Cooperative Agreement 70NANB11H161

This $275,000 federal Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) under the Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships (CFDA 47.084) program supports the development and evaluation of a novel biometric authentication system by Morphosis Inc., a small disadvantaged business in Berkeley, CA. The project aims to enhance digital security by integrating continuous biometric verification into human-computer interactions, using wearable neural interface technology to capture unique...

This $254,369 federal Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) aims to develop a wearable device capable of continuously sensing physiological signals for biometric authentication and health monitoring. The key products and services to be delivered under this 3-year award include: The project will explore the use of multispectral photoplethysmography (PPG) signals collected through custom-designed wearable devices for continuous biometric...

This $245,631 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) supports the development of a wearable device capable of continuously sensing a wide range of physiological signals for biometric authentication and health monitoring. The project, led by Louisiana State University, aims to explore the use of multispectral photoplethysmography (PPG) signals to enable a continuous, time-efficient authentication method that can facilitate secure and...

The National Science Foundation Division of Computer and Network Systems awarded a $187,723 Project Grant to Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University from July 2021 through December 2022. The grant supports research titled "EAGER: BIOMETRIC AUTHENTICATION USING NONCONTACT CARDIOVASCULAR SIGNALS" under the Computer and Information Science and Engineering program (CFDA 47.070). This program aims to advance computing and information sciences through investigator-initiated...

This National Science Foundation Project Grant, awarded under the Computer and Information Science and Engineering CFDA program (47.070), provides $200,000.00 in funding to George Mason University to develop a new approach for secure and trustworthy human identity verification. The research aims to create a digital representation of human identity based on the chemical analysis of sweat using hyperspectral imaging, which can overcome limitations of current biometric technologies. The project...

This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CISE) program (CFDA 47.070) provides $300,353 to the University of Wyoming to develop novel user authentication algorithms using electroencephalography (EEG) signals for augmented reality (AR) and virtual reality (VR) systems. The goal is to create secure, lightweight, and user-friendly authentication methods that seamlessly integrate into immersive environments and address the...

The National Science Foundation awarded a $393,599 project grant to The Research Foundation For The State University Of New York to support an REU Site: Frontier Technologies for Biometrics and Authentication from March 2021 through February 2024. The grant was awarded under the NSF's Computer and Information Science and Engineering program (CFDA 47.070), which supports investigator-initiated research and education in computing, communications, and information science and engineering. Through...

Federal Grant Award Summary The National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Information and Intelligent Systems awarded $608,204 to the University of South Florida under the Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CISE) program (CFDA 47.070) on December 15, 2025, for a CAREER grant titled "Advancing Fairness in Biometric Systems: Towards Security and Privacy Enhancement." The project, which will be completed by December 31, 2029, delivers research and educational products...

This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CISE) Federal Grant Program (CFDA 47.070) provides $457,873 to the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) to develop new technology that enhances communication and interaction for individuals with severe disabilities. The key objectives are to build and test a novel user interface that leverages multiple information sources, such as eye gaze, language models, behavior...

Federal Grant Award Summary Georgia TECH Research Corp received a $350,000 project grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Computer and Network Systems under the Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CISE) program (CFDA 47.070), awarded July 15, 2025, with completion targeted for June 30, 2028. The project delivers research and development of brute-force-resistant cryptographic protocols designed to protect sensitive biometric data against exhaustive search...