Project Grant P031C210064

Chesapeake College will use $317,035 from the National Science Foundation's STEM Education program to prepare career-ready information technology technicians through its Computer Science Technology program. The three-year Project Grant will embed career readiness skills including teamwork, customer service, communication and professionalism into six core courses. Students will receive vouchers for two industry certification exams to further develop IT skills. A help desk simulation lab will...

Westchester Community College was awarded a $238,123 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation Division of Undergraduate Education under the STEM Education (formerly Education and Human Resources) federal grant program (CFDA 47.076). The grant will support the college's "COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: HSI ATE HUB 2: PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT FOR CULTURALLY RESPONSIVE TECHNICIAN EDUCATION" initiative from July 1, 2021 through June 30, 2024. The initiative aims to provide professional...

This National Science Foundation (NSF) Project Grant under the STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076) provides $173,866 to the Antelope Valley Community College District to establish the Antelope Valley Information Technology Bridge Pathway Program. The goal of this 3-year project is to create an educational pathway that prepares students for IT certification while also supporting their pursuit of high school equivalency. This program aims to address the critical shortage of qualified IT...

This $266,986 project grant from the National Science Foundation's Computer and Information Science and Engineering program will support the development of educational modules and a content hub for hands-on, exploration-based learning in data systems. The University of Chicago will create a collection of "courselets" - scaffolded educational modules executable on open cloud testbeds - covering topics such as data acquisition, networking, storage, machine learning, analytics, and...

The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a $349,818 Project Grant under the STEM Education (CFDA 47.076) program to Kilgore College in Texas. The funding will be used to develop a wraparound solution for reducing barriers to program completion for students in the Computer Information Technology (CIT) program. The project aims to improve retention, completion, and the employability of CIT students by aligning the curriculum with local industry needs, deploying multi-modality instruction, and...

This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CISE) program, CFDA 47.070, provides $530,000 to The Trustees of the Stevens Institute of Technology in Hoboken, NJ to develop a physical computing testbed for collaborative, problem-based learning of cyber-physical systems (CPS) concepts. The research aims to explore and characterize the key threshold concepts required for CPS mastery, integrating student-centered...

Springfield Technical Community College (STCC) was awarded a $3 million Project Grant from the U.S. Department of Education's Office of Postsecondary Education under the Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education (FIPSE) program. The grant will support the establishment of the Western Mass Cybersecurity Center of Excellence at STCC's Union Station campus in Springfield, MA through May 2026. The Center will provide cyber range training and work to strengthen the regional cyber workforce....

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...

This $7,475,000 Project Grant was awarded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Undergraduate Education under the STEM Education federal grant program (CFDA 47.076) with a start date of September 1, 2023 and end date of August 31, 2028. The primary award recipient, Columbus State Community College, will lead a consortium of community college partners to establish the National Information Technology Innovation Center (NITIC). The center will focus on developing and disseminating...

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...