Project Grant 20253361045069
- This Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships (TIP) program (CFDA 47.084) provides $304,993 to Nextgenedu Inc. to develop an adaptive, AI-driven career exploration platform. The platform will provide personalized career guidance for students in secondary and post-secondary education to address critical gaps in workforce development. The project aims to enhance technological infrastructure...
- Directed Analytics Inc. received a $276,000 National Science Foundation Project Grant under the NSF Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships program to develop an automated employability skills framework. The one-year project will create a scalable software platform integrating data from school districts and higher education programs on transition methods and employment outcomes for individuals with autism spectrum disorder or other developmental disabilities. Using machine learning, the...
- 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 National Science Foundation (NSF) Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships (CFDA 47.084) Project Grant award to Incuentro LLC, a certified women-owned small business, provides $304,951 to develop an innovative AI-powered virtual reality (VR) system for enhancing career decision-making for individuals with autism spectrum disorder (ASD). The project aims to overcome limitations of conventional vocational assessment methods by integrating advanced cognitive modeling and reinforcement learning...
- This National Science Foundation (NSF) Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships (CFDA 47.084) Project Grant award provides $274,428 to Skillsgapp LLC to develop a place-based platform for STEM career discovery. The platform utilizes an AI-powered gaming approach to educate and guide youth, particularly from underrepresented populations, towards local, meaningful career paths in advanced manufacturing and other STEM fields. The innovation combines large language models, retrieval-augmented...
- This $125,000 Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA) National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program supports the development of innovative dyslexia intervention and individualized emergent reading instruction technologies for rural schools. The award, made to Illuminations, LLC, aims to transform scientific discoveries into commercially viable products and services that benefit agriculture, the environment, and...
- Gogyup Inc. received a $105,965 Project Grant award from the US Department of Agriculture National Institute of Food and Agriculture under the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program / Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) Program (CFDA 10.212). The award funded the development of assistive technologies and embedded reading assistance tools to increase workforce participation from July 1, 2021 through February 28, 2022. The SBIR/STTR programs aim to support technological innovation...
- This National Science Foundation (NSF) Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships (CFDA 47.084) Project Grant award of $274,981 to PrairieLearning, Inc., a for-profit organization, aims to develop an online learning and assessment platform for sophisticated and secure exams. The key products and services to be delivered include: The platform will provide a robust and sophisticated assessment tool for STEM (science, technology, engineering and mathematics) educators to improve student learning,...
- This $100,000 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Social, Behavioral, and Economic Sciences (CFDA 47.075) program will support research to explore how technological changes are impacting worker skills and employment. The project will analyze future skill demands driven by technological disruption and develop effective, affordable educational approaches to enable workers, especially those without college degrees, to reskill and upskill. The research aims to leverage...
- This Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships program, funded under the Comprehensive Federal Assistance Directory Number 47.084, provides $256,000 to Brio Data Group LLC of Norman, Oklahoma. The award period is from June 1, 2022 through February 28, 2023. Under this award, Brio Data Group will develop methods for analyzing learner narratives through machine learning and natural language processing techniques. By digitally mining written...
This Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA) National Institute of Food and Agriculture (CFDA 10.212 - Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program / Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) Program) will pilot a technology platform called Individualized Employability Development (IEDEV) v0.5. The $125,000 award to Directed Analytics Inc., a minority-owned small disadvantaged business, will be used over 7 months to assess the platform's ability to improve employability skills and streamline educator tasks for neurodivergent individuals in a school district, higher education institution, and vocational rehabilitation agency in Arkansas. The project aims to demonstrate the platform's potential to enhance employment outcomes and inform broader adoption across state and local agencies.
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
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| Not listed | $125.0k | 8/29/25 |