Grants and Funding
Under the SACS Cybersecurity Research Center (CRC), grants and funding opportunities are designed to advance student research, innovation, and professional development in emerging technologies. The Faugel Scholarship Program provides financial support, mentorship, and academic resources to help students transform their goals into tangible achievements and impactful careers.
Sponsoring Agency: National Science Foundation
Title: Collaborative Research: HBCU-EiR-CPS-SaTC: A Trustworthy and Privacy-preserving Framework for Latency-sensitive Video-enabled Health Incident-Response Applications
Role: PI
Sponsoring Agency: National Science Foundation
Scholarship Amount: $612,000.00
Scholarship Period: September 2024–August 2027
Award Number: 2401928, Award Abstract
Title: MS-CC Research Catalyst Program: CyberXPert: A Catalyst for Cyber Infrastructure Innovation in Education and Workforce Development
Role: PI
Sponsoring Agency: National Science Foundation MS-CC Subaward
Scholarship Amount: $200,000
Scholarship Period: September, 2025–August, 2026
Title: Collaborative Research: CISE-MSI: DP: CNS: Efficient Data Communication and Processing for Intelligent Medical Systems with Edge-Cloud Interplay
Role: PI
Sponsoring Agency: National Science Foundation
Scholarship Amount: $360,000
Scholarship Period: September, 2022 – August, 2026
Award Number: 2219741, Award Abstract
Title: I-SURGE: Inclusive Sustainable Urban Resilient Green Ecosystems: Accessible Research Technology (IT-ART) Undergraduate Internship
Role: Co-PI
Sponsoring Agency: National Science Foundation MS-CC Climate Science Initiatives Subaward
Scholarship Amount: $400,000
Scholarship Period: May 2025 – August, 2025
Title: Expand AI-CAP: Capacity Building for Trustworthy AI in Medical Systems (TAIMS)
Role: PI
Sponsoring Agency: National Science Foundation
Scholarship Amount: $395,703.00
Scholarship Period: October, 2023 – September, 2025
Award Number: 2219741, Award Abstract
Sponsoring Agency: National Security Agency, CAE Cybersecurity Education Diversity Initiative (CEDI)
Title: Course Development and Hands-on Laboratory Experiments in Cybersecurity and Networking
Role: PI
Sponsoring Agency: National Security Agency, CAE Cybersecurity Education Diversity Initiative (CEDI)
Scholarship Amount: $60,000
Scholarship Period: June 2023-May 2024
Sponsoring Agency: Department of Energy, Argonne National Lab
Title: Blockchain-assisted Federated Learning based Edge-Cloud Framework for Secure and Privacy-preserving Data Sharing in Smart Grids
Role: Visiting Faculty Research Program (VFRP)
Sponsoring Agency: Department of Energy, Argonne National Lab
Scholarship Period: July 2024-September 2024
Title: Federated Learning-based SDN Integrated Edge-Cloud Framework for Smart Grid Networks
Role: Visiting Faculty Research Program (VFRP)
Sponsoring Agency: Department of Energy, Argonne National Lab
Scholarship Period: July 2023-September 2023
Sponsoring Agency: South Big Data Hub, NSF
Title: Cyber AI: An Interactive Training Platform on AI and Cybersecurity for Underrepresented Communities
Role: PI
Sponsoring Agency: South Big Data Hub, NSF
Scholarship Amount: $10,000
Scholarship Period: June 2024-May 2025
Sponsoring Agency: Department of Defence, Air Force Research Lab, Rome
Title: Blockchain-empowered Approach towards Sustainable and Resilient Smart Grids
Sponsoring Agency: Department of Defence, Air Force Research Lab, Rome
Scholarship Period: May 2023 -July 2023
Title: Autonomous Self-healing Mechanism using Graph Neural Networks in Mission-critical Supply Chains,
Sponsoring Agency: Air Force Research Lab, Rome
Scholarship Period: May 2025 -July 2025
Sponsoring Agency: Thurgood Marshall College Fund (TMCF) and the Novartis US Foundation
Title: Fore♥️Care – A Smart Application for Multi-parametric Risk Modeling for Heart Disease Prediction
Role: PI
Sponsoring Agency: Thurgood Marshall College Fund (TMCF) and the Novartis US Foundation
Scholarship Amount: $25,000
Scholarship Period: May 2023-August 2024
Sponsoring Agency: The National Aeronautics and Space Administration MUREP Precollege Summer Institute (PSI)
Title: ACS Summer Data Science Academy: Promoting Data Science with Robotics and NASA Geospatial and Extraterrestrial Big Data for Grades 9-12 (DS Academy),
Role: Co-PI
Sponsoring Agency: The National Aeronautics and Space Administration MUREP Precollege Summer Institute (PSI)
Scholarship Amount: $419,000
Scholarship Period: May 2023-April 2027
Title: Community Air Mobility for Public Utilization in Support of Healthcare (CAMPUS): Intercampus Research Institute for Advanced Air Mobility Implementation in Middle Tennessee for Emergency Response and Healthcare Delivery
Role: Co-PI
Sponsoring Agency: The National Aeronautics and Space Administration MUREP Precollege Summer Institute (PSI)
Scholarship Amount: $743,000
Scholarship Period: August 2025-April 2027