Project Grant 2603113
- This $152,994 project grant from the National Science Foundation's Computer and Information Science and Engineering program (CFDA 47.070) will fund research on physical side-channel attacks in biometric systems at West Virginia University from October 1, 2022 to June 30, 2023. The grantee will develop methodologies such as metrics, deep learning algorithms, protocols, and tools to analyze physical side-channel attacks and countermeasures in biometric systems. This includes a biometric protection...
- The National Science Foundation awarded a $393,599 project grant to The Research Foundation For The State University Of New York to support an REU Site: Frontier Technologies for Biometrics and Authentication from March 2021 through February 2024. The grant was awarded under the NSF's Computer and Information Science and Engineering program (CFDA 47.070), which supports investigator-initiated research and education in computing, communications, and information science and engineering. Through...
- The University of South Florida received a $287,406 project grant award from the National Science Foundation Division of Computer and Network Systems under the Computer and Information Science and Engineering program (CFDA 47.070). The award will support research from April 2021 through March 2024 toward developing age-aware continuous authentication on personal computing devices. The Computer and Information Science and Engineering program aims to advance computing and communications research...
- This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CISE) program provides $174,991 to the University of Dayton Research Institute Division to examine the feasibility of presentation attacks on photoplethysmography (PPG)-based continuous authentication systems in mobile and wearable devices, and develop methods for defending against such attacks. The research project aims to reduce impersonation risks, build trust in biometric...
- This $275,000 federal Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) under the Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships (CFDA 47.084) program supports the development and evaluation of a novel biometric authentication system by Morphosis Inc., a small disadvantaged business in Berkeley, CA. The project aims to enhance digital security by integrating continuous biometric verification into human-computer interactions, using wearable neural interface technology to capture unique...
- The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a Project Grant titled "CAREER: SECURITY-AWARE NEXT GENERATION EMBEDDED HARDWARE DESIGN" (CFDA 47.070) to Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. The $347,792 grant, awarded on August 15, 2025, supports research to develop an end-to-end framework for designing and securing fine-grained hardware primitives to enhance the effectiveness of hardware-assisted security solutions for resource-constrained embedded devices. The research aims to create...
- The University of Florida was awarded a two-year, $255,486 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation under the Computer and Information Science and Engineering program (CFDA 47.070). The grant supports research titled "COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: SATC: CORE: MEDIUM: TOWARD AGE-AWARE CONTINUOUS AUTHENTICATION ON PERSONAL COMPUTING DEVICES." The research will advance development and use of cyberinfrastructure to enable and accelerate discovery and innovation in computing,...
- The National Science Foundation Division of Computer and Network Systems awarded a $187,723 Project Grant to Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University from July 2021 through December 2022. The grant supports research titled "EAGER: BIOMETRIC AUTHENTICATION USING NONCONTACT CARDIOVASCULAR SIGNALS" under the Computer and Information Science and Engineering program (CFDA 47.070). This program aims to advance computing and information sciences through investigator-initiated...
- This $254,369 federal Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) aims to develop a wearable device capable of continuously sensing physiological signals for biometric authentication and health monitoring. The key products and services to be delivered under this 3-year award include: The project will explore the use of multispectral photoplethysmography (PPG) signals collected through custom-designed wearable devices for continuous biometric...
- This federal Project Grant award, valued at $442,000.00 and provided by the National Science Foundation (NSF) under the Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CFDA 47.070) program, will fund the University of South Florida (USF) to host an annual 10-week summer program from 2025 to 2027. The program will train a total of 30 undergraduate students, particularly those from underrepresented groups or schools with limited research opportunities, in computer hardware security. Students...
The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a $608,204 CAREER grant titled "Advancing Fairness in Biometric Systems: Towards Security and Privacy Enhancement" to the University of South Florida (USF). The 5-year project, which runs from Dec 2025 to Dec 2029, aims to investigate vulnerabilities in biometric recognition systems and develop countermeasures to enhance security and privacy. The research focuses on analyzing hardware and software attacks, such as side-channel and fault injection attacks, as well as addressing issues of fairness and bias. The project will also establish a research infrastructure to identify unexplored vulnerabilities and develop evaluation methodologies for side-channel attacks. Additionally, the grant includes educational and outreach activities, including a youth cybersecurity research program, an annual datathon, a student contest, and development of new course materials related to biometric security.
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Not listed | $608.2k | 12/5/25 |