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 $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 $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...
This $204,171 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation (CFDA 47.076 - STEM Education) is supporting the Research Foundation of the City University of New York in developing sector-specific cybersecurity training programs focused on the healthcare industry. The project team is utilizing a sectoral partnership model to contextualize the college's existing cybersecurity curriculum to the specific needs of healthcare organizations, which are facing a significant shortage of qualified...
This $533,404 federal Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076) aims to expand cybersecurity education at Marion Technical College, a community college in rural Ohio. The key products and services to be delivered through this 3-year project include: Developing three new technical cybersecurity courses with embedded industry certifications, a cybersecurity capstone course, and stackable certificate options to enhance the college's...
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...
This $1,000,000 project grant from the National Science Foundation's Division of Human Resource Development will fund Prairie View A&M University's efforts to enhance cybersecurity research and education infrastructure through February 2026. Specifically, the university will develop a new graduate program in cybersecurity that complements existing capacity building efforts. This will be accomplished by creating novel security architectures, training experts across hardware, software and...
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 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...
Texas College received a $100,000 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Office of Advanced Cyberinfrastructure under the Computer and Information Science and Engineering federal grant program (CFDA 47.070). The award will support a planning activity to assess Texas College's current cyberinfrastructure, identify necessary elements to evolve its campus cyberinfrastructure to better support STEM research and education, document campus-wide cyberinfrastructure needs of...