Department of Defense Research and Education Program for Historically Black Colleges and Universities and Minority-Serving Institutions (HBCU/MSI)
Dept of the Army -- Materiel Command
The CCDC ARL invites applications/proposals from covered educational institutions for research and education programs that will meet the following objectives:
a. Enhance research and engineering capabilities in areas important to national defense;
b. Increase the number of graduates in STEM disciplines; and
c. Encourage research and education collaborations with other institutions of higher education and with defense organizations.
Support for research, development, testing, evaluation, or educational enhancements will be through the competitive awarding of grants or cooperative agreements.
As provided in 10 U.S.C. § 2362, eligibility for this competition is open only to “covered educational institutions,” which are defined as:b. institutions of higher education eligible for assistance under Title III or V of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1051 et seq.); orc. accredited post-secondary minority institutions.d. Eligible applicants include community colleges or other 2-year degree granting institutions meeting the definition of a “covered educational institution.”