ACADEMIA FACULTY AND STAFF
Are you a college or university faculty member looking to collaborate with Army researchers across the nation and address the Army’s most pressing research priorities? Opportunities for academia faculty and staff enable faculty members to broaden their professional experience to the application of laboratory research directly supporting the Soldier. Check out the various funding and collaboration opportunities available to academia faculty and staff today!
HBCU/MI Early Career Program
The U.S. Army Combat Capabilities Development Command (DEVCOM) Army Research Laboratory (ARL) is actively soliciting research proposals for the Historically Black Colleges and Universities and Minority-Serving Institutions (HBCU/MI) Early Career Program (ECP).
HBCU/MI faculty are encouraged to submit proposals. This program is designed to provide outstanding scientists and engineers the opportunity to enhance their skillset. Each Army funded award aims to support basic research that contributes to fulfilling Army modernization needs, with a specific focus on early career researchers.
Army Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) and the Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) Programs
The Army Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) and the Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) Programs align innovative small businesses with critical U.S. Army priorities to turnover game-changing solutions to our most critical customer—the Soldier. Open to US-based small businesses, the SBIR and STTR programs offer competitive, awards, seeking to identify the top emerging technical solutions to meet critical Army priorities to modernize our world-class Army and transition life-saving technology into the hands of our Soldiers.
xTech Program
The xTech Program manages the Army’s prize competitions to award and accelerate innovative technology solutions that can help solve Army challenges. xTech competitions engage the non-defense business sector and start-up technology companies, with the Army Science and Technology ecosystem to leverage cutting edge technologies. Recent competitions include xTechHBCU, designed to engage with eligible institutions, and highlight opportunities to collaborate with the Army to tackle critical Army challenges, earn prize money, network with Army program managers and provide potential funding opportunities to tackle Army challenges.
ERDC’s Science and Technology Reinvention Laboratory (STRL) Direct Hire Authorities (DHA)
- Science, Technology, Engineering or Mathematics (STEM) Student Employment Program (SSEP)
- Professional, Administrative, Assistant, Clerical and Technician Student Employment Program (PAACTSEP)
All ERDC DHA candidates must submit a resume and transcript(s) to ERDCRecruitment@usace.army.mil for consideration.
Students and candidates looking for full-time employment after graduation should register in our Talent Acquisition Recruitment Platform (TARP) below.
Pathways Presidential Management Fellows (PMF) Program
The Presidential Management Fellows Program offers a prestigious two-year opportunity in the federal government working on various assignments at different agencies. Individuals who have completed a qualifying advanced degree such as a masters or professional degree within the past two years are eligible to apply.
American Indian Higher Education Consortium (AIHEC) Tribal Colleges and Universities Summer Research Program
AIHEC is inviting STEM research teams from Tribal Colleges and University to participate in a 10-week summer research program sponsored by the Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering (OUSD(R&E)).
A faculty-student research team consists of one faculty member and one student from the same institution. Research teams will work alongside DOD research laboratory scientists and engineers, providing a unique professional development and learning opportunity for faculty members and students that can provide a pathway to exciting career possibilities for students and sustained partnerships with DOD researchers for faculty.
Department of Defense Historically Black Colleges & Universities and Minority Institutions Summer Faculty Research Fellowship
This program provides faculty of Historically Black Colleges & Universities and Minority Institutions (HBCU/MI) Summer placement opportunities in one of the Army laboratories to conduct joint research projects with Army laboratory scientists. The primary goal is to help build in-house research capacity by exposing faculty to cutting-edge scientific work that they can take back to their campuses to improve curriculum, research products and student outcomes.
SMART Procurement Government Conference
The Strengthening Mid-Atlantic Region for Tomorrow (SMART) Procurement Government Conference is an annual event and provides small business, industry, and academia with vital information necessary to better understand the federal procurement process, mission requirements and forecast opportunities. HBCU-MI affiliates are encouraged to participate as a means to compete for a variety of procurements, such as contracts and grants.
