From: FierceGovernmentIT

By Greg Slabodkin

The National Science Foundation has made three large “Frontier” awards worth almost $20 million to support collaborative, multi-university research and education activities in the area of cybersecurity, according to an agency announcement.

Frontier awards go to “large, multi-institution projects that address and heighten the visibility of grand challenge research areas in science and engineering with broad economic and scientific impact,” says the release.

The awards are funded under NSF’s interdisciplinary Secure and Trustworthy Cyberspace program, which seeks proposals that address cybersecurity in one or more of the following categories: trustworthy computing systems, social, behavioral and economics, and transition to practice.

“Cybersecurity is one of the most significant economic and national security challenges facing our nation today,” said Farnam Jahanian, NSF’s assistant director for computer and information science and engineering, in a written press release statement.

“NSF’s investments in foundational research will transform our capacity to secure personal privacy, financial assets, and national interests. These new Frontier awards will enable innovative approaches to cybersecurity, with potential benefits to all sectors of our economy,” added Farnam.

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