Project Grant 2515342
- This $401,918 federal Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Social, Behavioral, and Economic Sciences (CFDA 47.075) program supports research by the University of Rochester to investigate neural mechanisms underlying how the brain processes complex sounds like speech and music across different timescales. The key objectives are to use computational models and neural recordings from auditory cortex to understand the brain's flexible integration of sound information over...
- This $352,724 project grant awarded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) under the Social, Behavioral, and Economic Sciences (CFDA 47.075) program aims to investigate how long-term exposure to different speech environments shapes auditory perception and brain activity. Using auditory perception tasks and non-invasive brain recordings, the project will compare how speakers of languages with varying sound complexity process key speech features. The research will employ artificial...
- This $450,028 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Social, Behavioral, and Economic Sciences (CFDA 47.075) program supports research into statistical inference in the auditory system. The project, conducted by The Johns Hopkins University, explores how the brain extracts and organizes auditory information from complex, dynamic soundscapes. The research aims to develop a theoretical framework for statistical inference in auditory processing, supported by behavioral and...
- This Project Grant from the National Science Foundation Division of Behavioral and Cognitive Sciences, under the Social, Behavioral, and Economic Sciences federal grant program (CFDA 47.075), provides $533,853 to the Massachusetts Institute of Technology for research on the perception and cognition of sound texture. The investigators will develop a computational framework to understand the properties of environmental noises that underlie human perception. This involves assembling a large dataset...
- This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's Social, Behavioral, and Economic Sciences (CFDA 47.075) program provides $576,027 to the University of California, Berkeley to conduct research on how the brain extracts meaning from sounds and integrates auditory information with other sensory inputs. The key objectives of the project are to test the "auditory semantic alignment hypothesis" using fMRI to understand the cortical areas responsible for auditory processing...
- This $400,000 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Engineering Program (CFDA 47.041) supports the development of a new hardware system designed to meet the increasing computational demands for sophisticated multi-scale brain models. The project aims to bridge the timescales between cognitive phenomena and the underlying neuronal processes, enabling more detailed computer simulations to advance fundamental neuroscience research and the translation of biological...
- This $100,000 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) supports fundamental research at the University of Tennessee to develop improved mathematical models of how neural oscillators interact in the brain. The research aims to provide a better understanding of the connection between neural rhythms and cognitive function, which could lead to new treatment options for brain disorders caused by abnormal brain rhythms, such as...
- The National Science Foundation's Social, Behavioral, and Economic Sciences (CFDA 47.075) program has awarded a $399,042 project grant to Trustees of Dartmouth College to conduct research on audio-visual effects and attentional control in the human brain. The 3-year research project, running from Mar 15, 2025 to Feb 29, 2028, aims to examine how the brain integrates distinct visual and auditory signals to form a coherent perceptual experience, with a focus on the role of spatial location as a...
- The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a $755,461 Project Grant under the SBE-UKRI Lead Agency Opportunity (CFDA 47.075 Social, Behavioral, and Economic Sciences) to The University of Iowa for the project "Neural Mechanisms for Auditory Memory Sequencing and Prediction." This binational, collaborative research aims to better understand memory and prediction in the human and non-human primate brain. The project will directly compare cross-species data on auditory processing and...
- This federal Project Grant award in the amount of $200,000 was provided by the National Science Foundation (NSF) under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences (CFDA 47.049) program. The grant supports fundamental research into mathematical techniques for modeling and analyzing strongly coupled neural oscillators, which is a necessary first step in developing new treatment options for brain disorders caused by abnormal brain rhythms. The research aims to advance the understanding of the...
This Project Grant award of $1,999,999.00, funded by the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Engineering program (CFDA 47.041), supports research inspired by auditory perception in the human brain. The project aims to develop mathematical models to describe neural computations underlying the brain's remarkable ability to focus attention and enhance specific auditory signals while suppressing surrounding noise - a phenomenon known as the Cocktail Party Problem. The research involves engineering neural systems with interfaces to stimulate and record neural behavior, as well as creating a framework to examine the societal implications, ethical considerations, and public understanding of this research. The project, awarded to the University of Illinois, is organized around three core thrusts: (1) mathematical modeling of neural computations, (2) engineering neural systems with interfaces, and (3) examining the societal and ethical implications of this research. This work could lay the foundations for future neural computing systems.
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
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| Not listed | $2.0m | 8/20/25 |