U.S. DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY, GRADUATE FELLOWSHIPS

The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) realizes that the country’s strong science and technology community provides a critical advantage in the development and implementation of counter-terrorist measures and other DHS objectives. The DHS Scholarship and Fellowship Program is intended for students interested in pursuing the basic science and technology innovations that can be applied to the DHS mission. This education program is intended to ensure a highly talented science and technology community to achieve the DHS mission and objectives. Eligible students must be studying in a homeland security related science, technology, engineering and mathematics (HS-STEM) field with an interest, major, or concentration directly related to one of the homeland security research areas listed below:

  1.. Explosives Detection, Mitigation and Response
  2.. Social, Behavioral, and Economic Sciences
  3.. Risk and Decision Sciences
  4.. Human Factors Aspects of Technology
  5.. Chemical Threats and Countermeasures
  6.. Biological Threats and Countermeasures
  7.. Food and Agriculture Security
  8.. Transportation Security
  9.. Border Security
  10.. Immigration Studies
  11.. Maritime and Port Security
  12.. Infrastructure Protection
  13.. Natural Disasters and Related Geophysical Studies
  14.. Emergency Preparedness and Response
  15.. Communications and Interoperability
  16.. Advanced Data Analysis and Visualization

Due January 6