Department of defense news release (Aug. 9, 2005): DoD selects tribal colleges and universities for grants.The Department of Defense announced today plans to award instrumentation instrumentation, in music: see orchestra and orchestration. instrumentation In technology, the development and use of precise measuring, analysis, and control equipment. grants totaling $2.42 million to nine tribal colleges and universities. These grants will be made under the fiscal 2005 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 programs and capabilities at these minority institutions in scientific disciplines critical to national security and the DoD. This announcement is the result of merit competition for infrastructure support funding conducted for the Office of Defense Research and Engineering by the Army Research Office. The 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 resulted in 15 proposals in response to a broad agency announcement issued in February February: see month. 2005. The Army Research Office plans to award nine equipment grants ranging from $66,000 to $400,000. Each award will have a 12-month performance period. Awards will be made only after written agreements are reached between the Department and the institutions. The list of recipients is available at: <http://www.defenselink.mil/news/Aug2005/d20050809Tribal.pdf>. |
|
||||||||||||||||
Printer friendly
Cite/link
Email
Feedback
Reader Opinion