Project Grant 2623070
- The National Science Foundation Division of Graduate Education awarded The University of Central Florida Board of Trustees $1,955,351 on August 1, 2026, under the STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076) to establish the CyberAI Scholarship for Service program. The project will prepare undergraduate and graduate scholars in cybersecurity and artificial intelligence through scholarships, advanced coursework in cybersecurity and AI, formal training in trustworthy and secure AI systems,...
- The National Science Foundation Division of Graduate Education awarded $500,000 to the University of Virginia on August 1, 2026, under the STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076) to develop and deliver instructional materials and assessment methods for adversarial causal reasoning in cybersecurity and artificial intelligence. The project creates course materials, a hands-on practice system, instructor support resources, and measurement tools to teach cybersecurity professionals how to evaluate...
- The National Science Foundation Division of Graduate Education awarded Clemson University $250,000 on September 1, 2026, for collaborative research under the STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076) to develop an AI agent-centered cybersecurity education framework. The project, running through August 31, 2029, will create curriculum modules, hands-on laboratories, and project-based learning activities that train students to understand both the benefits and security challenges of artificial...
- The National Science Foundation Division of Computer and Network Systems awarded The University of Central Florida Board of Trustees $100,000 on October 1, 2026, to organize and conduct a U.S.–Republic of Korea Joint Workshop on Cybersecurity Innovations under the Computer and Information Science and Engineering program (CFDA 47.070). The University of Central Florida will coordinate a series of international workshops held in both countries that bring together researchers from academia,...
- Arizona State University received a $300,000 project grant award from the National Science Foundation on May 1, 2021 to develop artificial intelligence tools and resources for cybersecurity education. The funding supports the EAGER: SATC-EDU project to create a machine learning-enabled security knowledge graph for integrating AI into cybersecurity curriculum from April 30, 2023. The grant falls under the National Science Foundation's STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076), which aims to strengthen...
- The National Science Foundation Office of Advanced Cyberinfrastructure awarded The University of Central Florida Board of Trustees $348,110 on July 1, 2026, under the Computer and Information Science and Engineering program (CFDA 47.070) to develop scalable, general-purpose, and automated secure computing methods for artificial intelligence infrastructure that process protected data and models with reduced exposure during computation. The research investigates scalable homomorphic computing...
- The National Science Foundation Division of Graduate Education awarded $500,000 to the University of Southern California on September 1, 2026, to develop instructional resources and graduate-level curriculum for agentic cybersecurity engineering under the STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076). The project, titled "Agentic Cybersecurity Engineering for Artificial Intelligence" (ACE), addresses the shortage of cybersecurity professionals qualified to design, deploy, and secure AI agents...
- The National Science Foundation Division of Graduate Education awarded the University of Texas at Dallas $1,999,998 on August 1, 2026, to establish and operate a CyberAI Scholars for Service (SFS) program training cohorts of students in artificial intelligence techniques for cybersecurity offense and defensive operations. The award funds curriculum development, hands-on experimental learning activities, and student placement in government organizations upon graduation. Students will receive...
- The National Science Foundation Division of Graduate Education awarded $441,645 to the University of Hawai'i at Mānoa on September 1, 2026, under the STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076) to develop AI-enhanced cybersecurity education and expand workforce capacity in that field. The recipient will develop six open-access, AI-enhanced modules integrated into an existing cyber data analytics certificate, covering adversarial machine learning, AI-driven threat detection, and AI pipeline security,...
- The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a $300,000 Project Grant under its Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CFDA 47.070) program to the University of Arizona to develop a Generative AI-Based Personalized Cybersecurity Tutor (GAI-PCT) for training the workforce in Fourth Industrial Revolution (4IR) cybersecurity. The key products and services to be delivered include: A generative AI-based interactive instructor to assist and guide students through online cybersecurity...
The National Science Foundation Division of Graduate Education awarded the University of Central Florida Board of Trustees $500,000 on August 1, 2026, to develop and deploy an adaptive intelligent tutoring system that trains cybersecurity professionals to recognize and resist artificial intelligence-enabled threats through metacognitive calibration training under the STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076). The project develops a three-agent architecture with an adversary agent that generates realistic social engineering campaigns and exploits prompt-injection vulnerabilities in AI-integrated systems. The system targets current cybersecurity professionals, including active-duty military personnel, federal agents, law enforcement, and private-sector professionals, as well as emerging graduate professionals at the University of Central Florida, a National Center of Academic Excellence in Cybersecurity. The training addresses a documented gap between the sophistication of AI-driven cyberattacks and the cognitive readiness of defense professionals, focusing specifically on metacognitive miscalibration that leaves professionals systematically vulnerable to human-judgment-directed attacks such as insider-threat evasion. The project runs through July 31, 2029, with performance at the University of Central Florida's Alafaya, Florida location. Deliverables include design and validation of the three-agent tutoring architecture and measured improvements in security judgment outcomes evaluated at completion.
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Not listed | $500.0k | 8/1/26 |