Upgrade Information Security Laboratory for Research and Education at City Tech
Abstract
The National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year (FY) 2016 and the Department of Defense (DoD) Appropriations Act for 2016 allocated $28M to assist Historically Black Colleges and Universities and Minority-Serving Institutions (HBCU/MI). The program aims to (a) enhance research programs and capabilities in scientific and engineering disciplines critical to the national security functions of DoD; (b) enhance the capacity of HBCU/MI to participate in defense research programs and activities; and (c) increase the number of graduates, including underrepresented minorities, in fields of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) that are important to the defense mission. The FY 2016 DoD HBCU/MI Research and Education Program Broad Agency Announcement (BAA) solicited proposals from single investigators at HBCUs and MIs for the acquisition equipment and instrumentation in scientific areas important to one or more the three defense research offices, namely: Army Research Office (ARO); Office of Naval Research (ONR); and the Air Force Office of Scientific Research (AFOSR). All equipment/instrument grant awards made under this program will have a 12-month performance period. Funding is requested to upgrade the security lab with the state-of-the-art equipment to strengthen security education and research at the institution. The new lab will support research and education in the area of computer system security, network security, and digital forensics. The updated laboratory will provide strong research environment for several research programs, including the NSF S-STEM program, NSF LS-AMP program, NSF Research Experiment for Undergraduate (REU), and the college Honor Scholar program and Emerging Scholar Student Research Program, etc. The new security lab will also support the four security courses and help train qualified security professionals that can help meet the security challenges facing our national information infrastructure.
Document Details
- Document Type
- DoD Grant Award
- Publication Date
- Jan 12, 2017
- Source ID
- W911NF1610469
Entities
People
- Xiangdong Li
Organizations
- Army Contracting Command
- New York City College of Technology
- Office of the Secretary of Defense