Project Grant 2539659
- Federal Grant Award Summary The National Science Foundation's Division of Electrical, Communications and Cyber Systems awarded $550,000 to the University of Massachusetts through its Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) on October 1, 2025, for a Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) project focused on versatile radio frequency (RF) electronics capable of operating in extreme high-temperature environments. The project, scheduled for completion by December 31, 2029, will develop RF sensing and...
- Federal Project Grant Award Summary The University of Pennsylvania received a $549,896 CAREER Award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Electrical, Communications and Cyber Systems under the Engineering program (CFDA 47.041), effective July 1, 2025 through June 30, 2030. This project grant supports the development of scalable megahertz (MHz) power generation technologies through research into hybrid radio frequency (RF) circuit architectures, high-bandwidth dynamic power...
- Federal Grant Award Summary The University of Miami received a $600,000 CAREER (Faculty Early Career Development) award from the National Science Foundation's Division of Electrical, Communications and Cyber Systems under the Engineering program (CFDA 47.041), effective April 15, 2026, through March 31, 2031. This project grant funds the development of a novel artificial intelligence (AI)-native semantic communication (SC) framework designed to transform wireless communication systems. The...
- Federal Project Grant Award Summary Clemson University received a $551,585 CAREER (Faculty Early Career Development) award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Electrical, Communications and Cyber Systems under the Engineering program (CFDA 47.041), effective September 1, 2026 through August 31, 2031. The project delivers fundamental research and educational outcomes advancing wireless communication foundations for swarm artificial intelligence (AI) systems. The primary...
- Federal Grant Award Summary North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University received a $513,998 CAREER (Faculty Early Career Development) award from the National Science Foundation's Division of Electrical, Communications and Cyber Systems under the Engineering program (CFDA 47.041). The five-year project, initiated October 1, 2025, and concluding September 30, 2030, advances federated learning research by developing novel strategies to fairly incentivize privacy-preserving...
- Federal Grant Award Summary The National Science Foundation's Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) awarded the University of Texas at Dallas a $500,945 Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) grant effective October 1, 2025, through September 30, 2030. This project will develop fast, flexible, and accurate lumped parameter network multiphysics models for electric machines that integrate electromagnetic, structural, and thermal equivalent circuit representations. The primary deliverable is an...
- Federal Grant Award Summary New York University received a $550,000 CAREER (Faculty Early Career Development) award from the National Science Foundation's Division of Electrical, Communications and Cyber Systems under the Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) beginning May 1, 2025 and concluding April 30, 2030. This project, titled "NEUROTAP: Chip-Scale High-Resolution Neural Recording with Wireless Communication and Powering," delivers research and development focused on advancing...
- Federal Grant Award Summary North Carolina State University received a $343,340 CAREER award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Engineering program (CFDA 47.041), effective June 1, 2025 through February 28, 2026. This project grant supports the development of foundational research and technologies in learning-based, task-oriented sensing systems. The primary deliverables encompass three interconnected research objectives: (1) developing physics-aware, learning-based multi-dimensional...
- Federal Grant Award Summary Northeastern University received a $515,000 CAREER Project Grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Electrical, Communications and Cyber Systems under the Engineering program (CFDA 47.041), effective July 1, 2025 through June 30, 2030. The award funds fundamental research in decentralized manifold optimization (DMO) for multi-agent networks, addressing three core technical challenges: scalability, computational efficiency, and adaptation to dynamic...
- Federal Grant Award Summary Villanova University received a $329,663 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Computer and Network Systems under the Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CISE) program (CFDA 47.070), effective October 1, 2025, through September 30, 2028. The award supports comprehensive research and development of novel hardware acceleration techniques for FALCON, a National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)-selected post-quantum...
Villanova University received a $547,357 Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) award from the National Science Foundation's Engineering program (CFDA 47.041), effective April 1, 2026 through March 31, 2031. The project delivers research and development of a mixed-domain pre-distortion (MPD) approach that integrates artificial intelligence/machine learning algorithms with digital, analog, and radio-frequency nonlinear components to create high-efficiency, wide-band, and reconfigurable RF transmitters. Specific research products include a unified theoretical framework for MPD, prototype transmitter systems utilizing advanced semiconductor technologies (gallium nitride and gallium arsenide), and validated performance data from simulation and experimental testing designed to reduce power consumption and improve linearity in wireless communications systems. In addition to core research deliverables, the award funds educational and workforce development products including modernized RF/microwave engineering curricula, hands-on research experiences for undergraduate and graduate students, and STEM outreach initiatives targeting high school students through practical design projects. The project directly supports development of the U.S. engineering workforce while advancing technologies with applications for the telecommunications, defense, and energy sectors.Federal Grant Award Summary
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Not listed | $547.4k | 3/16/26 |