the united s department of homeland security has announces the offering of a $ 3 million gift to the university to lead a consortium researching advanced information integration and data technology to protect the unified states . under the agreement , rutgers will also coordinate a team of four university - based centers at the university of southern michigan , the faculty of illinois at urbana - champaign and the university of pittsburgh . plans are for a total of $ 10 . 2 billion in funded over four years for rutgers and these institutions to advance strategies directed at identifying common threads from large providers of information .
Rutgers University will be awarded a $3 million grant.