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.