Cooperative Agreement SLMAQM21CA3474

This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation Division of Undergraduate Education under the STEM Education (47.076) program provides $240,000 to the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth to develop a cybersecurity education framework for computer science students. The project aims to build a "cybersecurity mindset" by integrating threat-driven cybersecurity modules into non-cybersecurity computer science courses, allowing students to build, break, and fix...

The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a $179,883 Project Grant under the Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CISE) program to the University of Washington Tacoma and North Dakota State University. The grant aims to develop tailored curriculum modules and scalable pathways to provide cybersecurity and privacy education to criminal justice professionals across the country. The project will create three progressive courses starting with foundational cybersecurity and privacy...

This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076) provides $499,620 to Elmhurst University in Elmhurst, Illinois to conduct faculty development workshops aimed at improving cybersecurity education for high school teachers. The goal is to empower high school teachers with cybersecurity knowledge so they can inspire and guide students towards considering cybersecurity degrees and careers, fostering a new generation of cybersecurity...

This $413,141 National Science Foundation project grant supports the development and delivery of cybersecurity education for K-12 school administrators, technology staff, and teachers in North Carolina. Funded under the STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076), the goal is to advance cybersecurity and privacy protections for educational technologies used in schools. North Carolina State University will design workshop modules on identifying student data collected through educational apps and...

The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a $120,036 Project Grant under the Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CISE) program to North Dakota State University (NDSU) and the University of Washington Tacoma. The purpose of this 2-year collaborative research project is to develop tailored curriculum modules and scalable pathways to provide comprehensive cybersecurity and privacy education for criminal justice professionals across the United States. The goal is to equip these...

This $176,277 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076) supports the Examining Pedagogy in Cybersecurity at Military Academies (EPIC) project at the University of Illinois. Over three years, EPIC will conduct a quasi-experimental study involving over 6,300 first-year students at the U.S. Naval Academy and U.S. Military Academy to examine the relative efficacy of traditional versus simulation-based instructional approaches for teaching cybersecurity...

This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation Division of Undergraduate Education provides $157,741 to Bridgevalley Community & Technical College to develop a collaborative cybersecurity analysis certification program with two other West Virginia educational institutions. The goal is to build an educational and career pipeline for critically needed cyber specialists and grow a capable, trained cybersecurity workforce within West Virginia and nationally. Specifically, the...

This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's STEM Education program provides $157,731 to support the development of a collaborative cybersecurity analysis certification program across three West Virginia educational institutions. The Southern West Virginia Community & Technical College will lead efforts to create a two-semester, four-course Security Analysis Certificate program offered both virtually and in-person. This program aims to build a sustainable education and...

This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation provides $216,189 to develop a collaborative cybersecurity analysis certification program through the STEM Education federal grant program (CFDA 47.076). The University of Charleston will partner with BridgeValley Community and Technical College and Southern West Virginia Community and Technical College to launch a two-semester, four-course Security Analysis certificate program. The virtual and in-person program targets veterans,...

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) awarded a $326,086 cooperative agreement under the Science, Technology, Business and/or Education Outreach program (CFDA 11.620) to the Kauai Economic Development Board (KEDB) to fund the Hawaii Cybersecurity Education and Workforce Development Project. This initiative aims to create a sustainable pipeline of cybersecurity professionals in Hawaii through various activities, including awareness and education programs, employment...