The National Science Foundation awarded a $698,161 project grant under the Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships federal grant program (CFDA 47.084) to the University of Southern California on December 15, 2022. The grant will support the development of multimodal accessibility tools to facilitate programming education and workforce readiness for individuals with physical disabilities. Specifically, the University of Southern California will develop prototypes of speech, eye tracking, and...
This $1,999,188 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) under the Engineering (CFDA 47.041) program supports a research project titled "Improving Disability Inclusion in the Workforce Through Assessment and Augmentation of Individual Abilities and Workflow Redesign in Real-World Contexts" at Michigan State University. The key objectives of this 4-year research project are to: (1) assess the individual abilities (sensorimotor, cognitive, psychological) of...
This $743,560 federal Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships (CFDA 47.084) program supports the development of an open-source ecosystem called DRIVEX to advance automated driving and intelligent transportation research. Led by the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), the project aims to create a collaborative platform featuring integrated tools like simulators, data management systems, and algorithmic models. DRIVEX will...
This National Science Foundation (NSF) Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships (CFDA 47.084) project grant award of $550,000, effective March 1, 2024 through February 28, 2026, aims to develop vehicle technologies that can improve traffic flow and reduce energy use by allowing automated vehicles to dynamically adjust their speeds based on real-time traffic conditions. The project will create a system to automatically detect and filter out erroneous traffic information to enable the safe...
The National Science Foundation (NSF) Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CISE) program awarded a $474,229 project grant to the CAL Poly Pomona Foundation Inc., a nonprofit organization supporting California State Polytechnic University, Pomona. The 3-year grant, awarded on October 1, 2023, funds the development of a multi-modal user-centric mobility scooter driving safety assessment system. This system will employ deep learning algorithms to accurately evaluate the safety of...
This $150,000 Project Grant award was provided by the National Science Foundation (NSF) under the Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CFDA 47.070) federal grant program. The award will fund a project at the University of Texas at Arlington (UTA) focused on developing smart technologies to evaluate and enhance building accessibility for people with disabilities, particularly those who use wheelchairs. The key activities to be conducted under this grant include: 1) Conducting a...
The National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Civil, Mechanical, and Manufacturing Innovation awarded a $202,000 Project Grant to Michigan State University under the Engineering (CFDA 47.041) program. The funding will support collaborative research to develop scalable, data-driven predictive control frameworks for managing mixed traffic systems with connected and automated vehicles alongside human-driven vehicles. The project aims to enable advancements in transportation efficiency and...
This $120,000 Project Grant was awarded on July 1, 2024 by the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CISE) program (CFDA 47.070) to the Regents of the University of California at Riverside (UC Riverside). The funding will support a collaborative research project focused on enhancing the safety and reliability of autonomous driving systems through the development of advanced detection and countermeasure techniques at the application, system, and...
This National Science Foundation Project Grant award of $274,144 provides funding for the "Disability Culture and Technology" project being conducted by Vanderbilt University from May 1, 2022 through April 30, 2023. The goal of the project is to document how disabled individuals use remote access technologies to form communities and shape society, both during and before the COVID-19 pandemic. The project will build an archive of oral histories, images, videos and other documentation...
The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a $109,992 Project Grant under its Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CFDA 47.070) program to the University of Texas at Dallas (UTD). This 2-year grant, effective July 1, 2024, focuses on enhancing the safety and reliability of autonomous driving systems. Key objectives include: Developing advanced detection and countermeasure techniques at the application, system, and hardware layers to ensure self-driving cars can make safe...
The National Science Foundation awarded a $750,000 Project Grant under the Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships federal grant program (CFDA 47.084) to Mississippi State University on December 15, 2022 for work completing November 30, 2023. The award will support the development of advanced driving technology to improve independent driving skills and employment opportunities for persons with disabilities. A multi-disciplinary team of researchers, industry partners, educators, and stakeholders will produce a proof of concept to cultivate independent driving abilities through innovative technology solutions. Specifically, the diverse consortium will identify gaps in existing research, formalize additional partnerships, collect user data, and develop a culturally-responsive concept for scalable technology to enable independent driving for persons with various disabilities. The proof of concept and proposal developed over the one-year period have the potential to significantly improve quality of life, inclusion, and access to jobs for millions of Americans through customized driving solutions.