Project Grant 2543048
- Federal Grant Award Summary The National Science Foundation's Directorate for Engineering (CFDA 47.041) awarded a $550,000 Project Grant to the University of Wisconsin - Madison effective July 1, 2026, through June 30, 2031. This CAREER award funds the development of a deep learning-enabled surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy (SERS) platform for rapid, low-cost detection of organic contaminants in drinking water regulated under EPA National Primary Drinking Water Regulations. The project...
- Federal Project Grant Award Summary The National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Civil, Mechanical, and Manufacturing Innovation awarded a CAREER grant totaling $607,412 to the University of Wisconsin-Madison, effective July 1, 2025 through June 30, 2030. This NSF Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) supports research developing a synergistic hardware and control systems co-design methodology to overcome the fundamental acceleration-bandwidth trade-off in precision motion systems used in...
- Federal Project Grant Award Summary Award Details: The National Science Foundation's Division of Information and Intelligent Systems awarded a Project Grant of $491,530 to the University of Wisconsin-Madison on June 1, 2025, under the Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CISE) program (CFDA 47.070). The project, titled "ACED: From Radiation Therapy to the High Energy Universe: Generative AI for Particle Tracking," will be completed by May 31, 2027. Products and Services:...
- Federal Project Grant Award Summary The National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Civil, Mechanical, and Manufacturing Innovation awarded $300,000 to the University of Wisconsin–Madison under the Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) to develop and pilot a satellite-based evaluation methodology for assessing flood-mitigation infrastructure performance across the United States. The project, titled "EAGER: Satellite-Based Evaluation of US Flood-Mitigation Infrastructure Performance,"...
- Federal Project Grant Award Summary The National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Civil, Mechanical, and Manufacturing Innovation awarded a $558,786 CAREER (Faculty Early Career Development Program) grant to the University of Wisconsin–Madison effective September 1, 2025, through August 31, 2030, under the Engineering program (CFDA 47.041). This project grant supports research and educational activities focused on developing a game theory framework for decentralized decision-making in...
- Federal Project Grant Award Summary The National Science Foundation's Directorate for Engineering (CFDA 47.041) awarded $570,000 to the University of Wisconsin–Madison on April 1, 2026, for a Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) project titled "Towards a Data-Driven Systems and Control Theory." The project, scheduled for completion on March 31, 2031, will develop mathematical frameworks and control strategies that enable engineers to design reliable control systems directly from...
- Federal Grant Award Summary The University of Wisconsin–Madison received a $370,000 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. This Foundational Research in Robotics (FRR) project delivers research and development of programmable soft microrobots capable of amoeboid locomotion within confined and...
- Federal Grant Award Summary The University of Wisconsin–Madison received a $424,459 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's Division of Civil, Mechanical, and Manufacturing Innovation under the Engineering program (CFDA 47.041), effective September 1, 2025, through August 31, 2028. This research project will deliver advanced scientific insights into microcrack triggering and fracture coalescence in engineered and natural materials through controlled laboratory experiments on rock...
- 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....
- Federal Project Grant Award Summary The National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Information and Intelligent Systems awarded a five-year CAREER grant totaling $350,714 to the University of Wisconsin-Madison, effective July 1, 2025 through June 30, 2030, under the Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CISE) program (CFDA 47.070). This project will develop visual sensing and machine learning approaches to enable intelligent systems to understand human hand-object interactions...
The National Science Foundation (NSF) Directorate for Engineering awarded $560,865 to the University of Wisconsin - Madison Division of the University of Wisconsin System (award date: September 1, 2026; completion date: August 31, 2031) to develop open-source, artificial intelligence (AI)-powered ground-penetrating radar (GPR) technologies for real-time subsurface imaging. Under this Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) program (CFDA 47.041), the project will deliver advanced GPR domain transfer frameworks, standardized datasets, and generalized AI models that address current limitations in subsurface sensing technology. The research will produce deliverables including far-field and near-field GPR domain transfer frameworks, open-source algorithms, and standardized datasets to enable high-resolution, real-time subsurface imaging across diverse systems and environments. In addition to research outputs, the project includes significant education and outreach components designed to engage K-12, undergraduate, and graduate students in electromagnetics and AI through hands-on learning experiences. The award will support the creation of an open-source online platform serving as a global hub for sharing GPR datasets, algorithms, and educational resources. The project targets applications in precision agriculture, defense, archaeology, civil engineering, planetary exploration, humanitarian demining, and infrastructure monitoring, with expected societal benefits including sustainable water management, global food security improvements, and enhanced infrastructure safety.Federal Project Grant Award Summary
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
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| Not listed | $560.9k | 3/16/26 |