This National Science Foundation (NSF) Social, Behavioral, and Economic Sciences (CFDA 47.075) Project Grant award of $450,000 to the San Diego State University Foundation will fund research to map and analyze the spatiotemporal patterns of homeless encampments in a border region. The project will integrate data from street view images, remote sensing imagery, and geographic information systems to identify migration patterns and socio-environmental factors influencing homelessness. Additionally,...
This $1,199,808 federal Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CISE) program (CFDA 47.070) supports research on algorithmic techniques for fair and trustworthy allocation of scarce societal resources. Key goals include designing allocation methods for human services like homelessness support, developing foundational models for equitable deployment of public resources, and creating algorithmic decision support tools to align...
This three-year, $1.2 million Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's Computer and Information Science and Engineering program (CFDA 47.070) supports the design and testing of remote services to assist formerly homeless individuals living in permanent supportive housing. The California State University Fullerton Auxiliary Services Corporation is developing telehealth and other technology-enabled services to promote health and housing stability for this vulnerable population in...
This National Science Foundation (NSF) Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships (CFDA 47.084) Project Grant award of $299,022 to DePaul University aims to develop a community-centered design and development framework for an AI-powered platform that will improve support services for transplanted populations. The key objectives are to: Engage stakeholders across various spheres to assess needs and develop a personalized recommendation system to match migrants with appropriate services and...
This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Social, Behavioral, and Economic Sciences (CFDA 47.075) program provides $150,000 to Old Dominion University Research Foundation (Odurf) to investigate the effectiveness of implementing telehealth kiosk services to address healthcare disparities among homeless populations in Virginia and the United States. The project aims to develop and deploy telehealth kiosks tailored to the unique needs and challenges faced by homeless...
This $149,772 Project Grant awarded by the National Science Foundation's Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CISE) program will support a partnership between the University of Notre Dame and local social service organizations to explore how advances in artificial intelligence (AI) can be applied to improve knowledge management and information sharing in the social services sector. The project will develop a proof-of-concept unified data framework for local social service...
The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a $650,000 Project Grant under the Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) to The Pennsylvania State University, doing business as Penn State, to develop an interactive artificial intelligence (AI) system called the Trustworthy, Explainable, and Adaptive Monitoring Machine for AI Teams (TEAMMAIT). This system aims to help address the national shortage of mental health workers skilled in research-supported treatment protocols. The project will investigate...
This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships (TIP) program (CFDA 47.084) provides $300,000 to the Regents of the University of Michigan to design, develop, and deploy artificial intelligence (AI) responsibly. The key objectives are to: (1) establish a baseline understanding of AI, its current use, and impact on communities; (2) shift towards more responsible, community-focused research and development in AI; (3) identify and...
The National Science Foundation (NSF), through its Social, Behavioral, and Economic Sciences (CFDA 47.075) program, has awarded a $100,000 Project Grant to the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) to develop an interdisciplinary research center on the complex issues of housing and homelessness. The center will bring together researchers from diverse disciplines such as economics, psychology, anthropology, geography, and sociology to investigate the social, health, economic, and policy...
This $175,000 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships (TIP) program (CFDA 47.084) aims to holistically measure and understand the social and environmental impacts of artificial intelligence (AI) technologies. The grant will establish a collaborative research hub to co-design frameworks for assessing AI's environmental impacts, particularly on land, energy, water use, and community life. Through participatory research methods, the...