Project Grant 2020SMBX0002

The National Science Foundation (NSF) Directorate for Engineering awarded the University of Pittsburgh a 3-year, $350,000 Project Grant to develop an innovative closed-loop brain-computer interface (BCI) system for use in exposure therapy for socially fearful teenagers with depression and anxiety. The proposed technology synchronizes electroencephalogram (EEG) monitoring with augmented reality (AR) simulations of social fear scenarios, enabling real-time detection of fearful responses and...

This $244,306 project grant from the National Science Foundation's Computer and Information Science and Engineering program will fund the development of an artificial intelligence-enabled coaching system to enhance surgical teamwork in cardiac operating rooms. Led by researchers at Brigham and Women's Hospital in Houston, Texas, the grant aims to design multimodal sensing hardware, data-driven algorithms, and an interface to monitor, assess, and improve collaboration among healthcare...

This National Science Foundation (NSF) Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I award, under the NSF Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships (TIP) program (CFDA 47.084), provides $275,000 to Envision Health Technologies Inc. to develop a novel adaptive perimetry software solution for the early detection and monitoring of vision loss due to glaucoma. The project aims to create a fully automated adaptive perimetry test that combines the standardization of static automated perimetry (SAP)...

This National Science Foundation (NSF) Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships (CFDA 47.084) Project Grant award of $305,000 to Elite Neuro Inc. aims to develop and validate a virtual reality-based platform that integrates cognitive assessment and enhancement through perceptual training. The project addresses the critical need for effective, accessible tools to improve cognitive abilities such as memory, decision-making, and processing speed, which are fundamental to success in domains like...

This National Science Foundation (NSF) Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships (CFDA 47.084) award provides $274,574 to Lifelab Studios, Inc. to develop and test an AI-powered platform that assists justice-involved youth in developing protective factors for positive life changes. The project will use advanced machine learning and large language models to optimize the platform's effectiveness in providing tailored, strengths-based feedback to help break the cycle of recidivism and support...

Foresightcares Inc. received a $275,992 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation under the NSF Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships program to develop a multimodal artificial intelligence system for remote health monitoring of seniors. The award period is from March 15, 2022 through February 28, 2023. Through computer vision, sensor fusion, and artificial intelligence algorithms, Foresightcares will create a training framework to analyze seniors' daily activities,...

The National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Chemical, Bioengineering, Environmental, and Transport Systems awarded a $150,000 Project Grant to Northeastern University to develop a precision closed-loop brain-computer interface (BCI) system for assessing and rehabilitating social fears in teens with depression and anxiety. The project aims to create augmented reality (AR) technology that can simulate real-life social situations and use electroencephalogram (EEG) data to detect and respond...

This $349,683 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's Computer and Information Science and Engineering program will fund the development of an AI coaching system to enhance surgical teamwork in cardiac operating rooms. Led by William Marsh Rice University, the grant supports the design of multimodal sensing hardware, data-driven algorithms, and an interface to model and computationally generate interpretable feedback and interventions improving teamwork. Researchers will develop a...

This $249,250 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's Computer and Information Science and Engineering program will fund the development of an AI coaching system to enhance surgical teamwork in cardiac operating rooms. Over four years, researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology will design multimodal hardware and algorithms to model, monitor, and generate interpretable feedback on teamwork dynamics using data from cardiac procedures. The goal is to mitigate human...

This SBIR Phase I Project Grant awarded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) under the Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships (CFDA 47.084) program provides $304,200 to develop a novel adaptive learning platform. The platform leverages mixed-reality, competency-based learning to address workforce displacement due to artificial intelligence (AI) and automation. Key innovations include a skills engine using generative AI and robotic process automation (RPA) to identify and map...