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S&T Invites Scientific and Technical Communities to Propose Research and Development Projects that Support National Security

DHS S&T released a new Long Range Broad Agency Announcement (LRBAA) 24-01, which is a standing, open invitation to the scientific and technical communities to propose research and development projects in support of our nation’s security.

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Cultivating Relationships Today to Solve Tomorrow’s Homeland Security Challenges

This summer, S&T ONL hosted the event, a space where program managers from within S&T, and from across DHS’s operational components, could hear from leading S&T and DOE experts on future and current RDT&E capabilities, have meaningful discussions, and forge relationships to further innovation and collaboration.

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Emergency Management

This is the primary landing page for activities S&T is conducting to support emergency management. 

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IRD Strategic Plan Prepares DHS for Future Homeland Security Challenges

DHS released the first-ever department-wide Innovation, Research and Development (IRD) Strategic Plan, articulating key investment goals over the next seven fiscal years.

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Exchanging Experts, Enhancing Lab Partnerships

Celebrating World Laboratory Day with an update on a new S&T and Department of Energy subject matter expert swap that will advance more than two decades of shared research goals.

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IRB FAQs for TVTP Grantees and Applicants

An Institutional Review Board (IRB) is an objective third party tasked with protecting and managing risk to human subjects involved in research. TVTP grant programs that involve research require an IRB review. This document provides guidance to TVTP Grant Program participants by answering frequently asked questions about IRBs.

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Building New Bridges

S&T and its counterparts from Finland commit to collaborate on shared research and development opportunities.

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PIADC Science Program Disinfection and Decontamination Fact Sheet

DHS S&T’s Plum Island Animal Disease Center Science Program’s disinfection and decontamination projects are a key component in responding to the threat of transboundary animal diseases (TADs). The goals of the disinfection and decontamination efforts are to prevent the introduction of TADs to North America, and provide tools to end users—first responders, veterinarians, the agriculture industry, decision-makers—to detect, mitigate, and decontaminate threats posed by TADs.

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PIADC Science Program FAV-D Fact Sheet

DHS S&T’s Plum Island Animal Disease Center Science Program’s Food, Agriculture, and Veterinary Defense (FAV-D) project coordinates research and development initiatives based on DHS component requirements. The primary goal of the FAV-D project is to prevent, protect, mitigate, and respond to the intentional or natural introduction of high-consequence transboundary animal diseases affecting food and agriculture.

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PIADC Science Program: Classical Swine Fever Fact Sheet

Classical swine fever (CSF) is a trade-restricting, contagious, viral disease affecting domestic and wild swine, which was eradicated from the U.S. in 1978. While it is not a threat to human health, a CSF outbreak would significantly affect our economy, disrupting agriculture markets and pork exports. The Plum Island Animal Disease Center is one of the few facilities within the U.S. that is permitted to utilize live CSF virus as part of its scientific activities.