Project Grant 09ST108LR000303

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Science and Technology Directorate awarded the University of Maryland a $3,512,917 Project Grant under the Homeland Security, Research, Testing, Evaluation, and Demonstration of Technologies program (CFDA 97.108). The grant supports research to develop an open-source, event-level database on terrorism and targeted violence in the United States (T2V). The objective is to create robust, comprehensive data that are widely accessible to various audiences and...

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Science and Technology Directorate awarded a $1,490,000 Project Grant to Moonshot CVE USA Inc. under the Homeland Security, Research, Testing, Evaluation, and Demonstration of Technologies (CFDA 97.108) program. This two-year research program is designed to enhance understanding of the trends, nature, causes, and correlates of terrorism and targeted violence in the United States. The key products and services to be delivered include: 1) a comprehensive...

This $1,625,000 Project Grant awarded by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) under the Congressionally-Identified Projects program (CFDA 11.617) aims to create an effective infrastructure to meet the requirements of U.S. Central Command (USCENTCOM) and grow the National Security Higher Education Network (NSHDN). The key activities include renovating approximately 2,000 square feet of existing building space on the University of South Florida's Tampa campus to provide a...

This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation (CFDA 47.083 - Integrative Activities) will examine how U.S. research institutions understand and approach their cybersecurity responsibilities under evolving federal research security policies, including those outlined in National Security Presidential Memorandum-33 (NSPM-33). The $199,999 project, awarded to Arizona State University (ASU), will map the differences in how institutions interpret requirements, align current practices...

This 24-month, $1,249,621 project grant awarded by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Science and Technology Directorate under the Homeland Security, Research, Testing, Evaluation, and Demonstration of Technologies program (CFDA 97.108) is designed to provide in-depth analysis of the rapidly evolving domestic violent extremist threat landscape in the United States. The Institute for Strategic Dialogue (ISD), a woman-owned non-profit organization, will leverage novel computational social...

The National Science Foundation awarded a $306,449 Cooperative Agreement to The Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania under the Integrative Activities program (CFDA 47.083) on November 1, 2022 for development of a research security training module focused on risk management and mitigation. The module will be developed in consultation with experts from NSF, NIH, DOE, DOD and FBI, and will provide standardized content while allowing institutions flexibility to incorporate local practices....

The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a $1.2M Project Grant to the University of Virginia under the Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CISE) program (CFDA 47.070) to enhance the security and privacy of community cyberinfrastructures (CI) for collaborative research. This 3-year project focuses on developing advanced techniques to secure data management and computation within CI systems, including centralized computing, distributed computing, and data computation. The...

The U.S. Department of State's Bureau of International Security and Nonproliferation will provide $200,000 through a Cooperative Agreement to CRDF Global of Arlington, Virginia to deliver a workshop in South Africa from August 1, 2022 to December 31, 2023. The workshop aims to highlight the importance of a robust security culture and structured employee engagement as foundations for an effective insider threat mitigation program. This award is being made through the Department of State's...

This $1,297,636 Project Grant was awarded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) under the Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships (CFDA 47.084) program. The grant funds the development of the Trusted Integration Data Exchange System, a secure platform that enables government agencies, healthcare organizations, and research institutions to perform data analysis on sensitive datasets while maintaining compliance with privacy regulations. The key products and services being delivered include:...

This $267,970.00 federal Project Grant award was provided by the National Science Foundation (NSF) under the Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CISE) program (CFDA 47.070) to Duke University. The project aims to pioneer a new approach to organizational data sharing that enables cross-organization queries to overcome siloed viewpoints in cybersecurity intrusion detection. The technical core involves developing specialized cryptographic protocols to pose queries and receive...