The Director of National Intelligence may carry out grant programs in accordance with subsections (b) and (c) to enhance the recruitment and retention of an ethnically and culturally diverse intelligence community workforce with capabilities critical to the national security interests of the United States.

In carrying out paragraph (1), the Director shall identify the skills necessary to meet current or emergent needs of the intelligence community and the educational disciplines that will provide individuals with such skills.

The Director may provide grants to institutions of higher education to support the establishment or continued development of programs of study in educational disciplines identified under subsection (a)(2).

The Director may provide grants to historically black colleges and universities, Predominantly Black Institutions, Hispanic-serving institutions, and Asian American and Native American Pacific Islander-serving institutions to provide programs of study in educational disciplines identified under subsection (a)(2) or described in paragraph (2).

a description of the benefits to students who participate in the course of study funded by such grant;

a description of the results and accomplishments related to such course of study; and

any other information that the Director may require.

The term “Director” means the Director of National Intelligence.

The term “historically black college and university” has the meaning given the term “part B institution” in section 1061 of title 20.

The term “institution of higher education” has the meaning given the term in section 1001 of title 20.

The term “Predominantly Black Institution” has the meaning given the term in section 1059e of title 20.

The term “Hispanic-serving institution” has the meaning given that term in section 1101a(a)(5) of title 20.

The term “Asian American and Native American Pacific Islander-serving institution” has the meaning given that term in section 1059g(b)(2) of title 20.