“Long ago, UTSA recognized the critical role of cybersecurity. We knew the need for highly trained professionals was only going to grow larger. We offered our first cybersecurity course in 1999, and we’ve been building the program ever since. That vision positioned us to become the nation’s leader in cybersecurity research and education.” ~ President Romo (excerpt from his Final State of the University Address)
As a result, helping faculty apply and secure federal awards to not only build our cyber programs, but also expand our research endeavors, has been a priority for UTSA’s Research office. In the past five years, UTSA has been awarded $46,414,618 in federal National Security related funding. Below you will find a diverse list of federal agencies represented. The projects demonstrate how extensive and prolific our National Security portfolio truly is.
FY 2017
| Sponsor | Amount | Project Title |
| US National Security Agency | $471,549 | UASR P3i program |
| Renewal of the Scholarship for Service Program | $3,737,836 |
FY 2016
| Sponsor | Amount | Project Title |
| US Department of Defense | $360,000 | A multi-functional materials-by-design approach to ignition desensitization |
| US Department of Defense | $280,410 | Acquisition of Real-Time Simulator for Intelligent Power Networks in Operational Energy Applications |
| US Department of Defense | $265,114 | Nonreciprocal Metal-Dielectric Photonic Structures for Electromagnetic Isolation and Power Control |
| US Department of Homeland Security | $649,172 | Lightweight Media Forensics for Insider Threat Detection Follow-Up |
| US Department of Homeland Security | $10,927,809 | Standards for Information Sharing and Analysis Organizations (ISAO) |
| US Department of the Army | $135,000 | Metrics Framework of Trustworthy Systems: Systemization, Ontologies, Measurements, Properties and Theory |
| US Department of the Navy | $577,100 | Hybrid 3-D Digital Deposition Platform for Bottom-Up Fabrication of Multicomponent-Multiferroic Composites (DURIP: H3DPlatform) |
| US Department of the Navy | $80,000 | Cooperative Technology Development |
| US Department of Veteran Affairs | $7,500 | Morissette_IPA_Central Texas Veterans Health Care System (CTVHCS) |
| US Department of Veteran Affairs | $64,326 | Task order for the base year Support Services |
| US Department of Veteran Affairs | $13,407 | Task order for the base year Support Services |
| US DoD Defense Logistics Agency | $300,000 | Procurement Technical Assistance Center (PTAC) 2nd Option Yr FY16-17 |
| US Department of the Air Force | $371,937 | Active Learning in Expensive Testing Design and Optimization |
| US Department of the Air Force | $194,800 | Extending GPS Operation in GPS-denied Areas through Cross-Correlation Jamming Cancellation |
| US Department of the Air Force | $62,587 | Non-reciprocal metal-dielectric photonic structures for electromagnetic isolation and power control: Additional work effort |
| US Department of the Air Force | $350,000 | Probing Cell Membranes through Multi-Responsive Nanoparticles |
| US National Security Agency | $106,090 | IPA – Brian Kelly |
| US National Security Agency | $97,874 | Gen-Cyber Summer Camp FY16 |
| US National Security Agency | $85,222 | SA PREP GenCyber Camp |
| US National Security Agency | $20,000 | The Prefreshman Engineering Program MEPP 2016 |
| FY 2016 TOTAL: | $14,948,348 |
FY 2015
| Sponsor | Amount | Project Title |
| US Department of Defense | $928,129 | Center of Excellence in Infection Genomics |
| US Department of Defense | $140,046 | Development and Characterization of a Novel Vaccine Against Tularemia |
| US Department of Defense | $54,332 | IASP DOD Information Assurance Scholarship Program |
| US Department of Defense | $78,939 | Micro-CT Evaluation of Craniomaxillofacial Models In Vivo |
| US Department of Defense | $297,493 | Nanotransducers as Remote Photoactivators to aid in Functional Cell Imaging and Photobiomodulation |
