Project Grant 2532870
- The National Science Foundation (NSF) Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) awarded a $440,888 Project Grant to the Regents of the University of Michigan to support research on new models and a comprehensive framework to capture the complexities and interdependencies of integrated infrastructure systems, while accounting for technological innovations and policy changes. The research aims to enhance system performance, improve resilience to risks, and promote more efficient resource utilization to...
- This National Science Foundation (NSF) Engineering (CFDA 47.041) Project Grant award in the amount of $454,236 to the University of Massachusetts Lowell will advance the field of resilience analytics and enhance the ability of civil infrastructure systems to withstand natural disasters. The key research objectives include: (i) Adapting statistical physics and discrete modeling techniques to predict the type, extent, and functional integrity of damage to structural and non-structural building...
- The National Science Foundation (NSF) Directorate for Engineering awarded a $274,000 Project Grant to George Mason University in Fairfax, VA to support research on a risk-based real-options approach for infrastructure systems protection investment. The objective of this 3-year project, running from August 1, 2025 to July 31, 2028, is to develop mathematical methods and algorithms for planning infrastructure investment decisions that consider multiple uncertainty sources, risk tradeoffs, and...
- This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) provides $500,000 to Carnegie Mellon University from July 1, 2025 to June 30, 2028 to support research on modeling the impacts of cascading disruptions to transportation infrastructure and services. The objective is to develop a framework for estimating, predicting, and managing traffic flow during extreme events that disrupt critical infrastructure components. The research will leverage...
- This National Science Foundation (NSF) CAREER award under the Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) provides $287,739 in funding to the University of Nevada, Reno to support research that will (1) establish a methodological and computational framework to leverage new knowledge from simulation data for extreme natural disaster scenarios, and (2) integrate this framework into probabilistic models for assessing infrastructure seismic risk and uncertainty. The research seeks to develop the next...
- The National Science Foundation awarded a $554,617 Project Grant to the University of Washington under the Engineering federal grant program (CFDA 47.041) to assess the expectations gap between critical infrastructure service providers and consumers regarding preparedness and response in the event of a major earthquake. Over the two-year period from July 2022 to June 2025, the University will research consumers' expectations for disruption and restoration of essential utility systems like...
- The National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Civil, Mechanical, and Manufacturing Innovation awarded a $274,573 Project Grant to the University of Alabama Office for Sponsored Programs Division under CFDA Program #47.041 Engineering. The award, which runs from August 15, 2023 to July 31, 2028, will fund research to develop a resilience assessment framework that tracks the accumulated costs of nuisance floods as an indicator of sea-level rise. The project aims to use this information to...
- This Project Grant award of $200,000 from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) is funding a rapid research project at Montclair State University to evaluate the resilience of small community water systems (CWS) to Hurricanes Helene and Milton in southwest Florida. The project aims to advance understanding of hurricane resilience behaviors of these small CWS, which typically lack the capacity to adapt to natural hazards due to limited resources. The research...
- The National Science Foundation (NSF) Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) has awarded a $300,000 EAGER grant titled "IMPRESS-U: Resilient Engineering to Advance Public Value and Innovation in Research Periphery Countries" to Arizona State University (ASU). This 2-year project, commencing on August 1, 2025, examines how uncertainty and crisis drive innovation and change in engineering education, particularly in academic departments operating in challenging environments. The research...
- This federal Project Grant award of $817,946 from the National Science Foundation's Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) supports research by the University of California, Berkeley to develop novel tools for "digital twins" - virtual models that can simulate and update power infrastructure conditions in real-time. The key objectives are to: 1) create scalable methods for estimating complex infrastructure behaviors using advanced statistical modeling; 2) develop fast physics-based models...
The National Science Foundation's (NSF) Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) awarded a $249,990 project grant to the University of Delaware to improve infrastructure system resilience. The 3-year project, running from September 2025 to August 2028, aims to better understand the societal impacts of infrastructure service interruptions and develop tools to predict and manage these impacts. The key objectives are to: 1) develop an outage impact scale to describe impacts on different user types, 2) create quantitative models to predict user adaptation and impacts, 3) develop a computational simulation tool to model infrastructure service restoration, and 4) generate and analyze a suite of infrastructure resilience scenarios. This research seeks to advance the understanding and management of infrastructure system disruptions, which can have significant economic, public health, and national security consequences.
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Not listed | $250.0k | 8/25/25 |