Project Grant 0160701

The National Science Foundation (NSF) Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) awarded a $199,952 Project Grant to the University of Massachusetts Boston to develop an open-source software toolkit that integrates with widely used software-defined radio (SDR) equipment. This toolkit will enable researchers to implement and analyze novel techniques for multi-cell/multi-user optical wireless communication (OWC) networks. The project aims to bring the benefits of SDR to OWC research, allowing for...

The Department of the Army South Carolina Army National Guard awarded $32.1 million through its National Guard Military Operations and Maintenance (O&M) Projects program to support operations and maintenance of Army National Guard facilities in South Carolina. Under the cooperative agreement, the Office of Adjutant General will provide service support activities to National Guard units in the state through August 31, 2023. The National Guard O&M Projects program (CFDA 12.401) aims to...

This $807,744 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Office of Advanced Cyberinfrastructure, with joint support from the Division of Research, Innovation, Synergies, and Education (RISE) and the Division of Ocean Sciences (OCE), aims to enhance community access to high-fidelity ocean modeling and observational capabilities. The award will fund the development of software infrastructure to enable rapid configuration, deployment, and analysis of the Modular Ocean Model...

This $340,500 Formula Grant award from the Federal Highway Administration (CFDA 20.205 - Highway Planning and Construction) supports the Oregon Department of Transportation (ODOT) in implementing maintenance releases for the Transportation Operations Center System (TOCS). The project involves delivering bug fixes, minor software enhancements, and hotfixes to resolve critical operational issues with the TOCS system. This funding will enable ODOT to maintain and enhance the functionality of the...

This federal Project Grant award of $500,000.00 from the Office of Naval Research (ONR), under the Basic and Applied Scientific Research program (CFDA 12.300), supports the Model-Based Enterprise (MBE) Maturity Index upgrade project. The initiative, led by the prime awardee UI Labs (doing business as MXD USA), a non-profit digital manufacturing innovation center, aims to enhance the adoption and application of digital maturity assessments across manufacturing industries. The project will...

This $11.4 million Project Grant from the Department of Transportation's Federal Transit Administration Buses and Bus Facilities Formula, Competitive, and Low or No Emissions Programs (CFDA 20.526) will fund construction of a new transit operations and maintenance facility. The Oklahoma Department of Transportation will receive $9.12 million with a $2.28 million local match for the project. Oklahoma State University will act as a sub-awardee, using their portion of the funding to construct a new...

This $150,000 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CISE) program (CFDA 47.070) supports the development of an Open Radio Access Network (O-RAN) wireless testbed and training curriculum at the Stevens Institute of Technology. The key products and services include: 1) Extending the abilities of wireless professionals by providing public and remote access to an O-RAN-based wireless cyberinfrastructure, which integrates...

The Oklahoma Department of Transportation (ODOT) was awarded a $2 million Project Grant from the Department of Transportation's Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration under the Motor Carrier Safety Assistance High Priority Activities Grants and Cooperative Agreements program. The grant will support ODOT's implementation of an optical character recognition-based electronic screening and permitting system to enhance its oversize overweight commercial vehicle permitting processes. Funds will...

This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) provides $125,000 to The Research Foundation For The State University Of New York (RF SUNY) to develop sustainable and environmentally friendly software systems. The key products and services to be delivered include: Comprehensive analysis of energy-draining "code smells" and the impact of refactoring them to reduce energy consumption and carbon emissions in high-performance computing...

This federal Cooperative Agreement award, provided by the Department of the Army under the National Guard Military Operations and Maintenance (O&M) Projects program (CFDA 12.401), provides $747,700.00 in funding to the Military Department of the State of Oklahoma, doing business as the Oklahoma Military Department, to support critical military readiness, infrastructure, and operational capabilities for the Oklahoma Army National Guard and Oklahoma Air National Guard. The grant supports a...