Funding-Limited
Submission -- DHS HS-STEM Career Development Grants (CDG) for Post Secondary
Institutions; February 22, 2011
Each institution may
submit only one application per department. Interested
applicants should consult their department chair to ascertain the internal
selection process.
Institutions may submit
applications from multiple departments, however, only one grant will be awarded
per institution, and only for research and support for students in one of the
seventeen HS-STEM areas listed in the abstract section of this record and in
Section I of the FOA.
Limited Submission --
DHS HS-STEM Career Development Grants (CDG) for Post Secondary
Institutions
Agency
Office
of Procurement Operations - Grants Division
Description
The
Department of Homeland Security (DHS), Science and Technology Directorate
(S&T),Office of University Programs (UP) is
announcing the fifth annual competition for the Homeland Security Science
Technology Engineering and Mathematics (HS-STEM) Career Development Grants
(CDG). The CDG program enables U.S. accredited four-year colleges and
universities with existing or proposed programs in homeland security-related
science, technology, engineering, or mathematics to award undergraduate
scholarships or graduate fellowships to qualified students who intend to pursue
homeland security scientific, technology, engineering, or mathematics careers.
DHS will support only those homeland security programs that are based on
existing or proposed accredited science, technology, engineering, or
mathematics curricula. As part of the mission, DHS S&T is responsible for
providing U.S. leadership in homeland security related science and technology
to protect the United States from terrorist threats and the consequences of
natural disasters. The CDG program attempts to create early and ongoing
synergies between the homeland security professional and scientific communities
and students studying in HS-STEM fields at the U.S. accredited four-year
colleges and universities, and to ensure a steady flow of homeland security
researchers and practitioners for the future.
Applications should describe the institution's programs in terms of the
relevant social, biological or physical sciences, mathematics, engineering
coursework, and research they offer in the context of the following high
priority homeland security research areas:
1.
Advanced data analysis and visualization
2. Biological threats and countermeasures
3. Border security
4. Chemical threats and countermeasures
5. Communications and interoperability
6. Community, commerce and infrastructure resilience
7. Explosives detection, mitigation and response
8. Emergency preparedness and response
9. Food and agriculture security
10. Human factors
11. Immigration studies
12. Infrastructure protection
13. Maritime and port security
14. Natural disasters and related geophysical studies
15. Risk, economics, and decision sciences
16. Social and behavioral sciences
17. Transportation security
Announcement
Number:
DHS-11-ST-104-001
Closing
Date:
Feb 22, 2011
Link
to Full Announcement
Contact
Information
Shareef Prater
Grants Specialist
Phone 202-447-0724 Grants
Specialist