Historically Black Colleges and Universities and Minority-Serving Institutions
Abstract
The Historically Black Colleges and Universities and Minority-Serving Institutions (HBCU/MI) program provides support in fields of science and engineering that are important to national defense. The Department of Defense (DoD) HBCU/MI Program encourages participation of small minority schools and 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 further knowledge in the basic scientific disciplines through theoretical and experimental 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 internship programs, and a variety of other enhancements designed to support students and to encourage them to pursue careers in STEM. • Instrumentation purchases. The program allows universities to purchase basic laboratory equipment, such as lasers and spectrometers, for enhancements to the basic research efforts. • Technical assistance. The funds are used to design programs that enhance the ability of minority institutions to successfully compete for future Defense funding by assisting the HBCU/MI community in areas such as proposal writing and administration of grants and contracts.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Project
- Publication Date
- Oct 01, 2022
- Source ID
- 448_0601228D8Z_1_0400_PB_2022