Project Grant 2531917
- Federal Grant Award Summary The University of Rhode Island received a $307,921 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's Office of Advanced Cyberinfrastructure under the Computer and Information Science and Engineering program (CFDA 47.070) effective March 15, 2026, with completion targeted for February 28, 2029. This collaborative research initiative develops MEDFORD, a specialized language and toolset designed to enable researchers without advanced programming expertise to...
- Federal Project Grant Award Summary The Trustees of Tufts College received a $1.0 million Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's Division of Integrative Organismal Systems under the Biological Sciences program (CFDA 47.074), awarded August 15, 2025, with a completion date of July 31, 2029. The grant funds fundamental research investigating inter-tissue communication mechanisms, specifically how muscle-secreted factors regulate neurotransmitter receptor trafficking in neurons that...
- Federal Grant Award Summary The National Science Foundation's Division of Computing and Communication Foundations awarded a $180,000 Project Grant to Trustees of Tufts College, effective October 1, 2025, through September 30, 2027, under the Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CISE) program (CFDA 47.070). This collaborative research initiative addresses intellectual property protection challenges posed by generative artificial intelligence (AI) in software development. The...
- Federal Project Grant Award Summary The Trustees of Tufts College received a $303,437 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Engineering program (CFDA 47.041), awarded October 1, 2025, with completion targeted for February 28, 2027. The award supports research on magnetically driven, bioinspired soft microrobots designed to navigate complex biological fluids such as cervical mucus. The project combines experimental and computational research to develop microrobots capable of...
- Federal Project Grant Award Summary The Trustees of Tufts College received a $350,000 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's Division of Molecular and Cellular Biosciences (CFDA 47.074) awarded on August 1, 2025, for the TOOLS4CELLS project. This twelve-month research initiative, scheduled for completion by July 31, 2026, develops turn-on biosensors (TOBS) that enable real-time measurement of endogenous biomolecules in live cells. The project delivers advanced fluorescent biosensor...
- Federal Grant Award Summary The Trustees of Tufts College received a $179,471 CAREER (Careers Award) project grant from the National Science Foundation's Division of Chemical, Bioengineering, Environmental, and Transport Systems (CFDA 47.041, Engineering program) on November 15, 2025, with completion targeted for October 31, 2026. This award funds the development of a comprehensive computational framework for modeling, analyzing, and controlling active fluids—self-propelling particle suspensions...
- Federal Project Grant Award Summary The National Science Foundation's Office of Integrative Activities awarded Trustees of Tufts College a $646,945 Project Grant (CFDA 47.050 – Geosciences Program) on February 15, 2026, to support collaborative research on post-fire property decontamination and economic recovery in wildland-urban interface (WUI) fire zones. The award funds a 36-month research initiative through January 31, 2029, advancing fundamental understanding of contamination processes...
- Federal Project Grant Award Summary The Trustees of Tufts College received a $372,486 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's Division of Polar Programs (CFDA 47.078) effective September 1, 2025, with completion anticipated by August 31, 2029. This collaborative research initiative aims to develop improved submarine melt prediction models for marine-terminating glaciers in Greenland by integrating direct field measurements of submarine melt rates and near-ice boundary-layer dynamics...
- Federal Grant Award Summary The University of Massachusetts received a $115,643 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships program (CFDA 47.084) effective October 1, 2025, through September 30, 2028. The award funds the design, development, and sustainment of FLTest, an interdisciplinary testbed that automates privacy and robustness evaluations in federated learning systems. The primary deliverables include an automated test orchestration...
- Federal Grant Award Summary The National Science Foundation (NSF), Division of Information and Intelligent Systems, awarded the University of Massachusetts a $999,967 Project Grant under the Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CISE) program (CFDA 47.070) beginning September 1, 2025, and concluding August 31, 2028. The project develops a novel "Active Measurement" framework that integrates imperfect artificial intelligence (AI) models with human-in-the-loop feedback and...
Award Details: Trustees of Tufts College received a $291,780 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CISE) program (CFDA 47.070), awarded March 15, 2026, with a completion date of February 28, 2029. This collaborative research initiative will develop MEDFORD (a structured metadata language and supporting toolbox) designed to enable researchers without advanced programming expertise to create, manage, and share scientific research metadata in a human-readable and machine-processable format. The deliverables include the MEDFORD language specification, an integrated toolset for metadata creation and validation, and comprehensive documentation enabling translation of metadata into established FAIR (Findable, Accessible, Interoperable, and Reusable) data standards and databases. Research and Testing Scope: The project will conduct usability testing and validation of MEDFORD across multiple scientific domains, including marine biology (coral reef research) and epidemiology (tick-borne disease vectors), engaging scientists, students, and general public participants. By lowering technical barriers to metadata creation and ensuring compliance with FAIR data principles, this initiative addresses a critical infrastructure gap in scientific data reproducibility and accessibility. The project positions metadata management as a core component of trustworthy, replicable scientific research practices while making these processes accessible to non-specialist researchers across diverse academic and research communities.Federal Project Grant Summary
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
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| Not listed | $291.8k | 3/13/26 |