Fulbright Iceland Opportunities in Cyber-Security and Critical Infrastructure - Deadline Extended to September 12, 2018

CIES has extended deadlines for core scholar grants, including

Applications are encouraged.

The deadline was August 1^st but has been extended to September 12^th, so plenty of time for interested candidates to submit. The awards can be found in the Fulbright catalog of awards, https://awards.cies.org/. The direct link to the award is:

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Regards,

Belinda Theriault,

Executive Director,

Fulbright Commission Iceland

We are writing to let you know that there is still time to apply for exciting 2019-2020 Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program awards in Cyber-Security and Critical Infrastructure! Opportunities are available for teaching and/or research!

Please feel free to forward this message to other interested colleagues and share through relevant associations and listservs.

Fulbright-National Science Foundation Scholar in Cyber-Security and Critical Infrastructure

Projects must focus on topics in cybersecurity and critical infrastructure related to any of these areas in this priority order: (1) pure and applied research; (2) workforce, curriculum and capacity development; (3) research coordination; (4) transitioning research into practice; (5) enterprise risk management; and (6) law, policy, and international relations.

Project activities may include: teaching at the university level, delivering seminars or workshops, conducting research, consulting, developing training curricula and materials, assisting with assessments and evaluations. 

Topics, for example, may involve: data analytics and privacy, cyber-physical systems and IoT security, blockchain and governance, digital forensics and incident response. Proposals that are multi-disciplinary in nature are welcome.

Fulbright-NSF Award in Computer Science/Cyber-security at Reykjavik University

A core element of the engagement would be to organize and teach a course, ideally for upper level undergraduates (~50 students) and graduate students with a focus on Cybersecurity, Information Technology, and Wireless Technologies.

Find these awards and all application information at: https://awards.cies.org/. The awards will be found under ICELAND.  

Application Guidelines on the awards website provide helpful tips to reference during the process, and we are happy to answer any questions you or your colleagues may have. We also encourage you to explore and register for one or more of the webinars, which provide more detailed insight into various parts of the Fulbright U.S. Scholar program..

Applicants must be U.S. citizens and the deadline for complete applications is August 1, 2018. Start an application now!

Thank you for forwarding this announcement to your colleagues and we look forward to hearing from you. Contact information can be found on the awards website, but also feel free to contact the Fulbright Commission in Iceland: fulbright@fulbright.is.