LABEOC / Alternative State Emergency Operations Center Upgrade; Funding Agency: Louisiana Governor’s Office of Homeland Security & Emergency Preparedness (GOHSEP); Period: 06/01/24 – 06/30/25
State Homeland Security Grant – Fiscal Year 2023; Funding Agency: Louisiana Governor’s Office of Homeland Security & Emergency Preparedness (GOHSEP); Period: 09/01/23 – 03/01/26
State Homeland Security Grant – Fiscal Year 2022; Funding Agency: Louisiana Governor’s Office of Homeland Security & Emergency Preparedness (GOHSEP); Period: 09/01/22 – 02/28/25
Completed
State Homeland Security Grant – Fiscal Year 2021; Funding Agency: Louisiana Governor’s Office of Homeland Security & Emergency Preparedness (GOHSEP); Period: 09/01/21 – 02/29/24;
ByteRI AFWERX Phase II STTR; Funding Agency: Department of the Air Force (AF) - Assured Information Security, Inc.; Period: 08/06/21 – 11/09/22
ACADIANA Phase II; Funding Agency: Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) - Assured Information Security, Inc.; Period: 07/07/21 – 06/14/2024
ByteRI – Byte-Taint Resonance Imaging; Funding Agency: Department of the Air Force (AF) - Assured Information Security, Inc.; Period: 02/02/21 – 05/08/21State Homeland Security Grant- Fiscal Year 2017; Funding Agency: Louisiana Governor's Office of Homeland Security & Emergency Preparedness
State Homeland Security Grant – Fiscal Year 2020; Funding Agency: Louisiana Governor’s Office of Homeland Security & Emergency Preparedness (GOHSEP); Period: 09/01/20 – 02/28/23;
CrisisEye - Smart Video -based Information Sharing Platform for Public Safety; Funding Agency: National Science Foundation - US Ignite
State Homeland Security Grant – Fiscal Year 2019; Funding Agency: Louisiana Governor’s Office of Homeland Security & Emergency Preparedness (GOHSEP); Period: 09/01/19 – 02/28/22
State Homeland Security Grant – Fiscal Year 2018; Funding Agency: Louisiana Governor’s Office of Homeland Security & Emergency Preparedness (GOHSEP); Period: 09/01/18 – 06/30/21
State Homeland Security Grant – Fiscal Year 2017; Funding Agency: Louisiana Governor’s Office of Homeland Security & Emergency Preparedness (GOHSEP); Period: 09/01/17 – 02/28/20
State Homeland Security Grant-Fiscal Year 2016; Funding Agency: Louisiana Governor's Office of Homeland Security & Emergency Preparedness
West Baton Rouge Parish Planning and Exercise Support; Funding Agency: West Baton Rouge Parish Council; Period: 03/01/17 – 04/30/17;
Louisiana Business Emergency Operations Center; Funding Agency: FEMA - Governor’s Office of Homeland Security and Emergency Preparedness (GOHSEP); Period: 06/01/19 – 05/31/22;
US Ignite: Track 2: Smart Gigabit Cities Program; Funding Agency: National Science Foundation (NSF) US Ignite
Assessing Community Resilience Through Integrating and Modeling Human Geography; Funding Agency: National Science Foundation
Facilities and Services Use for the LABEOC and the Alternate State EOC; Funding Agency: Louisiana Governor’s Office of Homeland Security & Emergency Preparedness (GOHSEP)
EAGER: US IGNITE: A Virtual Crisis Information Sharing and Situational Awareness Platform for Collaborative Disaster Response; Funding Agency: National Science Foundation (NSF)
Community Education and Outreach (CEO): An Analytics Platform for Hazard Mitigation, Risk Management, and Disaster Declaration Assistance; Funding Agency: Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) through the Louisiana Governor’s Office of Homeland Security & Emergency Preparedness (GOHSEP)
Hamilton County, Ohio Virtual Business Emergency Operations Center (V-BEOC) Portal; Funding Agency: Hamilton County Emergency Management & Homeland Security
All-Hazards Planning and Exercise; Funding Agency: West Baton Rouge Parish Council
State Homeland Security Grant- Fiscal Year 2015; Funding Agency: Louisiana Governor's Office of Homeland Security & Emergency Preparedness
An Information Sharing Platform for Enhanced Business Disaster Resilience; Funding Agency: Louisiana Office of Community Development (OCD), Disaster Recovery Unit (DRU)
Ohio Virtual Business Emergency Operations Center (V-BEOC) Portal. Funding Agency: Hamilton County, OH.
GOHSEP Planning, Training, Exercise & Support; Funding Agency: West Baton Rouge Parish Council
Intelligent Flood Protection Monitoring and Response System (iLevees) Support; Funding Agency: Louisiana Governor’s Office of Coastal Activities, Office of Coastal Protection and Restoration (OCPR) through Geocomp Corporation, Inc.
