Defense Dept. and Air Force plan a research center led by an HBCU 

There are 11 schools that are eligible to compete for the university-affiliated research center, the first at a Black college.

A new university-affiliated research center — or UARC — is on its way to being created at a historically Black college or university. While it is the Defense Department’s 15th UARC, it is the first to be associated with an HBCU. It is also the first to be associated with the Air Force. 

“This is an opportunity to tap into universities that have an enormous amount of capability in science and technology,” Frank Kendall III, Air Force secretary, said during a briefing Monday at the Pentagon, according to a press release from  today!

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