Project Grant 2538300
- This $259,799 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation Division of Electrical, Communications and Cyber Systems Engineering program will support research into using an intelligent surface installed near a radio telescope to help mitigate radio frequency interference from other electromagnetic spectrum users. The Research Foundation for the State University of New York at the University at Albany will construct an experimental radio telescope based on the Small Radio Telescope design...
- This $732,034 Project Grant award by the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Mathematical and Physical Sciences (CFDA 47.049) program will support the development and deployment of an Operational Data Sharing (ODS) system to enable real-time spectrum sharing between radio astronomy observatories and satellite constellations. The primary objectives are to construct the ODS system and experiment with spectrum sharing between the Jansky Very Large Array in New Mexico, the Green Bank Telescope in...
- This $312,341 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's Division of Astronomical Sciences, under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049), funds the development of new algorithms and hardware to detect, mitigate, and fuse radio frequency interference (RFI) for radio astronomy observations. The research project, led by West Virginia University Research Corporation, aims to address the challenge of man-made radio interference that can obscure faint astronomical...
- This Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's Division of Electrical, Communications and Cyber Systems provides $115,201 to develop signal cancellation technologies using reconfigurable intelligent surfaces for radio astronomy services. Funded under the Engineering (47.041) program, the award supports research at the California Institute of Technology from October 1, 2022 to September 30, 2025. Specifically, the project investigates using an intelligent surface installed near a radio...
- This National Science Foundation (NSF) Project Grant award, titled "CAREER: TOWARDS AN ACCESSIBLE RADIO ASTRONOMY OBSERVATORY IN RURAL MIDWEST", provides $302,906 in funding to Winona State University over 5 years starting on Aug 1, 2024. The project aims to build local expertise and capabilities at the predominantly undergraduate university to support an accessible radio astronomy observatory in the rural Midwest region. Key products and services to be delivered include: Hiring 3...
- The National Science Foundation awarded a $1.15 million Project Grant to the University of Texas at Dallas under the Geosciences program (CFDA 47.050) to develop a frequency-agile multistatic radio system for geospace imaging near the Jicamarca Radio Observatory in Peru from September 2022 to August 2027. The project aims to advance research in areas such as mesosphere and lower thermosphere dynamics, meteor science, and ionospheric irregularities through new multistatic radar experiments and...
- This federal Project Grant award, funded by the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CISE) Program (CFDA 47.070), supports the development of a novel "Dynamic Network Telescope" system. The $1.2 million grant aims to deploy and evaluate this experimental system at the Merit Network Telescope, one of the largest network telescopes available to the research community. The project will enable the Merit Network, a nonprofit regional research...
- The National Science Foundation Division of Information and Intelligent Systems awarded Georgia State University Research Foundation Inc. $350,000 on October 1, 2026, under the Computer and Information Science and Engineering program (CFDA 47.070) for collaborative research in physics-enhanced artificial intelligence for spectrum awareness and radiomap-assisted network management. The project develops machine learning methods that integrate wireless propagation principles with advanced machine...
- This $600,000 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's Computer and Information Science and Engineering program will fund the development of a global spectrum observatory through mobile spectrum sensing kits and supporting software ecosystem. Specifically, the University of California, San Diego will receive funding from August 15, 2022 to July 31, 2025 to design, implement, deploy and make available low-cost kits that allow for spectrum sensing and measurement across diverse, wide...
- The National Science Foundation Division of Electrical, Communications and Cyber Systems awarded Georgia TECH Research Corp $485,000 on October 1, 2026, to develop a resilient and scalable near-real-time electromagnetic sensing system for unknown signals under the Engineering program (CFDA 47.041). The research will create an autonomous electromagnetic sensing microelectronic system operating across spectral, spatial, and temporal domains to achieve near real-time responsiveness, high...
The National Science Foundation Division of Electrical, Communications and Cyber Systems awarded Mississippi State University $549,218 on October 1, 2026, under the Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) to develop a distributed radio telescope powered by global internet-of-things networks. The project creates an earth-scale radio telescope by synchronizing billions of spatially distributed IoT devices—including smartphones and laptops—as sensor nodes for coherent astronomical observations. The system employs embedded signal processing, distributed digital beamforming, and satellite-based calibration to enable detection even with noisy and asynchronous IoT devices. Key technical innovations include eigenvalue-based calibration that eliminates the need for precise node localization and reduced requirements for extreme timing accuracy. Beyond radio astronomy, the project's architecture spanning embedded sensing, edge computing, and wireless networking has applications in future communication networks, environmental monitoring, disaster response, and smart infrastructure. The recipient will release open-source hardware and software to encourage innovation in citizen science and community-based environmental sensing, broadening scientific participation through citizen science while advancing interdisciplinary innovation and STEM engagement. Performance occurs at Mississippi State University in Starkville, Mississippi, with a period of performance from October 1, 2026, through September 30, 2031. This is a project grant, the assistance type for NSF research awards.
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Not listed | $549.2k | 7/29/26 |