DECR0000056
Cooperative Agreement
Overview
Grant Description
Physics-aware and automated vulnerability discovery and patching in heterogeneous distributed energy resources against cyber attacks.
Develop and demonstrate DERGuard, an automated distributed energy resource (DER) device security vetting and hardening framework.
Develop techniques to analyze individual distributed energy resource (DER) devices and their functional benign and potentially malicious impact on system-wide power grid operations.
Develop and demonstrate DERGuard, an automated distributed energy resource (DER) device security vetting and hardening framework.
Develop techniques to analyze individual distributed energy resource (DER) devices and their functional benign and potentially malicious impact on system-wide power grid operations.
Awardee
Funding Goals
PROJECTS UNDER FUNDING OPPORTUNITY ANNOUNCEMENT DE-FOA-0002500 WILL SUPPORT MULTI-YEAR RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, AND DEMONSTRATION OF TOOLS AND TECHNOLOGIES TO REDUCE CYBER RISKS TO ENERGY DELIVERY INFRASTRUCTURE.
Grant Program (CFDA)
Awarding Agency
Funding Agency
Place of Performance
Atlanta,
Georgia
30332-0415
United States
Geographic Scope
Single Zip Code
Georgia Tech Research was awarded
Cooperative Agreement DECR0000056
worth $3,000,000
from the DOE Office of Cyber Security in September 2024 with work to be completed primarily in Atlanta Georgia United States.
The grant
has a duration of 3 years and
was awarded through assistance program 81.008 Cybersecurity, Energy Security & Emergency Response (CESER).
$1,200,000 (29.0%) of this Cooperative Agreement was funded by non-federal sources.
The Cooperative Agreement was awarded through grant opportunity RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, AND DEMONSTRATION FUNDING OPPORTUNITY ANNOUNCEMENT (FY 2022).
Status
(Ongoing)
Last Modified 6/10/25
Period of Performance
9/16/24
Start Date
9/15/27
End Date
Funding Split
$3.0M
Federal Obligation
$1.2M
Non-Federal Obligation
$4.2M
Total Obligated
Activity Timeline
Subgrant Awards
Disclosed subgrants for DECR0000056
Transaction History
Modifications to DECR0000056
Additional Detail
Award ID FAIN
DECR0000056
SAI Number
None
Award ID URI
SAI EXEMPT
Awardee Classifications
Public/State Controlled Institution Of Higher Education
Nonprofit With 501(c)(3) IRS Status (Other Than An Institution Of Higher Education)
Nonprofit With 501(c)(3) IRS Status (Other Than An Institution Of Higher Education)
Awarding Office
892433 NATIONAL ENERGY TECHNOLOGY LABORATORY
Funding Office
892407 OFC CYBERSECURITY, (CESER)
Awardee UEI
EMW9FC8J3HN4
Awardee CAGE
1G474
Performance District
GA-05
Senators
Jon Ossoff
Raphael Warnock
Raphael Warnock
Modified: 6/10/25