Abstract : At a time when science and technology continues to play an ever-increasing role in transforming society and warfare, the numbers of scientists and engineers graduating from US colleges and universities nationwide continues to decline. The question this Strategic Research Project will attempt to answer is what the Army, industry, and the nation can do to promote and encourage larger numbers of US youth to pursue technical degrees. This paper examines: 1) immigration reform, 2) instituting new scholarship programs and eliminating barriers in others, 3) collaborating with schools and establishing military active pages, 4) funding the brightest science teachers to conduct research at Army research facilities, 5) establishing a strategic communications plan, 6) sponsoring traveling science programs and establishing science fairs, 7) establishing technical courses, 8) changing the new Post 9/11 GI Bill, and 9) leveraging industry.