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Homeland Security Advanced Research Project Agency Fact Sheet

Release Date: 09/26/03 00:00:00

Fact Sheet

GENERAL OVERVIEW:

The Homeland Security Advanced Research Projects Agency (HSARPA) is the external funding arm for the Department of Homeland Security Science and Technology division.  

HSARPA performs these functions in part by awarding procurement contracts, grants, cooperative agreements, or other transactions for research or prototypes to public or private entities, businesses, federally funded research and development centers and universities.

HSARPA invests in programs offering the potential for revolutionary changes in technologies that promote homeland security and accelerates the prototyping and deployment of technologies intended to reduce homeland vulnerabilities.

HSARPA MISSIONS:

  • Identify and develop revolutionary technologies;
  • Satisfy DHS customers' operational needs for advanced technology;
  • Rapid prototyping/commercial adaptation of technologies.

HSARPA ACCOMPLISHMENTS:

  • Appointed Dr. Jane Alexander as the first HSARPA Deputy Director in May of 2003.
  • Released a Broad Agency Announcement through the Technical Support Working Group in May of 2003.
  • Appointed Dr. David Bolka as the first HSARPA Director in September of 2003.
  • HSARPA issued its first Research Announcement solicitation for its Detection Systems for Biological and Chemical Countermeasures Program on September 23, 2003.  The goal of this solicitation is to develop, field-test, and transition to commercial production the next generation of biological and chemical detectors.

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