Opportunity Information: Apply for 15 575
Apply for 15 575
- The National Science Foundation in the science and technology and other research and development sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "Secure and Trustworthy Cyberspace" and is now available to receive applicants.
- Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 47.041 Engineering Grants 47.049 Mathematical and Physical Sciences 47.070 Computer and Information Science and Engineering 47.075 Social, Behavioral, and Economic Sciences 47.076 Education and Human Resources.
- This funding opportunity was created on Jun 2, 2015 and posted on Jun 2, 2015.
- Applicants must submit their applications by Sep 24, 2015 MEDIUM Projects LARGE Projects SMALL Projects CYBERSECURITY EDUCATION Projects. (Agency may still review applications by suitable applicants for the remaining/unused allocated funding in 2026.)
- The funding agency has allocated a total of $68,300,000.00 to eligible and selected applicants.
- Each selected applicant is eligible to receive up to $3,000,000.00 in funding.
- Eligible applicants include: Unrestricted (i.e., open to any type of entity above), subject to any clarification in text field entitled Additional Information on Eligibility.
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Opportunity Summary:
The Secure and Trustworthy Cyberspace (SaTC) grant opportunity (NSF Publication/Funding Opportunity Number 15-575) is a National Science Foundation program aimed at strengthening cybersecurity through research, development, and education. The motivation behind the program is that cyberspace has become deeply embedded in everyday life and critical operations, but the rapid pace of adoption has also exposed serious weaknesses. Those weaknesses have led to real-world harm across corporations, government agencies, national infrastructure, and individual users. SaTC is positioned as part of a broader federal push, aligned with the 2011 National Science and Technology Council cybersecurity R&D strategic plan, to "change the game" in cybersecurity by reducing misuse of cyber technology, building a stronger scientific foundation for cybersecurity, improving education and training, and moving promising ideas into real-world use.
A central theme of SaTC is that meaningful cybersecurity progress requires cross-disciplinary work. The program explicitly encourages efforts that combine computing and information sciences with mathematics and statistics, engineering, communications, and social sciences. This reflects the idea that security failures are rarely just technical; they also involve people, incentives, organizational behavior, and policy constraints. As a result, SaTC is structured around multiple perspectives that proposers can target, depending on what they are trying to accomplish and what kind of project they are proposing.
SaTC welcomes proposals in several distinct perspectives. The Trustworthy Computing Systems (TWC) perspective focuses on core technical advances that make computing systems more secure and dependable, such as new security architectures, formal methods, system defenses, privacy-preserving mechanisms, and resilient networked systems. The Social, Behavioral and Economic Sciences (SBE) perspective supports research that treats cybersecurity as a human and organizational problem as much as a technical one, including how users make security decisions, how institutions manage risk, how markets and incentives shape security outcomes, and how usable security and privacy can be improved. A third perspective, Secure, Trustworthy, Assured and Resilient Semiconductors and Systems (STARSS), targets hardware security innovation, recognizing that security must be built from the chip level upward and that hardware weaknesses can undermine even well-designed software protections. A fourth perspective, Transition to Practice (TTP), is focused on taking existing cybersecurity research and pushing it into operational, deployable practice, emphasizing adoption, implementation, and real-world impact rather than exploratory research.
The program offers three main project size classes, each with budget and duration limits. Small projects can request up to $500,000 total and last up to three years. Medium projects range from $500,001 to $1,200,000 total and can last up to four years. Large projects range from $1,200,001 to $3,000,000 total and can last up to five years. In addition to these research project classes, SaTC also invites proposals that focus entirely on Cybersecurity Education, with separate limits of up to $300,000 total budget and up to two years in duration. These education-focused proposals are meant to stand on their own as education projects and cannot be combined with the research perspectives listed above.
There are important restrictions on how certain perspectives can be used. STARSS is limited to Small proposals only and is specifically for hardware-security-focused work; STARSS proposals cannot combine with the TWC, SBE, or TTP perspectives, and STARSS cannot be used for Medium or Large proposals. TTP is also restricted: it is exclusively for transitioning existing research into practice, cannot be combined with TWC, SBE, or STARSS, may be used for Small and Medium proposals, and is not allowed for Large proposals. Cybersecurity Education proposals must focus entirely on education and likewise cannot include any of the named research perspectives.
From an administrative standpoint, this is a discretionary NSF grant opportunity within science and technology and other research and development activities. It is tied to multiple NSF CFDA program areas, reflecting its interdisciplinary scope: Engineering (47.041), Mathematical and Physical Sciences (47.049), Computer and Information Science and Engineering (47.070), Social, Behavioral, and Economic Sciences (47.075), and Education and Human Resources (47.076). The opportunity lists no cost sharing or matching requirement. Eligibility is described as unrestricted (open to any type of entity), subject to any additional eligibility clarifications in the full announcement text.
For the specific posted solicitation data provided, the opportunity was posted June 2, 2015, with an original and current closing date of September 24, 2015, and it was later archived on January 16, 2019. The estimated total funding amount was $68.3 million, with individual awards ranging from a $50,000 floor up to a $3,000,000 ceiling depending on the project class. The funding instrument is a grant, and the sponsoring agency is the National Science Foundation. Contact and access notes point applicants to NSF/Grants.gov support channels for technical issues accessing the announcement.
Secure and Trustworthy Cyberspace (SaTC) Grant (NSF 15-575) - FAQs
What is the Secure and Trustworthy Cyberspace (SaTC) program?
Secure and Trustworthy Cyberspace (SaTC) is a National Science Foundation (NSF) grant program (Publication/Funding Opportunity Number 15-575) focused on strengthening cybersecurity through research, development, and education.
