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From page 65... ... However, a recent example, worth watching over time, is the nonprofit Minority Serving R&D Consortium that has entered into a technology investment agreement with the Army Combatant Capabilities Development Com mand's Edgewood Chemical Biological Center. Regardless of the contract/grant type used to award DoD funds, the awarding agencies use an established, mostly online, standard solicitation and response process.15 Once funding is awarded, awarding agencies employ an established process to administer and eventually close out a contract or grant (GSA, 1994) Read the entire page →
From page 66... ... 66 DEFENSE RESEARCH CAPACITY AT HBCUS SELECT DOD PROGRAMS DESIGNED TO ADVANCE THE COMPETITIVENESS OF INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER EDUCATION DoD currently operates and funds many programs to advance the scientific competitiveness of organizations. Some of these programs are targeted specifically for HBCU/MIs, while most are open to all institutions. Read the entire page →
From page 67... ... b For more information on MSIs, please refer to the NASEM 2019 report titled ‘Minority Serving Institutions: America's Underutilized Resource for Strengthening the STEM Workforce. c https://2021.bdpa.org/hbcu-collider. Read the entire page →
From page 68... ... Defense Established Program to Stimulate Competitive Research Many opportunities for DoD support arise because an institution of higher education is located near a DoD research lab or other facility. In recognition that relevant expertise may rest elsewhere throughout the country, Congress mandated the creation of the Defense Established Program to Stimulate Competitive Research (DEPSCoR) Read the entire page →
From page 69... ... Since FY 2003, DoD has contributed several million dollars per year, through an interagency agreement with NSF, to support Research Experiences for Undergraduates sites that focus on research relevant to DoD's interests. Currently, however, the Air Force Office of Scientific Research is the only DoD entity involved in ASSURE. Read the entire page →
From page 70... ... 70 FIGURE 3-4 States eligible for funding from the Defense Established Program to Stimulate Competitive Research, FY 2020. NOTE: The eligible territories not graphically represented are Guam, Puerto Rico, and U.S. Read the entire page →
From page 71... ... Scholarshipfor-Service Program and DoD National Defense Education Program for Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics. However, limited information was available to examine the effectiveness of these and other programs, including tracking progression of students along the pipeline and whether students from HBCU/MIs are entering the STEM workforce as DoD employees, in industry, 19 See NDSEG.sysplus.com. Read the entire page →
From page 72... ... Two DoD programs designed to expand research capacity of institutions as well as support the future STEM workforce include the National Defense Education Program's SMART Scholarship Program and the DoD National Defense Education Program for Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics. The SMART Scholarship-for-Service Program provides students with a full STEM scholarship, internships, and guaranteed placement at a DoD lab or facility upon graduation. Read the entire page →
From page 73... ... 2021a. Dear colleague letter: Supplements to broaden networks and partnerships between National Science Foundation's Established Program to Stimulate Competitive Research (EPSCoR) Read the entire page →
From page 75... ... The chapter then shifts to a discussion of infrastructure, looking at the largest HBCU/MI performers as compared with other institutions of higher education. 1 The data collection and analyses described throughout this chapter may be considered the first step in a proposed long-term effort to examine the DoD funding landscape for institutions of higher education, current levels of institutional research capacity, and opportunities for partnerships and growth. Read the entire page →
From page 76... ... • If capacity is underutilized, what are potential constraints or underlying factors that have contributed to such underutilization or that might impede an increase in utilization of available capacity for R&D at HBCU/MIs? • How does HBCU/MIs' utilization of current research capacity impact specific R&D outputs, including capacity for commercialization and tran sition of research into defense acquisition, and the growth of institutional R&D enterprises? Read the entire page →
