Project Grant 2521084
- Federal Grant Award Summary The University of Pennsylvania received a $350,000 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's Division of Mathematical Sciences under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) for a collaborative research initiative spanning July 1, 2025 through June 30, 2028. The project focuses on advancing lattice-based cryptography through mathematical innovations in number theory, specifically addressing the construction and optimization of...
- This $500,000 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's Computer and Information Science and Engineering program will fund research at The Pennsylvania State University from February 2022 to January 2025. The university will identify vulnerabilities and develop defenses for securing large-scale noisy-intermediate scale quantum computing. Specifically, the grant will support identifying assets, vulnerabilities, security threats, and potential for intellectual property theft in...
- Federal Project Grant Award Summary The Pennsylvania State University received a $206,550 CAREER (Faculty Early Career Development) award from the National Science Foundation's Division of Materials Research under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049). The award, effective October 1, 2025, through August 31, 2027, supports theoretical research investigating mechanisms to avoid quantum ergodicity in many-body quantum systems. The research component develops theoretical...
- Federal Grant Award Summary The National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Computer and Network Systems awarded a CAREER grant of $347,084 to the University of California, Merced on July 1, 2026, under the Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CISE) program (CFDA 47.070). This five-year project, extending through June 30, 2031, addresses the critical need to optimize post-quantum cryptography (PQC) algorithms for widespread deployment across diverse computing platforms. The...
- Federal Grant Award Summary The Pennsylvania State University received a $650,000 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's Division of Physics under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences (CFDA 47.049) program, effective September 1, 2025, through August 31, 2028. This NSF-BSF (National Science Foundation-Binational Science Foundation) collaborative award funds research to create and detect three-dimensional (3D) cluster states of neutral atoms—a form of quantum entanglement that...
- Federal Grant Award Summary The National Science Foundation's Division of Computing and Communication Foundations awarded the University of South Florida a $471,375 Project Grant (CFDA 47.070: Computer and Information Science and Engineering) effective October 1, 2026, through September 30, 2029, to support a Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) Site focused on cryptography, coding theory, and quantum computing. The award provides 10 undergraduate students annually over three summers...
- Federal Grant Award Summary Florida Atlantic University received a $399,964 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Computer and Network Systems under the Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CISE) program (CFDA 47.070), with an award date of May 15, 2026 and completion date of April 30, 2029. This collaborative research project develops cryptographic foundations and protocols designed to secure digital communications against threats posed by...
- This federal Project Grant award of $263,170 from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CISE) program, with a performance period from January 15, 2025 to December 31, 2029, aims to advance quantum security and cryptography. The project's key objectives are to construct new forms of quantum pseudorandomness, which can hide the quantum mechanical properties of physical systems, such as their entanglement. This research is expected to...
- Federal Grant Award Summary The University of South Florida received a $150,000 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's Office of Advanced Cyberinfrastructure under the Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CISE) program (CFDA 47.070), effective August 1, 2025 through July 31, 2027. This collaborative research initiative, conducted in partnership with the New York Institute of Technology, develops cloud-based educational modules that integrate quantum computing and...
- Federal Grant Award Summary The University of California, San Diego received a $600,000 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's Division of Computer and Network Systems under the Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CISE) program (CFDA 47.070). The award, effective July 1, 2025, through June 30, 2028, supports collaborative research focused on advancing lattice-based cryptography through mathematical innovations in number theory. The project delivers research products...
The Pennsylvania State University received a $600,000 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's Division of Computer and Network Systems under the Computer and Information Science and Engineering program (CFDA 47.070), effective May 15, 2026, through April 30, 2029. The award supports research on classical and post-quantum security of cryptographic systems, with particular focus on supersingular isogeny-based schemes and lattice-based alternatives designed to remain secure against quantum computer attacks. Research deliverables include security analyses of recently developed isogeny-based protocols, investigation of the endomorphism ring problem for supersingular elliptic curves, and algorithmic improvements to existing computational methods underlying these cryptographic schemes. Beyond research outputs, the project includes an educational component designed to engage middle and high school students in cryptography fundamentals and mathematical concepts supporting cybersecurity workforce development. The overall initiative addresses the urgent national priority of developing and implementing quantum-resistant cryptographic infrastructure before quantum computing advances render currently deployed systems vulnerable, while simultaneously improving the efficiency of next-generation cryptosystems for practical deployment.Federal Grant Award Summary
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Not listed | $600.0k | 5/13/26 |