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Academic Program

Last Updated: October 12, 2022 | Press Releases

Students Tackle New Challenges in Fifth Hacking for Homeland Security Course

DHS S&T launched its fifth course of the Hacking for Homeland Security (H4HS) program this Fall 2022 semester.

Last Updated: March 4, 2022 | Press Releases

University Students to "Hack" Pressing Homeland Security Challenges

DHS S&T announces the fourth course of the Hacking for Homeland Security (H4HS) program is set for the Spring 2022 Semester at Carnegie Mellon University’s (CMU).

Last Updated: January 7, 2022 | Publication

S&T 2021 Year in Review

The Science and Technology Directorate (S&T) continually strives to ask the right questions, find the best solutions, and then ask even better questions. This pursuit of knowledge has far-reaching implications for the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) mission and even farther impacts for the nation. Here are some highlights of what we learned in 2021 and its significance for the future of science and technology.

Last Updated: December 8, 2021 | Press Releases

News Release: DHS S&T Launches the 2022 HS Power Program

DHS S&T launched the competition for graduate and undergraduate students across the U.S. to participate in the 2022 Homeland Security Professional Opportunities for the Student Workforce to Experience Research (HS-POWER) program.

Last Updated: November 29, 2021 | Site Page

Hacking for Homeland Security

H4HS is a mission-driven entrepreneurship program sponsored by DHS that engages academia to tackle pressing homeland security challenges through project-based courses. 

Last Updated: October 4, 2021 | Press Releases

News Release: University Students Tackle DHS Challenges in Third H4HS Course

Course provides students with access to technical experts and business mentors to develop targeted tools, technologies, and knowledge products for use across the homeland security enterprise.

Last Updated: May 17, 2021 | Press Releases

News Release: S&T Selects 2021 Minority Serving Institutions Summer Research Teams

DHS S&T announced today the selection of 18 teams from different Minority Serving Institutions (MSIs) across the United States to participate in the 2021 Summer Research Team (SRT) program.

Last Updated: March 10, 2021 | Press Releases

News Release: DHS Awards in Scientific Leadership Grants to Five Minority Serving Institutions

DHS S&T announces today the recipients of Scientific Leadership Awards who will partner with S&T-supported COE to develop Homeland Security (HS) course content and creatively engage students and faculty in research relevant to the complex challenges faced by DHS and the Homeland Security Enterprise.

Last Updated: February 24, 2021 | Press Releases

News Release: S&T Awards Minority Serving Institutions for Summer Research Projects

DHS S&T announced today that nine faculty members from S&T’s OUP Minority Serving Institutions (MSI) program have been selected to receive a total of $446,200 in funding to continue their Summer Research Team (SRT) program for research projects at several DHS S&T Centers of Excellence (COE). 

Last Updated: January 25, 2021 | Press Releases

News Release: S&T Announces $36.5M Funding Opportunity for New COE

DHS S&T announces $36.5 million funding opportunity for a new DHS Center of Excellence: Engineering Secure Environments from Targeted Attacks.