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Science and Technology Collection

The DHS Science and Technology Directorate (S&T) is the Department’s primary research and development arm and manages science and technology research, from development through transition, for the Department's operational components and first responders.

  • Emergency Management of Tomorrow Research (EMOTR): Landscape Assessment

    As part of the Emergency Management of Tomorrow Research (EMOTR) effort, sponsored by the DHS Science and Technology Directorate, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory conducted an emergency management (EM) research and development landscape assessment to identify existing research and relevant enabling technologies in various EM-related themes and stages of maturity. The literature review included publicly available research papers and open-source material from identified U.S. academic institutions, national laboratories, and other research centers. This is a summary report of peer-reviewed research in emergency management from 2018-2023. For more information, please reach out to first.responder@hq.dhs.gov.

  • Guidance for Using Standards When Selecting and Purchasing Responder Equipment

    This document provides guidance related to the use of standards when selecting and purchasing protective and operational equipment for public safety organizations, including law enforcement agencies, fire departments, and emergency medical service agencies. SAVER publications oftentimes contain a list and description of standards relevant to an equipment type. This document informs readers on what standards are, why they are important, how to verify standards are met, and how to include requirements for use of standards in procurement efforts. 

  • CIVIC Innovation Challenge 2024

    The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Science and Technology Directorate (S&T) continues its partnership with the National Science Foundation (NSF) and U.S. Department of Energy on the Civic Innovation Challenge (CIVIC), a nation-wide research and action competition aiming to fund ready-to-implement, research-based pilot projects with potential for scalable, sustainable, and transferable impact on community-identified priorities. The 2024 cycle focuses on “Climate and Environmental Instability” and “Resource and Service Equity”.

  • Electromagnetic Pulse and Geomagnetic Disturbance Resiliency Fact Sheet

    Electromagnetic pulse (EMP) and geomagnetic disturbance (GMD) events pose significant threats to the nation’s critical infrastructure. DHS has been directed to conduct research and development to better understand impacts of EMP and GMD events and develop technologies and guidelines to enhance and protect critical infrastructure.

  • CIVIC Innovation Challenge 2022 Fact Sheet

    The Department of Homeland Security Science and Technology Directorate continues its partnership with the National Science Foundation and U.S. Department of Energy on the Civic Innovation Challenge (CIVIC), a nation-wide research and action competition aiming to fund ready-to-implement, research-based pilot projects with potential for scalable, sustainable, and transferable impact on community-identified priorities. The 2022 cycle focuses on “Living in a Changing Climate” and “Resource and Service Equity.”

  • Developing Innovative Research for Improving U.S. Levees and Dams Fact Sheet

    The DHS Science and Technology Directorate (S&T) partners with U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Engineer Research and Development Center (USACE-ERDC) to research and assess communities’ vulnerabilities to flood hazards, to increase community resilience by improved emergency response planning, and simulating different types of failures to different components of flood infrastructure systems.

  • Remote Sensing for Geohazard Resilience Fact Sheet

    The Department of Homeland Security Science and Technology Directorate, in coordination with Massachusetts Institute of Technology Lincoln Laboratory, aims to create a comprehensive landslide event inventory, identify actively deforming hillslopes and develop novel methods to predict hillslope deformations, and monitor hillslope deformations prone to landslides over the entirety of any earthquake-affected area.

  • Plum Island Animal Disease Center Bibliography

    Plum Island Animal Disease Center Bibliography

  • Sixth Annual Test & Evaluation Symposium 2024

    Flyer and Program for the 6th Annual Test & Evaluation Symposium, hosted by the DHS Science and Technology Directorate.

  • Maritime Port Resiliency and Security Research Testbed Fact Sheet

    The objective of this Science and Technology Directorate effort is to better understand how commercial port operators deploy their information technology and operational technology systems, the resiliency of these systems, and what improvements can be made to the USCG's regulatory authority to secure the commercial port cyber domain.