School Based Active Shooter Exercise; Funding Agency: Livingston Parish President-Council
Assessment of ICDS Software Version 1.2.2; Funding Agency: National Institute for Hometown Security, Inc. (NIHS) through the Department of Homeland Security (DHS)
Sustainment and Improvement of the Louisiana Business Emergency Operations Center (LABEOC); Funding Agency: Louisiana Governor’s Office of Homeland Security & Emergency Preparedness (GOHSEP)
Louisiana Business Emergency Operations Center (LABEOC) Activation; Funding Agency: Louisiana Governor’s Office of Homeland Security & Emergency Preparedness (GOHSEP)
BP Spill Claims Informatics and Analytics; Funding Agency: Louisiana Department of Public Safety & Corrections (DPS), Louisiana Oil Spill Coordinator’s Office (LOSCO)
Intelligent Flood Protection Monitoring Warning and Response System (iLevees); Funding Agency: Louisiana’s Governor’s Office of Coastal Activities, Office of Coastal Protection and Restoration (OCPR) through Geocomp Corporation, Inc.
Contribution of Louisiana Highway One (LA 1); Funding Agency: LA 1 Coalition, Inc.
Cadre™ Management System; Funding Agency: James Lee Witt Associates
Applied Research and Development Services Cooperative Endeavor Agreement; Funding Agency: Governor’s Office of Homeland Security & Emergency Preparedness (GOHSEP)
Enhancing State Government Energy Assurance Capabilities and Planning for Smart Grid Resiliency; Funding Agency: Department of Energy through the Louisiana Department of Natural Resources (LDNR)
UL Lafayette Emergency Management for Higher Education; Funding Agency: US Department of Education
Economic Impact of Louisiana’s Critical Infrastructure and Key Resources Asset; Funding Agency: Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) through the Louisiana Governor’s Office of Homeland Security & Emergency Preparedness (GOHSEP)
Community Education and Outreach (CEO): Public Communication and Hazard Data Management Platform Portal; Funding Agency: Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) through the Louisiana Governor’s Office of Homeland Security & Emergency Preparedness (GOHSEP)
Assessment of Critical Infrastructure/Key Resources (CI/KR) along Louisiana’s Gulf Coast; Funding Agency: Maritime Institute for Emergency Monitoring and Response
Hazard Mitigation Plan and 3D Model; Funding Agency: Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) through the Louisiana Governor’s Office of Homeland Security & Emergency Preparedness
The LONI Institute: Advancing Biology, Materials, & Computational Sciences for Research, Education, & Economic Development; Funding Agency: Louisiana Board of Regents
Parallel-GIS: An Open Source GIS Application on the Supercomputers of LITE and LONI; Funding Agency: State of Louisiana, Governor’s Information Technology Initiative (ITI)
Learn More About Our Research Centers
Accessible Healthcare through AI-Augmented Decisions
The National Science Foundation approved the Accessible Healthcare for AI-Augmented Decisions (AHeAD) Center to move forward with planning in July 2025. Its mission brings university researchers and healthcare industry stakeholders together to conduct foundational research needed to create usable AI-augmented decision support tools that enhance healthcare delivery, improve patient outcomes, and reduce costs.AHeAD is a multi-university research partnership between UL Lafayette (lead), Tulane University, the University of Florida, and Georgia Tech. Tampere University in Finland has expressed interest in becoming a university partner.
The Center for Applied Artificial Intelligence (CAAI) is dedicated to pursuing use-driven AI research, training an AI-ready workforce, and creating a platform to accelerate innovation to support the local economy. The center serves as a hub where AI researchers, domain experts from diverse disciplines, industry specialists, and community stakeholders come together to address real-world challenges.
Center for Critical Infrastructure Cybersecurity (CCIC)
The Center for Critical Infrastructure Cybersecurity (CCIC) brings together multiple and diverse experts from across the University to help our nation prepare for cyberattacks that may impact the country's critical infrastructure.CCIC was founded to examine cybersecurity from the perspective of the cascading impact of a significant cyber incident on the nation’s critical infrastructure, such as that experienced by the 2015 cyberattack on the Ukrainian Power Grid. The Center for the Study of Existential Risk at Cambridge University, UK, now places cyberattacks as a “blue sky hazard” that can take an entire power grid down for a prolonged period. A consequence of such an attack would extend beyond the loss of data; it could completely disrupt the functioning of society, much like a large-scale natural disaster.
The NIMSAT Institute manages the daily operations of the Louisiana Business Emergency Operations Center (LABEOC). The center assists Louisiana businesses and non-profit organizations in disaster preparedness, response, and recovery efforts to ensure community stability, resilience, and economic revitalization.
The Louisiana Center for Health Innovation (LCHI) is dedicated to advancing healthcare innovation by developing research, education, and engagement activities that foster collaboration among academia, industry, and the community. This commitment aims to improve healthcare outcomes, promote health equity, and develop a skilled workforce that meets the needs of Louisiana and beyond.
National Incident Management Systems and Advanced Technologies
The National Incident Management Systems and Advanced Technologies (NIMSAT) Institute focuses on enriching public-private partnerships and advanced information technologies to enhance the national resiliency for a full range of potential disasters. Our mission is to save human lives. Our experienced emergency management team joins university researchers and technology experts to build a more resilient America through education, training, outreach, and operational support, empowering the homeland security and emergency management community.
Meet AHeAD Director, Dr. Raju Gottumukkala
Meet CCIC Director Arun Lakhotia, PhD
