NSF Org:	DUE Division Of Undergraduate Education
Recipient:	FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY
Initial Amendment Date:	July 18, 2003
Latest Amendment Date:	July 18, 2003
Award Number:	0313860
Award Instrument:	Standard Grant
Program Manager:	Mark James Burge DUE  Division Of Undergraduate Education EDU  Directorate for STEM Education
Start Date:	September 1, 2003
End Date:	August 31, 2006 (Estimated)
Total Intended Award Amount:	$198,859.00
Total Awarded Amount to Date:	$185,405.00
Funds Obligated to Date:	FY 2003 = $185,405.00
History of Investigator:	Alec Yasinsac (Principal Investigator) yasinsac@gmail.com Yvo Desmedt (Co-Principal Investigator) Mike Burmester (Co-Principal Investigator)
Recipient Sponsored Research Office:	Florida State University 874 TRADITIONS WAY TALLAHASSEE FL  US  32306-0001 (850)644-5260
Sponsor Congressional District:	02
Primary Place of Performance:	Florida State University 874 TRADITIONS WAY TALLAHASSEE FL  US  32306-0001
Primary Place of Performance Congressional District:	02
Unique Entity Identifier (UEI):	JF2BLNN4PJC3
Parent UEI:
NSF Program(s):	CYBERCORPS: SCHLAR FOR SER
Primary Program Source:	app-0403
Program Reference Code(s):	9178, SMET
Program Element Code(s):	166800
Award Agency Code:	4900
Fund Agency Code:	4900
Assistance Listing Number(s):	47.076

ABSTRACT

FSU has been committed to building and supporting an education and research program in Information Assurance and Security since 1997. The first Information Assurance courses were offered in the fall 1999 and spring 2000 semesters. The program has grown steadily since, with the addition of expanded Information Assurance courses and a growing student population.

This collaborative effort between FSU and FAMU is intended to benefit FAMU by helping to develop an IA program at FAMU that does not currently exist and to strengthen the program at FSU by broadening its research effort, increasing minority representation in its graduate program, and by enhancing its instructional course content at the undergraduate level.

Intellectual Merit
This project is innovative in its adaptive nature and its recognition and leverage of a vast resource pool. The knowledge and experience gained in establishing the graduate IA program at FSU is transferred to undergraduate programs at FSU and FAMU, where large numbers of students are seeking such opportunities.

Broader Impacts
This approach produces a large number of IA graduates from previously untapped resources. Of the anticipated one hundred graduates per year, statistics show that sixty to seventy percent of these students will be from underprivileged and disadvantaged groups.

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