Center of Excellence for Explosives Detection, Mitigation and Response | A Department of Homeland Security Center of Excellence

Our mission is to protect the nation from the physical and economic harm, caused by the threat, real or perceived, of attack using explosive devices. We pursue this mission using both ground-breaking research and widespread education.

Center of Excellence

The Center of Excellence for Explosives Detection, Mitigation and Response is a multi-university Department of Homeland Security Center of Excellence (COE) with three primary objectives:

Conduct transformational research and technology development for effective detection, mitigation and response to the explosives related threats facing the nation.
Establish systemic connections to the DHS Center of Excellence University Network and beyond to the broader academic community to facilitate collaborative links to find and develop the best solutions.
The CoE is designed to reach out to citizens of all ages to enhance their awareness of pertinent science and engineering so that they will make better informed decisions and provide for the next generations of those protecting our populations. We are particularly interested in preparing the next generations of researchers.

A fact sheet for the Center is available in PDF format.

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Fundamentals of Explosives Course

Chemical & Physical Principles, including blast effects, detection & forensics.
May 4-6, 2010
Chemistry Department, University of Rhode Island
Brochure and Registration Form

DoD SBIR 09.2 Solicitation

Closing Date: 17 June 2009 (6am Eastern Time)
Solicitation website at http://www.dodsbir.net/solicitation/
Downloadable solicitation as Adobe PDF document

Defense Threat Reduction Agency
Broad Agency Announcement

White Paper Submission Deadline (Period 3):Â 1 June 2009Â
Basic Research for Combating Weapons of Mass Destruction
Amendment 4 (April 2009), HDTRA1-08-10-BRCWMD-BAA
Downloadable Solicitation as a PDF document

ONR Broad Agency Announcement, 09-022

Sciences Addressing Asymmetric Explosive Threats
White Papers due:Â 4 June 2009
Full Proposals due:Â 13 August 2009
Downloadable Solicitation as a PDF document

Combating Terrorism Technical Support Office BAA

Human, Social, Cultural, and Behavior Modeling (HSCB) Program
Submission due: 1600 (4pm) 11 June 2009
Downloadable Solicitation as a PDF document

DHS Broad Agency Announcement 2009

Combating Terrorism Technical Support Office
Broad Agency Announcement (BAA) 09-Q-4554
Due Date No Later Than April 9, 2009

Fundamentals of Explosives, 5-7 May 2009 URI

A short course on Chemical & Physical Principles including blast effects, detection & forensics. Download the brochure.

New DHS Grant, December 2008

$1.9 million Homeland Security grant combines first response, psychological approaches to critical incidents

New NSF Grant, September 2008

URI, RIC awarded $12.5 million federal grant to boost science and math teaching, learning across state

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