Quinnipiac University awarded $40,000 Connecticut Tech Talent Grant

Press release

HAMDEN, Conn. - Quinnipiac University has received $40,000 from the Connecticut Tech Talent Accelerator, a state-funded program to develop pathways from higher education into tech jobs in the state’s business and non-profit sectors. This is the second year of the grant funding.

The funding has enabled Quinnipiac to develop new online micro-credential courses, including “Ethical Hacking and Penetration Testing,” “Cybersecurity in Healthcare” and “Cybersecurity in Financial Technology.”

“The Tech Talent Accelerator development model promotes close collaboration between academia and industry thereby helping to assure maximum impact and benefits for our Connecticut workforce,” said Fred Scholl, associate teaching professor and director of the graduate cybersecurity program at Quinnipiac.
The Connecticut Tech Talent Accelerator, founded in 2021, funded the creation of six educational pathways in its first year to increase the supply of individuals with in-demand technology skills and credentials by accelerating the efforts of Connecticut’s public and independent higher education institutions. Pathways created in the program’s first year include training and credentials in cybersecurity, game design, data analytics, mobile app development and cloud computing.

About the Connecticut Tech Talent Accelerator
The New England Board of Higher Education and the Business-Higher Ed Forum were designated by the Connecticut Office of Workforce Strategy to lead the Tech Talent Accelerator and are funded by the State of Connecticut’s Technology Talent Fund.