MIDE offers an undergraduate degree in Military Science.
Research, Development, Test, and Evaluation Programs
MIDE currently executes five major research, development, test, and evaluation programs funded by Department of Defense awards:
- Three Office of Naval Research sponsored efforts
- One Army Research Laboratory sponsored effort
- One US Special Operations Command sponsored effort
- One US Air Force Central Command sponsored effort
Research, Development, Test, and Evaluation Projects
MIDE-associated researchers currently execute or are pursuing awards for research, development, test, and evaluation efforts within 49 Small Business Innovated Research and Small Business Technology Transfer Department of Defense entity funding partners:
- Ten cross-service component-sponsored efforts
- Twenty four Department of the Air Force component-sponsored efforts
- One Department of the Army component-sponsored efforts
- Eleven Department of the Navy component-sponsored efforts
- Three US Special Operations Command-sponsored efforts
Beginning Farmer and Rancher Development Program
MIDE executes the Beginning Farmer and Rancher Development Program funded by an award to UMKC from the US Department of Agriculture. The program is 100% focused on veterans. All 22 current participants are veterans, active duty, or reserve component service members from the surrounding Kansas City area. The program's goal is to train at least 50 military veterans in controlled environment agriculture systems during the US Department of Agriculture award's period of performance.
The three main objectives of this program are:
- Recruit and retain 50 military veteran beginning farmers
- Transition at least 50% of MVBF to agricultural or farm-STEM part- or full-time employment opportunities
- Develop a veteran, urban, organic, and sustainable-focused pilot program that can be replicated at future VCP site locations by guaranteeing a market for specialty crops.
To learn more about this program and how it focuses on supporting veterans through employment, education, and entrepreneurship initiatives, go here.
Transitioning Service Member Educational Programs
MIDE has an ongoing connection with 15 Department of Defense-associated transitioning service member educational programs:
- Department of Defense National Security Innovation Network (FOUNDRY, MAKER, Transition Cell, XFORCE)
- Department of Defense SkillBridge: 2 program participants, to date Hiring Our Heroes
- McConnell PHD EPA (USAF)
- NavalSpecial Warfare Center EPA (China Lake, Dahlgren,PHD) RST Scholarship (ONR)
- SummerFaculty Program (Air Force Office of Scientific Research and USN) USAF StealthWERX - Whiteman AFB
- USAF XPS Labs - McConnell AFB
- Veterans Apprenticeship Program
- Veterans to Energy Careers(VTEC) [ONR]: 10 program participants per semester
