Cooperative Agreement 2537677
- This $275,000 SBIR Phase I award from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships (CFDA 47.084) program supports research and development by Sown To Grow, Inc., a for-profit small business, to develop an innovative technology that measures the strength of student-teacher relationships at scale. The project aims to create new frameworks for defining trusting relationships based on the depth of student reflections, teacher responses, and how those responses...
- 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...
- 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,...
- This $256,800 Project Grant awarded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) under the Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships (TIP) program (CFDA 47.084) is funding the development of a holistic system for comprehensive student assessment. The goal is to leverage AI and natural language processing (NLP) tools to analyze diverse student learning data, including essays, written assignments, and reflections, to provide educators with real-time, detailed insights on student progress. This will...
- Federal Cooperative Agreement Summary One Spot Learning, Inc. (doing business as Gotlearning) received a $1.25M Cooperative Agreement award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) under the Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships (TIP) program (CFDA 47.084) on July 15, 2025, for a project completion date of June 30, 2027. This Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase II award supports the development of a holistic student assessment system that applies artificial intelligence (AI) and...
- The National Science Foundation awarded $304,991 to Graded Gaming, LLC on July 1, 2026, under the NSF Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships program (CFDA 47.084) for an SBIR Phase I project to validate an artificial intelligence model delivering adaptive instructional support in career and technical education. The project, titled "Introducing Riley: A Co-Designed AI Teacher Powered by Natural Language Processing for CTE Success," develops a layered AI architecture for real-time,...
- 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...
- This SBIR Phase I project, awarded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships (TIP) program (CFDA 47.084), aims to develop an innovative AI-driven platform for interactive language learning designed for young children. The $303,226 award will fund the creation of a personalized, adaptive solution that uses phoneme recognition and learning algorithms to track, assess, and respond to the individual language progress of each child. The platform is designed...
- 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 (NSF) awarded a $305,000 STTR Phase I Project Grant to Nd-Diagenomix, Inc. (doing business as Adapta Education, Inc.) to develop a web-based formative assessment system for high school math education. The project aims to address critical problems in math education, including student learning deficiencies and teacher burnout, by creating a highly efficient and personalized assessment platform that can be easily customized by teachers. The system will leverage...
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 relationships visible, measurable, and actionable at scale. Phase II deliverables include productizing Phase I model outputs into three user-facing tools: student nudges, teacher prioritization features, and administrator dashboards. The company is strengthening technical infrastructure by expanding machine learning models to handle dynamic educational contexts. The proprietary foundation rests on a dataset of millions of real student reflections and teacher responses, creating competitive advantage through models competitors cannot easily replicate. Phase I, completed prior to this Phase II award, validated three rubric-based classification frameworks demonstrating technical feasibility. This Phase II work runs through July 31, 2028, with performance located in Piedmont, California.
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
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| Not listed | $1.3m | 7/16/26 |