The University of Utah will receive $388,445 in funding from the National Science Foundation Division of Civil, Mechanical, and Manufacturing Innovation under the Engineering (CFDA 47.041) federal grant program. This three-year Project Grant, awarded September 1, 2021 through August 31, 2024, will support collaborative research on stakeholder interdependencies in post-disaster relocation under high uncertainty. The Engineering program seeks to improve quality of life and economic strength...
This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076) provides $350,000 to Iowa State University (ISU) and Polk County Emergency Management (PCEM) in Iowa to develop and evaluate a novel Disaster Multiplayer Online Game (DMOG) to enhance emergency preparedness training in the Midwest. The DMOG simulates a sudden disaster scenario, requiring players representing different emergency response roles to make decisions and collaborate to effectively...
The National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Information and Intelligent Systems awarded a $299,962 Project Grant under the Computer and Information Science and Engineering program (CFDA #47.070) to the Regents of the University of Colorado, doing business as the University of Colorado-Denver. The project aims to develop a gamified education platform centered around story-driven educational hacking games to attract Generation Z to the cybersecurity workforce. The platform will utilize...
The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a $1,500,000 Project Grant under the Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CFDA 47.070) program to the University of North Texas Research and Innovation Division. The grant funding aims to develop a comprehensive framework to streamline diverse processes and integrate advanced technological solutions into disaster relief operations, enhancing the overall effectiveness and speed of emergency response efforts. The key objectives are to...
This $1,500,000 Project Grant was awarded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Emerging Frontiers under the Biological Sciences program (CFDA 47.074) with a project period from September 1, 2023 to August 31, 2026. The grant was awarded to Arizona State University to develop new strategies for collectively managing risks from natural disasters, infrastructure challenges, pandemics, and other shocks. The project combines gamification of biological "rules of life" such as...
The University of Utah was awarded a $1,198,738 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Computer and Information Science and Engineering program (CFDA 47.070) to develop a new framework for topology-based visualization of scientific data generated from multiphysics simulations. Over a five-year period from June 2022 through May 2027, the university will leverage tools from geometric measure theory, information theory, and transportation theory to represent topological...
This National Science Foundation Project Grant of $500,000 will fund the development of a sociotechnical digital twin and serious games to support wildfire risk reduction efforts in Northern California communities through 2025. Under the STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076), the University of California, Berkeley will create an innovative digital model integrating physical infrastructure, social networks, and insurance mechanisms across time and space. Serious games will engage stakeholders in...
The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a $600,000 Project Grant under the Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CFDA #47.070) program to the University of Utah Office of Sponsored Projects Division. The grant, awarded on June 15, 2023, will fund a project to build a foundational model for human mobility that can incorporate diverse types of movement, temporal, and socio-demographic data. The model will utilize machine learning techniques to generate outputs relevant to both...
The National Science Foundation awarded a $120,000 two-year Project Grant to the University of Nevada, Las Vegas under the Computer and Information Science and Engineering federal grant program (CFDA 47.070). The grant will support the development of emergency response and evacuation training for active shooter events through collaborative research between the University and other partners. The training aims to enhance preparedness and safety for active threats on campuses and in other community...
The University of Utah will receive $392,554 under a three-year Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation Division of Behavioral and Cognitive Sciences. The grant falls under the official Social, Behavioral, and Economic Sciences federal grant program (CFDA 47.075) and will support research to improve wildland firefighter safety through geospatial modeling of lookouts, communications, escape routes, and safety zones. The university's Office of Sponsored Projects will oversee...