Centers of Research Excellence in Science and Technology - Research Infrastructure for Science and Engineering

The Centers of Research Excellence in Science and Technology (CREST) program provides support to enhance the research capabilities of minority-serving institutions (MSIs) through effective integration of education and research. This program promotes the development of new knowledge, enhancements of the research productivity of individual faculty and postdoctoral scholars, and an expanded presence of research doctoral students in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) disciplines, especially those from underrepresented groups. The key goals of the CREST-RISE program are to increase the number of STEM research doctoral programs at MSIs, the number of STEM research doctoral students graduating from MSIs, and institutional research capacity to increase doctoral students' graduation rates. Some key areas of focus for this program include: * Artificial intelligence, data science and analytics * Advanced materials, manufacturing, robotics * Cybersecurity * Plant genetics/agricultural technologies * Quantum information sciences * Nanotechnology, semiconductors/microelectronics technologies * Climate change and clean energy