Due March 7 Department of Defense Minerva Research Initiative

The 2017 Minerva Research Initiative topics have been released:
http://minerva.defense.gov/Research/Research-Priorities/

There is a general interest area and 4 special interest areas.  White papers are due March 7th.

The general interest area is  "Sociality, Security, and Interconnectivity," and the special interest areas are

Understanding the Social Impact of Autonomy
Societal Resilience and Sociopolitical (In)stability
Power and Deterrence for Shaping Operations
Military Cyber Defense


On a personal note, I have some background that would be useful to a team that wished to submit a white paper on the Social Resilience and Sociopolitical (In)stability topic area. Overall, we have a great deal of expertise to offer in all the fields here. Please let me know if you plan to assemble a group to prepare a white paper.