Like the rest of the country's scientific research and development community, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Science and Technology Directorate (S&T) has been in the thick of COVID-19 mission work since the pandemic began more than a year ago. At the onset, much was unknown about the novel coronavirus that was making its way across the globe, but we knew one thing: leveraging relationships with our counterparts in other countries would only strengthen and accelerate our response.
S&T maintains strong individual relationships with its bilateral partners—Australia, Canada, France, Germany, Israel, Mexico, Netherlands, New Zealand, Singapore, South Korea, Spain, Sweden, and the United Kingdom (UK)—and is active in multilateral groups, such as the Five Research and Development (5RD) Council, the European Commission, NATO and the International Forum to Advance First Responder Innovation. Beyond the pandemic response, S&T has supported more than 400 research and development initiatives over the course of its 18-year history.
Through these international agreements, S&T (and the country as a whole) can have a hand in foreign research infrastructure, exchange critical global security information and best practices, and coordinate research on mutual issues of interest such as aviation security, bio-threats, border defense, counterterrorism, cybersecurity, emergency management and resiliency, technology innovation, and yes, combating the COVID-19 pandemic. | | | | |
U.S. Department of Homeland Security ·
www.dhs.gov · 202-282-8000
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