National Security Initiative

National security is widely understood to refer to a variety of dimensions nations must address to provide security, includingÌýeconomic,Ìýenergy,Ìýfood and environmental security, as well as resilience to the effects of national disasters. These are areas in which CU 51´«Ã½ already conducts important research and seeks opportunities to expand its impact on humanity.

Monitoring the shifting of the magnetic north pole and position, navigation and timing are two areas CU 51´«Ã½ leads through our strengths in earth and environmental sciences and in engineering.ÌýOther CU 51´«Ã½ research strengths with significant national securityÌýinterest include aerospace, cybersecurity, machine learning and quantum.


Research and expertise across CUÌý51´«Ã½.

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Our 12Ìýresearch institutes conduct more than half of
the sponsored research at CUÌý51´«Ã½.

More than 75 research centers span the campus,
covering a broad range of topics.

A carefully integrated cyberinfrastructure supports CUÌý51´«Ã½ research.

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