Assessing the Minerva Research Initiative and the Contribution of Social Science to Addressing Security Concerns

Meeting Closed

January 17 - 18, 2019

Past

About

The Board Room

This meeting is closed in its entirety

Additional Information

Is it a Closed Session event?

Institution Closed

The following committee members were present at the closed sessions of the event

Burt Barnow, Karen Cook, Susan Cozzens, Ivy Estabrooke, Steve Heeringa, Dan Ilgen, Ginny Lesser, Kathy Newcomer, Allen Schirm

The following topics were discussed in the closed sessions:

THURSDAY, JANUARY 17
Discussion of Chapter 1
Discussion of Chapter 3
Overview of the National Academies report review process
Annual committee conflict of interest discussion
Discussion of Chapter 4
Discussion of Chapter 2

FRIDAY, JANUARY 18
Discussion of Chapter 5
Thoughts about the Executive Summary
Any other comments about the report
Discussion of committee recommendations for potential report reviewers
Ideas for dissemination

The following materials (written documents) were made available to the committee in the closed sessions:

None

Date of posting of Closed Session Summary:

January 23, 2019

Contact

Anthony Mann

(202) 334-3266
amann@nas.edu

Location

Arnold and Mabel Beckman Center

100 Academy Way

Irvine CA 92617, USA

Disclaimer

It is essential to the National Academies mission of providing evidence-based advice that participants in any of our meetings or events avoid political or partisan statements or commentary and maintain a culture of mutual respect. The statements and presentations during our meetings or events are solely those of the individual participants and do not necessarily represent the views of other participants or the National Academy of Sciences, which is a non-partisan, tax exempt organization that includes under its Charter the National Academy of Engineering and National Academy of Medicine, and that operates the National Research Council.

Meeting

Assessing the Minerva Research Initiative and the Contribution of Social Science to Addressing Security Concerns

October 2 - 3, 2018

Past

About

Conference room 105

Open session on October 2 from 9:00 AM until 11:00 AM

Additional Information

Is it a Closed Session event?

Partially Closed

The following committee members were present at the closed sessions of the event

Burt Barnow, Karen Cook, Susan Cozzens, Barbara Entwisle, Ivy Estabrooke, Paul Gade, Bob Hauser, Steve Heeringa (by phone), Dan Ilgen, Virginia Lesser, Kathryn Newcomer, Allen Schirm (chair), Mark Weiss

The following topics were discussed in the closed sessions:

Debrief about the public session and Minerva conference
Discussion of what we learned from the interviews with DoD staff
Grantee Survey interim results
Sponsored Programs Survey interim results
Begin discussing plans for the report and potential recommendations
Continue discussion of report
Next steps

The following materials (written documents) were made available to the committee in the closed sessions:

None

Date of posting of Closed Session Summary:

October 04, 2018

Contact

Anthony Mann

(202) 334-3266
amann@nas.edu

Location

Keck Center

500 5th St NW

Washington DC 20001, USA

Disclaimer

It is essential to the National Academies mission of providing evidence-based advice that participants in any of our meetings or events avoid political or partisan statements or commentary and maintain a culture of mutual respect. The statements and presentations during our meetings or events are solely those of the individual participants and do not necessarily represent the views of other participants or the National Academy of Sciences, which is a non-partisan, tax exempt organization that includes under its Charter the National Academy of Engineering and National Academy of Medicine, and that operates the National Research Council.

Closed

Assessing the Minerva Research Initiative and the Contribution of Social Science to Addressing Security Concerns

July 19 - 20, 2018

Past

Additional Information

Is it a Closed Session event?

