Review of Army Research Laboratory Programs for Historically Black Colleges and Universities and Minority Institutions (2014) / Chapter Skim
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2 Context of Army Research Laboratory Programs for Historically Black Colleges and Universities and Minority Institutions
2 Context of Army Research Laboratory Programs for Historically Black Colleges and Universities and Minority Institutions
Pages 9-15
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ARL has contributed to building up the human and infrastructural capacities of HBCUs/MIs in the past, and the committee has looked for ways to enhance the impact of the ARL program on institutionbuilding in the future, confident that more capable black and minority-serving institutions will, in turn, help the United States develop a more diverse and intellectually capable STEM workforce. An active HBCU/MI program is under way at ARL.
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ARL's stated objectives for its programs supporting HBCUs/MIs are not internally consistent and do not benefit from a top-level Army or ARL policy directive. ARL could establish a vision, strategy, and set of metrics to assess success in areas related to HBCUs/MIs: institutional STEM capability, contribution to Army STEM workforce diversity, contribution to Army technology advancement, and/or other DoD or national goals.
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The infrastructure requires continual funding to maintain and enhance program capability. When successful, HBCUs and similar latecomers to the university research scene pulled all of these elements together from disparate sources -- for example, state money, local donors, foundations, research funding from various federal agencies, and industry partnerships -- to form a STEM institutional capability.
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Figure 2.1 shows a top-level summary of the funding amounts and percentages of the total investment for the various ARL programs for HBCUs/MIs for 3 recent fiscal years. Multiyear, multiperformer programs in Figure 2.1 include Partnership in Research Transition (PIRT)
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Each military department has unique HBCU/MI programs tailored to its needs and culture. The various ARL multiyear, cooperative agreement programs are unique among the military departments, and they are well known by one another; considering their level of funding, discussions with selected HBCUs/MIs suggest that these programs successfully support institutional STEM improvement.
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A primary requirement for participation in ARL programs supporting HBCUs/MIs is that the supported STEM research contribute to developing and transitioning technologies that enhance the safety and effectiveness of Army warfighters. There is a dearth of African American, Hispanic, and Native American researchers at HBCUs/MIs in STEM fields relevant to ARL activities.
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12 Despite the fact that many ARL-supported faculty and research students at HBCUs/MIs have not been from URM groups, ARL HBCU/MI funding has generally enhanced STEM capability at the funded institutions and therefore has the potential to benefit URMs in STEM learning and research. For at least its collaborative and multiyear HBCU/MI programs, ARL encourages summer internship programs, at ARL or similar Army facilities, for research students supported by ARL HBCU/MI funds.
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