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...
The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded Johnston Community College a $645,836 Project Grant under the STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076) to implement a simulated cyber range training environment. The project aims to provide students with hands-on experiences of live-fire cyberattacks, enable them to earn cybersecurity credentials, and increase female enrollment and inclusivity for the deaf and hard-of-hearing community. Key project goals include creating a cybersecurity training range,...
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...
The National Science Foundation awarded a $299,792 project grant to Robeson Community College in Lumberton, North Carolina to increase the number and diversity of cybersecurity technicians in rural North Carolina. The grant, awarded under the STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076), will support efforts from May 2021 through April 2024 to develop cybersecurity education and training programs tailored to the needs of the rural workforce. As part of its mission to ensure the vitality of the...
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...
This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076) aims to enable the convergence of public, private, and education sectors to prepare learners for the cybersecurity convergence workforce. The $650,000 award, granted on September 15, 2024 with a completion date of August 31, 2027, will develop educational and training materials in the form of virtual lab libraries for operational technology (OT)/industrial control systems (ICS) and IT...
The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a $160,000 Project Grant to California State University San Marcos Corp under the NSF's STEM Education (formerly Education and Human Resources) program (CFDA 47.076) on July 15, 2023. This 3-year project aims to develop cybersecurity educational modules that can be integrated into existing computer science courses, promoting a "cybersecurity mindset" among students. The project will create a transferable laboratory framework with hands-on...
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 $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 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...