From page 77... ... Survey of Science and Engineering Research Facilities 2019, used as a measure of the size of each institution's research facilities. 5 The Minority Serving Institutions Directory, based on 2020 data from the Department of Educa tion, was used to categorize institutions of higher education. Read the entire page →
From page 78... ... In select analyses, the committee found it useful to isolate MSIs as a fourth category of interest. The comparative data approach underscores that research conclusions specific to MIs may not necessarily be applicable to the broader category of MSIs. Read the entire page →
From page 79... ... . OVERVIEW OF DOD INVESTMENTS AT ALL INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER EDUCATION Tables 4-1 through 4-5 provide a high-level view of total DoD funding at HBCU/MIs, MSIs, and other institutions of higher education between FY 2010 and FY 2020. Read the entire page →
From page 80... ... For each cell total, if an award included both a prime awardee and subawardees, the subawardee transactions were removed to prevent inflating the cell totals. The research area was assigned based on the prime award for most transactions; it was assigned based on subaward activity only if the prime award transactions were not part of the sample. Read the entire page →
From page 81... ... TABLE 4-4 Median DoD Award Amount for HBCU, Non-HBCU MI, Non-HBCU MSI, and Other Institutions Awards Equal to or Above the 95th Percentile of Funding, by Award Type, FY 2010 Through FY 2020 Award Type HBCU Non-HBCU MI Non-HBCU MSI Other All Institutions Grants $3,014,122 $2,241,000 $4,138,506 $4,790,324 $4,667,205 Contracts $2,947,359 $3,444,552 $6,284,132 $6,514,885 $6,347,839 Overall $2,999,335 $2,514,279 $4,499,962 $5,260,772 $5,049,704 NOTES: The totals do not include institutions that reportedly received $0 or less in funding. For each cell average, if an award included both a prime awardee and subawardees, the subawardee transactions were removed to prevent inflating the cell averages. Read the entire page →
From page 82... ... . As a reminder, in select analyses, the committee found it useful to isolate MSIs as a fourth category of interest. Read the entire page →
From page 83... ... The tables below present DoD funding to HBCU/MIs from FY 2010 through FY 2020 through four lenses: total DoD funding (Table 4-6) , basic research funding (Table 4-7) Read the entire page →
From page 84... ... TABLE 4-6 Annual DoD Funding Totals (in thousands of dollars) for Top-Funded HBCU and Non-HBCU MI Institutions, FY 84 2010–2020 Institution 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 Total New Mexico State University $19,866 $14,962 $14,718 $22,584 $23,991 $15,379 $14,100 $10,621 $18,139 $14,941 $8,305 $177,606 Florida International $4,193 $2,689 $4,180 $5,391 $1,959 $4,674 $4,494 $8,611 $12,225 $17,750 $10,190 $76,356 University University of Texas at San $1,042 $5,604 $2,359 $3,829 $4,883 $6,308 $2,967 $2,982 $7,935 $6,608 $6,542 $51,059 Antonio University of Texas at El $1,541 $3,684 $3,185 $4,180 $3,747 $5,449 $668 $3,314 $3,231 $3,143 $7,395 $39,537 Paso Jackson State University $6,020 $5,792 $1,363 $2,925 $1,276 $2,654 $3,331 $2,386 $1,592 $1,218 $598 $29,155 North Carolina A&T State $2,327 $3,157 $5,336 $613 $157 $6,176 $272 $1,485 $1,214 $2,318 $3,282 $26,337 University Norfolk State University $1,224 $5,245 $785 $0 $1,476 $11,439 $815 $1,168 $893 $1,224 $1,190 $25,459 Howard University $2,146 $3,061 $2,412 $1,640 $3,373 $3,486 $1,550 $1,634 $1,424 $1,455 $2,808 $24,989 Florida A&M University $4,613 $3,589 $2,194 $3,219 $1,391 $935 $971 $1,620 $870 $1,083 $1,458 $21,943 Morgan State University $50 $1,755 $1,169 $1,927 $2,911 $2,703 $2,761 $498 $490 $1,160 $5,407 $20,831 Tuskegee University $1,406 $1,497 $2,019 $1,732 $1,506 $1,738 $790 $1,127 $3,010 $801 $2,585 $18,211 Hampton University $256 $5,367 $1,443 $765 $847 $1,541 $1,834 $751 $2,626 $339 $1,610 $17,379 University of California, $755 $713 $429 $265 $890 $1,845 $2,085 $2,695 $1,103 $3,520 $1,899 $16,199 Merced Prairie View A&M $505 $516 $521 $399 $213 $10,000 $499 $266 $367 $1,577 $1,300 $16,163 University Alabama A&M University $650 $50 $892 $711 $125 $1,200 $4,517 $1,278 $652 $287 $4,511 $14,873 NOTES: HBCUs are in bold, and other MIs are in standard font. Read the entire page →
From page 85... ... Blank cells indicate unavailable or entirely missing observations. SOURCE: www.usaspending.gov. Read the entire page →
