Opportunity Information: Apply for 13 578
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- 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 Aug 20, 2014 and posted on Jul 15, 2013.
- Applicants must submit their applications by Archived. Replaced by NSF 14 599.. (Agency may still review applications by suitable applicants for the remaining/unused allocated funding in 2026.)
- The funding agency has allocated a total of $74,500,000.00 to eligible and selected applicants.
- Each selected applicant is eligible to receive up to $10,000,000.00 in funding.
- The number of recipients for this funding is limited to 73 candidate(s).
- 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 National Science Foundation (NSF) Secure and Trustworthy Cyberspace (SaTC) grant opportunity (Funding Opportunity Number 13-578) is a large, multi-disciplinary research and education program aimed at strengthening cybersecurity in response to the growing fragility and exploitation of modern digital systems. The program is grounded in a broader federal cybersecurity research and development strategy issued by the National Science and Technology Council (NSTC) in 2011, which called for efforts that "change the game" by reducing misuse of cyber technologies, improving education and workforce training, building a true science of cybersecurity, and accelerating the transition of research results into real-world practice. SaTC reflects the idea that meaningful cybersecurity progress cannot come from computer science alone; it explicitly encourages work that combines computing and information science with mathematics and statistics, engineering, and the social sciences.
SaTC invites proposals that approach cybersecurity from one or both of two main research perspectives. The first is the Trustworthy Computing Systems (TWC) perspective, which broadly covers technical work that makes computing systems more secure, reliable, privacy-preserving, and resilient to attack. The second is the Social, Behavioral and Economic Sciences (SBE) perspective, which focuses on how human behavior, organizations, incentives, markets, and policy shape security outcomes and can be leveraged to reduce risk. The program also welcomes integrated proposals that intentionally combine both perspectives, reflecting NSF's view that cybersecurity failures often arise from a mix of technical weaknesses and human or institutional dynamics. Separately, the program supports proposals focused entirely on Cybersecurity Education, with the important restriction that education-only projects should not be framed under the TWC or SBE perspectives, emphasizing that these are distinct proposal pathways.
The solicitation offers three project size categories, each with defined budget and duration limits. Small projects may request up to $500,000 total for up to three years. Medium projects range from $500,001 to $1,200,000 total for up to four years. Frontier projects support larger, more ambitious efforts from $1,200,001 up to $10,000,000 total for up to five years. This tiered structure is designed to accommodate everything from focused exploratory research to major multi-investigator initiatives capable of producing broad, field-shaping advances. For projects submitted under the TWC and/or SBE perspectives, SaTC also includes a Transition to Practice (TTP) option intended to push successful research beyond publications and prototypes toward maturation and experimental deployment in operational settings.
The Transition to Practice option is documented through a supplemental narrative of no more than five pages. That supplement is expected to explain how promising results will be developed further and tested in real environments, such as within organizations, industry contexts, or networks and end systems used by the NSF science and engineering community. Importantly, proposals that include the TTP option are allowed to exceed the normal budget caps by specific amounts: up to an additional $167,000 for Small projects, $400,000 for Medium projects, and $750,000 for Frontier projects. This add-on funding is meant to cover the practical engineering, validation, integration, and deployment work that often stands between a strong research outcome and a usable capability.
Cybersecurity Education proposals are treated differently from the research perspectives and come with their own constraints. These education-focused projects are capped at a total budget of $300,000 and a maximum duration of two years. The solicitation explicitly notes that cybersecurity education projects may not include the three perspectives named above, reinforcing that the education track is for efforts centered on curriculum, pedagogy, learning experiences, training models, or other education and workforce development approaches rather than research framed as TWC or SBE.
From an administrative and funding standpoint, SaTC is a discretionary NSF grant program classified under science and technology research and development. The estimated total funding for the opportunity is $74,500,000, with an anticipated 73 awards and an award ceiling of $10,000,000 (consistent with the maximum Frontier project size). It is associated with multiple NSF CFDA program areas, reflecting its cross-cutting nature: 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 indicates no cost sharing or matching requirement. Eligibility is listed as unrestricted (open to any type of entity), subject to any additional eligibility clarifications in the official solicitation text.
Key dates show that the opportunity was posted July 15, 2013, with deadlines provided as a submission window (due by 5 p.m. local time, with specific dates referenced in the solicitation). The original closing date noted is September 19, 2014, and the opportunity is now archived and was replaced by NSF 14-599, with an archive date of August 20, 2014. For access issues, the listing references NSF grants.gov support at grantsgovsupport@nsf.gov and points applicants to NSF Publication 13-578 for the complete solicitation and detailed submission requirements.
Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) - NSF Secure and Trustworthy Cyberspace (SaTC) (Funding Opportunity Number 13-578)
What is the NSF Secure and Trustworthy Cyberspace (SaTC) program?
SaTC is a large, multi-disciplinary NSF research and education program focused on strengthening cybersecurity in response to the growing fragility and exploitation of modern digital systems. It supports work aimed at improving security, privacy, reliability, and resilience, and it also supports cybersecurity education efforts.
What federal strategy does SaTC align with?
