Project Grant 2449356
- This federal Project Grant award of $994,527.00 from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships (CFDA 47.084) program will fund the "BEGINNINGS: EXPERIENTIAL SEMICONDUCTOR TRAINING IN EMERGING NANO-TECHNOLOGIES" project at the University of California, San Diego (UCSD). The project will deliver a 9-week, cohort-based summer program designed by academic and industry partners to provide community college students with foundational hands-on training...
- This National Science Foundation (NSF) Project Grant award under the NSF Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships (CFDA 47.084) program provides $319,803 to the University of California, Santa Cruz to develop an open-source ecosystem (OSE) around the Network Simulation Bridge (NSB) - a co-simulation framework that enables application developers, researchers, academics, and students to connect their distributed applications to network simulation backends. The NSB-OSE will allow for better...
- The National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Mathematical Sciences awarded a $360,935 Project Grant to the University of California, San Diego (UCSD) under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049). The grant supports the development of accurate and efficient numerical methods for optimal chip layout and sensitivity analysis tools to improve the design and manufacturing of high-performance, power-efficient microprocessors. The project leverages the hierarchical and...
- This $350,000 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Computer and Information Science and Engineering program (CFDA 47.070) will fund the development of an open-source, multiscale, application-agnostic platform (OPEN-MAP) for heterogeneous system-in-package co-design. Led by Purdue University, the consortium aims to break barriers across applications, design domains, and abstraction levels in modeling, simulation, optimization, and design through OPEN-MAP. The platform will...
- This $279,201 project grant, awarded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) under the Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships (CFDA 47.084) program, aims to build a sustainable open-source ecosystem (OSE) around a widely adopted platform designed to streamline the administration of shared high-performance computing (HPC) resources. The key objectives are to implement governance, development, and contribution models that will support the long-term, community-driven evolution of the software....
- This National Science Foundation (NSF) Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships (CFDA 47.084) Project Grant award of $275,000 to Grayskytech, Inc. aims to develop a novel technology that will dramatically improve the speed and cost-effectiveness of integrated circuit (IC) design verification. The innovation involves a highly parallel, configurable computer architecture that can effectively turn a single FPGA into hundreds of fast virtual processors. This will enable 30x faster behavioral...
- This National Science Foundation (NSF) Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships (CFDA 47.084) Project Grant award of $319,882 to the University of California, Davis will support the development of the CARDREAMER open-source ecosystem (OSE) focused on advancing artificial intelligence (AI) technologies for autonomous driving. The project aims to create a collaborative environment that engages researchers, students, and industry stakeholders in developing world-model-based self-supervised learning...
- This $107,965 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076) will support the development and deployment of a foundational semiconductor research and education cyberinfrastructure (CI) tool at San Jose State University Research Foundation. The CI will integrate machine learning device models and semiconductor device data to empower semiconductor device research and education, lowering the entry barrier and facilitating broader participation in...
- The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a $900,000 Project Grant under the Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CFDA 47.070) program to Arizona State University's Orspa division. The funding will be used to expand the application of electronic design automation (EDA) tools, traditionally used in microelectronics, to biomechanical devices such as implantable valves. The project aims to develop equivalent circuit models and leverage finite element analysis to rapidly explore...
- The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a $926,006 Project Grant under its Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships (CFDA 47.084) program to the Computing Research Association Inc. (CRA) to host two Ideas Lab workshops. The goal is to expand the future semiconductor and microelectronics workforce through innovative, engaging, and transformative informal learning experiences that will broaden pathways into these critical industries. The award period runs from September 15, 2025, to August...
This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships (CFDA 47.084) program provides $1,433,266 to the University of California, San Diego (UCSD) to grow a collaborative open-source ecosystem around the OpenROAD electronic design automation (EDA) tool. The project aims to make chip design more accessible and cost-effective by supporting open-source EDA tool integration, deploying software distribution infrastructure, and promoting knowledge transfer and training. This effort helps ensure U.S. leadership in semiconductor design and system innovation, while also creating new education and workforce development pathways for chip design and manufacturing. The project period runs from August 1, 2025 to July 31, 2027.
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
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| Not listed | $19.7k | 9/8/25 | ||
| Not listed | $1.4m | 7/28/25 |