The University of Southern California was awarded a $523,720 project grant from the National Science Foundation under the Social, Behavioral, and Economic Sciences program (CFDA 47.075). The grant will fund research from May 2021 through April 2025 to develop computational strategies for balancing trade-offs between risk and effort during walking. As part of its mission to promote basic research in social and behavioral sciences, the NSF grant will support the awardee's work analyzing decision-making processes and movement patterns that can optimize safety and energy expenditure for pedestrians. The place of performance for the research is Los Angeles, California.