Project Grant 2402856

The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a $1,199,808 Project Grant under the Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CISE) program (CFDA 47.070) to George Mason University to conduct research on the use of algorithmic techniques for facilitating fair and equitable allocation of scarce societal resources. The project aims to understand how algorithmic prioritization and resource deployment can be leveraged to benefit communities in areas such as homeless services, school admissions, and police/social worker deployment. The research will focus on developing new models, methods, and decision support tools to improve the fairness, accountability, and transparency of such high-stakes resource allocation decisions. A sub-award was made to the Washington University Office of Sponsored Research Services to support research advising and integration of findings across diverse communities. The project seeks to broadly inform the field of trustworthy AI, while also directly impacting policy through collaborations with community partners and training a diverse group of students.