Project Grant 2543517
- The National Science Foundation Division of Information and Intelligent Systems awarded The Washington University $675,000 on July 1, 2026, under the Computer and Information Science and Engineering program (CFDA 47.070) to advance technological management of computer networks through research into the safe delegation of network operational tasks to artificial intelligence agents while retaining human governance and accountability. The project develops scientific and technical principles for...
- The National Science Foundation Division of Computing and Communication Foundations awarded The Washington University $417,565 on October 1, 2026, under the Computer and Information Science and Engineering program (CFDA 47.070) for research on adaptive knowledge synthesis in large language models. The project develops methods enabling AI systems to actively seek out and synthesize knowledge from multiple external sources through structured, step-by-step reasoning. Current large language models...
- The National Science Foundation Division of Computing and Communication Foundations awarded Washington State University $326,994 under the Computer and Information Science and Engineering program (CFDA 47.070) on June 1, 2026. The project, titled "CAREER: Flow-Based Reconfiguration for Next-Generation Foundation Models," develops methods to reshape how large artificial intelligence models transmit and process information to improve reliability assessment and adaptation to new data. The...
- The National Science Foundation Division of Computing and Communication Foundations awarded $200,000 to the University of Missouri at Kansas City on October 1, 2026, under the Computer and Information Science and Engineering program (CFDA 47.070) to develop and implement a curriculum-based undergraduate research experience program focused on AI security and privacy. The recipient will design, implement, and evaluate flexible educational modules—including labs, tutorials, assignments, and...
- The National Science Foundation Division of Information and Intelligent Systems awarded The Washington University $679,322 on July 1, 2026, under the Computer and Information Science and Engineering program to investigate neuromorphic Ising machines using single-electron Fowler-Nordheim annealing networks for combinatorial optimization. The project develops sampling techniques and scalable optimization methods that exploit quantum statistics, operate at non-cryogenic temperatures, and use...
- The National Science Foundation Division of Graduate Education awarded $500,000 to the University of Southern California on September 1, 2026, to develop instructional resources and graduate-level curriculum for agentic cybersecurity engineering under the STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076). The project, titled "Agentic Cybersecurity Engineering for Artificial Intelligence" (ACE), addresses the shortage of cybersecurity professionals qualified to design, deploy, and secure AI agents...
- This National Science Foundation (NSF) grant under the Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CISE) program (CFDA 47.070) provides $1,200,000 to The Washington University to develop new theoretical and algorithmic capabilities for ensuring the robust and safe deployment of AI-enabled cyber-physical systems (CPS). Specifically, the project aims to design certification, verification, and robust training algorithms for multi-agent reinforcement learning (MARL) control policies. This will...
- This $100,000 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CISE) program (CFDA 47.070) will support the planning and development of a proposal to study the risks and benefits of generative AI-based systems for security and privacy. The University of Kansas Center for Research Inc., a non-profit subsidiary of the University of Kansas, will lead this planning effort. The goal is to create a fully realized proposal that addresses...
- The National Science Foundation Office of Advanced Cyberinfrastructure awarded the University of Illinois $896,601 on October 1, 2026, under the Computer and Information Science and Engineering program (CFDA 47.070) to establish AI assurance infrastructure and workforce development for trustworthy artificial intelligence in scientific research. The award funds three coordinated deliverables. First, standardized documentation of model cards and dataset datasheets for GPU allocations on national...
- Federal Grant Award Summary The National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Computer and Network Systems awarded the University of Maryland, College Park a Project Grant of $331,428 (CFDA 47.070 – Computer and Information Science and Engineering) commencing October 1, 2025, with a completion date of September 30, 2030. This CAREER award supports research focused on secure code generation with large language models (Code LLMs), addressing critical security vulnerabilities in AI-driven...
The National Science Foundation Division of Computer and Network Systems awarded The Washington University $339,167 on August 1, 2026, under the Computer and Information Science and Engineering program (CFDA 47.070) to conduct foundational research on securing the agentic web as generative AI becomes embedded across web platform layers. The recipient will develop technical approaches to re-architect the web platform for safe generative AI deployment, addressing security, privacy, and safety vulnerabilities that arise from the mismatch between the web's original design and the requirements of agentic systems. The project pursues three complementary strategies: strengthening the existing web platform as a resilient foundation for agentic evolution; expanding native web interfaces to support generative AI use cases while enabling principled defenses against agentic-specific risks; and applying systems-security principles to prevent and detect risks stemming from generative AI robustness limitations. The research includes educational components on safeguarding the agentic web and generative AI systems more broadly. Work is performed at The Washington University's Office of Sponsored Research Services in University City, Missouri, through July 31, 2031. This CAREER-track award supports investigator-initiated research in computer and information science and engineering under the NSF's broad mandate to advance computing and communications research and education.
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
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| Not listed | $339.2k | 7/23/26 |