Project Grant 2513315
- This federal Project Grant award of $104,250.00, provided by the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CISE) program, supports collaborative research to address the growing threat of AI-generated abuse against individuals. The research team is conducting technical and content analysis to characterize the ecosystem of tools used to create abuse material, leveraging psychological principles to deter attackers, and engaging in technical forecasting to...
- This $280,050 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CISE) program supports a collaborative research effort at the University of Washington to develop technical and socio-technical interventions against AI-generated abuse. The research team will conduct in-depth analysis of the tools and ecosystem used to create abusive AI-generated content, such as nonconsensual synthetic media. Leveraging principles from psychology...
- The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a $542,462 Project Grant under the Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CFDA 47.070) Federal Grant Program to Georgetown University. The grant supports a collaborative research project titled "SATC: CORE: MEDIUM: Socio-Technical Interventions Against AI-Generated Abuse." The project aims to address the growing threat of using AI tools to distort images of individuals without their consent, which can be misused for...
- The Florida International University received a $192,921 project grant award from the National Science Foundation on May 1, 2021 to support research titled "COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: EAGER: SATC-EDU: JUST-IN-TIME ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE-DRIVEN CYBER ABUSE EDUCATION IN SOCIAL NETWORKS." The two-year project falls under the NSF's STEM Education program (CFDA #47.076), which aims to ensure the vitality of the nation's science, technology, engineering and mathematics education enterprise....
- This National Science Foundation project grant of $375,000 will fund the development of an Integrative Cyberinfrastructure for Online Abuse Research (ICOAR) from September 2022 through August 2025. The funding is provided through the NSF's Social, Behavioral, and Economic Sciences program (CFDA 47.075), which supports basic research and education in the social sciences. The award recipient, the Research Foundation for the State University of New York, will create a scalable and customizable...
- This National Science Foundation (NSF) Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CISE) Program (CFDA 47.070) Project Grant award of $200,000, effective July 1, 2024 through June 30, 2027, will fund research conducted by the University of Southern California (USC) to understand the evolution of hate language use in online communities. The project will analyze large social media datasets using advanced artificial intelligence (AI) techniques to identify factors influencing participation in...
- This $375,000 National Science Foundation project grant supports the development of an Integrative Cyberinfrastructure for Online Abuse Research (ICOAR) at Clemson University from September 2022 through August 2025. Funded through the agency's Social, Behavioral, and Economic Sciences program (CFDA 47.075), this award aims to strengthen the nation's infrastructure for understanding and addressing online abuse. Specifically, Clemson University will develop a scalable, customizable, and...
- The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a $600,000 Project Grant under the Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CFDA 47.070) program to the University of South Carolina. The grant, with a period of performance from October 1, 2024 to September 30, 2027, focuses on enhancing security and mitigating harm in AI-generated vision language models. Key technical objectives include: 1) Developing a prompting framework for detecting harmful content provenance in AI-generated vision...
- This Project Grant award, valued at $399,988 and provided by the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CISE) program (CFDA 47.070), supports research at Arizona State University (ASU) aimed at understanding and addressing problematic online behaviors on social media that threaten users' mental health and well-being. The key research components include developing models for early detection of problematic behaviors, designing social media features...
- This $214,617 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CISE) program will support a multi-year research project at the New York Institute of Technology (NYIT) focused on enhancing the safety and experience of online activities. The project aims to combine rigorous engineering and computer science techniques to devise methods for improving the safety and usability of digital environments, such as addressing challenges...
The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a $151,693 Project Grant under the Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CFDA 47.070) program to Florida International University (FIU) to conduct collaborative research on socio-technical interventions against AI-generated online abuse. The research team will analyze the ecosystem of tools used to create abuse material, leverage psychological principles to deter attackers, and develop technical forecasting to predict and stop future attacks. This 3-year project, running from August 1, 2025 to July 31, 2028, aims to protect Americans by technically characterizing the current and future landscape of online abuse attacks and designing sociotechnical mitigations to address this growing threat.
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Not listed | $151.7k | 7/25/25 |