The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Science and Technology Directorate awarded a $1,490,000 Project Grant to Moonshot CVE USA Inc. under the Homeland Security, Research, Testing, Evaluation, and Demonstration of Technologies (CFDA 97.108) program. This two-year research program is designed to enhance understanding of the trends, nature, causes, and correlates of terrorism and targeted violence in the United States.
The key products and services to be delivered include: 1) a...
This 24-month, $1,249,621 project grant awarded by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Science and Technology Directorate under the Homeland Security, Research, Testing, Evaluation, and Demonstration of Technologies program (CFDA 97.108) is designed to provide in-depth analysis of the rapidly evolving domestic violent extremist threat landscape in the United States. The Institute for Strategic Dialogue (ISD), a woman-owned non-profit organization, will leverage novel computational...
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS), through its Financial Assistance for Targeted Violence and Terrorism Prevention (CFDA 97.132) program, awarded a $243,955.00 Project Grant to The Research Foundation for the State University of New York (RF SUNY) on September 18, 2023. This grant supports RF SUNY's efforts to build community awareness and capabilities for preventing targeted violence and terrorism.
The grant funding allows RF SUNY to deliver educational programs, conduct...
The University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), through its Office of Research Administration, was awarded a $1,061,328 federal Project Grant by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Science and Technology Directorate under CFDA 97.108 Homeland Security, Research, Testing, Evaluation, and Demonstration of Technologies. This grant funds a 2-year research project to investigate features of community-centered reporting programs across 7 countries in order to address the gap between...
The University of Maryland, College Park received a $1.5 million project grant award from the Federal Emergency Management Agency on September 2, 2022 under the Financial Assistance for Targeted Violence and Terrorism Prevention grant program (CFDA 97.132).
The grant will support the university's efforts to increase community awareness of the signs that someone may be escalating towards violence or terrorism and of the threats of targeted violence. It will also help the community understand...
This federal Project Grant award from the Department of Homeland Security's Science and Technology Directorate, under the Homeland Security, Research, Testing, Evaluation, and Demonstration of Technologies program (CFDA 97.108), provides $1,288,000.00 to Research Triangle Institute (RTI International) over a two-year period ending on February 19, 2026. The project seeks to evaluate the Redirect Method, a technique developed by Moonshot CVE USA Inc. in collaboration with Google's Jigsaw, for...
This $762,553 Project Grant was awarded on January 1, 2024 by the National Institute of Justice (NIJ) under the National Institute of Justice Research, Evaluation, and Development Project Grants program (CFDA 16.560). The grant will fund a multi-year study conducted by the University of Maryland, College Park to (1) determine the extent of sentencing and related disparities in international and domestic terrorism prosecutions in the United States, (2) examine the factors contributing to any...
The University of Nebraska at Omaha (UNO) was awarded a $672,893 Project Grant from the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Science and Technology Directorate under the Homeland Security, Research, Testing, Evaluation, and Demonstration of Technologies program (CFDA 97.108). The funding will support the "DEVELOPMENT AND VALIDATION OF ASSESSMENT TOOLS FOR TVTP OUTCOME AND IMPACT ASSESSMENT" project over a 2-year period from June 2024 to June 2026. The project aims to develop and...
The Regents of the University of Colorado, through its Office of Contracts and Grants Division, was awarded a $868,875 Federal Project Grant by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) under the Financial Assistance for Targeted Violence and Terrorism Prevention (TVTP) Grant Program (CFDA 97.132). The grant, awarded on September 19, 2023, will support initiatives focused on preventing targeted violence and terrorism in local communities across the United States. Funded activities are...
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Science and Technology Directorate awarded a 5-year, $1,000,000 Cooperative Agreement to the Dominguez Hills Foundation of California State University, Dominguez Hills (CSUDH) under the agency's Scientific Leadership Awards (CFDA 97.062) program. The award will fund CSUDH's Homeland Security Initiative, which aims to:
Develop new and update existing homeland security-focused curriculum, offer student scholarships, and provide experiential learning...
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Science and Technology Directorate awarded the University of Maryland a $3,512,917 Project Grant under the Homeland Security, Research, Testing, Evaluation, and Demonstration of Technologies program (CFDA 97.108). The grant supports research to develop an open-source, event-level database on terrorism and targeted violence in the United States (T2V). The objective is to create robust, comprehensive data that are widely accessible to various audiences and provide critical insights on patterns of targeted violence.
The project will 1) collect detailed data on terrorism and targeted violence events, 2) produce relevant analytical products, and 3) broadly disseminate the data and analysis. The research team will leverage expertise, workflows, and resources from prior efforts like the Global Terrorism Database and Profiles of Individual Radicalization in the United States (PIRUS) project. The work will be completed over a 2-year period from February 2024 to February 2026.