A program built for the cyber mission.
Capacity building
Multi-year awards to launch or expand cyber programs at your institution.
Curriculum innovation
Develop courseware, labs, and assessments aligned to 8140 work roles.
Community partnership
Grants for regional consortia, K-12 outreach, and faculty exchange.
Are you a fit?
·ELIGIBILITY- U.S.-accredited institution
- Active or pending CAE designation
- Institutional matching commitment
- Faculty PI identified
- +Multi-year award funding
- +Direct CAEO program officer support
- +Access to CCNC convenings and learning communities
Four steps. Rolling review.
- 01
Confirm eligibility
Review the current solicitation and verify you or your institution qualify.
- 02
Prepare materials
Gather transcripts, statements, and institutional endorsements.
- 03
Submit in portal
File through the CAEO common applicant portal before the deadline.
- 04
Award & enrollment
Awardees are notified by the program officer and enrolled in CAMS.
What this program produced last cycle.
Other ways into fund talent.
GenCyber
Free K-12 cyber camps providing hands-on cybersecurity experience to increase student opportunity and readiness for cybersecurity college and career pathways.
NCAE-C Grants
Institutional grants available to all CAE-designated schools to develop curriculum, build lab capacity, hire cyber faculty, and expand programs aligned to CAE Knowledge Units.