Opportunity ID: 350803

General Information

  • Document Type: Grants Notice
  • Funding Opportunity Number: 24-504
  • Funding Opportunity Title: Secure and Trustworthy Cyberspace
  • Opportunity Category: Discretionary
  • Funding Instrument Type: Grant
  • Category of Funding Activity: Science and Technology and other Research and Development
  • Expected Number of Awards:
  • CFDA Number(s): 47.041 -- Engineering, 47.049 -- Mathematical and Physical Sciences, 47.070 -- Computer and Information Science and Engineering, 47.075 -- Social, Behavioral, and Economic Sciences, 47.076 -- STEM Education (formerly Education and Human Resources)
  • Cost Sharing or Matching Requirement: No
  • Version: Synopsis 1
  • Posted Date: Oct 31, 2023
  • Last Updated Date: Oct 31, 2023
  • Original Closing Date for Applications: Proposals accepted anytime
  • Current Closing Date for Applications: Proposals accepted anytime
  • Archive Date:
  • Estimated Total Program Funding: $ 69,000,000
  • Award Ceiling: $3,000,000
  • Award Floor: $50,000

Eligibility

  • Eligible Applicants: Others (see text field entitled "Additional Information on Eligibility" for clarification)
  • Additional Information on Eligibility: *Who May Submit Proposals: Proposals may only be submitted by the following: -Non-profit, non-academic organizations: Independent museums, observatories, research laboratories, professional societies and similar organizations located in the U.S. that are directly associated with educational or research activities. -Institutions of Higher Education (IHEs) - Two- and four-year IHEs (including community colleges) accredited in, and having a campus located in the US, acting on behalf of their faculty members. Special Instructions for International Branch Campuses of US IHEs: If the proposal includes funding to be provided to an international branch campus of a US institution of higher education (including through use of subawards and consultant arrangements), the proposer must explain the benefit(s) to the project of performance at the international branch campus, and justify why the project activities cannot be performed at the US campus. *Who May Serve as PI: As of the date the proposal is submitted, any PI, co-PI, or other senior project personnel must hold either: · a tenured or tenure-track position, or · a primary, full-time, paid appointment in a research or teaching position at a US-based campus of an organization eligible to submit to this solicitation (see above), with exceptions granted for family or medical leave, as determined by the submitting organization. Individuals with primary appointments at for-profit non-academic organizations or at overseas branch campuses of U.S. institutions of higher education are not eligible. Proposals from Minority Serving Institutions (MSIs) are particularly encouraged.

Additional Information

  • Agency Name: National Science Foundation
  • Description: In today's increasingly networked, distributed, and asynchronous world, cybersecurity involves hardware, software, networks, data, people, and integration with the physical world. Society's overwhelming reliance on this complex cyberspace, however, has exposed its fragility and vulnerabilities that defy existing cyber-defense measures; corporations, agencies, national infrastructure, and individuals continue to suffer cyber-attacks. Achieving a truly secure cyberspace requires addressing both challenging scientific and engineering problems involving many components of a system, and vulnerabilities that stem from human behaviors and choices. Examining the fundamentals of security and privacy as a multidisciplinary subject can lead to fundamentally new ways to design, build, and operate cyber systems; protect existing infrastructure; and motivate and educate individuals about cybersecurity. The goals of the SaTC program are aligned with the National Science and Technology Council's (NSTC) Federal Cybersecurity Research and Development Strategic Plan (RDSP) and National Privacy Research Strategy (NPRS) to protect and preserve the growing social and economic benefits of cyber systems while ensuring security and privacy. The RDSP identified six areas critical to successful cybersecurity research and development: (1) scientific foundations; (2) risk management; (3) human aspects; (4) transitioning successful research into practice; (5) workforce development; and (6) enhancing the research infrastructure. The NPRS, which complements the RDSP, identifies a framework for privacy research, anchored in characterizing privacy expectations, understanding privacy violations, engineering privacy-protecting systems, and recovering from privacy violations. In alignment with the RDSP and NPRS, the SaTC program takes a holistic, interdisciplinary, and integrative approach to cybersecurity research, education, and workforce development. It spans the interests of three NSF directorates (Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CISE); Engineering (ENG); and Social, Behavioral, and Economic Sciences (SBE)). The program seeks proposals that address cybersecurity and privacy, drawing on expertise in computing, communication and information sciences; engineering; economics; education; mathematics; statistics; and social, behavioral, and economic sciences.
  • Link to Additional Information: Program Solicitation 24-504
  • Contact Information: If you have difficulty accessing the full announcement electronically, please contact: NSF grants.gov support grantsgovsupport@nsf.gov