April 25, 2024
Daily Briefs
NIST awards $4 million to small businesses for cybersecurity, privacy innovations
The National Institute of Standards and Technology awarded $4 million to 21 small businesses to help support “innovative development” in areas including cybersecurity and privacy, according to a statement issued Tuesday.
Award winners were selected from 15 states through NIST’s Small Business Innovation Research program, after companies submitted proposals in response to a NIST call for submissions in nine technology areas.
Winners for Phase I of the program were awarded $100,000 or less “to establish the merit, feasibility and commercial...