Naval Sea Systems Command (NAVSEA) Naval Engineering Education Consortium (NEEC) Program Description and Guidance Document

This publication describes the Naval Sea Systems Command (NAVSEA) Naval Engineering Education Consortium (NEEC) program objectives, structure, process, and activities and provides guidance to the Warfare Centers on the roles and responsibilities of NEEC participants at all levels of the program. Through grants to selected projects, the NAVSEA NEEC program funds academic research intended to attract students to Navy-related engineering programs at the Warfare Centers to ensure that a workforce of qualified scientists and engineers will be available to address Navy engineering and science challenges of the future. The NEEC program generates and sustains a technology knowledge base to support all aspects of the engineering of current and future ships, submarines, and their complex systems. Project-based research and development performed in the academic environment under this program is designed to encourage working relationships between researchers in academia, their students, and Navy engineers. The appendix describes three applicable internship and student programs. The 10 participating NAVSEA Warfare Centers are Naval Surface Warfare Center (NSWC) Carderock Division, NSWC Corona Division, NSWC Crane Division, NSWC Dahlgren Division, NSWC Indian Head Division, NSWC Panama City Division, NSWC Philadelphia Division, NSWC Port Hueneme Division, Naval Undersea Warfare Center (NUWC) Division Newport, and NUWC Division Keyport.