This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CISE) Program (CFDA 47.070) provides $174,998 to The Johns Hopkins University to develop and refine a computational model of spatial navigation and spatial representation. The research team will use neural data obtained from animals navigating in very large rodent mazes, known as "megaspaces," to explore the influence of stationary landmarks and moving obstacles on optimal route-finding. The goal is to gain a better understanding of how the hippocampus and entorhinal cortex interact to facilitate navigation, learning, and decision-making in large environments. This work is expected to contribute to robotics and computational neuroscience by proposing mechanisms for integrating self-motion and landmark-based information, and by leveraging neural representations of large spaces to develop efficient solutions for complex spatial navigation problems. The award period runs from April 15, 2025, to March 31, 2028.
Mod # | Description | Reason For Modification | Federal Obligation (Click to sort descending) | Date (Click to sort ascending) |
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| Not listed | $175.0k | 4/11/25 |