Project Grant 2504263
- This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation (CFDA 47.070 - Computer and Information Science and Engineering) provides $266,000.00 to Wayne State University to advance research on large language model (LLM) unlearning. The project aims to develop new algorithmic frameworks, model interpretability approaches, and data handling techniques to enable the targeted removal of harmful data influences and behaviors from pretrained LLMs without compromising their overall performance. Key...
- The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a $266,000 Project Grant under the Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CFDA 47.070) program to The Leland Stanford Junior University (Stanford University) to advance research in Large Language Model (LLM) unlearning. The project aims to develop new algorithmic frameworks, model interpretability approaches, and data management techniques to enable the targeted removal of harmful content and behaviors from pretrained LLMs without...
- This National Science Foundation (NSF) Project Grant award under the Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CFDA 47.070) program supports research to expand the understanding of large language models (LLMs), a type of artificial intelligence (AI) system. The $471,529 award to Trustees of Boston University aims to develop methods for identifying and characterizing multi-dimensional and continuous internal representations within LLMs, rather than just simple binary concepts. This work...
- This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CISE) Federal Grant Program (CFDA 47.070) provides $100,000 to The Pennsylvania State University to develop an open, community-driven evaluation infrastructure for assessing the safety risks of large language models (LLMs). The project aims to advance AI safety research, foster public awareness, and strengthen workforce training in responsible AI practices. Key objectives include...
- The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a $800,000 Project Grant under the Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CFDA 47.070) program to the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. The 3-year grant, effective September 1, 2024, focuses on enhancing the safety of large language models (LLMs) used in high-stakes applications. The project aims to develop quantifiable safety measures and algorithms to detect and mitigate unsafe behaviors in LLMs, such as providing false or...
- This Project Grant award of $370,692 from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CISE) program, titled "CAREER: UNDERSTANDING THE EFFECTS OF LARGE LANGUAGE MODELS ON ONLINE COMMUNITY INFORMATION WORK", will fund research to model the risks that large language models (LLMs) pose to effective online discourse and develop tools to help information professionals assess LLM-generated content. The project aims to create generalizable...
- This $400,000 Project Grant was awarded on July 1, 2024 by the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CISE) Program (CFDA 47.070) to the Regents of the University of Michigan to conduct collaborative research on the theoretical foundations of compositional learning in large language models based on transformer architectures. The research aims to investigate three key areas: model expressivity, statistical learning theory, and optimization, with...
- The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a $600,000 Project Grant under the Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CFDA 47.070) program to the University of South Carolina. The grant, with a period of performance from October 1, 2024 to September 30, 2027, focuses on enhancing security and mitigating harm in AI-generated vision language models. Key technical objectives include: 1) Developing a prompting framework for detecting harmful content provenance in AI-generated vision...
- This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CISE) Federal Grant Program (CFDA 47.070) provides $250,000 to The Pennsylvania State University to develop a cybersecurity training program focused on Large Language Models (LLMs) and their applications in advanced cyberinfrastructure systems. The key objectives of this 3-year project are to train undergraduate and graduate students across the nation on identifying, analyzing, and...
- This three-year $800,000 project grant from the National Science Foundation's Computer and Information Science and Engineering program aims to advance understanding of large language models through mathematical and conceptual analysis. The Trustees of Princeton University will receive funding to develop simplified generative text models, analyze how language models are trained on such generated texts, examine why learned models can perform downstream tasks, and design new adaptation methods with...
This Project Grant award, titled "ADVANCING LARGE LANGUAGE MODEL UNLEARNING: FOUNDATIONS AND APPLICATIONS", is funded by the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CISE) program (CFDA 47.070). The $268,000 award will be executed by Michigan State University from October 1, 2025 to September 30, 2029. The project aims to establish a comprehensive foundation for "unlearning" in large language models (LLMs), enabling the targeted removal of harmful data influences and behaviors without compromising overall performance. This will advance national priorities around trustworthy AI, data privacy, and safe deployment of LLMs across sectors such as cybersecurity, healthcare, and education. The research will develop new optimization algorithms, model interpretability techniques, and data management approaches to enhance the effectiveness, robustness, and efficiency of LLM unlearning. The project will also offer educational and outreach opportunities, including curriculum development, workshops, and open-source software.
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Not listed | $268.0k | 7/31/25 |