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Opportunity Summary:

The International Research in Homeland Security Science and Technology Mission Areas opportunity (Funding Opportunity Number DHS 10 ST 108 001) is a discretionary federal grant program in the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) research and development portfolio. It is administered through the Office of Procurement Operations, Grants Division, and falls under CFDA 97.108, which covers homeland security research, testing, evaluation, and technology demonstration activities. In practical terms, this means the program is designed to fund applied research and related work that advances DHS science and technology priorities tied to homeland security mission needs, with an explicit international collaboration component built into the eligibility rules.

The funding is structured around a small number of larger awards. DHS anticipated making 2 awards under this announcement, with an estimated total funding amount of $1,600,000. Individual awards were expected to range from a floor of $200,000 up to a ceiling of $750,000, indicating DHS was looking for proposals substantial enough to produce meaningful research outputs, but still limited to a handful of competitively selected projects. The funding instrument is a grant (not a contract), which typically signals an emphasis on investigator-driven project plans within the scope of the program, rather than a tightly specified procurement of a predefined deliverable. There was no cost sharing or matching requirement, so applicants were not required to contribute non-federal funds as a condition of eligibility, although voluntary cost share can sometimes be included depending on the full announcement terms.

Eligibility is limited to institutions of higher education, including both private universities and public or state-controlled universities. A central requirement is that every proposal must include participation by both foreign and domestic institutions of higher education. That requirement is the defining feature of this opportunity: it is not simply research that happens to include international partners, but rather research that is intentionally structured as a collaborative effort between a US-based academic institution and at least one non-US academic institution. This suggests DHS intended to leverage international expertise, data, facilities, or field environments, and to encourage cross-border research relationships in areas relevant to homeland security science and technology mission areas.

The timeline information indicates the program was posted and created on November 2, 2009, with an original and final closing date of September 23, 2010, and it was later archived on October 23, 2010. That places it as a time-limited competitive solicitation, with proposals due by the September 2010 deadline. While the public synopsis here does not list the specific mission areas or technical topics, the title implies that eligible projects needed to align with DHS science and technology mission areas, which generally encompass research themes supporting prevention, protection, response, and recovery activities, and may include development, testing, evaluation, and demonstration of technologies or methods. The listing repeatedly directs readers to the full announcement for the detailed scope, requirements, selection criteria, allowable costs, and expected deliverables, which is typical when the synopsis is intended as a high-level notice rather than the complete solicitation text.

For applicants or interested parties who could not access the full announcement electronically, DHS provided a point of contact: Melanie Bales, Grants Specialist, at 202-447-5522. This contact detail indicates where administrative questions could be directed, especially around obtaining the full text, submission mechanics, or other procedural issues tied to the Grants Division.

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