# Project 010 — Basic Research Initiatives

**Program element:** 0601110D8Z — Basic Research Initiatives  
**Project:** 010  
**Component:** Defense-Wide  
**Appropriation:** 0400 — RDT&E, Defense-Wide  
**Budget Activity:** 1 — Basic Research  
**Vintage:** President's Budget PB2027  
**Canonical URL:** https://hitchintel.com/programs/0601110D8Z/010  
**Parent:** https://hitchintel.com/programs/0601110D8Z

## Summary

Project 010 — Basic Research Initiatives requests $29.1M in FY2027, 33% of the $87.1M requested for program element 0601110D8Z, up 26% on FY2026. 1 R-2A activity decomposes the request.

## Funding profile

| Fiscal Year | Estimate Type | Amount ($M) |
|---|---|---|
| FY2025 | Actual | 20.6 |
| FY2026 | Enacted | 23.2 |
| FY2027 | Request | 29.1 |
| FY2028 | Outyear | 27.6 |
| FY2029 | Outyear | 29.0 |
| FY2030 | Outyear | 31.5 |
| FY2031 | Outyear | 32.0 |

> Estimate types are not summed. This project is one leaf of PE 0601110D8Z; the PE total is the sum of its projects, never added to them.

## What project 010 buys

The Basic Research Initiatives Project supports oversight of basic research throughout the Department, as well as initiatives and pilot programs, in order to create conditions for defense basic research investments to produce high-payoff, transformative scientific breakthroughs for the Department. The project supports five strategic goals for Basic Research in the Under Secretary for War-Research and Engineering (USW-R&E) Science and Technology (S&T)/Foundations (Foundations/BR): (1) support the technology priorities set by the Department of War (OSW); (2) coordinate and conduct oversight of DoW-wide basic research programs; (3) improve the science and engineering workforce via tailored programs and public outreach; (4) enhance university-industry and university-government collaboration; and (5) engage with the academic research community and international partners. This includes Strategic Support for Basic Research (SSBR), which sustains the operations of the Foundations/BR and creates conditions for research policies and initiatives to be formulated and instantiated. It also includes several pilot programs and initiatives, including international research collaboration and cross-agency joint programs.

## Activities (R-2A) — 1

| Activity | FY2025 | FY2026 | FY2027 | Move | Page |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Strategic Support for Basic Research (SSBR) | 20.6 | 15.2 | 29.1 | +92% | [a0](https://hitchintel.com/programs/0601110D8Z/010/a0) |

> Activities carry the prior, current and budget year only — no five-year plan. In the request year they partition this project exactly; in earlier years they can under-cover it.

### Strategic Support for Basic Research (SSBR)

• Expand the scale of FY 2026 efforts • Develop strategies and implement pilot programs for improving basic research collaboration with key international allies and partners as well as partnerships between university-government-industry.

Full year-by-year narrative: https://hitchintel.com/programs/0601110D8Z/010/a0

## What is NOT on this page

Congressional marks, the R-2 mission description and acquisition strategy, the industry vs government split of the whole request, and related program elements are recorded at **program-element** grain — an NDAA mark lands on a PE, never on a project. They are at https://hitchintel.com/programs/0601110D8Z.

## Source & machine access

- **Source:** FY2027 Office of the Secretary of Defense RDT&E Budget Justification, Exhibits R-2/R-2A/R-3, PE 0601110D8Z project 010 (PB PB2027).
- **MCP:** `mcp.hitchintel.com` — `budget_get_program_element(pe="0601110D8Z")`.

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