Historically Black Colleges and Universities and Minority Institutions (HBCU/MI)
Abstract
The HBCU/MI program provides support in fields of science and engineering that are important to national defense. The DoD HBCU/MI Program encourages participation of small minority schools as well as large minority research institutions. This competitive program provides support through grants or contracts for research, education assistance, instrumentation purchases, and technical assistance as described below: • Research. The research grants are to further the knowledge in the basic scientific disciplines through theoretical and empirical activities. Collaborative research allows university professors to work directly with military laboratories or other universities. • Education. Education assistance funds are used by minority institutions to strengthen their academic programs in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) thereby increasing the number of under-represented minorities obtaining undergraduate and graduate degrees in these fields. These grants provide equipment, scholarships, cooperative work/study opportunities, visiting faculty programs, summer programs, and a variety of other enhancements designed to support students and to encourage them to pursue careers in STEM. • Infrastructure. This program allows universities to purchase basic laboratory equipment for research and education program enhancements and highly sophisticated research instruments, such as lasers and spectrometers. • Technical assistance. These funds are used to design programs that enhance the ability of minority institutions to successfully compete for future Defense funding. The objective is to assist the HBCU/MI community in areas such as proposal writing and administration of grants and contracts.
Document Details
- Document Type
- R2 Budgetary Justification
- Publication Date
- Oct 01, 2012
- Source ID
- 0602228D8Z_2_0400_PB_2012
- Change Summary Explanation
- The Historically Black Colleges and Universities and Minority Institutions (HBCU/MI) program transfers from BA 2, PE 0602228D8Z to the Army in FY 2012.
- Service Agency Name
- Office of Secretary Of Defense