| US Department of Defense | $1,000,000 | Torsional Indirect Traumatic Neuropathy (TITON): Animal Model for Diagnostics, Drug Delivery, and Therapeutics for Central Nervous System Injury |
| US Department of Homeland Security | $899,999 | Analyses and Training for Defense of Biological and Digital Threats (DHS Scholars Program) |
| US Department of the Army | $446,105 | Acquisition of Small Unmanned Aerial Systems for Advancing Cooperative Man-Machine Systems Research and Education |
| US Department of the Army | $593,514 | Fine-Grained, Dynamic Virtual Resource Separation in Cloud Platforms for Assured Delivery of Cloud Based Services |
| US Department of the Army | $387,034 | Modeling, Fabrication and Characterization of Self-Aligned 2D and 3D Nanowire Arrays for Terahertz Operation |
| US Department of the Army | $399,067 | Scalable Person Re-Identification: Lessons Learned from Image Search |
| US Department of the Army | $147,340 | The Use of Operational Precipitation Products in the Context of Flood Forecasting |
| US Department of the Army | $397,843 | Three Dimensional Fracture Mechanics Capability for Structures operating in High Temperature Thermal Environments |
| US Department of the Army | $70,000 | Perseus III |
| US Department of Veteran Affairs | $34,875 | Intergovernmental Personnel Assignment Agreement |
| US Department of Veteran Affairs | $27,000 | IPA: South TX Veterans Healthcare System (William Kazanis) |
| US Department of Veteran Affairs | $27,000 | Research collaboration on health care and veterans |
| US Department of the Air Force | $125,000 | Cooperative Control and Sensing for Multiple Unmanned Aerial Vehicles Working in GPS-denied Environemnts |
| US DoD Defense Logistics Agency | $300,000 | Procurement Technical Assistance Center (PTAC) Option Yr FY15-16 |
| FY 2015 TOTAL: | $6,353,716 |
FY 2014
| Sponsor | Amount | Project Title |
| Air Force Association | $110,000 | CyberPatriot National High School Cyber Defense Competition |
| Air Force Association | $50,000 | CyberPatriot VI National Finals Competition Scenario and Support |
| Air Force Research Laboratory | $35,000 | Cooperative, Distributed Sensing and Navigation of Quadrotors in GPS Denied Environments |
| Army Corps of Engineers | $138,979 | Pore-scale modeling of turbulent flows with realistic and physically correct particle arrangement |
| Army Research Office | $408,322 | Acquisition of High Resolution Electroencephalogram Systems for Advancing Brain-Machine Interaction Research and Education |
| Army Research Office | $500,000 | Dual Beam System (SEM/FIB) Equipment for The Kleberg Advanced Microscopy Center |
| US Department of Defense | $637,443 | Re-Submission of Spin, unit climate, and aggression: Near term, long term, and reciprocal predictors of violence among workers in military settings |
| US Department of Defense | $510,986 | Sea Ice and Near-Surface Geophysics Research Instrumentation |
| US Department of Defense | $390,000 | UTSA SBDC Procurement Technical Assistance Center (PTAC) FY14-15 Option YR2 |
| US Department of Defense | $4,758,337 | Vaccine Candidates for Type A Francisella tularesis |
| US Department of Homeland Security | $800,000 | FEMA State and Local Homeland Security National Training Program Continuing Training Grant (CTG) |
| US Department of the Army | $47,713 | Ft. Sam Rehabilitate Camp Bullis |
| US National Security Agency | $113,506 | IASP DOD Information Assurance Scholarship Program |
| US Department of Homeland Security | $113,506 | IASP DOD Information Assurance Scholarship Program |
| US Department of Homeland Security | $86,120 | NSA – Prefreshman Engineering Program Year 3 |
| FY 2014 TOTAL: | $8,596,406 |
FY 2013
| Sponsor | Amount | Project Title |
| Air Force Association | $50,000 | AFA – CyberPatriot Middle School Program |
| Army Research Office | $340,999 | Utilization of Metallic Nanoparticle Plasmon Enhanced Optical Absorption in Combination with Nanochannel Arrays to Demonstrate High-Efficiency Photovoltaics |
