Northwestern University was awarded a $150,000 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation Division of Social and Economic Science. The grant falls under the Computer and Information Science and Engineering program (CFDA 47.070), which supports investigator-initiated research and education in computing, communications, and information science and engineering. Through this award, Northwestern University will work to improve healthcare access in marginalized communities through smart...
The National Science Foundation awarded Northwestern University a $532,579 Project Grant under the Computer and Information Science and Engineering federal grant program (CFDA 47.070) for the period of October 1, 2021 through September 30, 2024. The grant funds collaborative research to develop design guidelines for dynamic visualizations. The Computer and Information Science and Engineering program supports investigator-initiated research and education in computing, communications, and...
This $2,000,000 federal Project Grant award was provided by the National Science Foundation (NSF) under the Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) to Northwestern University. The goal of the project is to develop electronic devices that emulate the cerebellar functions of the brain, such as anomaly detection, to enable more robust and energy-efficient systems in applications like cybersecurity, autonomous robotics, and power-delivery control. The research combines expertise from theoretical...
The National Science Foundation Division of Information and Intelligent Systems awarded a $1,200,000 Project Grant to Northeastern Illinois University under the Computer and Information Science and Engineering federal grant program (CFDA 47.070) to support the "CISE-MSI: RPEP:S & CC:INFORMATION SYSTENS MEET CULTURAL COMPETENCIES (IS-CUCO): ENABLING DATA-DRIVEN DECISION-MAKING IN UNDERSERVED HISPANIC POPULATIONS" project. The three-year project aims to enable data-driven...
The National Science Foundation awarded a $1,323,395 Project Grant under the STEM Education (formerly Education and Human Resources) program (CFDA 47.076) to the University of Wisconsin System on May 15, 2021 to fund the Earth Partnership: Community-Based Research into Tribal-School-University Partnerships that Deepen Indigenized STEM Teaching and Learning project through April 30, 2024. The project will convene Tribal, university, and school partners including the Bad River Band of Lake...
This Project Grant from the National Science Foundation provides $383,488 to Northwestern University from February 2021 through January 2024 to support research titled "TRIBAL CONSTITUTIONS: CONSTRUCTING POWER BY DEVELOPING STRUCTURES OF SELF-GOVERNANCE." The funding falls under the NSF's Social, Behavioral, and Economic Sciences program (CFDA 47.075), which aims to promote basic research and education in these fields as well as monitor science investments. Specifically, the award will...
The National Science Foundation awarded Northwestern University a $600,000 project grant under the Computer and Information Science and Engineering program (CFDA 47.070) for collaborative research on automatic parallelization of medium-scale applications from October 1, 2021 to September 30, 2025. The university will work with other institutions to develop techniques for automatically parallelizing applications involving tens to hundreds of thousands of lines of code, to make them efficiently...
This $1,391,175 project grant from the National Science Foundation (CFDA 47.076 - STEM Education) aims to develop an intergenerational, land-based learning plan that integrates indigenous culture and traditional ecological knowledge with STEM knowledge and land/water conservation activities. Key goals include: Engaging youth ages 12-18 in year-long experiential STEM learning connected to their culture and local environments. Involving adult relatives in reclaiming cultural connections and...
This $150,000 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's Computer and Information Science and Engineering program will fund research services at the University of Oklahoma to develop a risk sharing network for underserved tribal communities in Oklahoma. The University will build understanding of interactive risk and information sharing processes among key stakeholders through stakeholder engagement and advance theoretical and computational insights from scientific literature. The...
This $500,000 Project Grant was awarded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) under the Geosciences program (CFDA 47.050) to Michigan Technological University from February 1, 2025 to January 31, 2029. The project, titled "RAISE: CHIRRP: Empowering Climate Resilience (ECR): Confronting Coastal Hazards for Rural and Indigenous Communities (CCHRIC) in the Great Lakes Region," aims to combine natural hazard research with local knowledge to create practical tools and strategies to...