National Security Science and Engineering Faculty Fellowship (NSSEFF)
Abstract
NSSEFF helps to ensure that our Nation has an active, long-term and aggressive research portfolio that attracts the foremost creative, innovative and productive university researchers and their students. Objectives of the program are to: •Support scientific research that may lead to extraordinary outcomes •Educate and train outstanding student and post-doctoral researchers for the defense and national security workforce •Foster long-term relationships between outstanding university researchers and the DoD •Familiarize select university researchers and their students with DoD’s current and future challenges •Increase the number of exceptionally talented technical experts that are contributing to DoD’s mission and upon whom DoD may draw to serve on advisory boards, panels, and groups The program funds distinguished university researchers for the purpose of conducting innovative basic research in areas of interest to DoD. Ensuring that students are actively engaged in conducting research funded by the DoD is an important priority.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Accomplishment
- Publication Date
- Oct 01, 2012
- Source ID
- aba10a978c93f249385f82ae6b3b3caf