DHS S&T Center of Excellence Supplemement Applications

 The DHS Centers of Excellence (COE) are multi-disciplinary, university-based, research and education Centers that conduct rigorous, innovative and useful research. DHS expects the COEs to break new theoretical and empirical ground as well as adapt existing approaches to homeland security missions and technology gaps. Research methods proposed under these funding continuations should be rooted in rigorous science and engineering disciplines. Knowledge generated by the COE’s research must be amenable to integration with homeland security customers. As a whole, the portfolio of proposed projects should generate substantial original and cutting-edge research results. Applications for supplemental funding will be considered for research and education activities within the scope of work for each COE.

This NOFO is for supplemental awards for the following existing Centers of Excellence recipients:

• National Counterterrorism Innovation, Technology, and Education (NCITE) - University of Nebraska, Omaha
• Arctic Domain Awareness Center (ADAC-ARCTIC) - University of Alaska Anchorage
• Soft-target Engineering to Neutralize the Threat Reality) (SENTRY) - Northeastern University
• Center for Accelerating Operational Efficiency (CAOE) - Arizona State University
• Critical Infrastructure Resilience Institute (CIRI) - University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
• Coastal Resilience Center (CRC) - University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
• Cross-Border Threat Screening and Supply Chain Defense (CBTS) - Texas A&M University

Education

• Public and state institutions of higher education