CICI — Cybersecurity Innovation for Cyberinfrastructure
Funds United States cybersecurity research and infrastructure through the NSF to strengthen resilient digital systems.
The Cybersecurity Innovation for Cyberinfrastructure (CICI) program, issued under solicitation NSF 25-531, funds the development, implementation, and deployment of security solutions that protect the open and trusted cyberinfrastructure underpinning U.S. scientific research and education. The program is administered by NSF's Office of Advanced Cyberinfrastructure under program code 802700 and runs…
Cybersecurity tools, practices, and frameworks protecting open research cyberinfrastructure. Tracks: UCSS (usable security), RSSD (software security), TCR (trusted CI reference designs), IPAAI (infrastructure protection and AI-based security).
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