The International Center for 9/11 Studies was founded to encourage scientific study and public education efforts regarding the attacks of 9/11. In doing so, the Center creates multidisciplinary, cross-national research teams, drawing strongly but not exclusively from the engineering and physical sciences, to respond to needs and opportunities in the broad areas of 9/11 research and education. The overarching goal of the Center is to provide actionable knowledge and a conceptual basis to encourage better understanding of the 9/11 attacks.
The Center has been involved in a number of projects in furtherance of its Mission. Some of these include: