Member Advisory -- January 7, 2009

NGA Announces Grant Program - - Deadline Feb. 23

The National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) announces the competition for the Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI) Intelligence Community Center of Academic Excellence (IC CAE) Program. The focus is to enhance the capabilities of U. S. IC CAE schools to perform research with the objective of enhancing critical expertise in cultural, diverse regional and geographic understanding, foreign language proficiency, science, technology and engineering areas critical to the IC's mission.

The applicant institution—i.e., the lead institution that will be the primary awardee for purposes of award execution—must be an accredited college, university, or other four-year degree-granting institution in the U.S., its territories or possessions, that provides post-secondary school courses of study.  The applicant may be a community college, if it is partnered with an institution that grants at least baccalaureate degrees. 

Although all institutions of higher education are eligible to apply, one of the purposes of the program is to diversify the IC workforce.  Four HSIs (along with several HBCUs) are among the currently funded Centers of Academic Excellence. Closing date: February 23, 2009. 

More details and the official announcement in the Federal Register can be found at:  www.grants.gov, go to "Find Grant Opportunities," click on “Basic Search” and enter “HM1582-09-BAA-0004” in the “Search by Funding Opportunity Number” box.