| Army Research Office | $50,000 | Cybersecurity Dynamics |
| Army Research Office | $450,000 | A Statistical Framework for Analyzing Cyber Threats |
| US National Security Agency | $99,926 | IASP Scholarship Program |
| US Department of Defense | $187,707 | UTSA – Procurement Technical Assistance Program – Nondistressed |
| US Department of Defense | $112,293 | UTSA – Procurement Technical Assistance Program-Distressed |
| US Department of Defense | $90,000 | Functional Assessment of Low Temperature Storage of Platelets for Transfusion |
| US Department of Defense | $20,232 | UTSA SBDC Procurement Technical Assistance Center (PTAC) FY13-14 Option YR1-Distressed Area |
| US Department of Defense | $279,768 | UTSA SBDC Procurement Technical Assistance Center (PTAC) FY13-14 Option YR1-Non-Distressed Area |
| Air Force Office of Scientific Research | $260,00 | Predictive Simulation of Material Failure Using Peridynamics – Advanced Constitutive Modeling, Verification and Validation |
| FT 2013 TOTAL: | $2,040,925 |
FY 2012
| Sponsor | Amount | Project Title |
| Air Force Association | $100,000 | CyberPatriot Scoring Engine Development Project |
| Army Research Office | $1,979,513 | Developing a multifunction Scaffold for Repairing Large Bone Defects |
| Army Research Office | $50,000 | A Theoretical Framework for Cyber Defense Operations |
| US Department of Homeland Security | $11,000,000 | Cyber Exercise Cooperation Program Implementation of the Community Cyber Security Maturity Model |
| US National Security Agency | $272,574 | ATLAS (Automatically Tuned Linear Algebra Software) |
| US National Security Agency | $10,000 | NSA – Prefreshman Engineering Program |
| Air Force Office of Scientific Research | $100,000 | IAPD: A Framework for Integrated Adaptive and Proactive Defenses Against Stealthy Botnets |
| Air Force Office of Scientific Research | $100,000 | Characterizations of Nanofluid Heat Transfer Enhancements |
| FY 2012 Total: | $14,475,223 |
FY 2011
| Sponsor | Amount | Project Title |
| Purdue University | $146,137 | 2011 CCDC Regional Support Sub-awards-SP12 |
| Purdue University | $343,458 | Development and Expansion of the Collegiate Cyber Defense Competition system (CCDC) – SP-6 |
| National Science Foundation | $194,680 | TC: Large: Collaborative Research: Privacy-Enhanced Secure Data Provenance |
| National Science Foundation | $194,680 | TC: Large: Collaborative Research: Privacy-Enhanced Secure Data Provenance |
| National Science Foundation | $577,729 | TC:Medium: Privacy and Declassification Policy Enforcement Framework |
| Department of Homeland Security | $11,000,000 | Cyber Exercise Cooperation Program Implementation of the Community Cyber Security Maturity Model |
| National Science Foundation | $32,000 | CAREER: MULTILAYER CODE SYNTHESIS FOR CORRUPTION AND PERFORMANCE |
| National Science Foundation | $32,000 | CAREER: MULTILAYER CODE SYNTHESIS FOR CORRUPTION AND PERFORMANCE |
| Department of Defense | $561,999 | Mobile Assisted Security in Wireless Sensor Networks |
| Air Force Office of Scientific Research | $367,500 | IAPD: A FRAMEWORK FOR INTEGRATED ADAPTIVE AND PROACTIVE DEFENSES AGAINST STEALTHY BOTNETS |
| Air Force Office of Scientific Research | $367,500 | APD: A FRAMEWORK FOR INTEGRATED ADAPTIVE AND PROACTIVE DEFENSES AGAINST STEALTHY BOTNETS |
| Silicon Informatics, Inc. | $59,998 | Parallel Random Number Generators |
| Department of Homeland Security | ? | Cyber Exercise Cooperation Program Implementation of the Community Cyber Security Maturity Model |
| Symantec Corporation | ? | Review Algorithm for the Computer Crime Index |
| Symantec Corporation | $5,000 | Review Algorithm for the Computer Crime Index |
| Purdue University | $146,137 | 2011 CCDC Regional Support Sub-awards-SP12 |
| Purdue University | $146,137 | 2011 CCDC Regional Support Sub-awards-SP12 |
| Purdue University | $343,458 | Development and Expansion of the Collegiate Cyber Defense Competition system (CCDC) – SP-6 |
