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NSF SaTC 2. 0 (Security Privacy and Trust in Cyberspace) is the largest open solicitation for university-led cybersecurity research in the federal portfolio now expanded with AI security as an explicit priority area. The 2.
0 reboot added generative AI security open-source software security quantum computing security and supply chain security as topics of interest addressing the bidirectional role of AI as both a cybersecurity threat and a defensive tool.
Research awards support adversarial machine learning and attacks on AI systems AI weaponization against people information and systems privacy-preserving machine learning and responsible AI use for detecting and responding to cyber threats. The program funds three award types: Research awards up to $1.
2M for four years Education awards up to $500K for three years and Seedling awards up to $300K for two years through Dear Colleague Letters. Proposals are accepted on a recurring annual basis with two windows per year. This is distinct from NSF CyberAICorps which focuses on scholarship and workforce development and from NSF AIMing which focuses on AI formal methods and mathematical reasoning.
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Or search similar grants →According to the current listing, eligibility includes: U.S. institutions of higher education including two-year and four-year colleges and community colleges and non-profit non-academic research organizations located in the U.S. PIs must hold a tenured or tenure-track position or a primary full-time paid research or teaching appointment. Per-PI rolling 12-month limit of 4 total proposals maximum 2 RES 1 EDU and 1 SEED. Proposals due last Monday of September and January each year. NSF solicitation 25-515. Confirm the full requirements in the official notice before applying.
The current listing shows approximately $60 million per year supporting about 75 awards annually. Research (RES) awards up to $1,200,000 for up to four years. Education (EDU) awards up to $500,000 for up to three years or $600,000 with education research collaboration. Seedling (SEED) awards up to $300,000 for up to two years. Verify award ceilings, matching requirements, and allowable costs in the official notice.
Applications for NSF SaTC 2.0 Security Privacy and Trust in Cyberspace Program with AI Security Priority are due September 28, 2026. Build your timeline backwards from this date to cover registrations, approvals, and final submission checks.
NSF SaTC 2.0 Security Privacy and Trust in Cyberspace Program with AI Security Priority is funded by National Science Foundation. Verify program details on the funder's official page before applying.
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Air Force SBIR topic DAF26BZ03-DV020 seeks advanced AI-driven solutions for a scalable fleet management platform coordinating humanoid, mobile, and industrial robots performing aircraft maintenance and sustainment. Requirements include autonomous AI-based task allocation, real-time monitoring, human-robot collaboration workflows, dynamic scheduling, multi-modal sensor fusion for situational awareness, and operational optimization. Solutions must scale across mixed robotic fleets in active Air Force maintenance environments and contested logistics scenarios.
The NEH Humanities Research Centers on Artificial Intelligence program funds the creation of university-based humanities research centers focused on the ethical, legal, and societal implications of artificial intelligence. Funded centers undertake interdisciplinary humanities-led research that brings ethics, law, history, philosophy, anthropology, religious studies, literature, linguistics, and cultural studies to bear on questions raised by AI systems. Topics include responsible AI governance frameworks, AI and civil rights, AI and labor, cultural impact of generative AI, AI and creative authorship, philosophical foundations of machine reasoning, history of AI thought, and humanistic evaluation of AI safety and alignment. Centers are expected to convene researchers, train new humanities scholars in AI, host public-facing programming, and produce publications and translational tools that inform policy and public understanding. Strong fit for universities seeking to launch sustained interdisciplinary AI humanities research programs in partnership with computer science and other STEM departments.
SaTC 2.0 is NSF's flagship cybersecurity, privacy, and trust research program reorganized to address emerging threats including generative AI security, open-source software security, quantum computing security, and supply chain security. Funded scope covers the bidirectional role of AI as both a cybersecurity threat (adversarial attacks on AI systems, AI-enabled cyberattacks, data poisoning) and a defensive tool (AI for intrusion detection, automated vulnerability discovery, secure-by-design AI). The program supports interdisciplinary collaboration across computer science, mathematics, social and behavioral sciences, and STEM education to build trust in global cyber ecosystems.
NSF's CAREER award pays a minimum of $400,000 over five years and is the agency's most prestigious grant for pre-tenure faculty. But the July 22 deadline hides a harder truth: CAREER is not a research grant with an education paragraph bolted on. Here is what the program actually rewards, who is eligible, how many attempts you get, and how to position a proposal that survives a brutal success rate.
Read articleThe renamed CyberAICorps Scholarship for Service (NSF 26-503) pays students $27,000 to $37,000 a year plus full tuition, funds institutional awards up to roughly $2.5 million, and adds a service obligation in government AI and cybersecurity roles. The July 21 Scholarship Track deadline is a workforce-policy tell disguised as a grant. Here is what changed, who qualifies, and how universities should position.
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