| Homeland Security Centers of Excellence |
| The Department of Homeland Security is harnessing the nation’s scientific knowledge and technological expertise to protect America and our way of life from terrorism. The Department’s Science and Technology directorate, through its Office of University Programs, is furthering this mission by engaging the academic community to create learning and research environments in areas critical to Homeland Security through the Homeland Security Centers of Excellence program. |
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| Secretary Tom Ridge Announces Homeland Security Center for Excellence at the University of Minnesota |
| Secretary Ridge announces that the University of Minnesota receives $15 million to establish the Homeland Security National Center for Food Protection and Defense. July 6, 2004 |
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| Department of Homeland Security Announces $12 Million Funding for Social and Behavioral Scientists to Study Terrorism |
| The U.S. Department of Homeland Security announced today the release of a Broad Agency Announcement (BAA) calling for proposals that will focus on research efforts for a university-based Center of Excellence in Behavioral and Social Aspects of Terrorism and Counter-Terrorism. |
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| Homeland Security Establishes Its First Government "Think Tank" |
| The U.S. Department of Homeland Security's Science and Technology Directorate today announced that Analytic Services Incorporated (ANSER) has been selected to operate the Homeland Security Institute, which is the Department's first Federally Funded Research and Development Center (FFRDC). |
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| DHS HSARPA Homepage |
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| Department of Homeland Security Broad Agency Announcement: Initial University-Based Center of Excellence |
| The Department of Homeland Security expects the United States academic community to play an integral role in securing the Nation. To facilitate this involvement, the Office of University Programs, within the Science and Technology division of the Department, will establish university-based Homeland Security Centers of Excellence (HS-Centers), in accordance with the Homeland Security Act of 2002. |
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| Fact Sheet: Plum Island Animal Disease Center Transition |
| The Plum Island Animal Disease Center (PIADC) became part of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), as mandated by the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (PL 107-296, Section 310), on June 1, 2003. |
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| Department of Homeland Security Teams Up with Department of Commerce's Technology Administration |
| The Department of Commerce's Technology Administration (TA) will begin working more closely with the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) under an agreement signed by the two agencies today. |
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| Supporting the DHS Mission |
| Research and Technology will support the DHS mission by organizing and utilizing the vast scientific, engineering and technological resources of the United States. |
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| National & Federal Laboratories |
| The significant expertise that exists within the National and Federal Laboratory system will be brought on to bear the problems of prevention, deterrence, detection, mitigation and attribution of the use of weapons of mass destruction. |
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