Historically Black Colleges and Universities and Minority Institutions
Abstract
The Historically Black Colleges and Universities and Minority 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 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 experimental activities. Collaborative research allows university professors to work directly with DoD 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 intern 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 for research and education program enhancements to highly sophisticated research instruments, such as lasers and spectrometers. • Technical assistance. The 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
- Project
- Publication Date
- Oct 01, 2016
- Source ID
- P448_0601228D8Z_1_0400_PB_2016