Project Grant 2623125
- Federal Project Grant Award Summary The Pennsylvania State University received a $250,000 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's Computer and Information Science and Engineering program (CFDA 47.070) effective August 1, 2025, through July 31, 2028, to develop and deliver a comprehensive cybertraining program addressing the security vulnerabilities associated with Large Language Models (LLMs) in advanced cyberinfrastructure systems. The project delivers a structured educational...
- The National Science Foundation Division of Computing and Communication Foundations awarded The Pennsylvania State University $369,905 on October 1, 2026, under the Computer and Information Science and Engineering program (CFDA 47.070) to develop educational materials, practical tools, and a website enabling high school and undergraduate learners to investigate how large language models handle copyrighted and private information, collect evidence of vulnerabilities, and communicate their...
- This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's Computer and Information Science and Engineering program (CFDA 47.070) provides $262,900 to Portland State University over the period of October 1, 2023 to September 30, 2025. The goal of this project is to redesign security education curricula to better integrate and leverage the use of large language models (LLMs) in addressing modern cybersecurity challenges. The key objectives are to create new educational content and lab...
- The Pennsylvania State University received a $312,568 project grant award from the National Science Foundation Office of International Science and Engineering under the STEM Education (formerly Education and Human Resources) federal grant program (CFDA 47.076). The grant will support the development of a framework for attributable cybersecurity case studies from May 1, 2021 through April 30, 2023. The STEM Education program aims to ensure the vitality of the nation's science, technology,...
- Federal Project Grant Summary The Pennsylvania State University received a $180,000 Project Grant awarded October 1, 2025, by the National Science Foundation's Division of Computer and Network Systems under the Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CISE) program (CFDA 47.070). This collaborative research initiative addresses security vulnerabilities in Large Language Model (LLM)-integrated applications through a systematic investigation of prompt injection attacks—a class of...
- The Pennsylvania State University received a $3 million project grant award from the National Science Foundation Division of Graduate Education under the federal STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076) on September 1, 2021. The five-year grant will support the Linguistic Diversity Across the Lifespan project to transform training and advance human-technology interaction through research on linguistic diversity. As part of the NSF's mission to ensure the vitality of the nation's STEM education...
- The National Science Foundation Division of Computer and Network Systems awarded The Pennsylvania State University $591,534 on July 1, 2026, under the Computer and Information Science and Engineering program (CFDA 47.070) to research the security of quantum machine learning models deployed on untrusted third-party quantum cloud services. The project develops new attack models targeting quantum machine learning systems originating from untrusted cloud environments and creates defensive measures...
- Federal Project Grant Award Summary The Pennsylvania State University received a $100,000 Project Grant award dated July 15, 2025, 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 project, titled "Accelerating LLM Safety Research with Self-Evolving Evaluation Infrastructure," aims to develop an open, community-driven evaluation framework to assess Large Language...
- The National Science Foundation Division of Computer and Network Systems awarded The Pennsylvania State University $350,000 on October 1, 2026, under the Computer and Information Science and Engineering program (CFDA 47.070) to develop jurisdiction-aware copyright protections for large language models. The project addresses copyright vulnerabilities in LLMs by creating a technical framework that connects model training, real-time inference, and post-deployment refinement. The work includes...
- The Pennsylvania State University, doing business as Penn State, was awarded a $599,096 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CISE) Federal Grant Program (CFDA 47.070). The three-year award, effective June 1, 2024, will fund research towards "Efficient Adaptive Federated Learning: Algorithms, Theories, and Applications." The project aims to (1) improve the communication efficiency of adaptive federated learning...
The National Science Foundation Division of Graduate Education awarded The Pennsylvania State University $500,000 on August 1, 2026, under the STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076) to develop a lab-centric curriculum and educational platform for large language model security. Penn State will create experiential learning materials and hands-on laboratories addressing LLM security risks across three interconnected thrusts: lab-guided understanding of LLM fundamentals and LLM-integrated applications; heuristic-based and optimization-based red teaming methods supported by four hands-on labs for understanding security threats; and prevention-based, detection-based, and attribution-based defense methods supported by three hands-on labs for implementing, testing, and refining defenses. The curriculum targets multiple stakeholder groups, including students, current workforce members, and emerging workers entering cybersecurity fields. The project responds to the rapid deployment of LLM-integrated applications—including agentic systems such as OpenClaw, Codex, and Claude Code—across healthcare, finance, legal services, software engineering, and scientific research, where security remains a critical challenge. The educational platform will enable hands-on learning to build problem-solving skills in securing LLM-integrated applications and lay the foundation for a new generation of cybersecurity professionals prepared to address real-world LLM security risks. Performance occurs in State College, Pennsylvania, with a period of performance from August 1, 2026, through July 31, 2029.
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
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| Not listed | $500.0k | 7/29/26 |