The U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Electricity Delivery and Energy Reliability ("OE") created the Cybersecurity for Energy Delivery Systems Program to assist electric, oil, and gas asset owners by creating cybersecurity solutions for energy delivery systems through an integrated research and development effort. On April 15, 2014, the National Energy Technology Laboratory, on behalf of the OE, began seeking applications from federally funded research and development centers to conduct research and demonstrations related to future technologies that may accelerate the deployment of cybersecurity capabilities for the U.S. energy infrastructure. Responses are due May 23, 2014.

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