Project Grant 2602894
- The National Science Foundation Office of Integrative Activities awarded Bowie State University $255,975 on October 1, 2026, to design an adaptive attack risk estimation framework for proactive cyber threat detection. The project will develop a machine learning and data analysis framework to identify early warning signs of network vulnerability by examining patterns across multiple data sources and tracking how these patterns change as attacks unfold. The framework will examine context-aware...
- The National Science Foundation's Office of Advanced Cyberinfrastructure awarded the University of Illinois $199,853 on March 1, 2026, under the Computer and Information Science and Engineering program (CFDA 47.070) to conduct threat modeling for research security through scenario-based red team tabletop exercises. The recipient will deliver two facilitated workshops employing role-playing game architectures and realistic scenarios led by experts to uncover behavioral and contextual drivers of...
- This Project Grant from the National Science Foundation Office of Integrative Activities, under the Integrative Activities federal grant program (CFDA 47.083), provides $400,000 to North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University from September 1, 2022 to August 31, 2025. The funding supports research to develop an early warning framework for cyber threats targeting operational technology systems. The framework introduces intelligent interaction decoys that mimic the behavior of...
- The National Science Foundation Division of Computer and Network Systems awarded New York University $600,000 on March 1, 2026, under the Computer and Information Science and Engineering program (CFDA 47.070) for a U.S.–Ireland research and development partnership developing integrated modeling, analysis, and control frameworks to enhance resilience and safety in industrial control systems under cyber and physical threats. The project, performed in New York, New York, addresses how attacks...
- This CAREER award of $369,693 from the National Science Foundation's Division of Information and Intelligent Systems (Computer and Information Science and Engineering program, CFDA 47.070) supports a five-year research initiative (October 1, 2025 – September 30, 2030) at Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University to develop an advanced cybersecurity defense framework leveraging large language models (LLMs). The project addresses critical vulnerabilities in current threat detection...
- The National Science Foundation Division of Computer and Network Systems awarded The University of Central Florida Board of Trustees $100,000 on October 1, 2026, to organize and conduct a U.S.–Republic of Korea Joint Workshop on Cybersecurity Innovations under the Computer and Information Science and Engineering program (CFDA 47.070). The University of Central Florida will coordinate a series of international workshops held in both countries that bring together researchers from academia,...
- The National Science Foundation awarded the University of Notre Dame $150,000 on July 15, 2026, under the Integrative Activities program (CFDA 47.083) to demonstrate accelerated implementation of NSPM-33 cybersecurity critical controls at the institution and develop reproducible implementation guidance for the broader research community. Notre Dame will execute the work on an accelerated timeline to identify and address implementation challenges as the institution transitions from lab-based to...
- The National Science Foundation Office of Advanced Cyberinfrastructure awarded the University of Illinois $900,000 on September 1, 2026, under the Computer and Information Science and Engineering program (CFDA 47.070) to develop a large language model-powered adaptive cyber deception framework for scientific cyberinfrastructure security operations centers. The framework generates context-aware responses during controlled attacker engagement, automatically adjusts decoys and honeypots based on...
- The National Science Foundation Division of Computer and Network Systems awarded the University of Texas at Dallas $374,180 on October 1, 2026, under the Computer and Information Science and Engineering program (CFDA 47.070) to develop artificial intelligence methods for detecting vulnerabilities in open-source software commits. The project, titled "Rethinking AI-Based Vulnerability Detection for Open-Source Software," runs through September 30, 2031, and work is performed in...
- This federal Project Grant award for $300,000, provided by the National Science Foundation (NSF) through the Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CISE) program (CFDA 47.070), will support the "AI Horizon: Forecasting Cybersecurity Workforce Evolution and Adaptive Skill Development" initiative. This initiative aims to develop a data-driven forecasting framework to predict how AI will transform cybersecurity tasks, enabling educators to rapidly adapt curricula. The project...
The National Science Foundation Office of Integrative Activities awarded the University of the District of Columbia $100,711 on October 1, 2026, under the Integrative Activities program (CFDA 47.083) to design an adaptive attack risk estimation framework for proactive cyber threat detection. The project develops machine learning and data analysis methods to identify warning signs of network vulnerability by examining patterns across multiple data sources and tracking how attack indicators change as cyberattacks unfold. The framework will generate data-driven rules that link extracted temporal and spatial features of network activity to predict network event frequencies and estimate attack severity, enabling security systems to recognize evolving threats and help analysts prioritize incident response. Project outcomes include new methods for learning and representing changing indicators of network vulnerability and for translating these insights into effective defense strategies. The work serves the national interest by strengthening cyber defenses that protect critical infrastructure, economic activities, and sensitive information. The project also builds research capacity at the recipient institution by engaging students in advanced cybersecurity research, preparing the next generation of cybersecurity professionals. Performance runs through September 30, 2028, with work performed in Washington, DC.
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Not listed | $100.7k | 8/6/26 |