Mission
The Program for International and Homeland Security was established to promote and support research, study, and technology development, leading to practical, affordable solutions to the current and future security challenges America faces at home and around the world.

Vision
To develop a program that is recognized nationally and internationally as a “center of excellence” for innovative, leading-edge intra-disciplinary and inter-disciplinary research, study and technology development, addressing national security problems and issues.


Objectives

• Promote and support research, study and technology development within, between and among the university’s colleges, departments and centers.
• Identify opportunities to assist those governmental agencies (at the federal, state and local levels), public-sector organizations, businesses and industries, and other organizations responsible for the security of America’s homeland and it’s strategic interests around the world.
• Help align the university’s capabilities and resources with the requirements of people and organizations responsible for America’s national security.
• Help transition the scientific research and technology developed at the university into practical, affordable solutions and capabilities, both independently and in collaboration with strategic partners, e.g., other universities, the Battelle Memorial Institute and the Science and Technology Campus Corporation.
• Promote the development of homeland security-related technologies that contribute to the economic growth of Ohio and its transformation to a more knowledge- and technology-based economy.
• Assist in communicating the results of research accomplished by the university.
• Help attract world-class researchers and scholars to come to the university to work in this area.
• Assist in acquiring the resources necessary to support the research, study and technology developmentnecessary to realize the program’s vision.

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Goal, Mission and Objectives

Relation to the Academic Plan

Organization and Program Staff