Project Grant 2544600
- Federal Grant Award Summary Northwestern University received a $500,000 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's Division of Information and Intelligent Systems under the Computer and Information Science and Engineering program (CFDA 47.070), effective August 1, 2025, through July 31, 2028. The award funds collaborative research to develop Situated Practice Systems, an intelligent coaching tool designed to enhance regulation skills—including cognitive, metacognitive, motivational,...
- Federal Project Grant Summary Northwestern University received a $295,283 Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Division of Information and Intelligent Systems under the Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CISE) program (CFDA 47.070), awarded June 15, 2025, with completion targeted for May 31, 2030. The primary deliverable is fundamental research advancing automated robot design through differentiable evolution...
- GRANT AWARD SUMMARY The National Science Foundation's Division of Computing and Communication Foundations awarded the University of Southern California a $361,264 Project Grant (CFDA 47.070: Computer and Information Science and Engineering) on June 15, 2026, for a five-year research initiative extending through May 31, 2031. This CAREER award investigates human-artificial intelligence (AI) interaction design to preserve and enhance human critical thinking and creative agency in an AI-augmented...
- Federal Project Grant Award Summary Northwestern University received a $200,000 Project Grant award 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), effective May 1, 2026, through April 30, 2030. The grant supports research to develop and deliver an automated specification extraction pipeline designed to enhance the understandability and correctness verification of large...
- Federal Project Grant Award Summary Northwestern University received a $331,917 Project Grant award dated June 15, 2025, from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Computing and Communication Foundations under the Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CISE) program (CFDA 47.070). The award funds an eight-week Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) Site program hosted in Evanston, Illinois, through May 31, 2028. This initiative delivers comprehensive undergraduate...
- Federal Grant Award Summary Northeastern University received a $410,869 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Computing and Communication Foundations under the Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CISE) program (CFDA 47.070) to develop AI-augmented creativity support tools designed for nonvisual interaction. The five-year initiative, effective June 1, 2026 through May 31, 2031, addresses a critical accessibility gap by creating digital...
- Federal Project Grant Award Summary Northwestern University received a $500,000 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's Division of Behavioral and Cognitive Sciences under the Social, Behavioral, and Economic Sciences program (CFDA 47.075) for the period September 1, 2025 through August 31, 2028. The grant supports Collaborative Research on Computational Neuroscience and Neuroimaging (CRCNS) to investigate the biological mechanisms underlying learning efficiency advantages...
- Federal Project Grant Award Summary The University of Illinois received a $356,787 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Computing and Communication Foundations under the Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CISE) program (CFDA 47.070), effective July 15, 2026, with a completion date of June 30, 2031. This CAREER award supports the development of self-regulating artificial intelligence (AI) agents capable of operating safely and reliably in...
- Federal Project Grant Award Summary Northwestern University received a $815,789 CAREER grant award from the National Science Foundation's Division of Research on Learning in Formal and Informal Settings under the STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076), effective September 15, 2025, through August 31, 2030. This five-year design-based research initiative will develop and implement an after-school mathematics program at two elementary school sites in Evanston, Illinois, designed to expand both...
- Federal Grant Award Summary Northwestern University received a $244,229 CAREER award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Mathematical Sciences (CFDA 47.049) effective July 1, 2025, through June 30, 2030, to conduct fundamental research on the convergence behavior of slowly mixing Markov chains. The project will develop mathematical theory and tools for analyzing equilibration times of Markov chains in high-dimensional spaces from typical initializations when worst-case...
Federal Grant Award Summary Northwestern University received a $323,046 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) on June 15, 2026. The five-year project, titled "CAREER: Generative Friction: A New Paradigm for the Design of AI Assistants to Foster Creative Reflective Practice," will develop and deliver a set of four novel open-source artificial intelligence (AI) assistants designed to amplify rather than replace human creativity in creative industries. These AI tools will employ "generative friction"—strategically introduced difficulty, surprise, and technical constraints—to prompt creative workers to think expansively, develop higher quality ideas, and maintain ownership and agency over their creative output. In addition to the open-source AI assistants, the project will produce novel curricula and educational resources to build AI literacy among students pursuing creative careers. The research will include a within-subjects empirical study with 80 digital media artists to investigate how generative friction impacts creative processes, sense of agency, and ownership. The deliverables aim to provide critical insights into how human creativity can be centered as AI is increasingly integrated into creative industries, with open-source distribution broadening access to AI tools that support creative practice.
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Not listed | $323.0k | 5/12/26 |