- to five-year awards support basic research in social and behavioral sciences on topics relevant to U.S. national security.

Aug. 8, 2024

U.S.–U.K. Teams Receive Bilateral Academic Research Award to Investigate Adversary Social Influence and Information Campaigns

The Department of Defense today announced the selection of a team of United States and United Kingdom academic researchers to investigate the growing threat that malign social influence campaigns pose to democracies.

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"How Russia employs ‘hard soft power’ to influence overseas media and sow dissent and fear among foreign populations"
By Catherine Luther and Brandon Prins | Sept. 11, 2024
Minerva-funded researchers, Catherine Luther and Brandon Prins highlight a new form of public diplomacy called "hard soft power," which combines traditional soft power (influence through cultural appeal) with subtle threats to create fear and division among foreign populations in their latest article.
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Department of Defense Awards $46.8 Million in Grants for Minerva Research Initiative
By Toni DeVille | Aug. 20, 2024
The Department of Defense today announced $46.8 million in grants to 19 university-based faculty teams under its Minerva Research Initiative. These three- to five-year awards support basic research in social and behavioral sciences on topics relevant to U.S. national security.
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