Project Grant 1654007018

The National Endowment for the Arts awarded a $300,000 project grant to the Regents of the University of California, San Francisco to support the Sound Health Network. The grant was awarded on July 1, 2021 under the Promotion of the Arts Grants to Organizations and Individuals program (CFDA 45.024) and will support the Network through June 30, 2022. The Sound Health Network will convene experts in music neuroscience, health, and wellness to identify and promote research findings on how music...

The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a $199,991 Project Grant under the Geosciences program (CFDA 47.050) to the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) to develop a plan to accelerate the development of high-quality, perceivable, interpretable, and accessible data sonifications in the geosciences. The 2-year project, titled "Sonification Network for the Geosciences (GEO SONNET) Planning Project," aims to (1) create interdisciplinary networks of sonification researchers,...

This $300,000 project grant from the National Science Foundation's Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) will support research at the Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania to develop topologically protected gigahertz acoustic circuits. Over a three-year period ending in August 2025, the grantee will implement acoustic device analogues of topological electronic states operating in the gigahertz regime through theoretical analysis, simulation, fabrication, and nanoscale visualization. This is...

This Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) provides $739,346 to the University of Michigan for research titled "A Scalable Configurable Acoustic Processor for Emerging Audio Applications." The research aims to address challenges around scale, time accuracy, latency, and synchronization for very large acoustic transducer arrays. This will enable applications like high-resolution acoustic holography, non-invasive surgery, augmented...

Georgia Tech Research Corporation will receive $348,286 under a three-year Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's Engineering Directorate (CFDA 47.041) to conduct fundamental research on the generation of spontaneous otoacoustic emissions by the inner ear. The research aims to advance understanding of the biophysical mechanisms by which the ear generates sounds in the absence of external stimuli. The project will develop and evaluate computational models of two prevailing...

The National Endowment for the Arts awarded a $150,000 Project Grant to Colour Of Music, Inc., doing business as Colour Of Music Festival, to support personnel and marketing expenses from January 1, 2022 through December 31, 2023. This funding falls under the Promotion of the Arts Grants to Organizations and Individuals program (CFDA 45.024), which aims to support opportunities for public participation in the arts and arts education, integrate the arts with strategies promoting well-being and...

This $386,139 National Science Foundation project grant supports the development of an ecosystem to empower musicians through artificial intelligence-enabled music production tools. Funded under the NSF Engineering program (CFDA 47.041), the four-year award to Northwestern University will create an open-source software framework and initiatives allowing musicians and AI researchers to collaborate on improving AI music creation tools. The framework will facilitate deployment of new AI models...

This $160,000 Project Grant award, funded by the National Institute on Disability, Independent Living, and Rehabilitation Research (NIDILRR) under CFDA 93.433, supports research examining the relationship between musical aptitude and auditory rehabilitation outcomes in cochlear implant (CI) users. The project, which commenced September 1, 2025, and concludes April 30, 2027, addresses a critical gap in personalized rehabilitation approaches. Currently, CI providers employ standardized,...

The National Endowment for the Arts awarded a $160,000 Project Grant to the National Alliance for Musical Theatre Inc. to support the Musical Theater Songwriting Challenge for high school students from March 1, 2023 through September 30, 2024. This funding supports the Promotion of the Arts Grants to Organizations and Individuals program (CFDA 45.024), which aims to provide opportunities for public participation in the arts and arts education. Through this award, the National Alliance for...

This National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Civil, Mechanical, and Manufacturing Innovation (CMMI) project grant, titled "LEAP-HI: ALL-CARBON RECYCLABLE ELECTRONICS (ACRE): REALIZING A SUSTAINABLE ELECTRONICS LIFECYCLE", will investigate the printing of all-carbon recyclable electronic (ACRE) materials to replace silicon- or metal oxide-based semiconductors in display manufacturing. The $500,000 award to Duke University, with a sub-award to Columbia University, aims to develop...