Project Grant 2536192
- Federal Grant Award Summary Iowa State University of Science and Technology received a $300,000 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's Division of Information and Intelligent Systems under the Computer and Information Science and Engineering program (CFDA 47.070), awarded October 1, 2025, with a completion date of September 30, 2027. This EAGER (Early-concept Grants for Exploratory Research) award supports the development and dissemination of formal verification methods for...
- The University of Illinois was awarded a $528,406 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) for the period of April 1, 2021 through March 31, 2026. The grant funds a research study combining experimental and theoretical approaches to examine human interactions with automated vehicles. As part of its mission to improve engineering research and education, the NSF Engineering program supports innovation through grants like this that investigate...
- The National Science Foundation (NSF) Directorate for Engineering (CFDA 47.041) awarded a $431,033 Project Grant to the University of Iowa on Sep 1, 2023 to conduct research on novel computational methods for design optimization under uncertainty with arbitrary dependent probability distributions. The research aims to develop efficient computational algorithms and practical tools for robust and reliability-based design optimization of high-dimensional complex engineering systems subject to...
- This National Science Foundation project grant of $1,199,708 supports research at Iowa State University from June 2022 to May 2025 under the Computer and Information Science and Engineering program. The university will develop algorithms to characterize inconsistencies in perception and decision-making between interacting autonomous systems and human operators. This aims to quantify sources of inconsistency and their effects on safety in applications like autonomous vehicles interacting with...
- Federal Project Grant Award Summary Iowa State University of Science and Technology received a $549,499 Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's Directorate for Engineering (CFDA 47.041), effective September 1, 2026 through August 31, 2031. The award funds integrated research and education to develop autonomous artificial intelligence (AI) agents that enable computer-based engineering designs to be reliably translated into real-world systems....
- This National Science Foundation (NSF) Engineering (CFDA 47.041) Project Grant award totaling $150,000 is funding a two-year exploratory research project (August 1, 2024 to July 31, 2026) led by the University of Iowa. The project aims to address fundamental challenges in translating on-ground manufacturing systems to reliable in-space production by developing a real-time heterogeneous transfer active learning framework. This framework will leverage knowledge from well-studied, data-rich...
- This Project Grant, awarded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Civil, Mechanical, and Manufacturing Innovation under the Engineering program (CFDA 47.041), provides $313,839 in funding to Iowa State University for research advancing distribution control theory and algorithms. The award, effective August 1, 2025, through July 31, 2028, supports collaborative research focused on enabling precision manufacturing of materials and coordination of large autonomous agent systems...
- The National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Civil, Mechanical, and Manufacturing Innovation awarded a $202,000 Project Grant to Michigan State University under the Engineering (CFDA 47.041) program. The funding will support collaborative research to develop scalable, data-driven predictive control frameworks for managing mixed traffic systems with connected and automated vehicles alongside human-driven vehicles. The project aims to enable advancements in transportation efficiency and...
- The National Science Foundation awarded a $199,999 Project Grant to the University of Illinois under the Engineering federal grant program (CFDA 47.041). The grant supports research titled "EAGER/COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: AN AUTONOMOUS MODULAR VEHICLE TECHNOLOGY-BASED MULTIFACETED MOBILITY SERVICE PARADIGM ? A PROOF-OF-CONCEPT STUDY" from August 2021 through July 2023. The research aims to develop and test concepts for an autonomous modular vehicle technology-based mobility service model...
- Federal Grant Award Summary The National Science Foundation's Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) awarded $200,000 to the University of Michigan-Dearborn through an Engineering Research Initiation (ERI) grant, effective October 1, 2025, through September 30, 2027. The award supports the development of predictive neural dynamics models designed to mitigate sensor-to-response latency in autonomous vehicles. The research team will develop machine learning algorithms capable of predicting sensory...
The University of Iowa received a $575,000 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Directorate for Engineering's Division of Civil, Mechanical, and Manufacturing Innovation (CFDA 47.041) to develop advanced engineering tools for autonomous vehicle decision-making and motion planning. Awarded August 1, 2026, with completion scheduled for July 31, 2029, this research project will deliver mathematical tools, open-source software, and experimental demonstrations that integrate high-level task selection with mathematically certified motion planning for autonomous systems. The work will be motivated by maritime mine countermeasure missions involving teams of underwater and surface vehicles, enabling safer autonomous robotic operations in complex, dynamic environments where human supervision is limited. The project's deliverables include a direct optimal control framework based on segment-joined polynomial approximations with emphasis on Bernstein polynomial representations, along with software implementations and validated experimental demonstrations applicable across maritime, transportation, environmental monitoring, search and rescue, and defense domains. Additionally, the award supports workforce development by integrating autonomous vehicle experiments into undergraduate and graduate coursework and engaging students in hands-on robotics activities, contributing to NSF's broader mission of strengthening engineering research and education in the United States.
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
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| Not listed | $575.0k | 7/8/26 |