Professions: Research Analyst - Science & Technology Division - Alexandria - (Alexandria, VA)

Overview The Institute for Defense Analyses (IDA) is a non-profit federally funded research and development center. IDA provides objective analyses of national security issues and related national challenges, particularly those requiring extraordinary scientific and technical ability. IDA --??s goal is to deliver objective, evidence-based, actionable analyses and advice focused on results. To guard its objectivity and freedom from conflicts of interest, IDA does no work for commercial ? firms, has no financial or other stake in the implementation of its findings, and does not compete ? for federal contracts. IDA has a high quality, interdisciplinary research staff blending long-standing background and ? working knowledge to provide both corporate memory and state-of-the-art ability. IDA researchers are educated in engineering, the physical and life sciences, ? mathematics and statistics, and computer science; the remainder were educated in economics, ? political science, business, and other social sciences.