Project Grant 350004610

The Department of Homeland Security's Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) awarded $549,996 under the CISA Cyber Security Awareness Campaign (CFDA 97.128) cooperative agreement to the National Cyber Security Alliance (NCSA) to promote key cybersecurity awareness campaigns from September 30, 2021 through September 29, 2022. Specifically, NCSA will promote National Cybersecurity Awareness Month, CyberSecure My Business, and Stop.Think.Connect. awareness campaigns. The primary...

This three-year, $425,000 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's Division of Electrical, Communications and Cyber Systems, under the Engineering program (CFDA 47.041), will fund research at The Pennsylvania State University to develop provably secure, online learning-based adaptive cyber defenses for real-world servers. The research aims to provide mathematically rigorous guarantees by synthesizing new models integrating machine learning, game theory, and control theory. It will...

The Research Foundation of the City University of New York (RFCUNY), acting as the fiscal agent for Hostos Community College, was awarded a $650,000 project grant from the National Science Foundation's STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076) to develop an online cybersecurity education program. The key products and services to be delivered through this 3-year award include: Developing 7 online cybersecurity courses that incorporate industry-recognized certifications, regulatory compliance, law...

Federal Project Grant Award Summary The National Science Foundation's Division of Information and Intelligent Systems awarded the University of Southern California a $375,000 Project Grant under the Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CISE) program (CFDA 47.070) effective August 1, 2025, with completion targeted for July 31, 2028. This collaborative research initiative addresses the critical shortage of cybersecurity professionals by developing comprehensive, hands-on virtual...

This $385,000 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CISE) program will establish a cyber training hub for cyber-physical energy systems at the University of South Florida (USF) in Tampa, Florida. The project aims to provide students and researchers with hands-on training and mentorship in areas such as power engineering, communication networks, data science, and cyber/hardware security. Key objectives include: (1)...

The Federal Emergency Management Agency awarded an $8 million project grant to the University of Arkansas System's Criminal Justice Institute on September 21, 2022 under the State and Local Homeland Security National Training Program (CFDA 97.005). Through this award and its federal sub-awards, a variety of cybersecurity training products and services will be delivered to state, local, tribal, and territorial government personnel. The University of Texas at San Antonio will update existing...

The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a $1.2M Project Grant to the University of Virginia under the Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CISE) program (CFDA 47.070) to enhance the security and privacy of community cyberinfrastructures (CI) for collaborative research. This 3-year project focuses on developing advanced techniques to secure data management and computation within CI systems, including centralized computing, distributed computing, and data computation. The...

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 (NSF) awarded a $120,036 Project Grant under the Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CISE) program to North Dakota State University (NDSU) and the University of Washington Tacoma. The purpose of this 2-year collaborative research project is to develop tailored curriculum modules and scalable pathways to provide comprehensive cybersecurity and privacy education for criminal justice professionals across the United States. The goal is to equip these...

The Department of Homeland Security's Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency awarded a $1,000,000 cooperative agreement to Cyberwarrior Academy LLC from September 30, 2021 to September 29, 2024 under the Cybersecurity Education and Training program (CFDA 97.127). The funding will support Cyberwarrior Academy's delivery of training to underserved populations to advance equity and growth in cybersecurity. The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency's Cyber Defense Education...