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DHS Summer Research Team Program For Minority Serving Institutions


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Description:
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Summer Research Team (SRT) Program for Minority Serving Institutions (MSIs) is now accepting applications from faculty at Minority Serving Institutions (MSI) interested in participating in a summer research team experience. Selected Faculty will be invited to submit a Team Application including a Research Project Proposal developed in collaboration with a DHS Center researcher and applications from one or two qualified students.

The program seeks to increase and enhance the scientific leadership at MSIs in research areas that support the mission and goals of DHS. This program provides faculty and student research teams with the opportunity to conduct research at the university-based DHS Centers of Excellence (DHS Centers). At the end of the ten week appointment, faculty collaborate with center to apply for up to $100,000 in follow-on funding to continue research during the academic year at the faculty's home academic institution.

This year's participating Centers of Excellence are: Center for Accelerating Operational Efficiency (CAOE) Center of Excellence for Cross-Border Threat Screening and Supply Chain Defense (CBTS) Criminal Investigations and Network Analysis (CINA), Critical Infrastructure Resilience Institute (CIRI), National Counterterrorism Innovation, Technology, and Education (NCITE) Soft-target Engineering to Neutralize the Threat RealitY (SENTRY).

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Participating Institution(s):
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Oak Ridge Institute for Science and Education (Lead)
U.S. Department of Homeland Security (Lead)

Program Materials:
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This Program can be Described by:
Academic Disciplines:
Aerospace Engineering
Agricultural Engineering
Applied Mathematics
Astronomy & Astrophysics
Biology
Chemistry
Nanotechnology
Physics

Keywords:
Education Research
Engineering Research
Nuclear Physics
STEM Education

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This program is funded by:
U.S. Dept. of Defense


Page last updated 3/5/2024
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