This National Science Foundation (NSF) Project Grant award under the Social, Behavioral, and Economic Sciences program (CFDA 47.075) in the amount of $200,282 provides funding to North Carolina State University to conduct research on understanding and overcoming impediments to high-risk, high-return science. The researchers will develop and analyze mathematical models to examine how scientists balance competing incentives and constraints when pursuing their research programs, with a focus on...
This National Science Foundation Project Grant of $568,493 will support research at Northwestern University from April 1, 2022 to March 31, 2027 under the Engineering (47.041) federal grant program. The research will develop a comprehensive theoretical framework for analyzing rare catastrophic events driven by heavy-tailed distributions, which can model disparate phenomena like pandemics, blackouts, and financial crises. The framework will extend techniques in extreme value theory, optimization,...
The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a $217,772 Project Grant through the Social, Behavioral, and Economic Sciences (CFDA 47.075) program to the University of Alabama, effective July 1, 2024. This 3-year research project aims to investigate how individuals process information and make decisions when faced with prospects characterized by multiple layers of risk and/or ambiguity, such as those related to climate change or public health emergencies. The project will outline a series of...
This federal Project Grant award, provided by the National Science Foundation's Engineering program (CFDA 47.041), supports research on understanding how compound flood mechanisms influence decision-making about shoreline adaptation in multi-jurisdictional governance systems and how those decisions modify flood risk patterns. The $555,778 award, effective March 1, 2025 through February 28, 2030, will develop an integrated modeling framework to examine the emergent behavior that arises from the...
This Project Grant award, valued at $192,700 and spanning from September 1, 2023 to August 31, 2026, was provided by the National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Chemical, Bioengineering, Environmental, and Transport Systems under the NSF Engineering program (CFDA 47.041). The award supports collaborative research at Texas A&M Engineering Experiment Station (Tees) to develop a paradigm shift in process safety management by integrating online monitoring, model-based abnormality...
This $337,985 federal Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Mathematical and Physical Sciences (CFDA 47.049) program supports the development of innovative methods for risk-sensitive statistical learning at Duke University. The research aims to advance decision-making processes in critical fields like medicine, finance, and robotics by incorporating risk assessments to improve outcomes and minimize risks, particularly for a large proportion of the population. Key focus...
The National Science Foundation (NSF) provided a $400,000 Project Grant from its Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) to Tufts University for a 3-year collaborative research effort to develop new techniques for modeling complex cyber-physical systems. The project aims to combine data-driven machine learning approaches with physics-based modeling to create abstract yet quantitative models that can improve human interaction with engineered systems, including critical infrastructure like energy...
The National Science Foundation Division of Behavioral and Cognitive Sciences awarded a $135,965 Project Grant to the University of Washington for conceptualizing interorganizational processes supporting interdependent lifeline infrastructure recovery. Funded under the Social, Behavioral, and Economic Sciences program (CFDA 47.075), this collaborative research aims to contribute to understanding how to coordinate recovery of critical infrastructure systems following disruptions. The two-year...
This $212,791 federal Project Grant was awarded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) under the Social, Behavioral, and Economic Sciences (CFDA 47.075) program. The grant supports research aimed at understanding the incentives and constraints that influence scientists' willingness to pursue high-risk, high-return research projects. The researchers will develop and analyze mathematical models to examine how scientific norms, publication practices, and other factors impact scientists'...
This National Science Foundation (NSF) Engineering (CFDA 47.041) Project Grant award in the amount of $454,236 to the University of Massachusetts Lowell will advance the field of resilience analytics and enhance the ability of civil infrastructure systems to withstand natural disasters. The key research objectives include: (i) Adapting statistical physics and discrete modeling techniques to predict the type, extent, and functional integrity of damage to structural and non-structural building...