The U.S. Energy Department announced the funding to support research partnerships that will facilitate next-generation technologies to advance cybersecurity and resilience of the electric grid and oil and natural gas infrastructure, according to an Oct. 1 press release. The projects will take innovative approaches such as redesigning existing architecture that makes the grid vulnerable to cyber threats to ensure that delivery systems are equipped to detect attacks and adapt to survive. Awarded projects will pursue cybersecurity activities in coordination with the department’s offices, federal agencies, energy operators, and private sector stakeholders. The department said that the Cybersecurity for Energy Delivery Systems division has developed 35 technologies to date in collaboration with industry, cybersecurity vendors, academia, and national labs.