Cooperative Agreement 2536114
- This $999,900 Cooperative Agreement award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships (CFDA 47.084) program aims to create a pathway for underserved community college computer science students to gain practical experience and mentorship in artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML). The project will provide 150 students across three annual cohorts with 1-2 micro-internships where they contribute to AI/ML open-source projects and receive 8...
- This Project Grant award of $286,418 from the National Science Foundation (NSF) under the Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships (CFDA 47.084) program supports the development and validation of an innovative integration of large language models with retrieval-augmented generation technology to enhance the effectiveness of peer mentoring programs in higher education. The project aims to create an artificial intelligence (AI)-assisted mentoring platform that provides data-informed,...
- The National Science Foundation awarded Hensun Innovation LLC a $1.25 million Cooperative Agreement on August 1, 2026, under the NSF Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships program (CFDA 47.084) to develop and validate specialized artificial intelligence models that support K-12 STEM instruction through the Colleague AI platform. The project builds domain-specific AI agents designed to scaffold whole-class discussion, deliver individualized tutoring, support formative assessment and feedback,...
- The National Science Foundation awarded Firstthen Inc. a $1,222,567 cooperative agreement on August 1, 2026, to develop an artificial intelligence–enabled mobile coaching platform delivering scalable behavioral support to caregivers. The award funds Phase II of an SBIR project under NSF Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships (CFDA 47.084). The platform embeds validated behavioral strategies into an adaptive mobile application supported by AI-driven coaching. The core technical challenge is...
- The National Science Foundation awarded a $1.211 million cooperative agreement to PrairieLearn, Inc. on August 15, 2026, to develop an AI-powered online platform for sophisticated and secure educational assessments under the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase II program. The platform enables instructors to create automatically graded, individualized test questions and delivers improved student learning through repeated practice with immediate feedback and strengthened exam...
- Federal Cooperative Agreement Summary The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded $1.25 million through its Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships (TIP) program (CFDA 47.084) to Crypto Tutors LLC, an SBA-certified women-owned small business, for a Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase II project. The award, dated May 15, 2025, extends through April 30, 2027, and funds the development of an artificial intelligence-enhanced career assessment platform designed to guide students and...
- Federal Grant Award Summary Across AI, Inc. received a $305,000 Phase I Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) under the Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships (TIP) program (CFDA 47.084), effective July 1, 2025 through June 30, 2026. The company will develop a novel artificial intelligence (AI) framework that combines algorithmic logical reasoning with machine learning models to enhance the analysis of unstructured data in enterprise...
- This Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships (TIP) program (CFDA 47.084) provides $304,993 to Nextgenedu Inc. to develop an adaptive, AI-driven career exploration platform. The platform will provide personalized career guidance for students in secondary and post-secondary education to address critical gaps in workforce development. The project aims to enhance technological infrastructure...
- The National Science Foundation awarded Sown To Grow, Inc. a $1.25 million cooperative agreement on August 1, 2026, under the NSF Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships SBIR Phase II program to develop artificial intelligence-powered tools for measuring and supporting student-teacher relationships in K-12 educational settings. The recipient is developing a software-as-a-service platform that uses natural language processing and machine learning to make the quality of student-teacher...
- The National Science Foundation awarded Seedai Inc. one hundred thousand dollars on January 15, 2026, under the Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships program (CFDA 47.084) to organize and execute a two-day AI-Ready America Workshop in Washington, D.C. The workshop will convene stakeholders from federal agencies, state and local governments, industry, philanthropy, education, and community organizations to develop strategies for building an AI-ready American population. The event will...
The National Science Foundation awarded a cooperative agreement totaling $1,051,777 to Academic Web Pages, Inc. on August 1, 2026, under the NSF Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships program (CFDA 47.084) for SBIR Phase II development of an AI-enabled mentoring assistant. Academic Web Pages will develop and validate a proprietary AI system designed to augment human mentors and scale high-quality, personalized mentoring across educational and workforce development settings. The platform integrates established mentoring science with contextual data from ongoing mentor-mentee interactions while preserving human-centered engagement. Technical work includes refining domain-specific algorithms for generating tailored mentoring guidance aligned with peer-reviewed best practices, establishing a validation framework to assess accuracy and reliability, and evaluating system performance through controlled deployment. The research methodology combines iterative model training using protected and privacy-preserving mentoring datasets with retrieval mechanisms that constrain outputs to validated resources. Anticipated results include a validated AI system capable of delivering consistent, context-aware support and a reproducible methodology for assessing AI-assisted mentor effectiveness. The period of performance runs through July 31, 2028, with work performed in Beach Haven, New Jersey. The assistance type is a cooperative agreement. Academic Web Pages, Inc. is classified as a woman-owned small business and self-certified small disadvantaged business.
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
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| Not listed | $1.1m | 7/16/26 |