This National Science Foundation (NSF) Research Traineeship (NRT) Program award to Cornell University will develop an interdisciplinary graduate training and research program on Artificial Intelligence (AI) for Sustainability Sciences and Engineering (AISSE). The $3,000,000 grant, awarded on September 1, 2024, aims to cultivate a skilled workforce proficient in both AI and sustainability to address critical challenges such as climate change and decarbonization of energy and agri-food systems....
This Project Grant award from the United States Department of Agriculture's National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) under the Higher Education National Needs Graduate Fellowship Grants program (CFDA 10.210) provides $241,000.00 to train four graduate students in the field of agritech, which combines agriculture and food science knowledge with artificial intelligence. The award, effective from February 15, 2025 to February 14, 2030, aims to fill the shortage of skilled workers in AI and...
This Project Grant from the Department of Agriculture's National Institute of Food and Agriculture, under the Higher Education National Needs Graduate Fellowship Grants program (CFDA 10.210), provides $238,500 to recruit, train, and mentor three PhD students from historically underrepresented groups in food and agricultural research at North Carolina State University. The goal is to address data science and foster cultural capital through an interdisciplinary community improving crop...
The National Science Foundation awarded a $2,990,135 Project Grant through the STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076) to The Washington University Office of Sponsored Research Services Division to establish the AI Advancements and Convergence in Computational, Environmental, and Social Sciences (AI-ACCESS) National Science Foundation Research Traineeship (NRT) program. The AI-ACCESS program will prepare 49 doctoral students, including 24 funded trainees, with skills to leverage the convergence...
This National Science Foundation (NSF) Research Traineeship (NRT) award, funded under the STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076), will provide $2,940,542 to the University of Southern California (USC) to educate graduate students at the interface of artificial intelligence (AI) and operations research (OR). The 5-year project will train a diverse cohort of 38 Ph.D. students, including 19 funded trainees, from the Computer Science and Industrial and Systems Engineering departments. An additional 10...
This National Science Foundation (NSF) Research Traineeship (NRT) Program award of $3,000,000 to Texas A&M University will train 67 Master's and Ph.D. students, including 19 funded trainees, in the interdisciplinary fields of mathematical, molecular, and materials foundations of artificial intelligence (AI). The project aims to address shortcomings in current AI systems by training "adaptive changemakers" to design AI that can work collaboratively with humans and empower more...
The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a $775,954 Project Grant to Tennessee Technological University under the STEM Education (CFDA 47.076) program. The funding will support a 5-year Interdisciplinary Research Traineeship (NRT) program focused on the convergence of Artificial Intelligence (AI), Energy, and Cybersecurity. This immersive traineeship will provide comprehensive training to an estimated 150 STEM graduate students, including 24 funded trainees, through new interdisciplinary...
The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a $382,000 Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CISE) program grant (CFDA 47.070) to North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University (NC A&T) to expand AI research, education, and workforce development capabilities at the institution. The 2-year project, running from October 2024 to September 2026, aims to: Develop robust, explainable, fair, and privacy-preserving AI models for COVID-19 detection and analysis of biomedical...
This National Science Foundation (NSF) Research Traineeship (NRT) award, funded under the STEM Education (CFDA 47.076) program, will provide $2,999,987 to the University of California, Davis (UC Davis) from September 1, 2024 to August 31, 2029. The award will support the training of 43 graduate students, including 10 master's trainees and 13 doctoral trainees, in interdisciplinary research areas focused on cultivated meat, alternative proteins, and plant/algal-based industrial applications....
This $500,202 federal Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076) will enable North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University (NC A&T) to develop a graduate program integrating environmental sustainability into business. The project aims to train 22 NSF Research Traineeship (NRT) students and approximately 70 additional master's and doctoral students across disciplines including environmental/ecological engineering, materials...