| Purdue University | $343,458 | Development and Expansion of the Collegiate Cyber Defense Competition system (CCDC) – SP-6 |
| City of San Antonio | $209,617 | Distributed, Secure Smart Grid Network |
| City Public Service | $305,756 | Distributed, Secure Smart Grid Network |
| City Public Service | $332,529 | Distributed, Secure Smart Grid Network |
| City Public Service | $305,756 | Distributed, Secure Smart Grid Network |
| City of San Antonio | $250,000 | Distributed, Secure Smart Grid Network |
| FY 2011 Total: |
FY 2010
| Sponsor | Amount | Project Title |
| National Science Foundation | $1,240,659 | Scholarships for Service – UTSA |
| National Science Foundation | $293,924 | TC:Medium: Privacy and Declassification Policy Enforcement Framework |
| National Science Foundation | $293,924 | TC:Medium: Privacy and Declassification Policy Enforcement Framework |
| National Science Foundation | $577,729 | TC:Medium: Privacy and Declassification Policy Enforcement Framework |
| Department of Homeland Security | $7,500,000 | Cyber Exercise Cooperation Program Implementation of the Community Cyber Security Maturity Model |
| Air Force Office of Scientific Research | $257,251 | IAPD: A FRAMEWORK FOR INTEGRATED ADAPTIVE AND PROACTIVE DEFENSES AGAINST STEALTHY BOTNETS |
| Department of Homeland Security | $40,00,000 | Cyber Exercise Cooperation Program Implementation of the Community Cyber Security Maturity Model |
| FY 2010 Total: | ||
FY 2009
| Sponsor | Amount | Project Title |
| National Science Foundation | $62,500 | Securing Dynamic Online Social Networks |
| University of Maryland, Baltimore/ONR | $200,000 | A Framework for Managing the Assured Information Sharing Lifecycle (MURI) |
| National Security Agency | ? | DOD Information Assurance Scholarship Program |
| Air Force Office of Scientific Research | ? | IAPD: A Framework for Integrated Adaptive and Proactive Defenses against Stealthy Botnets |
| University of Maryland/ONR | $200,000 | A Framework for Managing the Assured Information Sharing Lifecycle |
| Department of Homeland Security | $3999999.99 | Implementation of the Community Cyber Security Maturity Model |
| National Security Agency | $139,211.51 | DoD IASP |
| Telcordia Technologies, Inc | $3,500 | Secure Localization of a Client |
| FY 2009 Total: |
FY 2008
| Sponsor | Amount | Project Title |
| National Science Foundation | $62,500 | Securing Dynamic Online Social Networks |
| National Science Foundation | $62,500 | CT-M-Collaborative Research: Securing Dynamic Online Social Networks |
| Air Force Research Laboratory | $2,950,000 | Center for Infrastructure Assurance & Security – Attack and Defend Exercises |
| National Science Foundation | $71,868 | SGER: Computer Theft Recovery Using IP-Assisted GPS |
| Office of Naval Research/UMBC | $83,333 | A Framework for Managing the Assured Information Sharing Lifecycle |
| Crane Wireless Monitoring Solutions, Crane Co. | $69,585 | Research and Development of Wireless Network Protocols |
| Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board | $145,999 | Formal Methods in Security Policy Desgin and Analysis |
| National Science Foundation | $166,238 | CRI: Experimental Research in High-Performance Computing and Wireless Networking |
| EM Assist/USAF | $16,478 | Mentor Protégé Program with EM Assist |
| National Science Foundation | $128,138 | CT-ISG: Secure Knowledge Management: Models and Mechanisms |
| University of Texas at Dallas/AFOSR | $49,458 | Information Operations Across Infospheres |
| Karta Technologies/Air Force | $120,375 | Karta Technologies Mentoring Protégé Program |
| UT System Office of Facilities Planning & Construc | $1,000,000 | 2006-07 LERR FAC STARS |
| National Security Agency | $115,462 | IASP Scholarship |
| FY 2008 TOTAL: | $ |
FY 2007
| Sponsor | Amount | Project Title |
| Air Force Research Laboratory | $1,892,000 | Center for Infrastructure Assurance & Security – Attack and Defend Exercises |
