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. The program is authorized by 10 U.S.C. § 4144. 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, 2024
- Source ID
- 448_0601228D8Z_1_0400_PB_2024