Secure and Trustworthy Cyberspace Program Grants – $500,000 – accepted year-round

Sponsored by National Science Foundation, Directorate for Computer and Information Science and Engineering

Eligibility:            Public, Private, Other (including homeschool, 501 (c)(3) organizations)

Award(s):           Small project grants up to $500,000 are awarded. Medium project awards range from $500,001 to $1.2 million. Large project grants range from $1,200,001 to $3,000,000.

Deadline(s):       Proposals are accepted year-round.

Focus:   Engineering, STEM/STEAM/STREAM, Technology Education/Computer Science

Grade Level(s):  Adult, Higher Ed

Content Area(s):             History/Social Sciences/Social Studies, Mathematics, Science

Themes and Skills:          Civic Literacy, Collaboration, Communication, Creativity, Critical Thinking, Innovation, Problem Solving

State(s):              National

Description:       The National Science Foundation’s (NSF) Secure and Trustworthy Cyberspace (SaTC) Program awards annual grants to protect and preserve the growing social and economic benefits of cyber systems while ensuring security and privacy. The SaTC program takes an interdisciplinary, comprehensive, and holistic approach to cybersecurity research, development, and education, and encourages the transition of promising research ideas into practice. The SaTC program welcomes proposals that address cybersecurity and privacy, and draw on expertise in one or more of these areas: computing, communication and information sciences; engineering; education; mathematics; statistics; and social, behavioral, and economic sciences. Proposals that advance the field of cybersecurity and privacy within a single discipline or interdisciplinary efforts that span multiple disciplines are both welcome.

Eligible applicants are universities and two- and four-year colleges (including community colleges) accredited in and having a campus located in the United States acting on behalf of their faculty members. Also eligible are nonprofit, nonacademic US organizations, such as independent museums, observatories, research labs, and professional societies associated with educational or research activities. Applications must be submitted online.

Contact:              Secure and Trustworthy Cyberspace Program Directors

National Science Foundation

2415 Eisenhower Ave.

Alexandria, VA 22314

Phone: 703.292.5111

Email: satc@nsf.gov

Website:             https://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=504709