Project Grant 2544262
- Federal Grant Award Summary This NSF CAREER award, totaling $560,000 and administered through the Engineering program (CFDA 47.041), funds a five-year project (April 1, 2026 – March 31, 2031) at Rochester Institute of Technology to develop adaptive machine learning systems capable of continuous learning without catastrophic forgetting. The primary deliverables include fundamental algorithms and theoretical frameworks for continual learning that leverage Bayesian uncertainty quantification,...
- This Cooperative Agreement award from the National Science Foundation's STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076) provides $999,997 to Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT) to develop an experiential learning-based workforce development model for the U.S. semiconductor industry. RIT will collaborate with Monroe Community College and Finger Lakes Community College, as well as industry partners GlobalFoundries and Micron Technology, to provide a pipeline for community college students to earn...
- Federal Grant Award Summary The National Science Foundation's Division of Chemical, Bioengineering, Environmental, and Transport Systems awarded Rochester Institute of Technology a Project Grant totaling $199,614 under the Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) for the period July 1, 2026 through June 30, 2028. This Engineering Research Initiation (ERI) project will develop an artificial intelligence-based multi-event detector tool for automated analysis of intracranial electroencephalography...
- Federal Project Grant Award Summary The University of Arizona received a five-year project grant award of $599,980 from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Electrical, Communications and Cyber Systems under the Engineering program (CFDA 47.041), effective July 1, 2025. This CAREER award supports the development of moire synaptic transistors (MSTs) utilizing two-dimensional (2D) materials to advance neuromorphic computing hardware capable of processing complex analog data with...
- This National Science Foundation (NSF) Research Traineeship (NRT) program award in the amount of $2,999,999 to the Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT) will develop an innovative convergent graduate research training program in the area of next-generation complementary metal-oxide-semiconductor (CMOS) + X semiconductor technologies. The program aims to train approximately 170 graduate students, including 20 funded Ph.D. students, 75 unfunded Ph.D. students, and 75 unfunded M.S. students,...
- The National Science Foundation (NSF) Directorate for Engineering (CFDA 47.041) awarded a $360,000 project grant to the Regents of the University of Michigan to conduct research advancing key knowledge and techniques for creating electronic devices for fabrication of future artificial intelligence systems. The grant supports fundamental research to explore critical device physics knowledge for the realization of new memristive switching devices (memristors) based on 2D nanomaterials, which could...
- Federal Grant Award Summary Rochester Institute of Technology received a $344,911 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Computer and Network Systems under the Computer and Information Science and Engineering program (CFDA 47.070), awarded April 1, 2026, with completion targeted for March 31, 2031. This CAREER award supports research to defend machine learning (ML) models from adversarial threats through integrated interpretability and attribution methodologies. The...
- This CAREER award from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) funds the development of an artificial nervous system enabling in-body communication between wearable and implantable bioelectronic devices. Awarded to Georgia TECH Research Corp on June 15, 2025, with $499,896 obligated through May 31, 2030, the project addresses critical limitations in existing therapeutic systems by creating optimized emitter and receiver networks that facilitate real-time...
- Federal Grant Award Summary Rochester Institute of Technology received a Project Grant of $785,925 from the National Science Foundation's Division of Computer and Network Systems under the Computer and Information Science and Engineering program (CFDA 47.070), with performance at the Rochester, NY campus from October 1, 2025 through October 31, 2026. The award supports the FUSE-REG initiative focused on enabling photonic computing engines through hetero-integration of photonic and optoelectronic...
- This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CISE) program (CFDA 47.070) provides $1,200,000 to Purdue University to develop scalable and ultra-low-power neural accelerators based on 2D ferroelectric semiconductors. The research aims to address hardware needs for future artificial intelligence (AI) platforms by utilizing the unique properties of ferroelectric semiconductors to design energy-efficient circuits and...
Rochester Institute of Technology received a $514,145 CAREER award from the National Science Foundation's Division of Electrical, Communications and Cyber Systems under the Engineering program (CFDA 47.041), effective May 1, 2026 through April 30, 2031. The award funds fundamental research and development of ionically gated transistors that integrate memory and processing capabilities within a single material to enable energy-efficient artificial intelligence (AI) applications for edge computing devices such as wearable health monitors, autonomous drones, and environmental sensor networks. The primary deliverable is the establishment of the fundamental science and engineering of a dual-mode ionically gated transistor functioning as a co-located adaptive synapse, which operates in distinct regimes controlled by applied gate voltage to simultaneously support dynamic signal response and permanent information storage. Beyond technical innovation, the project delivers workforce development and educational products and services, including graduate and undergraduate student training in advanced microchip fabrication and computational modeling, curriculum development, and community engagement activities. The award supports knowledge dissemination through hands-on demonstrations for K-12 students and local communities illustrating advanced materials and energy-efficient computing principles, thereby strengthening the U.S. semiconductor workforce while advancing national research priorities in AI and advanced computing technologies.
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Not listed | $514.1k | 4/16/26 |