Block Grant 2016WRAX0027

This three-year, $350,000 project grant from the National Science Foundation's Computer and Information Science and Engineering program aims to develop a knowledge platform and related tools to bridge the gap between visualization research and design practice. Specifically, the Trustees of Boston College will receive funding to build a comprehensive online framework for improving access to and learning about effective visualization design principles. This framework will consolidate existing...

This federal Project Grant award from the National Eye Institute (NEI) under the Vision Research program (CFDA 93.867) provides $881,796 to Siloam Vision, Inc. to develop two advanced, laser-based, AI-enabled retinal imaging systems. The key innovations are: A wider field-of-view camera design that can be paired with either a scanning laser ophthalmoscope (SLO) or optical coherence tomography (OCT) system, offering 2D or 3D imaging, respectively. This aims to address an unmet need in retinopathy...

This Project Grant award of $482,312.00 was provided by the National Eye Institute, under the federal Vision Research grant program (CFDA 93.867), to Trustees of Boston University. The project, titled "Testing a Dynamic Spatiotemporal Normalization Framework for Human Vision", will investigate how visual perception depends on both instantaneous input and temporal context, with a focus on understanding the role of normalization and temporal attention. The research will involve...

The National Eye Institute (NEI), under the federal Vision Research grant program (CFDA 93.867), has awarded a $1,448,874 Cooperative Agreement to The Regents of the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) to extend the Village-Integrated Eye Worker Trial II (VIEW II) study in Nepal. The goal of this 5-year project is to determine if a community-based eye disease screening intervention, which utilizes optical coherence tomography, intraocular pressure assessment, and fundus photography,...

This federal Project Grant award from the National Eye Institute (NEI), under the Vision Research program (CFDA 93.867), will provide $475,000 in funding to The Salk Institute for Biological Studies in La Jolla, CA. The goal of this 4-year research project is to characterize the connectivity and functional role of specific neural circuits in the mammalian visual system that transmit information from the retina to the primary visual cortex. The key products and services to be delivered include:...

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 Project Grant award of $947,974 from the National Eye Institute (CFDA 93.867 Vision Research) supports research to understand how the retina and visual system adapt to dynamic changes in light intensity encountered in natural environments. The overarching goal is to examine retinal coding under these naturalistic conditions to determine how diverse adaptation mechanisms across photoreceptors, interneurons, and retinal ganglion cells collectively shape visual signaling to the brain. The...

This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Directorate for Engineering (CFDA 47.041) will fund research to advance accessible collaboration tools for visually impaired information workers. The $943,192 award to Northwestern University will: Develop a taxonomy of accessibility barriers and design guidelines for AI-powered collaboration tools to support ability-diverse team communication, coordination, and knowledge sharing. Create an accessible infrastructure of new...

This federal Project Grant award from the National Eye Institute (NEI) Vision Research program (CFDA 93.867) will support research to investigate how humans form allocentric (world-centered) spatial maps of 3D environments using visual information, without physical exploration. The $218,068 award to the University of Pennsylvania will fund two aims: 1) Identifying brain regions that support viewpoint-independent, allocentric representations of both viewed ("scene space") and...

The National Science Foundation awarded 123 See, Inc. a $276,000 Small Business Innovation Research Phase I Project Grant under the NSF Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships program (CFDA 47.084). The grant supports the development of a vision care station for on-demand rapid examination of visual performance. The station will allow for quick evaluation of vision without an extensive appointment. The 15-month project period runs from December 2021 through February 2023. The NSF Technology,...