THE COMMON MISSION PROJECT
ABOUT
OUR VISION
To build Mission-Driven Entrepreneurs to solve critical national security challenges.
From national security to natural disasters, from energy to the environment, the critical challenges we face today have common elements:
They cut across government, private, and non-profit sectors
Are constantly evolving in a fast-moving world
Require a problem-based approach to ensure solutions are relevant, grounded, and implementable in the real world.
No one can insulate themselves from the effects of these challenges — they impact all of us.
TEAM
Maria Tranquilli
Executive Director
“We will empower the next generation of problem solvers to tackle the toughest issues facing our country and our international allies. Together, we’ll ensure the preservation and growth of our greatest asset amongst a new generation: the spirit of American innovation and entrepreneurship.”
HISTORY
The Common Mission Project is a 501(C)(3) nonprofit organization formed following the successful pilot of the Hacking for Defense® course at Stanford University in 2016.
Since its inception, the Common Mission Project has demonstrated that students can tackle some of the toughest government problems and, in doing so, create vibrant and diverse ecosystems where government, academia, and industry build partnerships around problems, prototypes, and solutions to urgent challenges facing our nation.
At the Common Mission Project, we realize the role that our methodology has—addressing the most challenging issues facing us.
BOARD OF ADVISORS
The Board of Advisors is a group of defense, entrepreneurship, policy and technology experts who support the Common Mission Projects’s goal of building mission driven entrepreneurs to solve critical national security, civic, and social challenges.
PARTNERS
