Project Grant 2533724
- Federal Project Grant Award Summary The University of California, Irvine received a $300,000 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's Division of Electrical, Communications and Cyber Systems under the Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) to develop trajectory optimization methodologies for uncrewed aerial vehicle (UAV) swarms in sensor networks. The award, effective October 1, 2025 through September 30, 2028, will fund research to create a comprehensive mathematical framework for...
- Federal Grant Award Summary The University of California, San Diego received a $519,563 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's Division of Civil, Mechanical, and Manufacturing Innovation under the Engineering program (CFDA 47.041), awarded September 1, 2025, with completion targeted for August 31, 2028. This grant funds the development of distributed and constrained optimal transport algorithms and mathematical tools designed to enable large-scale, heterogeneous multi-agent...
- Federal Grant Award Summary UC Riverside received a $300,000 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Information and Intelligent Systems under the Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CISE) program (CFDA 47.070), effective October 1, 2025, through September 30, 2028. This collaborative research project will deliver foundational research and algorithmic innovations addressing trustworthy and resilient coordination in multi-agent systems (MAS). The...
- Project Grant Summary The National Science Foundation's Division of Electrical, Communications and Cyber Systems awarded $433,114 to the University of California, Irvine under the Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) for a three-year project (October 1, 2025–September 30, 2028) focused on developing distributed algorithms for submodular maximization under matroid constraints. The primary deliverable is a suite of practical distributed optimization algorithms with analytically characterized...
- Federal Grant Award Summary The National Science Foundation's Division of Information and Intelligent Systems awarded a $392,763 Project Grant to The Regents of the University of California, Berkeley (award date: October 1, 2025; completion date: December 31, 2026) under the Computer and Information Science and Engineering program (CFDA 47.070). This award supports research into the algorithmic foundations and methodological frameworks for augmenting human physical and cognitive capabilities...
- Federal Grant Award Summary The National Science Foundation (NSF) Directorate for Engineering awarded the University of Texas at Arlington $299,963 on July 15, 2026, through its Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) to support collaborative research on scaling robust multi-agent systems. The project, which runs through June 30, 2029, will develop efficient learning methods and decentralized algorithms that enable autonomous multi-agent systems to perform reliably in real-world environments. The...
- Federal Project Grant Award Summary The National Science Foundation's Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) awarded a $390,000 Project Grant to the University of California, Irvine, effective September 1, 2025, through August 31, 2028. This collaborative research initiative delivers advanced computational models and simulation tools designed to improve fire spread prediction in Wildland-Urban Interface (WUI) areas where forests meet developed communities. The primary deliverables include: (1)...
- Federal Project Grant Award Summary The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded $900,000 under the Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CISE) program (CFDA 47.070) to the University of California, Irvine for a four-year project (October 1, 2025 – September 30, 2029) focused on improving human-artificial intelligence (AI) decision-making partnerships through shared understanding. The project develops measurement frameworks and assessment methodologies to accurately track...
- Federal Project Grant Award Summary The University of Central Florida Board of Trustees received a $300,240 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's Directorate for Engineering (CFDA 47.041) awarded July 15, 2026, with completion targeted for June 30, 2029. This collaborative research initiative focuses on developing robust multi-agent learning algorithms and decentralized control methods for autonomous systems operating in real-world environments. The project deliverables include...
- Federal Project Grant Award Summary The National Science Foundation's Division of Information and Intelligent Systems awarded $650,000 to the University of California Irvine under the Computer and Information Science and Engineering program (CFDA 47.070) for the project "Design Automation of Resilient and Interpretable Neural Architectures for Safety-Critical Systems" (Award Date: July 1, 2026; Completion Date: June 30, 2029). The project delivers research methods and design tools...
The National Science Foundation (NSF) Directorate for Engineering (CFDA 47.041) awarded $442,320 to the University of California, Irvine on July 15, 2026, for a three-year project addressing multi-agent spatial coverage optimization. The project, titled "Multi-Agent Spatial Coverage via Variational Inference," delivers theoretical foundations and computational tools for deploying autonomous interconnected agents—including robotic teams, drones, and sensor networks—to provide dynamic spatial coverage during large-scale events such as natural disasters, wildfires, and environmental crises. The core technical deliverables include a novel unified mathematical framework combining probabilistic modeling, statistical analysis, and optimization theory to enable multi-agent systems to adapt to complex environments with probabilistic and direction-dependent sensing capabilities, using variational inference and submodular optimization techniques to match target spatial distributions via Kullback-Leibler divergence minimization. Complementing the theoretical research outputs, the project delivers open-source software tools for the research community and integrates autonomous systems concepts into university curricula and K-12 outreach initiatives. These products directly enhance national emergency-response and environmental-monitoring capabilities while supporting workforce development in autonomous systems engineering. The project extends through June 30, 2029, and is performed at UC Irvine's Irvine, California campus.Federal Project Grant Award Summary
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
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| Not listed | $442.3k | 7/10/26 |