The program is grounded in a broader federal cybersecurity research and development strategy issued by the National Science and Technology Council (NSTC) in 2011. That strategy called for efforts that "change the game" by reducing misuse of cyber technologies, improving education and workforce training, building a true science of cybersecurity, and accelerating the transition of research results into real-world practice.
Does SaTC require multi-disciplinary approaches?
SaTC explicitly encourages work that combines computing and information science with other fields such as mathematics and statistics, engineering, and the social sciences. The solicitation reflects NSF's view that meaningful progress in cybersecurity often requires more than computer science alone.
What are the main research perspectives under SaTC?
SaTC invites proposals that approach cybersecurity from one or both of two main research perspectives: Trustworthy Computing Systems (TWC) and Social, Behavioral and Economic Sciences (SBE).
What does the Trustworthy Computing Systems (TWC) perspective cover?
The TWC perspective broadly covers technical work that makes computing systems more secure, reliable, privacy-preserving, and resilient to attack.
What does the Social, Behavioral and Economic Sciences (SBE) perspective cover?
The SBE perspective focuses on how human behavior, organizations, incentives, markets, and policy shape security outcomes, and how those factors can be used to reduce cybersecurity risk.
Can a proposal combine the TWC and SBE perspectives?
Yes. SaTC welcomes integrated proposals that intentionally combine both perspectives, reflecting the idea that cybersecurity failures often result from a mix of technical weaknesses and human or institutional dynamics.
Is there a separate track for Cybersecurity Education proposals?
Yes. SaTC separately supports proposals focused entirely on Cybersecurity Education. The solicitation treats education-focused proposals as a distinct pathway from the TWC and SBE research perspectives.
Can an education-only proposal be framed under the TWC or SBE perspectives?
No. The solicitation states that education-only projects should not be framed under the TWC or SBE perspectives. Cybersecurity Education proposals are a separate proposal pathway.
What project size categories are available for TWC and/or SBE proposals?
The solicitation offers three project size categories for proposals submitted under the TWC and/or SBE perspectives: Small, Medium, and Frontier.
What are the budget and duration limits for Small projects?
Small projects may request up to $500,000 total and may last up to three years.
What are the budget and duration limits for Medium projects?
Medium projects range from $500,001 to $1,200,000 total and may last up to four years.
What are the budget and duration limits for Frontier projects?
Frontier projects range from $1,200,001 up to $10,000,000 total and may last up to five years.
What is the Transition to Practice (TTP) option?
For projects submitted under the TWC and/or SBE perspectives, SaTC includes a Transition to Practice (TTP) option intended to help move research outcomes beyond publications and prototypes toward maturation and experimental deployment in operational settings.
What must be included to use the Transition to Practice (TTP) option?
The TTP option is documented through a supplemental narrative of no more than five pages. The supplement is expected to explain how promising results will be developed further and tested in real environments, such as within organizations, industry contexts, or networks and end systems used by the NSF science and engineering community.
Can the Transition to Practice (TTP) option increase the allowed budget?
Yes. Proposals that include the TTP option are allowed to exceed the normal budget caps by specified amounts, depending on the project size category.
How much additional funding is allowed under TTP for Small projects?
Up to an additional $167,000 beyond the normal Small project cap.
How much additional funding is allowed under TTP for Medium projects?
Up to an additional $400,000 beyond the normal Medium project cap.
How much additional funding is allowed under TTP for Frontier projects?
Up to an additional $750,000 beyond the normal Frontier project cap.
What kinds of activities is the TTP add-on funding intended to support?
The TTP add-on funding is meant to cover practical work often needed to move research into use, including engineering, validation, integration, and deployment activities.
What are the budget and duration limits for Cybersecurity Education proposals?
Cybersecurity Education projects are capped at a total budget of $300,000 and a maximum duration of two years.
How is this opportunity classified from an administrative standpoint?
SaTC is described as a discretionary NSF grant program classified under science and technology research and development.
What is the estimated total funding and expected number of awards?
The estimated total funding is $74,500,000, with an anticipated 73 awards.
What is the maximum award size under this opportunity?
The listed award ceiling is $10,000,000, consistent with the maximum Frontier project size.
Which NSF program areas (CFDA) are associated with this opportunity?
The opportunity is associated with multiple NSF 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).
Is cost sharing or matching required?
No. The opportunity indicates there is no cost sharing or matching requirement.
Who is eligible to apply?
Eligibility is listed as unrestricted (open to any type of entity), subject to any additional eligibility clarifications in the official solicitation text.
When was this opportunity posted and what were the key dates?
The opportunity was posted on July 15, 2013. Deadlines are described as a submission window due by 5 p.m. local time (with specific dates referenced in the solicitation). The original closing date noted is September 19, 2014.
Is this funding opportunity still active?
No. This opportunity is archived. It was replaced by NSF 14-599, with an archive date of August 20, 2014.
Where can applicants find the complete solicitation and submission requirements?
Applicants are directed to NSF Publication 13-578 for the complete solicitation and detailed submission requirements.
Who should be contacted for access issues related to the listing?
The listing references NSF grants.gov support at grantsgovsupport@nsf.gov for access issues.
What time were proposals due on the deadline date?
The submission window indicates proposals were due by 5 p.m. local time, with specific deadline dates referenced in the solicitation.
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