Project Grant 2526414
- This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) provides $224,999 to the University of Utah to develop a novel Integrated Sensing and Telecommunications for Intelligent Connection and Transmission (INSTINCT) system. The INSTINCT project aims to advance multi-dimensional signal processing capabilities across delay, Doppler, and wavenumber domains, while ensuring compatibility with standard wireless protocols. Key innovations include the...
- The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a $400,000 Project Grant under its Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CFDA 47.070) program to the Trustees of the Stevens Institute of Technology. The grant supports research on near-field integrated sensing and communication (NF-ISAC) systems, focusing on developing technologies that allow wireless signals to focus on specific distances in addition to directions. This improves both communication and sensing performance, particularly...
- The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a $259,828 Project Grant to Villanova University to conduct collaborative research on the optimal integration of sensing and communications through AI-assisted Integrated Sensing and Communication (ISAC) designs. This award falls under the NSF's Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CISE) program (CFDA 47.070), which supports investigator-initiated research and education in computing, communications, and information science and...
- The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a $343,340 Project Grant under the Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) to North Carolina State University (NC State) to develop an innovative, adaptive, and resource-efficient sensing system. The project aims to jointly optimize the data acquisition, reconstruction, and inference stages of sensing systems through a learning-based, physics-aware framework. The key objectives include: (1) developing learning-based signal reconstruction techniques, (2)...
- The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a $225,000 Project Grant under the Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CFDA 47.070) program to the University of Georgia (UGA) for a collaborative research project titled "Intelligent Reflecting Surface Assisted Physical Layer Security Enhancement for Ultra-Dense IoT Networks." This 3-year project (10/1/2025 - 9/30/2028) explores a framework to enhance physical layer security and energy efficiency in dense IoT networks by...
- The University of Minnesota was awarded a $420,000 project grant from the National Science Foundation to support research titled "COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: SWIFT: COGNITIVE-IOV WITH SIMULTANEOUS SENSING AND COMMUNICATIONS VIA DYNAMIC RF FRONT END." The period of performance for this award under the NSF Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) is from August 15, 2021 through July 31, 2024. The project aims to develop new techniques for simultaneous sensing and communications via a dynamically...
- This $360,000 federal Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) supports research by Rutgers, The State University to advance dual-function radar-communication (DFRC) technology. The project aims to develop a novel MIMO ISAC (Integrated Sensing and Communication) system that can efficiently utilize bandwidth for both high-speed communication and high-resolution sensing, particularly in high-mobility scenarios where traditional systems face...
- This $525,000 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) supports the development of an Integrated Air-Ground-Underwater Network (IAGUN) that leverages optical, radio-frequency, and acoustic wireless technologies. The project, led by the Research Foundation for the State University of New York, aims to create a unified high-performance communication architecture spanning land, air, and sea/ocean domains. The research will lay the theoretical...
- This $280,000 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) supports collaborative research at the University of Georgia Research Foundation to develop a modeling framework that integrates limited radio measurements with spatial priors derived from environmental sensing. The goal is to enable accurate and timely channel state information for next-generation wireless systems, particularly those operating in high-frequency bands with large-scale...
- This $600,000 National Science Foundation (NSF) Project Grant, awarded under the Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CFDA 47.070) program, will fund research at Duke University to develop new approaches for enabling predictable wireless communication and radar sensing for 6G wireless technology. The key research thrusts include: 1) designing modulation schemes to simplify prediction of the wireless input-output relationship, 2) developing signal processing filters in the...
The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a $225,000 Project Grant under the Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) to the University of Florida for the "Collaborative Research: U.S.-Ireland R & D Partnership: Integrated Sensing and Telecommunications for Intelligent Connection and Transmission (INSTINCT)" project. This 3-year effort, with a period of performance from November 1, 2025 to October 31, 2028, aims to develop a novel "Integrated Sensing and Communication (ISAC)" system that unifies sensing and communication functions within a single system. Key research contributions will include developing reconfigurable RF hardware to seamlessly integrate communication and sensing capabilities, advancing multi-dimensional signal processing techniques, and enabling continuous-aperture phased MIMO architectures. This transformative technology is expected to enhance efficiency, cost-effectiveness, and performance for applications such as autonomous vehicles, smart cities, IoT networks, and industrial automation.
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Not listed | $225.0k | 8/19/25 |