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 awarded $350,000 to Santa Ana College through its STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076) to prepare students for cybersecurity professions using real-world experiences from April 1, 2022 to March 31, 2025. The Project Grant funding will support integrating cybersecurity competitions and job-readiness modules into coursework, providing opportunities for students to apply skills learned in real-world settings through a partnership with the Information Technology...
The National Science Foundation Division of Undergraduate Education awarded a $545,733 Project Grant to the Contra Costa Community College District to increase diversity in the cybersecurity talent pool through cyber camps and competitions from October 1, 2021 to September 30, 2024. Under the NSF's STEM Education program (CFDA #47.076), which supports developing the vitality of the nation's STEM education enterprise, the Contra Costa Community College District will conduct cyber camps and...
The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a $331,551 Project Grant under the STEM Education (CFDA 47.076) program to San Jacinto Community College District to establish a Security Operations Center (SOC) and enhance the college's cybersecurity curriculum. The goal of this 3-year project, starting on June 15, 2024, is to incorporate SOC exercises into the cybersecurity program and align the curriculum to national standards. This will create a reproducible academic pipeline to produce...
This $539,574 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Division of Undergraduate Education under the STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076) supports Nash Community College in Rocky Mount, North Carolina. The project aims to integrate cybersecurity principles into the college's Information Technology/Information Systems (IT/IS) associate degree program, producing skilled technicians equipped with essential cybersecurity knowledge. Key products and services of the 3-year...
The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a $609,808 Project Grant under the STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076) to the North Orange County Community College District (NOCCCD), doing business as Cypress College. The grant, titled "ACE IDEAS: Advanced Cybersecurity Education for Industry-Driven, Diversity-Minded, Early Aged Students," aims to update and augment Cypress College's existing cybersecurity curriculum to include project-based learning, internships, soft skills...
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...
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 $300,000 National Science Foundation project grant under the STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076) aims to develop personalized secure programming learning projects motivated by real-world security vulnerabilities. The Research Foundation of the City University of New York at Brooklyn College will work with faculty to map secure programming topics to categories of vulnerabilities, build easy-to-use learning projects from selected vulnerabilities, and develop a personalized project delivery...
This two-year, $382,760 project grant from the National Science Foundation's Computer and Information Science and Engineering program aims to develop new cybersecurity research activities and incorporate them into existing courses at Nova Southeastern University. Specifically, the university will create at least six in-person and online cybersecurity research modules focused on improving safety and security of critical systems and data. It will integrate these modules into six computing and...