Project Grant 1548956

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...

This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CISE) program (CFDA 47.070) provides $100,000 to the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) to develop a community research infrastructure platform using repurposed Jibo robots. The goal is to create a shared resource that enables research on developing social and emotional intelligence capabilities for robots, especially in domains like healthcare and companionship. The...

Federal Project Grant Award Summary Vigorous Mind, Inc. received a $499,981 Project Grant from the National Institute on Aging under the Aging Research program (CFDA 93.866) for the period August 1, 2025 through July 31, 2026. The award supports development and feasibility demonstration of an autonomous robotic system designed to deliver multicomponent interventions for reducing delirium in hospitalized elderly patients living with dementia. Delirium represents a significant clinical and...

This $300,000 National Science Foundation project grant will support the development of remotely operated reconfigurable walker robots for eldercare services through February 2025. Funded under the Computer and Information Science and Engineering program, the award recipient Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital Volunteer Services, Inc. will conduct research to design a multi-functional robotic system that can alter its physical configuration to navigate residential environments. The robot is...

This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) under the NSF Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships program (CFDA 47.084) provides $650,000 to develop a soft growing robotic system to assist older adults and their caregivers with mobility support. The project aims to create an easy-to-use robotic belt that can safely transfer older adults from bed to wheelchair, reducing the physical burden on caregivers. The award includes sub-grants to the Hebrew Rehabilitation Center,...

This $620,240 National Science Foundation award through the Computer and Information Science and Engineering program will support the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in developing remotely operated, reconfigurable walker robots for eldercare services. The project aims to deliver quality eldercare safely in individual homes and institutions through a network of caregivers and robotic equipment. Key work includes enabling the robot to alter its footprint for narrow spaces and cluttered...

Summary: VR-CARES Federal Project Grant Award Rendever, Inc. received a Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) Phase I grant of $349,333 from the National Institute on Aging under the Aging Research program (CFDA 93.866), effective May 1, 2025 through April 30, 2027. The project, titled "VR-CARES: Feasibility of Virtual Reality for Caregiver Assembly, Relief, Empowerment, and Support," develops and tests a novel virtual reality (VR) platform designed to address critical challenges...

This National Science Foundation Project Grant of $275,000 supports Applied Sentience Inc. to develop proactive personal artificial intelligence assistants with contextual awareness and social intelligence. Funded through the NSF Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships program, this Phase I Small Business Innovation Research award will advance fundamental scientific understanding of enabling AI agents to understand users' lives and predict their needs. Applied Sentience will create hybrid...

This EAGER (Early-concept Grants for Exploratory Research) project, awarded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) under the Engineering program (CFDA 47.041), aims to create a personalized training framework that adapts to each worker's cognitive functions and sensorimotor skills in collaborative robotic manufacturing environments. The $299,953 grant, awarded on September 1, 2024, with a completion date of August 31, 2026, focuses on advancing personalized training strategies for complex...

This is a $300,000 EAGER (Early-Concept Grants for Exploratory Research) project grant awarded by the National Science Foundation's Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) to design neuro-adaptive technology for robotic-assisted surgery. The grant supports research to monitor surgeons' workload levels, understand the causes of mental overload, and develop interventions using an AI-powered multi-sensing system and context-awareness architecture. The goal is to refine remote surgery techniques to make...