Institution Closed

The following committee members were present at the closed sessions of the event

Allen Schirm (Chair), Burt Barnow, Karen Cook, Susan Cozzens, Barbara Entwisle, Paul Gade, Bob Hauser, Steve Heeringa, Dan Ilgen, Virginia Lesser, Arthur Lupia, Kathryn Newcomer, Mark Weiss

The following topics were discussed in the closed sessions:

Thursday, July 19
Discussion of agenda
Updates to Minerva project
Public session debrief
Plans for bibliometric analysis

Friday, July 20
Finalize questionnaires
Plans for DoD staff interviews
Discuss report outline

The following materials (written documents) were made available to the committee in the closed sessions:

None

Date of posting of Closed Session Summary:

July 24, 2018

Contact

Anthony Mann

(202) 334-3266
amann@nas.edu

Location

National Academy of Sciences Building

2101 Constitution Ave NW

Washington DC 20418, USA

Disclaimer

It is essential to the National Academies mission of providing evidence-based advice that participants in any of our meetings or events avoid political or partisan statements or commentary and maintain a culture of mutual respect. The statements and presentations during our meetings or events are solely those of the individual participants and do not necessarily represent the views of other participants or the National Academy of Sciences, which is a non-partisan, tax exempt organization that includes under its Charter the National Academy of Engineering and National Academy of Medicine, and that operates the National Research Council.

Closed

Assessing the Minerva Research Initiative and the Contribution of Social Science to Addressing Security Concerns

April 12 - 13, 2018

Past

Additional Information

Is it a Closed Session event?

Institution Closed

The following committee members were present at the closed sessions of the event

Burt Barnow, Karen Cook, Susan Cozzens, Barbara Entwisle, Ivy Estabrooke (by phone), Paul Gade, Bob Hauser (by phone), Steve Heeringa, Daniel Ilgen, Virginia Lesser, Arthur Lupia, Kathryn Newcomer, Allen Schirm, Mark Weiss

The following topics were discussed in the closed sessions:

Thursday, April 12
Overview of the agenda
Discuss the revised matrix of research questions and data sources
Begin to finalize the list of data collection activities
Brief reactions to the public session presentations
Finalize plans for bibliometric analysis

Friday, April 13
Finalize plans for the grantee survey
Finalize plans for a survey of applicants who did not receive grants
Discuss potential survey of deans and department chairs (or other ways to collect input about “potential grantees”)
Finalize plans for collecting input from subject matter experts
Finalize plans for interviews with DoD staff and any other data gathering activities

The following materials (written documents) were made available to the committee in the closed sessions:

None

Date of posting of Closed Session Summary:

April 16, 2018

Contact

Anthony Mann

202.334.3266
amann@nas.edu

Location

Keck Center

500 5th St NW

Washington DC 20001, USA

Disclaimer

It is essential to the National Academies mission of providing evidence-based advice that participants in any of our meetings or events avoid political or partisan statements or commentary and maintain a culture of mutual respect. The statements and presentations during our meetings or events are solely those of the individual participants and do not necessarily represent the views of other participants or the National Academy of Sciences, which is a non-partisan, tax exempt organization that includes under its Charter the National Academy of Engineering and National Academy of Medicine, and that operates the National Research Council.

Closed

Assessing the Minerva Research Initiative and the Contribution of Social Science to Addressing Security Concerns

January 16 - 17, 2018

Past

Additional Information

Is it a Closed Session event?

Institution Closed

The following committee members were present at the closed sessions of the event

Burt Barnow, Karen Cook, Susan Cozzens, Barbara Entwisle (by phone), Ivy Estabrooke, Paul Gade, Bob Hauser, Steve Heeringa, Virginia Lesser, Arthur Lupia, Kathryn Newcomer, Allen Schirm, Mark Weiss

The following topics were discussed in the closed sessions:

Project background and timeline
Review of agenda
Discussion on statement of task
Committee bias discussion
Recap of previous day's discussion
Evaluation plan
Next steps and schedule

The following materials (written documents) were made available to the committee in the closed sessions:

None

Date of posting of Closed Session Summary:

January 23, 2018

Contact

Anthony Mann

202-334-3266
amann@nas.edu

Location

National Academy of Sciences Building

2101 Constitution Ave NW

Washington DC 20418, USA

Disclaimer

It is essential to the National Academies mission of providing evidence-based advice that participants in any of our meetings or events avoid political or partisan statements or commentary and maintain a culture of mutual respect. The statements and presentations during our meetings or events are solely those of the individual participants and do not necessarily represent the views of other participants or the National Academy of Sciences, which is a non-partisan, tax exempt organization that includes under its Charter the National Academy of Engineering and National Academy of Medicine, and that operates the National Research Council.

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