| National Science Foundation | $60,001 | Collaborative Research: CT-ISG: A Framework for the Modeling and Management of Obligations in Security Policies |
| Department of Defense/USAF | $200,000 | Collaborative Research: CT-ISG: A Framework for the Modeling and Management of Obligations in Security Policies |
| Office of the Governor, State of Texas | $3,519,000 | Emerging Technology Fund – Research Superiority (Recruitment) Proposal |
| Army Research Office | $59,663 | SuE: A Framework for Survivable Tactical Information Systems |
| Air Force Research Laboratory | $1,935,999 | Center for Infrastructure Assurance & Security – Attack and Defend Exercises |
| National Security Agency | $75,000 | Capacity Building |
| FY 2007 Total: |
FY 2006
| Sponsor | Amount | Project Title |
| Department of Defense | $79,618.66 | IASP Scholarship |
| National Science Foundation | $220,343 | ITR: Automated Trust Negotiation in Open Systems |
| National Science Foundation | $242,945 | CT-T: Flexible, Decentralized Information-Flow Control for Dynamic Environments |
| National Science Foundation | $60,000 | Collaborative Research: Design and Analysis of High-Performance, Energy-Efficient and Secure Clusters |
| Army Research Office | $99,761 | SuE: A Framework for Survivable Tactical Information Systems |
| National Science Foundation | $2,175,941 | Infrastructure Improvement in computer Engineering Education and Research: Computing, Networking and Security |
| National Science Foundation | $60,000 | Collaborative Research: Design and Analysis of High-Performance, Energy-Efficient and Secure Clusters |
| Southwest Research Institute | $70,000 | Industry Study for Single Packet IP Traceback through Internet Autonomous Systems |
| FY 2006 Total: |
FY 2005
| Sponsor | Amount | Project Title |
| National Security Agency/DOD | $264,704.44 | Scholarship for Service with DoD |
| National Science Foundation | $300,000 | Collaborative Research: Secure Knowledge Management: Models and Mechanisms |
| Air Force Research Laboratory | $1,896,000 | Center for Infrastructure Assurance and Security |
| Texas A&M University Corpus Christi | $48,360 | TAMUCC Risk Assessment |
| Army Research Office | $99,987 | SuE: A Framework for Survivable Tactical Information Systems |
| Department of Information Resources | $42,459.35 | Interagency Contract between the UTSA and the DIR |
| Department of Homeland Security | $1,000,000 | Proposal to Develop Training Materials to Conduct Cyber Terrorism Exercises |
| Department of Defense | $53,954.12 | Department of Defense Information Assurance Program at UTSA |
| FY 2005 Total: |
FY 2004
| Sponsor | Amount | Project Title |
| HQ-Air Force Intelligence Agency/LGCKA | $139,833 | Advanced Signals Processing for Information Recovery and Examination |
| National Science Foundation | $2,166,121 | CISE MII: Research Experience for Minority Students in High-Performance Computing and Communication |
| University of Texas System | $40,892 | Proposal for Security Services |
| Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board | $85,620 | A Passive Radar Sensor Exploiting Existing Wireless Infrastructures |
| HQ-Air Force intelligence Agency/LGCKA | $49,200 | Advanced Signals Processing for Information Recovery and Examination |
| FY 2004 Total: |
FY 2003
| Sponsor | Amount | Project Title |
| Department of Defense | $645,912 | Department of Defense Information Assurance Program at UTSA |
| Southwest Research Institute | $159,698 | Professor of Research in Information Security |
| Department of Defense | $266,281 | Proposal for Establishment for a Department of Defense Information Assurance Scholarship Program |
| FY 2003 Total: |
FY 2002
| Sponsor | Amount | Project Title |
| Air Force Research Laboratory | $2,495,608.5 | Center for Infrastructure Assurance and Security |
| FY 2002 Total: |
FY 2001
| Sponsor | Amount | Project Title |
| Ball Aerospace and Technologies Corp. | $15,000 | Vulnerability Analysis |
| FY 2001 Total: |
