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Prepared for Members and Committees of Congress The DHS Directorate of Science and Technology: Key Issues for Congress Summary The Directorate of Science and Technology is the primary organization for research and development (R&D) in the Department of Homeland Security (DHS). [...] Among these are • the allocation of R&D funding within the directorate's programs, including the balance among basic research, applied research, and development and the proportion of funds allocated to government, industry, and academia; • how the directorate sets priorities, including its use of strategic planning documents, its system of Integrated Product Teams, and the extent to which it bases [...] Congressional Research Service 3 The DHS Directorate of Science and Technology: Key Issues for Congress The organizational structure of the S&T Directorate is shown in Figure 1. The directorate consists primarily of six research divisions: the Explosives; Chemical and Biological; Command, Control, and Interoperability; Borders and Maritime Security; Human Factors; and Infrastructure and Geophysica [...] Congressional Research Service 9 The DHS Directorate of Science and Technology: Key Issues for Congress • the Center for Risk and Economic Analysis of Terrorism Events (CREATE), led by the University of Southern California; • the National Center for Food Protection and Defense (NCFPD), led by the University of Minnesota; • the National Center for Foreign Animal and Zoonotic Disease Defense (FAZD), [...] DHS plans not to fund them after FY2008 and to transition their research activities to the new Center of Excellence for Command, Control, and Interoperability in FY2009.27 The university centers of excellence and the university-affiliated activities provide the main connection between the S&T Directorate and the academic community.