US National Science Foundation Awards 3-Year Grant for Cryptocurrency Research
In what is probably the institution’s broadest effort in the Bitcoin space to date, the American National Science Foundation (NSF) has awarded a three year grant worth US$3 million for research on the science and applications of cryptocurrency. The research project is led by Cornell University's Elaine Shi, and includes faculty members from Cornell, the University of Maryland, and UC Berkeley, hence combining crypto researchers with programming languages researchers and system builders. “Unfortunately, usage of crypto-currencies outstrips our understanding. […] This work aims to establish....
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National Science Foundation Awards Research Grants on the Science and Applications of Cryptocurrency
The National Science Foundation has awarded research grants on the science and applications of crypto-currency, with approximately $1 million awarded to date. The NSF initiative is part of the "Secure and Trustworthy Cyberspace" program for cybersecurity research and development to minimize the dangers of cyber technology, promote education and training in cybersecurity, establish a science of cybersecurity and convert promising cybersecurity research into practice. The NSF grant has been awarded to Emin Sirer at Cornell University (grant information here), Elaine Shi, Michael Hicks,....
The National Science Foundation (NSF) is seeking to fund research into how technologies like blockchain can improve the resiliency of cyber-infrastructure. According to a grant proposal solicitation initially released last year and updated at the start of 2017, the NSF is looking to fund research to the tune of $8.5m. The agency is looking to grant between seven and nine awards of up to $1m apiece. While not explicitly focused on blockchain, the grant does invoke the technology as one topics of exploration once funds have been granted. The NSF is a US government agency that funds....
The outline for the grant is overly specific, aimed at candidates who will be able to help define a "rigorous scientific foundation" for cryptocurrency. Six researchers from three universities will be claiming it. Cornell, University of Maryland, and UC Berkeley all have researchers involved. The researchers will reportedly focus on smart contracts. The National Science Foundation has made other awards focusing on cryptocurrency in the past. One such project was called "Addressing the challenges of cryptocurrencies: Security, anonymity, stability." The government awarded $500,000 for that....
The US National Science Foundation (NSF) is seeking funding to develop research that will consider how technologies such as blockchain and software tools can boost its cyber infrastructure. In a proposal from the NSF, the organization is aiming to achieve funding amounting to $8.5 million. The Resilient Security Architecture for Research Cyberinfrastructure awards will be supported at up to $1 million total per award for up to three years. While the Cybersecurity Enhancement awards will be supported at up to $1 million total per award for up to two years. The NSF is estimated to present....
A computer Science/CITP Assistant Professor at Princeton University has received a sizable grant for conducting cryptocurrency-related research, according to a report first seen on the Let's Talk Bitcoin blog. Arvind Narayanan received the sum of $500,000 from the National Science Foundation (NSF) for his work entitled "TWC: Small: Addressing the challenges of cryptocurrencies: Security, anonymity, stability." Issued on the 30th of June, the grant was provided to Narayanan as part of the Secure and Trustworthy Cyberspace program. Here's the abstract provided by the National Science....