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NSF SAFE-OSE: TIANOSHIELD Cooperative Agreement The National Science Foundation (NSF) Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships program (CFDA 47.084) awarded $1.23M to the University of Colorado Colorado Springs (UCCS) through a Cooperative Agreement effective October 1, 2025, through September 30, 2027. The TIANOSHIELD project focuses on enhancing the security posture of the TianoCore ecosystem, an open-source implementation of the Unified Extensible Firmware Interface (UEFI) standard used in...

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...

Federal Project Grant Award Summary The National Science Foundation's Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CISE) program (CFDA 47.070) awarded $1.276 million to the University Corporation for Atmospheric Research/National Center for Atmospheric Research (UCAR/NCAR) on September 1, 2025, for the Sustainable Community Infrastructure for Stable Water Isotope Modeling (SCI-SWIM) initiative. This collaborative research project, which runs through August 31, 2030, develops the...

Federal Project Grant Award Summary The National Science Foundation's Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CISE) program (CFDA 47.070) awarded $374,998 to California State University Long Beach Research Foundation on August 1, 2025, to develop comprehensive educational materials addressing the critical shortage of cybersecurity professionals estimated at 5.5 million nationally. The primary deliverable is a large set of hands-on, virtual learning materials that integrate data science...

Federal Grant Award Summary The Contra Costa Water District received a $966,079 project grant awarded January 27, 2026, from the Bureau of Reclamation under the WaterSMART (Sustain and Manage America's Resources for Tomorrow) program (CFDA 15.507) to develop a comprehensive 50-year water supply strategy for the region. The primary deliverable is a strategic planning document that identifies alternatives and strategies to ensure continued provision of high-quality, reliable water supply in the...

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) to support the Department of Defense Cyber Service Academy (DoD CSA) Scholarships. The award was obligated on September 15, 2025, with a five-year performance period extending through September 14, 2030. As the initial recipient institution, Western Washington University will...

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 The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) awarded the California Conservation Corps (CCC) $119,967.50 under the Youth Engagement, Education, and Employment program (CFDA 15.676) on June 17, 2025, with completion targeted for September 30, 2026. Through this cooperative agreement, CCC's Watershed Stewards Program (WSP) will deploy 42 corps members across California's high-need watersheds, with two members specifically placed at the Lodi USFWS Office...

This Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's $167,504 Computer and Information Science and Engineering program aims to develop new algorithms and programming abstractions for server operating systems and network interface cards to improve network traffic scheduling in cloud data centers. With an award date of October 1, 2021 and completion by August 31, 2022, this research seeks to overcome current performance bottlenecks and enable multiple applications to drive network cards at...

Colorado State University's Sponsored Programs Division received an $850,000 Cooperative Agreement from the Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) under the Soil and Water Conservation program (CFDA 10.902), effective September 25, 2025, with completion scheduled for September 24, 2026. The award supports Colorado State University in providing web services, data management capabilities, model optimization, and cloud-based machine learning models specifically designed to enhance NRCS'...