Project Grant 2449995
- This $300,000 Project Grant was awarded on July 15, 2025 by the National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Computer and Network Systems under the CFDA program "Computer and Information Science and Engineering." The grant supports a collaborative research project at the State University of New York at Binghamton to improve the sustainability of the smartphone ecosystem. Key product deliverables include: Developing a new operating system principle that continuously measures,...
- This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) under the Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CISE) program provides $300,000 to the Rector & Visitors of the University of Virginia to improve the sustainability of the smartphone ecosystem. The project aims to develop new software systems that extend smartphone usage lifetimes, mitigate the environmental impact of aging smartphones, and integrate sustainable computing concepts into computer science curricula....
- This $300,000 federal Project Grant awarded by the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CISE) program (CFDA 47.070) supports the development of a sustainable, intelligent wearable sensor system for continuous tree health monitoring. The primary goals are to: Create a biocompatible, ion-sensitive sensor array that can be implanted in a plant's xylem to continuously monitor water and nutrient uptake in real-time. Develop energy-harvesting techniques...
- This $256,000 National Science Foundation Project Grant supports the development of a smartphone application by Earthshot Labs PBC to facilitate forest carbon offset verification. Leveraging computer vision and augmented reality capabilities, the app aims to make tree measurements for ecological modeling and forecasting dramatically easier compared to traditional tape measures. It is expected to classify tree species through bark and leaf imagery analysis while also determining diameter at...
- This National Science Foundation (NSF) Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CISE) Program (CFDA 47.070) Project Grant award totaling $300,000 will fund the development of a sustainable wearable sensor system to continuously monitor tree health. The key products and services to be delivered include: The project will create a zero-maintenance, intelligent, and robust computer system that uses biocompatible sensor arrays implanted in plant xylem to monitor water and nutrient uptake...
- This $570,000 federal Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CISE) program supports the development of DELPHI, an end-to-end framework that prioritizes environmental impact while considering user experience, performance, and efficiency when designing edge computing devices like wearables, phones, and sensors. The project aims to enable sustainable technological growth by allowing software and hardware designers to reduce...
- This federal Project Grant award of $200,000 from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CISE) program (CFDA 47.070) aims to develop innovative biomimetic swarm-based remote sensing technology for environmental monitoring in hard-to-reach areas. The project, led by the University of New Mexico, focuses on creating a swarm of lightweight sensors inspired by the natural dispersal mechanism of dandelion seeds. These sensors will utilize wind currents...
- This $350,000 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's Division of Computer and Network Systems, under the Computer and Information Science and Engineering program, will fund research to develop approaches for optimally managing renewable-powered mobile observational networks. The University of Michigan will create and validate new strategies for trading off energy harvesting and scientific data collection in networks consisting of a renewably-powered host agent and satellite...
- This Project Grant award of $174,975 from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CISE) program supports research at Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI) to develop an integrated framework for opportunistic computation offloading from battery-free Internet of Things (IoT) devices to persistently powered edge computing devices. The key objectives are to: (1) design a scheduling system to determine optimal communication and computation strategies...
- This Project Grant award of $500,000 from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) supports a collaborative research effort led by the University of Hawaii at Manoa. The goal is to develop a novel, low-cost system for localized data acquisition to enable communities in Hawaii and similar remote, rural, and austere regions to actively participate in monitoring their local environments. The project will integrate three core innovations: a 3D-printed, open-source...
This federal Project Grant award of $600,000 from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CISE) program aims to repurpose old smartphones as sustainable, battery-free sensors for environmental monitoring. The project will develop hardware platforms, algorithms, and methods to transform discarded smartphones into a long-lived, maintenance-free remote sensing system for monitoring tree phenotyping and river dynamics. The research focuses on creating energy-harvesting phone cases to power the smartphone sensors, enabling continuous data collection without traditional batteries. The work promotes sustainable computing by extending the utility of existing devices, reducing infrastructure costs, and supporting real-time environmental data collection. The project will also provide graduate and undergraduate research opportunities at the University of Massachusetts, the award recipient.
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
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| Not listed | $600.0k | 7/28/25 |