The Defense Security Cooperation University (DSCU) is pleased to announce its first grant and cooperative agreement awards for security cooperation research. DSCU sponsored these research projects for the first time as part of efforts to fulfill the mandates outlined in Title 10 U.S. Code Section 384.     

  Following fiscal year 2024 appropriations and a rigorous application review, DSCU awarded seven grants and one cooperative agreement for research that will span across a wide array of security cooperation topics.  

  Awardees include:  

• Dr. William Reno (Northwestern University), Dr. Ryan Burke (U.S. Air Force Academy) and Lt. Col. Dr. Jahara Matisek (U.S. Naval War College)  


• Dr. Renanah Joyce (Georgetown University)  


• Dr. Matthew Rhodes-Purdy and Dr. Amira Jadoon (Clemson University)  


• Dr. Ryan Grauer (University of Pittsburgh) and Dr. Rosella Cappella Zielinski (Boston University)  


• Mr. Robert Foxcurran (Independent Scholar)  


• Dr. Vasabjit Banerjee (University of Tennessee, Knoxville) and Dr. Benjamin Tkach (Mississippi State University)  


• Dr. Louis Alexandre Berg (Georgia State University)  


• Dr. Seth Jones, Dr. Daniel Byman, and Mr. Alexander Palmer (Center for Strategic and International Studies)   

  DSCU’s Brigadier General Charles Young Research, Analysis, and Lessons Learned Institute (Young Institute) manages the sponsored research program. Upon completion, the Young Institute will ensure policy-relevant implications are made accessible to practitioners to advance evidence-based decision-making in the field of security cooperation.  

  A Notice of Funding Opportunity (NFO) is posted on the DSCU website and Grants.gov. The NFO details project eligibility and the application process.   

  DSCU sponsors theory-, evidence-, and data-building projects that meet standards of scientific rigor and align substantively with DSCU research priorities. The grants competition is open to all researchers, including university and professional military education faculty, scholars in think tanks and industry, and the security cooperation workforce.  

  Those interested in learning more about DSCU-sponsored research, please sign up here or contact the Young Institute Grants team at dsca.dscu.grants@mail.mil.    

  About  

  DSCU’s mission is to advance the knowledge and practice of security cooperation through the education, training, and development of the U.S. Security Cooperation workforce and through the education, training, and institutional capacity building of partner nations; and to produce research, analysis, and lessons learned that expand the intellectual foundations of security cooperation.  

  The Young Institute advances the DSCU mission by fostering analysis, research, scholarship, and critical inquiry that advances the field of security cooperation, enables application of lessons learned, and promotes evidence-based decision-making.