Quarterly Research Forums-Acquisition Innovation Research Center and the Defense Acquisition University

As part of the Systems Engineering Research Centers (SERC) ongoing relationship with the Defense Acquisition University (DAU) and the newly codified statutory requirement for acquisition workforce educational partnerships (10 U.S. Code 1746a(a)(1)), DAU is seeking an explicit Quarterly Research Forum (QRF) for engaging relevant experts from academia with the leadership and faculty of DAU. This engagement is bidirectional to (i)make DAU faculty and the Defense Acquisition Workforce aware of relevant research inthe multi-university Acquisition Innovation Research Center (AIRC) partnership, and (ii)engage academia experts on DAUs strategic curricula initiatives and challenges,informing the assessment and modification of DAU curricula to enhance the capabilities of DAU to support educational, training, and research activities in support of acquisition missions of the Department of Defense (DoD).