Project Grant 2236280

This $150,000 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076) will fund Fordham University's development of experiential blockchain learning modules to improve cybersecurity education. The university aims to address the shortage of skilled cybersecurity professionals by designing new courses and integrating online learning modules into existing curricula. Key activities include incorporating open-ended design, evidence-based learning, and team-based portable labs into hands-on experiments. The project also seeks to create online and in-person learning communities to support multi-domain interactions beyond single campus experiments. Upon completion in February 2026, the developed courses and modules will be disseminated to faculty through workshops and to high school students via STEM camps to broaden participation in computing fields. If successful, this work could generate new knowledge around leveraging National Science Foundation cyberinfrastructure resources in cybersecurity education through blockchain labs.