Project Grant 350004700

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 Project Grant award of $599,755 from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Office of Advanced Cyberinfrastructure supports research by North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University (NC A&T) to fortify the cybersecurity of data-intensive scientific cyber-infrastructures. The project aims to form a cybersecurity coalition within North Carolina to promote collaboration and knowledge sharing, collect comprehensive cybersecurity incident data, and utilize the data to model...

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...

This $374,997 federal Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CISE) program will develop a comprehensive set of hands-on, virtual learning materials for teaching data science skills to cybersecurity professionals. The project aims to address the growing shortage of 5.5 million cybersecurity professionals estimated by 2023 by equipping them with critical data science capabilities. The learning materials will be hosted on...

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...

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)...

This $500,000 Project Grant awarded by the U.S. Department of State's Cyberspace and Digital Policy program (CFDA 19.665) aims to build cybersecurity capacity and resilience in low and middle-income countries. The grant will support initiatives that promote secure, diverse, and resilient information and communications technology (ICT) infrastructure globally. Key focus areas include technical assistance, capacity building, training, and policy development related to cybersecurity, emerging...

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...

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...