Central Virginia Node: The Central Virginia Node Internal Research Grant

Objective

The Commonwealth Cyber Initiative (CCI) is establishing Virginia as a global center of excellence at the intersection of security, autonomous systems, and data. With a mission of research, innovation, and workforce development, CCI serves as a catalyst for the Commonwealth's long-term leadership in this sector through the leadership of a central hub and four regional nodes. CVN is led by Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU). As the CVN lead institution, VCU uses CCI funding to strengthen a robust research program and seeks to support projects related to the CVN’s research focus areas which include cyber physical systems, autonomous systems, IoT as it applies to medical device security and smart city technology. This CCI-funded program aims to fund projects that relate directly to CCI’s overall mission and the Central Virginia Node’s research focus areas and aims to produce novel research.

Eligibility

A full-time faculty at any CVN institution may serve as a PI. Each faculty member may serve as a PI on one application, and as a co-PI on one application. Focus areas are limited to: cyber physical systems, autonomous systems, IoT as it applies to medical device security and smart city technology. Budgets must be approved by the home institution’s OSP before proposal deadline. Women, underrepresented minorities, and persons with disabilities are strongly encouraged to apply.1 We encourage collaboration across the node

Awards

• Anticipated funding amount: $800,000
• Award Amount: $ 100,000
• Identified Commitment: No identified commitment is required for this funding.

Award Details

Awardees will also be required to submit periodic reporting. PIs and co-PIs are expected to participate in CVN meetings, present research findings at CVN and CCI poster sessions, and responding to data collection requests by CCI. Any publications that result from this project must include the following statement (contract numbers will be assigned during the award process).

This work was supported in part by the Commonwealth Cyber Initiative, an investment in the advancement of cyber R&D, innovation, and workforce development, under the contract number xcxxx.

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