Project Grant 2541566
- Federal Project Grant Award Summary The University of Chicago received a $715,655 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Integrative Organismal Systems under the Biological Sciences program (CFDA 47.074), effective October 1, 2025, through February 28, 2029. This CAREER award funds basic neuroscience research investigating how multiple brain regions work in concert to enable cognitive flexibility and task switching behavior. The research employs mouse models to...
- Federal Grant Award Summary The National Science Foundation's Division of Information and Intelligent Systems awarded the University of Massachusetts a $430,468 Project Grant (CFDA 47.070: Computer and Information Science and Engineering) beginning July 15, 2026, and concluding June 30, 2031. This CAREER award supports the development of next-generation neuromorphic wearable devices for continuous, clinical-grade brain activity monitoring in ambulatory settings. The research will produce...
- Federal Project Grant Award Summary The National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Information and Intelligent Systems awarded Trustees of Boston University a Project Grant of $471,529 beginning September 1, 2025, and concluding August 31, 2028, under the Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CISE) program (CFDA 47.070). This NSF-BSF collaborative research project delivers research and development services focused on advancing interpretability and control mechanisms for large...
- Federal Project Grant Award Summary Brown University received a $1,012,160 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Biological Infrastructure under the Biological Sciences program (CFDA 47.074), effective September 1, 2025, through August 31, 2029. The award supports the development of novel computational tools and frameworks that integrate molecular and structural imaging data to create comprehensive three-dimensional maps of brain organization. Specifically,...
- Federal Project Grant Award Summary The Trustees of Boston University received a $885,642 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's Division of Molecular and Cellular Biosciences (Biological Sciences Program, CFDA 47.074) effective September 1, 2025, through August 31, 2028. The award supports research to characterize signal propagation and control within gene regulatory networks using optogenetic techniques. The primary deliverables include foundational scientific knowledge regarding...
- Federal Project Grant Award Summary The National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Molecular and Cellular Biosciences awarded $440,000 to the University of Massachusetts Boston under the Biological Sciences program (CFDA 47.074) on July 1, 2026, for a three-year collaborative research project examining the evolution of neurons through messenger ribonucleic acid (mRNA) regulation. This project will deliver fundamental research outputs investigating whether regulatory mechanisms controlling...
- Federal Grant Award Summary The National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Electrical, Communications and Cyber Systems awarded $200,000 to the University of Massachusetts on June 15, 2025, under the Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) for a project titled "Closed-Loop Hybrid Intelligence with Optogenetic-Neuromorphic Co-Designed Cell Interfaces." The project, scheduled for completion by May 31, 2028, delivers advanced engineering tools and methods that integrate high-resolution...
- Federal Project Grant Award Summary The National Science Foundation (NSF), Division of Emerging Frontiers, awarded $120,857 to Trustees of Boston University under the Biological Sciences program (CFDA 47.074) for a one-year project beginning July 1, 2026 and concluding June 30, 2027. The award funds a graduate student scholar-in-residence position at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) Living Measurement Systems Foundry to develop AI-ready data standardization and...
- Federal Grant Award Summary The National Science Foundation's Division of Computing and Communication Foundations awarded a CAREER grant of $371,191 to Boston University (awarded September 1, 2026; completion August 31, 2031) under the Computer and Information Science and Engineering program (CFDA 47.070). This project delivers a developmentally plausible, data-efficient pretraining framework for Vision Foundation Models (VFMs)—artificial intelligence systems designed for comprehensive image and...
- Federal Project Grant Award Summary The National Science Foundation's Division of Information and Intelligent Systems awarded a $499,997 CAREER grant to the Trustees of Boston University, effective September 1, 2025 through August 31, 2030, under the Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CISE) program (CFDA 47.070). This project develops computational methods to enhance the transparency and adjustability of artificial intelligence (AI) models used in healthcare diagnostics,...
The National Science Foundation's Division of Molecular and Cellular Biosciences awarded a CAREER grant of $1,035,226 to Boston University (awarded August 1, 2026; completion date July 31, 2031) under the Biological Sciences program (CFDA 47.074). This project will investigate how populations of neurons across four clinically relevant brain areas coordinate to mediate flexible decision-making—the process of combining sensory evidence and context to select appropriate actions for achieving behavioral goals. The research will advance understanding of multi-area neural dynamics underlying perceptual decision-making in both animal and human subjects, with direct applications to brain-computer interfaces (BCIs), artificial intelligence systems requiring flexible reasoning under uncertainty, and insights into neurological disorders such as autism, schizophrenia, and dementia. In addition to the primary research objectives, the award will generate open-source analysis tools and methodologies for the broader neuroscience research community, building on the recipient's track record of widely-adopted tools such as WaveMap and PhysMap. The project will also expand interdisciplinary training opportunities for students at all educational levels—from high school through postdoctoral—at Boston University, thereby strengthening the nation's STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics) workforce and advancing both translational neuroscience and the development of more sophisticated, adaptable AI systems applicable to autonomous systems and self-driving vehicles.Federal Project Grant Award Summary
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
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| Not listed | $1.0m | 7/13/26 |