Project Grant 1660242

The National Science Foundation (NSF) has awarded a $1,000,000 Cooperative Agreement under the NSF Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships (CFDA 47.084) program to Objective ED, Inc. to develop a computer-based co-reading system for students with reading disabilities. This SBIR Phase II project will produce a cloud-based system that students can use at home or school to improve their oral reading through personalized feedback, customizations by teachers, and audio capture capabilities. The...

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 $276,000 National Science Foundation Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships grant funds Objective ED, Inc. to develop a computer-based co-reading prototype for students with reading disabilities. The prototype will use cloud infrastructure and a user application to perform co-reading with students, validating reading accuracy and offering remediation for mistakes. It will allow teachers to customize lessons and monitor student progress using engaging book content. Data captured will...

This SBIR Phase I Project Grant awarded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) under the Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships (CFDA 47.084) program provides $304,200 to develop a novel adaptive learning platform. The platform leverages mixed-reality, competency-based learning to address workforce displacement due to artificial intelligence (AI) and automation. Key innovations include a skills engine using generative AI and robotic process automation (RPA) to identify and map...

This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076) provides $300,809 to Saint Louis University to explore the integration of reconfigurable sensorimotor interfaces into educational STEM simulations for digital learning platforms. The goal is to develop low-cost, reconfigurable "teletangible" haptic devices that can be used to embody STEM concepts and support the learning of both sighted students and those with blindness or low...

This $239,973 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Social, Behavioral, and Economic Sciences (CFDA 47.075) program will support the development of a new artificial intelligence-based tool to improve collaborative learning experiences and outcomes for deaf students in university-level science courses. The project aims to address challenges around the lack of standard American Sign Language (ASL) terminology for many scientific concepts, which can hinder deaf...

This $260,027 federal Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Social, Behavioral, and Economic Sciences (CFDA 47.075) program will support the development of a new artificial intelligence tool designed to improve collaborative learning experiences for deaf students in university-level science courses. The project aims to address challenges around the lack of standardized American Sign Language (ASL) signs for many scientific concepts, which can hinder deaf students'...

This Cooperative Agreement awarded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) under the Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships (TIP) program (CFDA 47.084) provides $999,942 in funding to Learn Collaborate Inc., a minority-owned small business, to develop an AI-powered collaborative project-based learning (CPBL) software platform. The platform is designed to address the workforce skills gap by enabling project-based learning activities that seamlessly integrate real-world projects with academic...

This $749,685 National Science Foundation project grant under the Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships program (CFDA 47.084) will fund the development of an Automated, Integrated, Multimodal Software (AIMS) system to improve inclusive access to information for persons with disabilities. Saint Louis University leads a consortium that includes software companies Vital, Unar Labs, and Viewplus Technologies to build a unified framework for authoring, converting, and delivering accessible content...

This SBIR Phase I project awarded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) under the Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships (CFDA 47.084) program is developing an innovative, technology-driven solution to enhance reading support for learners with dyslexia. The $304,935 award, granted on February 1, 2025, supports the development of an adaptive phonetic analysis system that uses advanced speech recognition to identify reading errors with granular precision. This personalized system generates...