Formula Grant 2502OHCWSS

The Department of Defense (DoD) awarded a $116,398 FY24 Block Grant to Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI) for the DoD Cyber Scholarship Program (CYSP) and DoD Cyber and Digital Services Academy (DCDSA). This award, with a performance period from August 16, 2024 to August 15, 2025, supports curriculum development, research projects, and scholarship programs to enhance national cybersecurity capabilities and strengthen the talent pipeline in information assurance, cybersecurity, and related...

This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation Division of Computer and Network Systems, under the Computer and Information Science and Engineering program (CFDA 47.070), provides $612,648 to Worcester Polytechnic Institute to develop new methods for securing embedded software. The awardee will shift security enforcement from developers to compilers using static analysis, runtime instrumentation, and hardware support. Enhancements will enable customization and promote longevity....

This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation Division of Computer and Network Systems provides $148,959 to support the development of real-time data collection and downscaled climate risk models to improve water quality and sustain salt marshes in the Buzzards Bay watershed. Under the official federal grant program "Computer and Information Science and Engineering" (CFDA 47.070), which supports investigator-initiated research and education in computing and...

The Western States Water Council (WSWC) was awarded a $914,401 Project Grant from the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation's Applied Science Grants program (CFDA 15.557) to develop a web-based water conservation tool. This tool will integrate the WESTDAAT system with the OPENET platform to streamline applications for voluntary, compensated water conservation measures across the western United States. The project aims to address data gaps that have hindered effective water conservation and marketing...

Federal Grant Award Summary Western Washington University received a $203,208 Project Grant from the Department of Defense (DoD) Office of the Secretary of Defense under the Information Security Grants program (CFDA 12.902) for the Department of Defense Cyber Service Academy (DoD CSA). The award, dated September 15, 2025, with a completion date of September 14, 2030, supports the university's administration and delivery of merit-based scholarships for students pursuing cybersecurity-related...

Federal Project Grant Award Summary The National Science Foundation's (NSF) Office of Advanced Cyberinfrastructure awarded The Quilt, Inc. $120,481 under the Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CISE) program (CFDA 47.070) to conduct the 2026 NSF Campus Cyberinfrastructure (CC*) Principal Investigator Workshop. The award period runs from August 1, 2025, through July 31, 2026, with performance taking place in Seattle, Washington. The workshop serves as a convening mechanism for...

Federal Project Grant Award Summary University Enterprises Corporation at California State University, San Bernardino received a $5.49M Project Grant from the Office of the Secretary of Defense under the CyberSecurity Core Curriculum program (CFDA 12.905) awarded September 30, 2025, with a completion date of September 30, 2026. This award funds the establishment and operation of the Cyber Workforce Community National Center, which will serve as the administrative hub coordinating collaboration...

Federal Cooperative Agreement Summary The Employment and Training Administration (ETA) awarded a $3.5 million Cooperative Agreement to The Center For Employment Security Education & Research Inc. (doing business as Naswa Services) under the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA) Dislocated Worker National Reserve Technical Assistance and Training program (CFDA 17.281). The award, effective July 1, 2025, through December 31, 2026, supports the 2025 CESER ICON SWIS initiative, which...

This National Science Foundation (NSF) Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CISE) program grant (CFDA 47.070) provides $172,848 to the Trustees of the Colorado School of Mines to investigate fundamental design trade-offs in a retro-reflective uplink enabled integrated sensing and communication with optical wireless (ISAC-OW) system for large-scale networks. The project will develop a cross-domain framework for the integrated design of efficient and scalable retro-reflective...

Federal Cooperative Agreement Summary TIANOCORE Security Enhancement Initiative The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded $1,233,063 through its Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships program (CFDA 47.084) to the University of Colorado Colorado Springs to enhance the security posture of the TIANOCORE ecosystem. Effective October 1, 2025, through September 30, 2027, this cooperative agreement addresses critical vulnerabilities in the Unified Extensible Firmware Interface (UEFI)...