Department of Defense News Release (May 23, 2007): DoD awards grants to minority institutions.The Department of Defense announced plans to award $8.6 million to 32 minority institutions as part of the fiscal 2007 DoD Historically Black Colleges and Universities Historically black colleges and universities (HBCUs) are institutions of higher education in the United States that were established before 1964 with the intention of serving the African American community. They are often liberal arts colleges or universities. and Minority Institutions Infrastructure Support Program. The grants will enhance education programs and research capabilities at the recipient One who receives. The person to whom an e-mail message is sent is the recipient. (communications) recipient - One who receives; receiver. E.g. "No recipient of the e-mail message will know about the other addressees who were listed in the BCC header." institutions in scientific disciplines critical to national security and the DoD. This announcement is the result of competition for infrastructure support funding conducted for the Office of Defense Research and Engineering by the Army Research Office and the Air Force Office of Scientific Research. The fiscal 2007 program solicitation solicitation In criminal law, the act of asking, inducing, or directing someone to commit a crime. The person soliciting another becomes an accomplice to the crime. The term also refers to the act of obtaining bribes, as well as to the crime of a prostitute who offers sexual received 78 proposals in response to a broad agency announcement issued in October October: see month. 2006. Equipment grants, which range from $75,000 to $500,000 and will have a performance period of 12 months, will be made by the Army Research Office. All awards are subject to the successful completion of negotiations between DoD and the academic institutions. The list of recipients for fiscal 2007 funding can be found at ww.defenselink.mil/news/May2007/d20070523grants.pdf>. |
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