The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a $225,000 Project Grant under the Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) to Harvard University to develop a bio-symbiotic system for advanced computation. The project will integrate artificial intelligence (AI) agents with brain organoids through neuron-soft, high-density, three-dimensional (3D) bioelectronics. Key objectives include: (A) developing neuron-soft bioelectronics with over 1,000 electrodes for seamless 3D integration with brain organoids;...
This $329,099 federal Project Grant award was provided by the National Science Foundation (NSF) under the Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CFDA 47.070) program. The grant aims to develop new computational models to uncover the functional architecture of the brain and its role in enabling complex behaviors like navigation and decision-making. Specifically, the project will: Identify the brain systems underlying navigation in zebrafish larvae using advanced optical imaging...
This $370,687 federal Project Grant award, funded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CFDA 47.070) program, will support a multiscale modeling and analysis framework to study the brain and its disorders, with a focus on understanding neural mechanisms in autism. The project aims to develop an integrative modeling approach that links cellular-level mechanisms to whole-brain dynamics, using a combination of spiking neural networks and neural...
This $300,000 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CISE) program (CFDA 47.070) will support research at the University of Pittsburgh to develop new analytical tools and computational models to understand how the brain selectively processes relevant information and coordinates information flow across brain regions. The project aims to integrate existing datasets on large-scale neural activity and anatomical connectivity...
This Project Grant award, valued at $189,000.00 and funded by the National Science Foundation's Integrative Activities program (CFDA 47.083), supports the development of a novel hybrid CMOS+X-based in-memory analog computing framework. The key products and services to be delivered under this grant include: The framework will utilize industry-scale 3D NAND flash memory chips to create massive arrays of artificial synapses, mimicking the human brain's 100 trillion synapses. These artificial...
The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a $1,550,000 Project Grant under the Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) to the University of Maryland, College Park to establish a three-dimensional (3D) network of neurons as a brain analog for biocomputing research. The grant aims to develop a mechanistic understanding of how to train neuronal networks in 3D organoids, relating the structure and physiology of neurons to their role in computation and learning. The project will leverage and extend...
The National Science Foundation Division of Information and Intelligent Systems awarded a $143,624 Project Grant to the University of Georgia Research Foundation, Inc. under the Computer and Information Science and Engineering federal grant program (CFDA 47.070). The award will support a collaborative research project between multidisciplinary investigators to leverage advances in neuroscience data and develop brain-inspired artificial intelligence. Specifically, the researchers will analyze...
This Project Grant award of $400,000 from the National Science Foundation (NSF) under CFDA 47.041, the Engineering program, supports the development of a new hardware system designed to accelerate computational neuroscience models. The project aims to bridge the time scales involved in simulating complex cognitive phenomena like learning and memory, which span from milliseconds to years. The proposed convergent simulator architecture leverages neuromorphic hardware principles to efficiently...
This $1.5 million Project Grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF), under the Engineering federal grant program (CFDA 47.041), will fund research at the University of California Irvine from October 2022 through September 2026. The university will develop hydrogel-based bioengineering technologies to reproducibly generate distinct spatial organization and cellular diversity within cortical organoids, mimicking the development of different brain regions. Researchers will leverage expertise...
This National Science Foundation (NSF) Project Grant award, funded under the Engineering program (CFDA 47.041), aims to establish closed-loop hybrid intelligence (HI) by co-designing high-resolution neuromodulation and neuromorphic devices for application to cultured neurons and organoids. The key products and services to be delivered through this $200,000 award, with a performance period from June 15, 2025 to May 31, 2028, include: Developing optogenetic cell interfaces composed of close-packed...