Cybersecurity Innovation for Cyberinfrastructure (CICI)

Cybersecurity Innovation for Cyberinfrastructure is an NSF Office of Advanced Cyberinfrastructure program that funds security work for open and trusted research computing. It supports tools and practices that protect U.S. cyberinfrastructure, and the current cycle is organized into four tracks: UCSS, RSSD, TCR, and IPAAI. The record puts total program funding at about $8 million to $12 million per cycle and expects 12 to 20 awards. The track caps are $600,000 for UCSS over three years, $600,000 for RSSD over three years, $1.2 million for TCR over three years, and $900,000 for IPAAI over three years. NSF 25-531 governs the cycle, the next deadline in the record is January 20, 2027, and proposals go through Research.gov or Grants.gov. The program is for eligible U.S. institutions rather than companies or individuals, and a PI, co-PI, or senior person may appear on no more than two CICI proposals per deadline. That limit rewards teams that choose one track carefully, define a real security problem in the research computing stack, and keep the submission count disciplined so the technical case stays clear.

Each grant below is a distinct funding opportunity with its own eligibility, scope, and deliverables.