The Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI) IC Centers of Academic Excellence (CAE) Program Office establishes long term partnerships with Academia for the IC to help meet the requirements articulated in the authorities.

Providing competitively awarded grants to universities to establish programs in national security studies through their unique disciplines of study will create a new diverse talent pool from which the intelligence community can recruit.

All universities:

	Develop or enhance curriculum to build the skill sets needed in the IC professions
	Conduct pre-collegiate outreach in their geographic regions
	Host a colloquium with consortium universities to heighten IC issues and careers
	Send at least ten "IC Scholars" abroad to obtain language and cultural awareness or immersion experiences
	Provide end of grading period reports for oversight and compliance of all program requirements

New Academic Institutions Selected

Through the 2009 Broad Agency Announcement (BAA) process, the ODNI has competitively selected seven new academic partners for academic year 2009-2010. In addition to the current ten academic institutions (listed on the Institutions page) and the requirements listed above, these new institutions will be conducting research in IC related areas. These institutions include:

	Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University, Tallahassee, FL
	Miles College, Birmingham, AL
	University of Maryland, College Park, MD
	University of Nebraska, Lincoln, NE (in a consortium with the University of Nebraska Omaha, Creighton University, and Bellevue University)
	University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM
	Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA
	Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, VA (in a consortium with Howard University, Washington, DC)

For additional information, please view the IC CAE brochure and the IC CAE Guidance and Procedures documents, or contact us.