Cooperative Agreement SP016418

CROSSCOMM Phase II Project Grant Summary The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded Northeastern University $1.52 million on July 15, 2025, under the NSF Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships program (CFDA 47.084) to develop and coordinate an open-source reference architecture for 5G and future-generation wireless networks. The project, titled "POSE: Phase II: CROSSCOMM: Coordinating a Reference Open-Source System Community for Intelligent Future-G Networks," consolidates...

Dominican University New York was awarded a $3,959,970 project grant from the Department of Commerce National Telecommunications and Information Administration under the Connecting Minority Communities Pilot Program (CFDA 11.028). The grant will support the DC Connection project to expand broadband and information technology capacity on campus and within campus buildings. Key activities to be funded include expanding wireless internet access on campus, providing subsidized broadband access and...

This $1,886,515 National Science Foundation (NSF) Project Grant award under the STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076) will support the development of "KonnectXR", an enterprise-level platform that integrates immersive extended reality (XR) technologies into technician education programs. The project aims to: Integrate single sign-on and FERPA-compliant encryption capabilities to enable seamless interoperability between XR environments and existing Learning Management Systems (LMS)...

This $399,884 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's STEM Education (CFDA 47.076) program aims to develop a new introductory course on wireless communications that utilizes problem- and project-based learning (PBL/PJBL) approaches along with advanced visualization tools. The project brings together experts in wireless communications, engineering education, visualization, and mathematics to redesign the course, creating new lecture materials, projects, and interactive...

This National Science Foundation (NSF) Project Grant award under the STEM Education (CFDA 47.076) program provides $542,881 to Minnesota State Colleges & Universities (operating as Northland Community & Technical College) to develop an enterprise-level platform that integrates learning management systems with immersive augmented and virtual reality (XR) technologies for technician education. The key goals of the project, titled "KONNECTXR," are to: 1) integrate single sign-on...

This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Behavioral and Cognitive Sciences, under the Social, Behavioral, and Economic Sciences program (CFDA 47.075), provides $268,338 in funding to the University of California, Merced to investigate the role of connectivity and inclusiveness in scientific innovation and economic growth. The research aims to evaluate the impact of ARPANET, the precursor to the modern internet, on reducing categorical disparities in...

The National Science Foundation awarded $270,928 under the Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships federal grant program (CFDA 47.084) to Beamlink, Inc. of Pasadena, California. The project grant will support the development of small, portable cellular base stations to provide connectivity in disaster zones and hard to reach areas. Specifically, the funding will allow Beamlink to research and implement a base station utilizing 2G and 2.5G radio for communicating with high densities of cell...

The National Science Foundation awarded a $299,503 Project Grant to The University of Central Florida Board of Trustees under the NSF Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships federal grant program (CFDA 47.084) to support research titled "PFI-TT: Acousto-Electric Semiconductor Amplifiers to Expand Wireless Connectivity to a Larger Population of End-Users." The award period runs from August 1, 2021 through January 31, 2024. Under this award, the University of Central Florida will...

This $557,659 National Science Foundation (NSF) Project Grant under the Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CFDA 47.070) program aims to develop a comprehensive theory for second-order cross-layer design of wireless networks. The project, awarded to the Texas A&M Engineering Experiment Station (Tees), seeks to advance the fundamental understanding of wireless network capabilities in supporting emerging applications like virtual reality and connected vehicles. The key objectives...

This federal Project Grant award of $976,496 from the National Science Foundation Office of Integrative Activities through the Integrative Activities program (CFDA 47.083) will fund the creation of a 400 gigabit per second network connection from the University of Maine to the Massachusetts Green High Performance Computing Center and the Northern Crossroads Gigapop. Intermediate add/drop support will also be provided in Keene, New Hampshire and Portland, Maine to interconnect other northern...