In 2020 , the National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded WCC a $150,000 grant through 2024 titled I-CURE: Institutionalizing Course-based Undergraduate Research Experiences to Improve STEM Equity. Since 2020 , WCC has received over $7.1 million across two large grant awards from the National Security Agency (NSA) to lead the Candidates National Center through 2024. The center is responsible for assisting applicants as they prepare for National Centers of Academic Excellence in Cybersecurity (NCAE-C) designation. Since 2020 , the Washington State Employment Security Department has awarded WCC over $340,000 across three awards for Career Connect Washington Intermediary grants through 2022. In 2021 , the National Science Foundation’s (NSF’s) Advanced Technological Education (ATE) program awarded WCC a $7.5 million grant to lead the National Cybersecurity Training & Education (NCyTE) Center for five years (2021-2026). In 2021 , Microsoft Philanthropies awarded a $1.5 million grant titled Accelerating Community College Cybersecurity Excellence (ACCCE) to the WCC Foundation on behalf of NCyTE Center through 2024. In 2022 , the National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded WCC a $686,975 grant titled Preparing Early Engineers through Context, Connections and Community (PEEC3) for five years (2022-2027).
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