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The Department of Energy’s National Nuclear Security Administration (DOE/NNSA) Hosts Cybersecurity Consortium Members Following White House Announcement of $25 Million in Grants to 13 HBCUs 

The Department of Energy’s National Nuclear Security Administration (DOE/NNSA) Hosts Cybersecurity Consortium Members Following White House Announcement of $25 Million in Grants to 13 HBCUs 

The Department of Energy’s National Nuclear Security Administration (DOE/NNSA) hosted a roundtable today with 13 Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) to discuss new funding that will strengthen American cybersecurity expertise.

A five-year, $25M grant will support a partnership between the HBCUs, Charleston County School District, and two NNSA laboratories; Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory and Sandia National Laboratory in California and New Mexico. Vice President Biden and Secretary of Energy Ernest Moniz highlighted DOE/NNSA’s Cybersecurity Workforce Pipeline Consortium at a Norfolk State University ceremony on Thursday of this week.

Released January 16, 2015, Updated March 17, 2017