Project Grant 2535848
- Federal Grant Award Summary The University of Maryland, College Park received a $500,000 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's Office of Integrative Activities under the Geosciences Program (CFDA 47.050) effective October 1, 2025, through September 30, 2028. This collaborative research initiative develops a next-generation generative downscaling framework that combines diffusion-based generative models with physics-guided constraints and probabilistic uncertainty quantification to...
- The University of Maryland, College Park was awarded a $174,983 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation Division of Information and Intelligent Systems. The grant supports research under the Computer and Information Science and Engineering program (CFDA #47.070) to advance the development and use of research cyberinfrastructure. Specifically, the grant funds the "DISCOVERING COMPLEX MIXTURE PATTERNS IN SPATIAL DATA TO ADVANCE RESILIENCE OF COMMUNITIES" project running from...
- The National Science Foundation awarded the University of Maryland, College Park $299,996 on June 1, 2026, under the NSF Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships program (CFDA 47.084) to design and grow an open-source ecosystem for decentralized geospatial data infrastructure. The project scopes and designs systems that apply decentralized computing technologies—blockchains, peer-to-peer networks, consensus mechanisms, digital signatures, and cryptographic protocols—to location-based data...
- The National Science Foundation Office of Integrative Activities awarded the University of Maryland, College Park $500,000 on August 1, 2026, to develop a data-centric geoscience foundation model for predicting extreme weather events including floods and droughts. The project will construct an artificial intelligence framework using event-manifold learning that treats each extreme event as a coherent, trackable object with spatial footprint and contextual drivers, rather than isolated data...
- This $253,337 federal Project Grant award, funded by the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CISE) program (CFDA 47.070), supports research by the University of Maryland, College Park to develop new capabilities for monitoring and understanding forest carbon dynamics in the Earth system. The key products and services to be delivered include: 1) cross-platform and cross-region learning frameworks to enable fine-scale carbon dynamics monitoring...
- This Project Grant award of $239,886.00 was provided by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Science Mission Directorate (SMD) Federal Grant Program (CFDA 43.001) to the University of Maryland, College Park. The funding will support a 2-year research project titled "LINKING FOREST BIOMASS AND CARBON EXCHANGE USING LIDAR-DERIVED FOREST STRUCTURE AND AIRBORNE FLUX OBSERVATIONS" from Aug 2024 to Aug 2026. The research aims to advance scientific understanding of...
- Federal Grant Award Summary The University of Maryland, College Park received a $989,332 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's Division of Emerging Frontiers under the Biological Sciences program (CFDA 47.074) for the collaborative research initiative "FIRE-MODEL: Advanced AI Framework to Improve Understanding and Prediction of Wildland Fire." Spanning from January 1, 2026, through December 31, 2028, this award funds the development of innovative large-scale artificial...
- The National Science Foundation Office of Integrative Activities awarded the University of Maryland, College Park $154,679 on September 1, 2026, under the Integrative Activities program (CFDA 47.083) to develop and validate a scalable scientific framework for understanding and valuing ecosystem services at landscape scale, with initial application to wild pollinator conservation. The project combines artificial intelligence, remote sensing, ecological field research, and economic analysis to...
- The National Science Foundation Division of Atmospheric and Geospace Sciences awarded the University of Maryland, College Park $799,030 on March 1, 2026, under the Geosciences program (CFDA 47.050) to quantify how cloud-surface coupling influences aerosol-cloud interactions across varying land surface types and atmospheric conditions. The research team will use ground, airborne, and space-based sensor data combined with machine learning and numerical simulations to determine whether theory...
- Federal Grant Award Summary The University of Maryland, College Park received a $319,907 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's Office of Integrative Activities under the Geosciences program (CFDA 47.050) to develop a machine learning-based emulator for predicting water isotope patterns in fully-coupled global climate models. The primary deliverable is an efficient computational tool that will enable climate scientists to quickly simulate water isotope behavior—which serves as a...
The National Science Foundation Office of Integrative Activities awarded the University of Maryland, College Park $222,000 on September 15, 2026, for a Global Land Programme project that develops satellite data, artificial intelligence, and advanced mapping technologies to track changes in farmland, forests, water systems, and built environments while training scientists and professionals in land-use monitoring and analysis. The project operates as a hub for land system innovations, integrating geospatial analysis, remote sensing, artificial intelligence, and modeling to address land-related challenges affecting agriculture, water resources, wildfire risk, infrastructure, energy development, and rural economies. The award supports workforce development through modular training, mentoring, and entrepreneurial engagement pathways that prepare scientists to move between research, technology, and applied sectors, strengthening U.S. scientific leadership and expanding the nation's scientific and technical workforce in land intelligence. The University of Maryland, College Park, operating through its Office of Research Administration & Advancement, serves as the recipient. Performance occurs at the College Park, Maryland campus, with a period of performance extending from the award date through August 31, 2027. The project coordinates expertise across universities, innovation hubs, and practitioner networks to accelerate development and application of methods for monitoring land-use change, assessing resource pressures, evaluating land-use tradeoffs, and improving decision support for agriculture, natural resource management, and infrastructure resilience. This award falls under NSF's Geosciences program (CFDA 47.050), which supports basic research to strengthen understanding of the integrated Earth system.
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
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| Not listed | $222.0k | 8/5/26 |