Project Grant 2542543
- Federal Project Grant Award Summary The Pennsylvania State University received a $100,000 Project Grant award dated July 15, 2025, from the National Science Foundation's Division of Computer and Network Systems under the Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CISE) program (CFDA 47.070). The project, titled "Accelerating LLM Safety Research with Self-Evolving Evaluation Infrastructure," aims to develop an open, community-driven evaluation framework to assess Large Language...
- Federal Grant Award Summary The University of Pennsylvania received a $354,579 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's Division of Computing and Communication Foundations under the Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CISE) program (CFDA 47.070), effective June 1, 2026 through May 31, 2031. This CAREER award funds research to develop a comprehensive science of artificial intelligence (AI) reliability by identifying failure modes in AI systems and designing...
- Federal Grant Award Summary The Pennsylvania State University received a $167,000 Project Grant award dated October 1, 2025, from the National Science Foundation's Division of Information and Intelligent Systems under the Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CISE) program (CFDA 47.070). This collaborative research project, scheduled for completion by September 30, 2028, develops an information-theoretic framework for creating explainable and trustworthy Graph Neural Networks (GNNs)....
- Federal Project Grant Summary The Pennsylvania State University received a $180,000 Project Grant awarded October 1, 2025, by the National Science Foundation's Division of Computer and Network Systems under the Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CISE) program (CFDA 47.070). This collaborative research initiative addresses security vulnerabilities in Large Language Model (LLM)-integrated applications through a systematic investigation of prompt injection attacks—a class of...
- Federal Grant Award Summary The Pennsylvania State University's College of Information Sciences and Technology received a $1.52 million Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's Division of Graduate Education under the STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076) awarded August 15, 2025, with a completion date of July 31, 2028. This initiative delivers an artificial intelligence (AI)-integrated cybersecurity education and training program designed to prepare undergraduate and graduate...
- Federal Grant Award Summary The Pennsylvania State University received a $617,816 Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's Division of Civil, Mechanical, and Manufacturing Innovation (CFDA 47.041) effective April 1, 2026, through March 31, 2031. This award supports research to advance dexterous manipulation capabilities for aerial robots operating in real-world, uncontrolled environments. The core deliverable is development of a...
- Federal Project Grant Award Summary The Pennsylvania State University received a $250,000 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's Computer and Information Science and Engineering program (CFDA 47.070) effective August 1, 2025, through July 31, 2028, to develop and deliver a comprehensive cybertraining program addressing the security vulnerabilities associated with Large Language Models (LLMs) in advanced cyberinfrastructure systems. The project delivers a structured educational...
- Federal Grant Award Summary The Pennsylvania State University received a $379,224 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Information and Intelligent Systems under the Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CISE) program (CFDA 47.070), effective July 15, 2025, with completion by June 30, 2030. This CAREER award funds research to develop privacy auditing frameworks and defensive mechanisms for machine learning (ML) models trained on tabular data. The...
- Federal Grant Award Summary The Pennsylvania State University received a $1.33M Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's Office of Advanced Cyberinfrastructure under the Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CISE) program (CFDA 47.070) on March 15, 2026, for the "Pennsylvania Science DMZ" initiative. The project delivers advanced cyberinfrastructure capabilities to three under-resourced Pennsylvania institutions—Allegheny College, Harrisburg University...
- Federal Grant Award Summary The Pennsylvania State University received a $199,444 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's Division of Electrical, Communications and Cyber Systems under the Engineering program (CFDA 47.041), effective October 1, 2025, with completion scheduled for September 30, 2027. This Engineering Research Initiation (ERI) award supports the development of retrieval-augmented generation (RAG)-empowered extended reality (XR) systems that integrate large language...
The Pennsylvania State University received a $685,588 Project Grant award, effective July 1, 2026 through June 30, 2031, from the National Science Foundation's Division of Computer and Network Systems under the Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CISE) program (CFDA 47.070). This CAREER award supports the development of artificial intelligence techniques, specifically scaling deep reinforcement learning (DRL) methodologies, to optimize the operation of large-scale infrastructure systems such as smart transportation networks and electric power grids. The research will address fundamental scalability and communication challenges in societal-scale cyber-physical systems by creating a hierarchical and communication-aware DRL framework capable of handling vast state-action spaces and distributed system architectures, with anticipated benefits including reduced traffic congestion, improved emergency response times, and enhanced power grid stability. In addition to core research activities, the award funds a comprehensive STEM workforce development pipeline comprising the creation of interactive, game-based learning modules for K-12 students; development of an interdisciplinary graduate course on artificial intelligence and cyber-physical systems; and provision of training materials to enable community partners to effectively adopt artificial intelligence technologies. These educational and outreach components are designed to cultivate a highly skilled technology workforce while advancing the practical application of foundational research in sequential decision-making for critical infrastructure systems.Federal Project Grant Award Summary
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
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| Not listed | $685.6k | 4/17/26 |