Homeland Security Education @ TAMU

The Integrative Center for Homeland Security has created a page of resources for those interested in Homeland Security Education for younger students.  The web page has links to resources designed for students, parents, teachers, and educational administrators.  The provided resources cover topics as varied as helping children prepare and cope with natural disasters, to lesson plans on how to teach students about terrorism, and how administrators can best prepare their schools for disasters. 

To view the webpage, click here, or you may visit the Integrative Center for Homeland Security’s website at homelandsecurity.tamu.edu to view the full list of educational resources available. 

Sponsored by Representatives Price (D-NC) and Shays (R-CI), the Roosevelt Scholars Act proposes the creation of scholarships for graduate students that are working in “mission-critical” related fields.  The proposed scholarships would pay for a student’s tuition and living expenses for five years of graduate studies, up to $60,000.  Students that receive the scholarship would be required to complete a federal internship and also serve as “ambassadors for federal service” on their campuses.

For more information on the Roosevelt Scholars Act, visit the Partnership for Public Service’s website by clicking here.

The Smith Richardson Foundation has announced its annual International Security and Foreign Policy Program grant, which is designed to assist junior tenure track faculty who are conducting research on American foreign policy, international relations, international security, military policy, and diplomatic and military history. The Foundation will award three grants of $60,000 each to support faculty in the research and writing of a scholarly book on one of the aforementioned topics.

Dr. McIntyre from the Integrative Center for Homeland Security writes the following about the grant opportunity: “…we are willing to help in any way we can any faculty who want to pursue this opportunity in a subject related to homeland security. We can save any researcher a great deal of time in establishing current awareness of policies in effect, and in researching important documents. Let us know if we can help.”

The grant deadline is June 30. For more information about the grant, visit the Foundation’s website at http://www.srf.org/grants/JF_Domestic_Description.php.

On July 25, the University of California’s Institute on Global Conflict and Cooperation (IGCC) will hold their fifth annual “Public Policy and Biological Threats” workshop.  The workshop is designed to help train individuals involved in future biosecurity research and policy development on topics such as: “the science of biological threat agents and weapons;”  “introduction to infectious diseases (both human and animal), epidemiology and public health;” “biosecurity intelligence and forensics;” and “ethical and legal aspects.”  The program is open to graduate students, academics, and professionals. 

The deadline to apply for the conference is May 9.  For more information about the program, visit the IGCC’s website at http://igcc.ucsd.edu/PPBT.php.  Further questions may be directed to PPBT Program Manager Raymond Clark (raclark@ucsd.edu, 858-822-1944).