A planning committee of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine will organize and host a series of 3 hybrid workshops to examine the key issues highlighted in the National Academies consensus study report, Defense Research Capacity at Historically Black Colleges and Universities and Other Minority Institutions: Transitioning from Good Intentions to Measurable Outcomes (2022). The workshops will feature commissioned research and literature reviews as well as “case studies” to illuminate problems, barriers, and approaches to increase research capacity, (e.g., programs and initiatives at HBCUs, TCUs, HSIs, and other minority-serving institutions; programs and initiatives that span departments or institutions or include other sectors; and programs and initiatives supported by the DOD and other government agencies). Workshop topics will include:
True Partnerships

• What are common barriers that dissuade research and educational partnerships and collaborations that are truly beneficial for all partners, especially the HBCUs, TCUs, HSIs, and other minority-serving institutions' partners?
• How can DOD facilitate equitable research and educational partnerships and collaborations through the use of existing and the development of new incentives?
• What short- and long-term actions can the DOD take to facilitate the development, maintenance, renegotiation, and revision of mutually beneficial research and educational partnerships and collaborations?

Building Research Capacity

• What specific challenges do HBCUs, TCUs, HSIs, and other minority-serving institutions encounter in developing their defense-related research capacity?
• How can the DOD and other government agencies facilitate the adaptation of defense-related research capacity programs or policies from Primarily White Universities and HBCUs, TCUs, HSIs, and other minority-serving institutions ?
• What short- and long-term actions can DOD and other government agencies take to support and engage HBCUs, TCUs, HSIs, and other minority-serving institutions in the development of new or additional defense-related research capacity?

A proceedings in brief and full proceedings summarizing the workshops will be produced.