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Collaborative NSF grant will provide scholarships for USF CSE students

September 11, 2021

Computer Science and Engineering (CSE) professors Ken Christensen and Rafael Perez are co-PIs on a $5M NSF grant to provide scholarships over five years to students with financial need who are majoring in computer science, computer engineering, cybersecurity, or information technology. The grant titled, S-STEM Flit-GAP or Florida IT Graduation Attainment Pathways, follows prior collaboration between the ßÙßÇÂþ»­, Florida International University and the University of Central Florida. The ßÙßÇÂþ»­ share of this grant is $1.5 million of which $1 million is allocated for scholarships for USF CSE students. The scholarships are for rising juniors who are academically strong and have unmet financial need.