The inspire project will develop a real-time distributed anomaly detection framework (inspire-ADS) and evaluate its efficacy under distributed adversarial scenarios involving large numbers of…

Active Cooperative Agreement Awarded Last action

Award ID
DECR0000116
Recipient
Awarding agency
Obligated
$3,500,043

Award facts

Completion date 40% complete
Originally
Funding
  • $2,500,000.00 Federal
  • $1,000,043.00 Non-federal
Funding agency
Office of Cyber Security Department of Energy
Place of performance
New York, NY 10012, USA

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About this award

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The Department of Energy Office of Cyber Security awarded New York University a $3.5 million cooperative agreement on October 1, 2025, under the Cybersecurity, Energy Security & Emergency Response (CESER) program to develop and evaluate the INSPIRE-ADS, a real-time distributed anomaly detection framework designed to detect compromised grid-edge assets under adversarial scenarios.

Work is performed in New York, New York, with a period of performance extending through May 31, 2028. The CESER program funds research, development, and demonstration of tools and technologies addressing cybersecurity and physical threats to U.S. energy infrastructure, with intended outcomes including next-generation protection, monitoring, detection, response, and recovery capabilities.

NYU passes funding to two sub-recipients. Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (Battelle Memorial Institute) supports development and deployment of a machine-learning-enabled anomaly detection system for power grid attacks in collaboration with NYU, Princeton University, New York Power Authority, and other partners, with sub-award authority dated July 22, 2026. The New York Power Authority researches cyber-physical vulnerabilities in electric vehicle charging infrastructure, proposes a sensor and Security Information and Event Monitoring stack, and provides real-time simulation of New York State grid models including EV charging stations through the Advanced Grid Innovation Lab for Energy as a testbed to evaluate developed technologies, with sub-award authority also dated July 22, 2026.

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The inspire project will develop a real-time distributed anomaly detection framework (inspire-ADS) and evaluate its efficacy under distributed adversarial scenarios involving large numbers of compromised grid-edge assets.

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Original award $2,500,000 $1,000,043

Subawards

Subrecipient Amount Awarded
The Trustees Of Princeton University An essential part of development and use of machine learning models is to collect data from edge devices for training and inference. There are two important… $225,000
Battelle Memorial Institute PNNL will play a role in supporting New York University (NYU), Princeton University, New York Power Authority (NYPA), and other partners as part of the… $200,000
Power Authority Of State Of New York NYPA will research cyber-physical i/o on Electric Vehicle (EV) charging infrastructure and review for how to tap and monitor communications for vulnerabilities.… $166,991

Quick answers

Who received award DECR0000116?

DECR0000116 was awarded to New York University by National Energy Technology Lab (Department of Energy) on October 1, 2025.

How much is award DECR0000116 worth?

$3,500,043 has been obligated on DECR0000116: $2,500,000 in federal funding and $1,000,043 in non-federal funding.

Which agency awarded DECR0000116?

National Energy Technology Lab (Department of Energy) awarded DECR0000116, with funding from Office of Cyber Security (Department of Energy).

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