Project Grant 2445401
- This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Social and Economic Science under the Social, Behavioral, and Economic Sciences program (CFDA 47.075) provides $393,256 to George Mason University to conduct research investigating the broader privacy ecosystems that vulnerable populations experience, beyond just individual mobile applications. The key products and services being delivered under this three-year award include: Qualitative research, including...
- The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a $234,347 Project Grant under the Social, Behavioral, and Economic Sciences program (CFDA 47.075) to the Regents of the University of Michigan, Office of Research and Sponsored Projects (doing business as the University of Michigan) for the project "Collaborative Research: SATC: CORE: MEDIUM: Beyond App-Centric Privacy: Investigating Privacy Ecosystems Among Vulnerable Populations." The project aims to go beyond app-centric approaches to...
- The National Science Foundation awarded a $280,000 Project Grant under the Social, Behavioral, and Economic Sciences program (CFDA 47.075) to the University of Maryland, College Park to conduct research into privacy ecosystems and management strategies for vulnerable populations. The project aims to go beyond an app-centric view of privacy by examining the broader privacy risks faced by vulnerable individuals, particularly in the healthcare context. Through qualitative research including...
- This National Science Foundation (NSF) Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CISE) Federal Grant Program (CFDA 47.070) award of $100,000 to Northeastern University provides funding for a 3-year collaborative research project titled "SATC: CORE: SMALL: Empathy-Based Privacy Education and Design Through Synthetic Persona Data Generation." The project aims to develop new frameworks and tools to enhance privacy education and design through the use of AI-generated synthetic...
- This $100,000 project grant from the National Science Foundation's Social, Behavioral, and Economic Sciences program will fund research to understand the impact of privacy interventions on the online publishing ecosystem. The three-year award to the New Jersey Institute of Technology will support studies of how publishers comply with and implement privacy regulations, how users respond to new privacy tools, and the effects on user engagement, publisher revenues from online advertising, and...
- This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CISE) program (CFDA# 47.070) provides $263,712.00 to The Johns Hopkins University to enhance privacy literacy for elementary school children through long-term partnerships with families, schools, and community organizations. The project aims to develop a new learning model that builds a collaborative network to reinforce privacy concepts, foster critical thinking about privacy,...
- This National Science Foundation (NSF) Project Grant award under the Social, Behavioral, and Economic Sciences (CFDA 47.075) program provides $100,000.00 in funding to George Washington University to investigate security and privacy practices within ultra-Orthodox Jewish communities. The project aims to 1) provide scientific insight into the dynamics between modern technology, societal restrictions, and their impact on security and privacy, and 2) understand the technical and social mechanisms...
- This $163,132 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CISE) program supports an interdisciplinary research project investigating privacy negotiation behaviors among stakeholders in smart environments. The project team at Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University (Virginia Tech) is designing, developing, and deploying an interactive system to collect real-world data on how people manage and negotiate their...
- The National Science Foundation Division of Computer and Network Systems awarded a $199,076 Project Grant to the FPF Education And Innovation Foundation for collaborative research titled "A Large-Scale, Longitudinal Resource to Advance Technical and Legal Understanding of Textual Privacy Information." The three-year award runs from July 1, 2021 to June 30, 2024 under the Computer and Information Science and Engineering program (CFDA #47.070). The grant will support the development of a...
- The Pennsylvania State University received a $100,000 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation Division of Social and Economic Science under the Social, Behavioral, and Economic Sciences federal grant program (CFDA 47.075). The award will support research from June 2023 to May 2026 to address concerns about privacy risks from personal information sharing on social media, especially for low-income and underrepresented groups. The university will study how socioeconomic status...
COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: SATC: CORE: MEDIUM: BEYOND APP-CENTRIC PRIVACY: INVESTIGATING PRIVACY ECOSYSTEMS AMONG VULNERABLE POPULATIONS -MUCH PRIVACY RESEARCH HAS TAKEN AN APP-CENTRIC APPROACH, NARROWLY FOCUSED ON UNDERSTANDING USER CONCERNS, IF ANY, WITH PRIVACY RISKS OF AN APP AND ALLEVIATING THE SYMPTOMATIC EVIDENCE OF THE AILMENT (DATA LEAKED BY A SPECIFIC APP). THIS PROJECT TACKLES THE PRIVACY ECOSYSTEM, AN INTERLOCKING WEB OF DATAVEILLANCE THAT CAN ENCOMPASS EVERYTHING FROM CREDIT CARD PURCHASES TO LOCATION HISTORY TO COMMUNICATIONS METADATA. THE LARGER PRIVACY ECOSYSTEMS GOES BEYOND THE RISKS OF PARTICULAR APPS AND AIMS TO MITIGATE THE MULTIPLE PRIVACY RISKS THAT THREATEN PEOPLE, PARTICULARLY VULNERABLE INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE BOTH MORE AT RISK OF PRIVACY BREACHES AND MORE HARMED BY THEIR CONSEQUENCES. HEALTH IS A KEY CONTEXT AND DOMAIN IN WHICH A BROAD VIEW OF PRIVACY IS NECESSARY. THIS PROJECT GOES BEYOND APP-CENTRIC VIEWS OF HEALTH PRIVACY AND AIMS TO EXAMINE VULNERABLE INDIVIDUALS? PRIVACY BEHAVIORS IN THE HEALTHCARE CONTEXT. IT DEVELOPS AND EVALUATES WAYS THAT THESE INDIVIDUALS CAN BETTER PROTECT THEMSELVES, AS WELL AS TOOLS TO HELP HEALTHCARE PROVIDERS SUPPORT THEIR CLIENTS? PRIVACY. THROUGH QUALITATIVE RESEARCH THAT INCLUDES IN-DEPTH INTERVIEWS AND SYSTEMATIC ANALYSIS, THIS PROJECT IS CHARACTERIZING THE UNDERSTANDING OF RISK EXPERIENCED BY VULNERABLE INDIVIDUALS IN THE CONTEXT OF THEIR HEALTHCARE, TAKING INTO ACCOUNT THE BROAD PRIVACY ECOSYSTEM BEYOND INDIVIDUAL APPS. QUALITATIVE RESEARCH ALSO IS EXPLORING THE ROLE OF SERVICE PROVIDERS, INCLUDING LIBRARIANS, SOCIAL WORKERS, TEACHERS, AND HEALTHCARE PROFESSIONALS. PROVIDING PRIVACY MANAGEMENT STRATEGIES. THROUGH QUALITATIVE RESEARCH THAT INCLUDES IN-DEPTH INTERVIEWS AND SYSTEMATIC ANALYSIS, THIS PROJECT IS CHARACTERIZING THE UNDERSTANDING OF RISK EXPERIENCED BY VULNERABLE INDIVIDUALS IN THE CONTEXT OF THEIR HEALTHCARE, TAKING INTO ACCOUNT THE BROAD PRIVACY ECOSYSTEM BEYOND INDIVIDUAL APPS. QUALITATIVE RESEARCH ALSO IS EXPLORING THE ROLE OF SERVICE PROVIDERS, INCLUDING LIBRARIANS, SOCIAL WORKERS, TEACHERS, AND HEALTHCARE PROFESSIONALS IN PROVIDING PRIVACY MANAGEMENT STRATEGIES. THE SECOND PART OF THIS RESEARCH INVOLVES VULNERABLE POPULATIONS, SERVICE PROVIDERS, AND PRIVACY EXPERTS. PARTICIPATORY DESIGN IS EMPLOYED TO DEVELOP AND EVALUATE A TOOLKIT TO SUPPORT PRIVACY ECOSYSTEM MANAGEMENT. THIS RESEARCH PROJECT IS DEVELOPING A FREELY AVAILABLE PRIVACY TOOLKIT DESIGNED FOR THOSE WHO PROVIDE SUPPORT AND GUIDANCE TO VULNERABLE INDIVIDUALS TO HELP MITIGATE PRIVACY HARMS. THE PROJECT IS CONTRIBUTING TO UNDERSTANDING PRIVACY RISK AND MANAGEMENT FOR VULNERABLE INDIVIDUALS AND PROVIDES A NEW FRAME FOR PRIVACY AND SECURITY RESEARCHERS IN THE STUDY OF PRIVACY PROTECTION FOR VULNERABLE COMMUNITIES. THIS AWARD REFLECTS NSF'S STATUTORY MISSION AND HAS BEEN DEEMED WORTHY OF SUPPORT THROUGH EVALUATION USING THE FOUNDATION'S INTELLECTUAL MERIT AND BROADER IMPACTS REVIEW CRITERIA.- SUBAWARDS ARE NOT PLANNED FOR THIS AWARD.
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
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| Not listed | $0 | 9/25/24 | ||
| Not listed | $184.3k | 9/3/24 |
GrantNumber | Description | Subgrantee | Prime Award | Dollars Obligated | Updated At |
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GWU2445401S | George Washington University (The) | Project Grant 2445401 | $66.2k | 1/6/25 |