From page 86... ... Blank cells indicate unavailable or entirely missing observations; zeroes are included only in cells where values were reported. SOURCE: www.usaspending.gov. Read the entire page →
From page 87... ... Blank cells indicate unavailable or entirely missing observations; zeroes are included only in cells where values were reported. SOURCE: www.usaspending.gov. Read the entire page →
From page 88... ... and HBCU/MIs Expenditures Expenditures Johns Hopkins University 1 1,262,988 Georgia Institute of Technology 2 523,399 Pennsylvania State University, University Park and 3 300,261 Hershey Medical Center Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences 4 281,375 University of Texas at Austin 5 156,351 Utah State University 6 144,630 Massachusetts Institute of Technology 7 139,924 University of Southern California 8 133,937 University of California, San Diego 9 98,923 University of Maryland 10 94,079 University of Washington, Seattle 11 93,841 Colorado State University, Fort Collins 12 92,283 University of Michigan, Ann Arbor 13 83,880 Carnegie Mellon University 14 73,262 University of Dayton 15 72,068 New Mexico State University (MI; R2) 68 19,487 Florida International University (MI; R1) Read the entire page →
From page 89... ... . Looking at total DoD funding, the top MIs -- New Mexico State University, Florida International University, University of Texas at San Antonio, and University of Texas at El Paso, all Hispanic-Serving Institutions -- received substantially more funds, collectively, than the 10 HBCUs on the list, collectively. Read the entire page →
From page 90... ... Notably, seven of the top 15 non-HBCU/MIs maintain DoD distinct legal entities (e.g., university-affiliated research centers) , which impacts their capacity to secure and execute DoD research (see Box 4-2) Read the entire page →
From page 91... ... Additionally, the committee notes that where Tribal Colleges and Universities have been successful in obtaining DoD research funding, this has come from the development of strong partnerships; in most cases, these institutions are also located in proximity to a DoD lab or another entity. For example, Navajo Technical University in New Mexico has received funds from the Army Research Laboratory. Read the entire page →
From page 92... ... Although these two strategic approaches used different datasets and timelines, together they helped to create a snapshot of institutional capacity to serve as DoD performers. Using this snapshot of R&D-capable HBCU/MIs can serve to assess current levels of capacity, aspects of disparities between funding or capacity, and opportunities to expand research capabilities.8 An additional way to view the potential to expand the opportunities for HBCU/MIs to carry out DoD research is to compare DoD funding to these institutions with that of other federal agencies (Table 4-11) Read the entire page →
From page 93... ... CAPACITY AT HBCU/MIS In addition to funding active research endeavors, the broad spectrum of HBCU/MI engagement in defense research opportunities can be supported through strategic investments in infrastructure (including laboratories, physical facilities) , personnel and administrative support, programmatic support and design (e.g., reduction of faculty teaching loads, training in DoD grants/contracts, incentives to conduct DoD-related research) Read the entire page →
From page 94... ... Equipment and Technologies Based on a review of the publicly available databases and testimonies from panelists at the committee's public workshops, better-resourced institutions (institutions that have a better record in acquiring and maintaining important equipment to execute defense research) are more competitive in their efforts to secure defense research opportunities. Read the entire page →

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... However, a recent example, worth watching over time, is the nonprofit Minority Serving R&D Consortium that has entered into a technology investment agreement with the Army Combatant Capabilities Development Com mand's Edgewood Chemical Biological Center. Regardless of the contract/grant type used to award DoD funds, the awarding agencies use an established, mostly online, standard solicitation and response process.15 Once funding is awarded, awarding agencies employ an established process to administer and eventually close out a contract or grant (GSA, 1994)