What is the main goal of SaTC?
The program aims to improve cybersecurity by reducing misuse of cyber technology, building a stronger scientific foundation for cybersecurity, improving education and training, and helping promising cybersecurity ideas move into real-world use.
Why does NSF emphasize this program?
SaTC is motivated by the fact that cyberspace is embedded in everyday life and critical operations, while rapid adoption has exposed weaknesses that have caused real-world harm to corporations, government agencies, national infrastructure, and individual users.
Is SaTC aligned with broader federal cybersecurity priorities?
Yes. SaTC is described as part of a broader federal push aligned with the 2011 National Science and Technology Council (NSTC) cybersecurity R&D strategic plan to "change the game" in cybersecurity.
Does SaTC encourage interdisciplinary or cross-disciplinary proposals?
Yes. A central theme of SaTC is that meaningful progress requires cross-disciplinary work, explicitly encouraging combinations of computing and information sciences with mathematics and statistics, engineering, communications, and social sciences.
What perspectives (tracks/areas) can proposals target under SaTC?
SaTC welcomes proposals in four perspectives: Trustworthy Computing Systems (TWC), Social, Behavioral and Economic Sciences (SBE), Secure, Trustworthy, Assured and Resilient Semiconductors and Systems (STARSS), and Transition to Practice (TTP). It also separately invites Cybersecurity Education proposals (education-only).
What is the Trustworthy Computing Systems (TWC) perspective?
TWC focuses on core technical advances that make computing systems more secure and dependable, including security architectures, formal methods, system defenses, privacy-preserving mechanisms, and resilient networked systems.
What is the Social, Behavioral and Economic Sciences (SBE) perspective?
SBE supports research that treats cybersecurity as a human and organizational issue as well as a technical one, including user security decisions, institutional risk management, incentives and markets shaping security outcomes, and usable security and privacy.
What is the STARSS perspective?
Secure, Trustworthy, Assured and Resilient Semiconductors and Systems (STARSS) targets hardware security innovation, emphasizing that security must be built from the chip level upward and that hardware weaknesses can undermine software protections.
What is the Transition to Practice (TTP) perspective?
TTP focuses on taking existing cybersecurity research and moving it into operational, deployable practice, emphasizing adoption, implementation, and real-world impact rather than exploratory research.
What project size classes are available for SaTC research proposals?
SaTC research proposals can be submitted as Small, Medium, or Large projects, each with defined total budget and duration limits.
What are the funding and duration limits for Small projects?
Small projects may request up to $500,000 total budget and may last up to three years.
What are the funding and duration limits for Medium projects?
Medium projects range from $500,001 to $1,200,000 total budget and may last up to four years.
What are the funding and duration limits for Large projects?
Large projects range from $1,200,001 to $3,000,000 total budget and may last up to five years.
Is there a separate funding option for education-focused proposals?
Yes. SaTC also invites proposals that focus entirely on Cybersecurity Education, with separate limits of up to $300,000 total budget and up to two years in duration.
Can a Cybersecurity Education proposal be combined with SaTC research perspectives (TWC, SBE, STARSS, or TTP)?
No. Cybersecurity Education proposals must stand on their own as education projects and cannot be combined with the listed research perspectives.
Are there restrictions on STARSS proposals?
Yes. STARSS is limited to Small proposals only, is specifically for hardware-security-focused work, cannot be combined with TWC, SBE, or TTP, and cannot be used for Medium or Large proposals.
Are there restrictions on Transition to Practice (TTP) proposals?
Yes. TTP is exclusively for transitioning existing research into practice, cannot be combined with TWC, SBE, or STARSS, may be used for Small and Medium proposals only, and is not allowed for Large proposals.
What is the minimum and maximum award size mentioned for this opportunity?
The solicitation data provided indicates individual awards could range from a $50,000 minimum up to a $3,000,000 maximum (depending on project class).
What is the estimated total funding amount for the opportunity?
The estimated total program funding amount listed is $68.3 million.
What type of funding instrument is SaTC?
The funding instrument is a grant.
Which agency sponsors SaTC?
The sponsoring agency is the National Science Foundation (NSF).
Is cost sharing or matching required?
No. The opportunity lists no cost sharing or matching requirement.
Who is eligible to apply?
Eligibility is described as unrestricted (open to any type of entity), subject to any additional eligibility clarifications in the full announcement text.
Which NSF program areas (CFDA) are associated with this opportunity?
SaTC is tied to multiple CFDA program areas: Engineering (47.041), Mathematical and Physical Sciences (47.049), Computer and Information Science and Engineering (47.070), Social, Behavioral, and Economic Sciences (47.075), and Education and Human Resources (47.076).
When was this opportunity posted and when did it close?
The opportunity was posted on June 2, 2015. The original and current closing date shown is September 24, 2015.
Is this opportunity still open?
No. The listing indicates it was archived on January 16, 2019, and the closing date shown is September 24, 2015.
Where should applicants go for technical issues accessing the announcement?
Applicants are directed to NSF/Grants.gov support channels for technical issues related to accessing the announcement.
How does SaTC define the cybersecurity problem it is trying to address?
SaTC frames cybersecurity challenges as stemming from rapid cyberspace adoption that exposed serious weaknesses, leading to harm across corporate environments, government agencies, national infrastructure, and individual users.
What kinds of non-technical factors does SaTC recognize as important to cybersecurity?
SaTC notes that security failures are rarely only technical and often involve people, incentives, organizational behavior, and policy constraints, which is reflected in the program's encouragement of cross-disciplinary research and the inclusion of an SBE perspective.
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