Project Grant 18470905419

This Cooperative Agreement award, totaling $8,000,000.00, was issued by the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Engineering Directorate (CFDA 47.041) to Northwestern University. The award will fund the NSF Engineering Research Center for Human Augmentation via Dexterity (HAND), which aims to create versatile, dexterous robotic arms and hands that can be widely adopted across industry, societal, and individual needs. The HAND Center will bring together experts in fields such as materials,...

This federal Project Grant award, funded by the National Endowment for the Arts under the Promotion of the Arts Grants to Organizations and Individuals program (CFDA 45.024), provides $100,000 to support the National Alliance for Musical Theatres' Annual Conference and Festival of New Musicals. The award period is from January 1, 2025 to December 31, 2025. The grant aims to promote the musical theatre art form by creating platforms for showcasing new works, facilitating industry connections, and...

This Project Grant from the National Science Foundation Division of Research on Learning in Formal and Informal Settings will fund the development of haptic technology innovations to guide student gesturing with dynamic STEM visualizations from September 1, 2022 to August 31, 2025 for a total of $549,997. The award will support a collaborative research project between The University of Iowa to design and develop a custom haptic glove that interacts with a computer visualization of a biological...

This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CFDA 47.070) program provides $300,000 to the Regents of the University of Michigan to conduct a "Design Retreat" with academic and industry experts. The goal is to create a future vision for the field of "design for human-robot interaction (HRI)" through a series of four visioning workshops. Key activities include using metaphors to generate new robot design...

This $974,414 federal Project Grant award from the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) National Leadership Grants program supports George Mason University, in collaboration with several partners, to develop a community archiving prototype and training materials. The key objectives are to: (1) create the Archives for Racial and Cultural Healing (ARCH) National Collaborative, (2) support the Chipman ARCH project as a prototype and develop curriculum/practices for future ARCH regional...

This $2,000,000 Cooperative Agreement award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) under the Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships (CFDA 47.084) program supports the development of bio-inspired robotic and prosthetic hands with human-like dexterity. The project aims to address labor shortages in manufacturing and improve quality of life for individuals with upper limb disabilities. Key research thrusts include designing customizable, reliable, and manufacturable bio-inspired sensors,...

This federal Project Grant award of $300,000 from the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) Promotion of the Humanities Public Programs (CFDA 45.164) will support the Lower East Side Tenement Museum Inc. in producing and implementing an interactive, multimedia "Counter-History" exhibit at their visitor center. The exhibit will elevate the museum's family history approach, make its sources more visible, and thematically connect historic and contemporary migration stories. It...

This Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's Division of Information and Intelligent Systems will fund the development of shape-based remote manipulation technologies and educational outreach activities totaling $606,545. Under the Computer and Information Science and Engineering program (CFDA 47.070), the award supports four key objectives over a four-year period from September 2022 to August 2026. First, the grantees at Florida A&M University will develop a remote manipulation...

This $1,505,337 federal Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), under the Continuum of Care (CoC) Program (CFDA 14.267), will fund efforts by the non-profit Homeless Action Network of Detroit (HAND) to address youth homelessness in Detroit, Hamtramck, and Highland Park. The grant will enable HAND to provide a range of services, including permanent housing, transitional housing, supportive services, and Homeless Management Information Systems (HMIS)....

This federal Project Grant award of $200,000.00 from the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) under the Promotion of the Humanities Public Programs (CFDA 45.164) will support a series of programming titled "Harlem as an Incubator" from October 1, 2024 to December 31, 2026. The programming will present the history of Harlem as an incubator of arts, culture, and activism for people of the African diaspora through lectures, public discussions, and readings. The goal is to construct...