ARI Broad Agency Announcements
Broad Agency Announcements W911NF-21-S-0007 and W911NF-18-S-0005 provide an opportunity for academic institutions, students, and faculty to collaborate with ARI on basic research questions related to personnel, organization, Soldier, and leader development issues. To learn more, click the link and enter the numbers referenced above.
ERDC Educational Partnership Agreements (EPAs)
The ERDC partners with academic institutions through Educational Partnership Agreements (EPAs) that allow for cooperative research efforts and outline mechanisms for partnering with students and faculty for mutual benefits. The ERDC seeks to provide paid internships for and recruit students and support faculty on campus and with research opportunities. For more information, contact ERDC-HCO@usace.army.mil
Watch this video to learn more about working for ERDC.
ORISE Research Participation Program at the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD)
To ensure the robust supply of scientists and engineers to meet the DoD’s future science and technology needs, the ORISE program places individuals from the academic community (students, recent graduates, and faculty) in DoD research projects. Whether you are interested in applying to the program, are a current participant, or are a DoD employee sponsoring or mentoring participants, the Program has an opportunity for you.
Department of Defense Multidisciplinary University Research Initiative (MURI)
The Department of Defense Multidisciplinary University Research Initiative is a tri-service Department of Defense Program, part of the University Research Initiative. The MURI program supports university teams whose research efforts link several traditional science and engineering disciplines. Multidisciplinary team efforts can accelerate research progress in areas particularly suited to the cross-fertilization of ideas by supporting team efforts across multiple universities. MURI grants typically range from $1.25 million to $1.5 million per year for three years and may be extended two more years as an option.
Department of Defense University Research Instrumentation Program (DURIP)
Defense University Research Instrumentation Program is a tri-service Department of Defense Program, part of the University Research Initiative. DURIP is designed to improve the capabilities of accredited United States institutions of higher education to conduct research and to educate scientists and engineers in areas important to national defense, by providing funds for the acquisition of research equipment or instrumentation. For-profit organizations are not eligible for DURIP funding.
DEVCOM Army Research Lab Single Investigator (SI) Program
The DEVCOM Army Research Laboratory’s Single Investigator Program pursues the most innovative, high-risk, and high-payoff ideas in basic research. Research proposals within the SI Program are received throughout the year in a continuously open, worldwide Broad Agency Announcement solicitation. The grant awards in the SI Program typically support one or more faculty members plus graduate students and/or postdoctoral researchers for up to three years. The short grant cycle allows approximately one-third of the extramural portfolio to be reinvested into new or advancing areas each year, which provides the Army with a dynamic method for rapidly investing or divesting in research.
DEVCOM Army Research Lab Research Instrumentation (RI) Program
The DEVCOM Army Research Laboratory’s Research Instrumentation Program is designed to improve the capabilities of U.S. institutions of higher education to conduct research and educate scientists and engineers in areas important to national defense by providing funds to purchase instrumentation in support of new research capabilities.
DEVCOM Army Research Lab Short-Term Innovative Research Program (STIR)
DEVCOM Army Research Laboratory’s Short-Term Innovation Research Program explores high-risk, proof-of-concept ideas within a nine-month time frame. Research proposals are sought from educational institutions, nonprofit organizations, or private industry. If a STIR effort produces promising results, the investigator may be encouraged to submit a proposal for longer-term funding options, such as a Single Investigator Program award.
Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE)
The Presidential Early Career Awards for Scientists and Engineers program funds single-investigator research efforts performed by outstanding academic scientists and engineers early in their independent research careers. The PECASE Award is the highest honor bestowed by the U.S. government on outstanding scientists and engineers beginning their independent careers. The awards are conferred at the White House following recommendations from participating agencies. To be eligible for a PECASE Award, an individual must be a U.S. citizen, national or permanent resident. Each Presidential award winner receives a citation, a plaque and funding from their agency for up to five years to advance his or her research. Individuals can receive only one PECASE award in their careers.
