Office of Procurement Operations - Grants Division

Description

The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Science and Technology (S&T) Directorate is requesting applications from accredited U.S. colleges and universities to establish and operate a DHS Center of Excellence (COE) in Command Control and Interoperability (C2I). This COE will address issues related to 1. dynamic, on-demand data processing and visualization; 2. hypothesis-driven data analysis; 3. visualization of structured, unstructured, and streaming data; 4. mathematics of discrete and visual analytics; 5. scalable information filtering and dissemination; 6.visualization and simulation of information; 7.mobile and light-weight information analytics and sharing. This COE will create the scientific basis and enduring technologies needed to analyze massive amounts of information from multiple sources to more reliably detect threats to the security of the nation and its infrastructures and to the health and welfare of its populace. These new technologies will also improve the dissemination of both information and related technologies. 5/30/08 modification to clarify submission of sixth year budget.

Who can apply

• Public and State controlled institutions of higher education
• Private institutions of higher education

Contact

Diane Osterhus <br/>Grants Officer <br/>Phone 202-447-5589
diane.osterhus@dhs.gov