Federal grant programs / Department of Defense

CyberSecurity Core Curriculum (12.905)

Also known as CAE Grant Program

• Awarded, FY 2021 to 2025$24.0 million
• Grant awards3
• Typical award$5.5 million
• Awarded in FY 2025$24.0 million
• Size rank1256 of 1824
• Type of assistanceProject grants

Key findings

• It is the 1256th largest of 1,824 federal grant programs by five-year awards.
• Awards went to recipients in 3 states and territories.

What the program funds

To meet future national security challenges, the NSA (and other DoD and Federal Agencies/Components) partner with institutions of higher education to develop the cybersecurity talent and tools need by: • Funding skill development programs like summer camps • Promoting development of curricula for the growing cybersecurity career field • Sponsoring skills and research paper competitions • Awarding research grants and funding research labs and projects • Funding institutions who support the larger cybersecurity community in faculty, lab, and curriculum development This is not a complete list, there may be other topic areas that further cybersecurity for the nation that the NCAE-C Program Office could release via a grant solicitation. These partnerships help cultivate the next generation of experts in cybersecurity who can protect our nation from cyberattacks. Grants will be awarded to institutions of higher learning who are designated as either a National Center of Academic Excellence in Cyber Defense Education, National Centers of Academic Excellence in Cyber Defense Research, and National Centers of Academic Excellence in Cyber Operations. All three programs are housed under the National Centers of Academic Excellence in Cybersecurity program and hereinafter will be referred to as CAEs.

From the federal Assistance Listing. Read the full listing on SAM.gov.

Open opportunities

No opportunity under this program is open or forecast on Grants.gov right now. Programs often post once a year, so the funding history below shows what to expect.

Rules from the program listing

Who can apply

CAEs must be in good standing with the CAE Program Office as well as the CAE Grant Program Office. They must be current on all reporting requirements and show past performance in executing such grants. CAEs must also submit a proposal in response to any published solicitation by the due date with all required forms and documentation to be considered. All recipients of grant funding must be a U.S. citizen or a permanent resident of the United States. Additional eligible requirements will be provided in the solicitation/application .

What the money can and cannot pay for

Grant funds must be used for allowable costs necessary to conduct the proposed project.

Matching requirements

This program has no statutory formula. Matching requirements are not applicable to this assistance listing. MOE requirements are not applicable to this assistance listing.

Deadlines

Contact the headquarters or regional location, as appropriate for application deadlines The CAE Program Office may release multiple solicitations in a given year that address different project opportunities. Each solicitation will have the deadline clearly identified.

Award range and average, in the agency's words

$100,000.00 to $5,000,000.00

Quoted from the program's federal Assistance Listing. The notice of funding opportunity is the official source for each competition's rules.

Who usually wins

Almost all of the money went to colleges and universities.

By state

Each state below has its own page for this program, with its recipients and yearly totals.

Award amounts are federal obligations reported to USAspending.gov for fiscal 2021 to 2025; see how our data works.