OMAHA- Studying, finding, tracking and stopping domestic and global terrorists are the goals of a University of Nebraska at Omaha-based research center that officially took off Wednesday.

UNO won a $36.5 million federal grant this year to serve as the hub of the National Counterterrorism, Innovation, Technology and Education Center. Seventeen other universities will participate through researchers whose expertise in counterterrorism will be supported by the project.

The 10-year grant kicks in today, so the roughly 50 researchers involved across the country can start billing the U.S. Department of Homeland Security for their efforts.

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