Project Grant 1650862

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 National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Information and Intelligent Systems awarded a $299,905 Project Grant to Loyola University of Chicago to develop and evaluate a comprehensive 12-workshop experiential training program to raise awareness among AI practitioners of the cybersecurity and privacy risks associated with building AI-based systems. The project aims to provide knowledge and skills needed to build AI systems that are secure, ethical, and privacy-preserving. The workshop...

The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a $300,000 Project Grant under the CFDA 47.070 Computer and Information Science and Engineering program to The Research Foundation for the State University of New York (RF SUNY) to develop an open cloud-based "CTF5G" platform for cybersecurity training and workforce development focused on 5G network security. The key products to be delivered through this 2-year project are: Automating the workflow for setting up 5G network-based...

This $117,392 project grant from the National Science Foundation's Computer and Information Science and Engineering program will fund a 1.5-day workshop in 2023 to support aspiring principal investigators for the agency's Secure and Trustworthy Cyberspace grants. The workshop will provide mentorship and guidance to help researchers strengthen proposal writing skills and develop comprehensive research plans through one-on-one mentor meetings, mock review panels, and drafting an executive summary....

REU Site: Integrative Challenges in Cybersecurity – Deception, Remediation, and Resilient Systems The National Science Foundation's Division of Computing and Communication Foundations (CFDA 47.070) awarded $464,622 to The Research Foundation for the State University of New York on October 1, 2026, to establish and operate a Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) Site at the University at Albany through September 30, 2029. The project delivers hands-on undergraduate research training...

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 three-year, $425,000 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's Division of Electrical, Communications and Cyber Systems, under the Engineering program (CFDA 47.041), will fund research at The Pennsylvania State University to develop provably secure, online learning-based adaptive cyber defenses for real-world servers. The research aims to provide mathematically rigorous guarantees by synthesizing new models integrating machine learning, game theory, and control theory. It will...

This three-year, $300,000 project grant from the National Science Foundation's Computer and Information Science and Engineering program aims to develop scalable defenses against Sybil attacks in dynamic computer networks. The University of New Mexico will collaborate with cybersecurity practitioners and academia through two research workshops to design new defenses where the resource burning cost to legitimate participants grows slowly as a function of the adversary's resources and rate of...

The National Science Foundation's Office of Advanced Cyberinfrastructure awarded $110,000 to the University of Oklahoma under the Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CFDA 47.070) program on October 1, 2026, for a collaborative cybersecurity training initiative extending through September 30, 2028. This pilot project develops a comprehensive interdisciplinary training program designed to equip the next generation of researchers and cybersecurity professionals with knowledge and...

This $191,281 project grant from the National Science Foundation Office of Advanced Cyberinfrastructure, under the Computer and Information Science and Engineering program (CFDA 47.070), will fund a two-day workshop hosted by Columbia University. The workshop will bring together awardees from the Cyberinfrastructure for Sustained Scientific Innovation program to showcase project diversity, advance networking, analyze sustainability lessons, identify data standards, create a vision for a...