The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Science and Technology Directorate (S&T) invites applications from colleges and universities with established homeland security-related science, technology, engineering and mathematics (HS-STEM) curricula in the research areas listed below to establish scientific

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career development awards to students in priority HS-STEM programs of study.

DHS intends to establish an HS-STEM Career Development grants (CDG) program to enable colleges and universities to award scholarships and fellowships to qualified undergraduate and graduate students in HS-STEM disciplines who intend to pursue homeland security professional and scientific careers.





Recipients of the scholarships and fellowships must major in a STEM discipline or either minor in an HS-STEM research area, receive a certificate in an HS-STEM research area or declare their concentration in an HS-STEM research area from their home institution.

Research areas eligible for support include:
1. Explosives Detection, Mitigation and Response; 2. Social, Behavioral, and Economic Sciences; 3. Risk and Decision Sciences; 4. Human Factors Aspects of Technology; 5. Chemical Threats and Countermeasures; 6. Biological Threats and Countermeasures; 7. Food and Agriculture Security; 8. Transportation Security; 9. Border Security; 1 0. Immigration Studies; 1 1. Maritime and Port Security; 1 2. Infrastructure Protection; 1 3. Natural Disasters and Related Geophysical Studies; 1 4. Emergency Preparedness and Response; 1 5. Communications and Interoperability; 1 6. Advanced Data Analysis and Visualization.





Each institution may submit only one application per department.

Institutions may submit applications from different departments.

However, only one grant will be awarded to one department in each winning institution, and only for research in one of the sixteen HS-STEM areas listed above.

Institutions that have received CDG awards in the past, or that will be applying for subsequent awards may only submit an application from the same department as the initial award.

DHS intends to give preference to institutions included in the existing DHS Homeland Security Centers of Excellence program and its affiliated academic institutions., (for a list see http://www.dhs.gov/xres/programs) because it is both efficient and appropriate to train the next generation of scientists and HS-STEM professionals through research and education programs already funded by DHS to meet its HS-STEM needs.



As part of its mission, DHS S&T is responsible for developing scientific research and technology programs to protect the Nation from terrorist threats and the consequences of natural disasters.

DHS S&T is also responsible for supporting United States leadership in science and technology.

To ensure homeland security research programs continue into the future, DHS S&T will support grants to qualified undergraduate and graduate students in homeland security-related fields who will use their education and training to become the next generation of scientists and technology leaders.

These grants will support the best programs that will train future homeland security-oriented scientists and technologists and ensure their placement in HS-STEM careers.