DHS S&T Scientific Leadership Awards focus on capacity development in specific high-priority research areas aligned with homeland security. Since 2007, the DHS S&T Scientific Leadership Awards Program has provided 54 awards to various Historically Black Colleges and Universities, Hispanic Serving Institutions, and Tribal Colleges and Universities. These grants are competitively awarded to accredited Minority Serving Institutions (MSI to build Homeland Security Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (HS-STEM) capabilities, establish related curricula and courses of study, support the development of early-career faculty, and recruit and mentor students. 

The DHS S&T Career Development Grants Program has provided 54 awards since 2007 to various U.S. accredited four-year colleges and universities with existing programs in HS-STEM.  The selected universities and colleges award undergraduate scholarships and/or graduate fellowships to qualified students pursuing degrees in a variety of key fields. The award-winning institutions cover tuition and fees for scholars and fellows, in addition to offering career-enhancing research opportunities with highly qualified scientific personnel within the homeland security research enterprise.

The following Minority Serving Institutions received a total of $2.8 million in DHS S&T Scientific Leadership Awards:

• Morgan State University (MD)
• Elizabeth City State University (NC)
• Texas A&M University – Kingsville
• Tuskegee University (AL)

An additional nine academic institutions are the recipients of a total of $2.7 million in DHS S&T Career Development Awards:

• Stevens Institute of Technology (NJ)
• University of Maryland
• Rutgers University (NJ)
• University of Southern California
• University of Pittsburg
• University of Connecticut
• George Mason University (VA)
• Kansas State University
• University of Illinois

For more information about DHS education programs, visit www.grants.gov,  or www.hsuniversityprograms.org.