Homeland security

Academics to Help Advance Homeland Security Innovations

The US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Science and Technology Directorate (S&T) announced a $40M funding opportunity for an institution to lead a new DHS Center of Excellence (COE) for Homeland Security Quantitative Analysis. DHS S&T is additionally searching for potential partners to work with the lead institution in support of the Center’s activities.

These two related funding opportunities, published on the government grants website, are open to receive proposals from accredited U.S. colleges and universities. DHS intends to fund this new COE for 10 years for a total of approximately $40 million through a cooperative agreement.

This new COE will conduct end user-focused research to enhance the application of analytic tools that support real-time decision making and address homeland security-related threats and hazards. This COE will also provide education and professional development to improve data management and analysis, facilitate operations research and systems analysis, identify the economic impact of security threats and hazards, and critically assess future risks posed to the DHS mission set.