Project Grant 2623105
- The National Science Foundation Division of Undergraduate Education awarded George Mason University $166,666 on September 1, 2026, under the STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076) to develop a modular, hands-on curriculum and low-barrier web-based learning platform for cybersecurity competence in agentic artificial intelligence systems. The curriculum addresses security risks introduced by autonomous AI systems deployed across government agencies, critical infrastructure, and private industry by...
- The National Science Foundation Division of Undergraduate Education awarded George Mason University $163,000 on October 15, 2026, under the STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076) to develop and study ERICA (Educational Security-Focused Intelligent Coding Agent), an intelligent coding agent designed to support engaged learning in undergraduate secure coding education. The project will create an AI-powered tutor that provides formative feedback, adaptive scaffolding, and evidence-based instructional...
- 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 $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 (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...
- Purdue University was awarded a $299,934 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation Division of Graduate Education to support the development of a novel proactive and collaborative cybersecurity education learning paradigm focused on artificial intelligence. Funded under the Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics Education program (CFDA #47.076), the two-year project will create and evaluate new educational materials and approaches for teaching cybersecurity in the context of...
- The National Science Foundation Division of Graduate Education awarded the University of Georgia Research Foundation $170,000 on August 1, 2026, to develop and disseminate a low-cost, scalable toolkit for hands-on education in securing artificial intelligence–enabled manufacturing systems. The award supports the CyberAI Innovation project, funded under the CyberAI Corps Scholarship for Service program (CFDA 47.076, STEM Education). The project will create a six-module experiential curriculum...
- 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 awarded a $235,255 project grant to Georgia State University Research Foundation Inc. under the STEM Education (formerly Education and Human Resources) federal grant program (CFDA 47.076). The grant will support the development and delivery of twelve experiential learning activity sets focused on raising security awareness among college students for designing trustworthy, deep learning-based applications. The activities are intended to concretize learners'...
- 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 Graduate Education awarded George Mason University $500,000 on September 1, 2026, under the STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076) to modernize cybersecurity education and develop student-centered learning experiences focused on deploying, optimizing, and securing foundation models on internet-of-things and edge computing platforms in the embodied AI era. The recipient will develop cutting-edge curricula and learning materials addressing cybersecurity and system-design challenges introduced by foundation models on resource-constrained edge devices. Deliverables include a new textbook, hands-on laboratories with complementary virtual-machine-based tools, structured research and experiential-learning modules on foundation-model-enabled cyber analytics at the edge, training materials on secure kernels and system architectures, workshops, and a cybersecurity competition. These materials will be disseminated to prepare the U.S. workforce to design and secure IoT and edge networks incorporating foundation models. Performance occurs in Fairfax, Virginia, over the period September 1, 2026, through August 31, 2029. The award is classified as a Project Grant.
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Not listed | $500.0k | 8/7/26 |