Project Grant 2344237
- This $300,000 Project Grant awarded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) under the Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CFDA #47.070) program aims to strengthen national cybersecurity and artificial intelligence education efforts. The project will build a comprehensive collection of hands-on labs that simulate real-world security challenges through cloud-based virtual environments. These labs are designed to integrate into cybersecurity, data science, and broader computing...
- This federal Project Grant award, provided by the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CISE) Program (CFDA 47.070), will fund a collaborative research project between Oakland University and Worcester Polytechnic Institute. The $150,000 award, effective August 1, 2025 through July 31, 2027, aims to increase awareness and promote broader adoption of the National AI Research Resource (NAIRR) pilot. The project will organize two 12-workshop series...
- This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CISE) program, with the CFDA number 47.070, provides $155,000.00 to the University of Michigan to develop methods for generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) tools to create synthetic but useful data for network and application security tasks. The goal is to enhance the performance of security classifiers, which use machine learning to identify cyberthreats like malware or...
- The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a $300,000 Project Grant under its Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CFDA 47.070) program to the University of Arizona to develop a Generative AI-Based Personalized Cybersecurity Tutor (GAI-PCT) for training the workforce in Fourth Industrial Revolution (4IR) cybersecurity. The key products and services to be delivered include: A generative AI-based interactive instructor to assist and guide students through online cybersecurity...
- This Project Grant award of $438,871.00 was provided by the National Science Foundation (NSF) under the Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CISE) Federal Grant Program (CFDA 47.070) to The University of Tulsa. The project aims to address security and ethical challenges in AI-integrated crowdsourcing by: 1) Developing trustworthy human-AI collaborative annotation systems resistant to adversarial attacks, 2) Proposing detection strategies to identify misuse of generative AI in...
- This $249,956 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CISE) program aims to develop a cybersecurity training program for undergraduate and graduate students across the nation. The goal is to train students to identify, analyze, and mitigate various attack vectors targeting Large Language Model (LLM)-empowered advanced cyberinfrastructure systems, such as ChatGPT, LLAMA, Claude, and Gemini. The 3-year project, set to...
- The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a $371,449 Project Grant under the STEM Education (CFDA 47.076) program to the Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT) to integrate cybersecurity education into existing computing curricula. The project will design and develop a set of ready-to-use Identity and Access Management (IAM)-themed software course projects, as well as supporting course modules and active learning activities. At least 10 faculty members from multiple institutions will...
- This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's Computer and Information Science and Engineering program (CFDA 47.070) provides $262,900 to Portland State University over the period of October 1, 2023 to September 30, 2025. The goal of this project is to redesign security education curricula to better integrate and leverage the use of large language models (LLMs) in addressing modern cybersecurity challenges. The key objectives are to create new educational content and lab...
- 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 EAGER (Early-Concept Grants for Exploratory Research) project grant under the CISE (Computer and Information Science and Engineering) Federal Grant Program to the University of California, San Diego (UCSD). The grant, titled "NAIRR PILOT: Applying NAIRR Pilot Resources to Optimize AI-Ready Data Investments," aims to demonstrate how the National Artificial Intelligence Research Resource (NAIRR) pilot resources can facilitate the...
This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CISE) program (CFDA 47.070) supports the development of a learner-centered artificial intelligence (AI) co-pilot tool to crowd-source the curation of comprehensive cybersecurity attack artifacts. The $299,999 award to the Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT) aims to leverage large language models and techniques like prompt engineering to guide users in emulating end-to-end attack scenarios. The resulting high-quality dataset of attack behaviors and system settings will provide a valuable resource for security research, benchmarking, and education. The project seeks to address the challenges of creating holistic cybersecurity solutions by enabling the crowd-sourced aggregation of attack data through an accessible, adaptive, and reusable platform. The award period runs from June 1, 2024 to May 31, 2026.
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Not listed | $300.0k | 6/12/24 |