Project Grant 2548291
- Federal Grant Award Summary The University of Virginia received a $628,049 Project Grant awarded on April 1, 2026, from the National Science Foundation's Division of Integrative Organismal Systems under the Biological Sciences program (CFDA 47.074). This CAREER award supports research examining the evolutionary biomechanics and functional morphology of salamander locomotion, with completion targeted for June 30, 2029. The project integrates physiology, engineering, and evolutionary biology to...
- Federal Grant Award Summary The University of Virginia received a $150,000 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's Division of Social, Behavioral and Economic Science (CFDA 47.075) awarded on September 1, 2025, with a completion date of August 31, 2027. This collaborative research project delivers a comprehensive longitudinal dataset of research centers and institutes across over 300 U.S. universities, linked to affiliated faculty, funding sources, and research outputs. The...
- Federal Grant Award Summary The National Science Foundation's Division of Social, Behavioral and Economic Science awarded $210,470 to the University of Virginia under the Social, Behavioral, and Economic Sciences program (CFDA 47.075) for a collaborative research project examining disruptions in the global science system. Initiated on October 1, 2025, and scheduled for completion by July 31, 2027, this project delivers empirical research findings and datasets analyzing how geopolitical shifts,...
- Federal Project Grant Award Summary The University of Virginia received a $300,000 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's Division of Information and Intelligent Systems (Computer and Information Science and Engineering program, CFDA 47.070) effective August 1, 2025, through July 31, 2028. This research initiative develops methodologies to optimize knowledge utilization in Large Language Models (LLMs) and foundation models to enhance their capability for generating novel...
- Federal Grant Award Summary The University of Virginia received a $377,674 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's Division of Information and Intelligent Systems (CISE program, CFDA 47.070) awarded on June 15, 2025, with completion targeted for May 31, 2030. This CAREER award supports research to enhance adaptability in multimodal human-robot interaction by developing advanced algorithms and learning methods that enable robots to understand and respond to both verbal and...
- Federal Grant Award Summary The University of Virginia received a $375,840 Project Grant award 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 October 1, 2025, through September 30, 2029. This collaborative research project develops a computational platform utilizing machine learning and natural language processing (NLP) technologies to automatically extract personal...
- Federal Grant Award Summary Swarthmore College received a $1.21 million Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Emerging Frontiers under the Biological Sciences program (CFDA 47.074), effective May 1, 2026 through April 30, 2030. This collaborative research initiative will investigate how population age structure influences the evolution of social behavior by manipulating demographic features in a model organism system (forked fungus beetle) through...
- Federal Grant Award Summary The University of Virginia, under funding from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Division of Molecular and Cellular Biosciences through the Biological Sciences program (CFDA 47.074), received a $741,544 Project Grant awarded August 1, 2025, with completion targeted for July 31, 2028. Led by Dr. Ahmad Jomaa at the University of Virginia in collaboration with Dr. Simone Mattei at the EMBL Imaging Center in Germany, this research project investigates ribosome...
- Federal Project Grant Award Summary The University of Virginia received a $665,000 CAREER (Faculty Early Career Development) award from the National Science Foundation's Division of Civil, Mechanical, and Manufacturing Innovation (CFDA 47.041 - Engineering program) effective June 1, 2025, through May 31, 2030. This project grant supports fundamental research in human-robot interaction (HRI) computational modeling, specifically developing novel frameworks that enable robots to interpret, predict,...
- Federal Project Grant Award Summary The University of Virginia received a $900,000 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Office of Integrative Activities under the Integrative Activities program (CFDA 47.083), effective January 1, 2026 through December 31, 2028. The project, titled "CICI: IPAAI: Multi-Layer Data Provenance and Federated Learning for Securing Scientific AI Pipelines," delivers infrastructure and tools to enhance the trustworthiness and...
The University of Virginia received a $952,820 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's Division of Emerging Frontiers under the Biological Sciences program (CFDA 47.074) on May 1, 2026, with completion targeted for April 30, 2030. This collaborative research initiative investigates how population age structure influences the evolution of social behavior by testing whether the age composition of social groups determines behavioral adaptation in individuals. The research employs the forked fungus beetle as a model system, utilizing replicated laboratory and seminatural field experiments to manipulate demographic features and measure their effects on individual behavior expression and natural and sexual selection. The project deliverables include the development and deployment of artificial intelligence-assisted video tracking and morphological measurement tools to quantify animal movement and social interactions at scale, generating fine-scale behavioral data that would be impractical to collect manually. Secondary products include the establishment of a training pipeline providing research opportunities in field biology for undergraduate students, including community college transfer students, as well as expanded K-12 evolution education initiatives and public outreach in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics. These research outputs and educational components advance NSF priorities in artificial intelligence while strengthening the nation's capacity in behavioral ecology and evolutionary biology research.Federal Grant Award Summary
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Not listed | $952.8k | 5/7/26 |