Project Grant 2326023
Award Date
9/1/23
Completion Date
8/31/27
Dollars Obligated
$1.1M
Funding Federal Agency
Office of Emerging Frontiers and Multidisciplinary Activities
Awarding Federal Agency
Division of Social Behavioral and Economic Science
Federal Grant Program
47.041
Assistance Type
Project Grant
Place of Performance
Irvine, CA 92697, USA
Similar Awards
This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Directorate for Engineering (CFDA 47.041) will fund research to advance accessible collaboration tools for visually impaired information workers. The $943,192 award to Northwestern University will: Develop a taxonomy of accessibility barriers and design guidelines for AI-powered collaboration tools to support ability-diverse team communication, coordination, and knowledge sharing. Create an accessible infrastructure of new...
The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a $200,000 Project Grant under the Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) to San Francisco State University (SFSU), a Hispanic-Serving Institution, to develop an AI-driven sensory augmentation system for visually impaired individuals. The goal of this 2-year research project is to improve the independence, accessibility, and well-being of visually impaired persons by leveraging natural representative sound and AI technology. The project aims to enhance...
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 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Information and Intelligent Systems supports research to improve collaborative practices for enhancing software accessibility for people with disabilities. The $174,607 award to Bucknell University, a private university, aims to study the software development process, identify best practices, and provide guidance to improve tools and organizational structures to promote software accessibility. The research involves...
This $352,536 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) will support Utah State University's (USU) "CAREER: INNOVATION FOR INCLUSION: TRANSFORMING ENGINEERING THROUGH SCALABLE ACCESSIBILITY" project. The objectives are to: 1) Explore and identify systemic access issues for engineering undergraduates with disabilities across university levels; 2) Quantify and characterize these systemic access barriers; 3) Develop an engineering...
This $600,000 Project Grant awarded by the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CFDA 47.070) program aims to develop artificial intelligence (AI)-powered approaches to improve accessibility to public facilities for underserved communities. The research will establish theoretical and algorithmic foundations for scalable AI frameworks to address the Facility Accessibility Improvement Problem (FAIP). Key objectives include: Providing collective...
This federal Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) under the STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076) provides $399,890 to Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering, Inc. to develop an innovative curriculum integrating artificial intelligence (AI) and social sciences for engineering and computer science students. The goal is to equip students with technical AI skills while also instilling the ability to critically evaluate the social implications of AI deployment, particularly...
This $749,685 National Science Foundation project grant under the Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships program (CFDA 47.084) will fund the development of an Automated, Integrated, Multimodal Software (AIMS) system to improve inclusive access to information for persons with disabilities. Saint Louis University leads a consortium that includes software companies Vital, Unar Labs, and Viewplus Technologies to build a unified framework for authoring, converting, and delivering accessible content...
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...
The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a $300,000 Project Grant under the NSF Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships (CFDA 47.084) program to Northeastern University. The grant, with a period of performance from October 1, 2024 to September 30, 2026, will fund the development of an AI-powered toolkit to make digital activities, such as puzzles and competitive games, more accessible for adults aged 50 and older. The project will leverage user-centered and participatory research methods...