Project Grant 2551586
- The National Science Foundation Division of Computing and Communication Foundations awarded Northwestern University $323,046 on June 15, 2026, under the Computer and Information Science and Engineering program (CFDA 47.070) to design and study a set of generative AI assistants that amplify rather than replace human creativity in creative industries. The project will develop four novel open-source AI assistants that employ generative friction—an oppositional force arising from difficulty,...
- The National Science Foundation Division of Computing and Communication Foundations awarded Northwestern University $250,000 on August 1, 2026, for research developing graph-centric multi-agent systems powered by large language models under the Computer and Information Science and Engineering program (CFDA 47.070). The research develops new graph-based methods for designing, executing, and adapting multi-agent systems in which multiple AI agents communicate and collaborate to solve complex...
- The National Science Foundation Division of Information and Intelligent Systems awarded the National Academy of Sciences $733,067 on October 1, 2026, under the Computer and Information Science and Engineering program (CFDA 47.070) to conduct independent analyses, convenings, and studies advancing computing research. Over the three-year performance period through September 30, 2029, the National Academy of Sciences will convene leaders from academia, industry, and government to examine...
- The National Science Foundation Division of Computing and Communication Foundations awarded The University of Chicago $360,549 on June 15, 2026, under the Computer and Information Science and Engineering program (CFDA 47.070) to develop artificial intelligence technologies that enable intuitive creation and modification of three-dimensional mesh models. The project establishes computational foundations for AI systems operating directly on meshes, the dominant geometric representation in...
- The National Science Foundation Division of Computing and Communication Foundations awarded the University of Illinois $356,787 on July 15, 2026, under the Computer and Information Science and Engineering program (CFDA 47.070). The award funds research and educational activities developing self-regulating artificial intelligence agents capable of monitoring their reasoning, drawing on past experience to evaluate and explain decisions, and adapting their internal understanding based on corrective...
- The National Science Foundation Division of Research on Learning in Formal and Informal Settings awarded Northwestern University $899,999 on September 1, 2026, to co-design human-AI collaborative tools for teaching agent-based modeling to high school students under the STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076). The project develops and evaluates a structured human-AI method that connects model goals, measurements, rules, code, and simulated worlds, enabling learners to work step-by-step from ideas to...
- The National Science Foundation Division of Computing and Communication Foundations awarded the University of Illinois $660,307 on September 1, 2026, under the Computer and Information Science and Engineering program (CFDA 47.070) to develop data attribution and curation tools for training large AI systems. The project advances methods that estimate how individual training examples influence the behavior of large language models, recommendation systems, and other production-scale AI. The work...
- The National Science Foundation Office of Advanced Cyberinfrastructure awarded the University of Illinois $896,601 on October 1, 2026, under the Computer and Information Science and Engineering program (CFDA 47.070) to establish AI assurance infrastructure and workforce development for trustworthy artificial intelligence in scientific research. The award funds three coordinated deliverables. First, standardized documentation of model cards and dataset datasheets for GPU allocations on national...
- The National Science Foundation Division of Computing and Communication Foundations awarded $462,092 to the University of Maryland Baltimore County on June 1, 2026, for collaborative research under the Computer and Information Science and Engineering program (CFDA 47.070). The project develops curricula and industry-academic partnerships to align undergraduate computer science education with evolving workforce demands in software engineering, particularly as AI-based tools reshape programming...
- The National Science Foundation awarded Northwestern University a $532,579 Project Grant under the Computer and Information Science and Engineering federal grant program (CFDA 47.070) for the period of October 1, 2021 through September 30, 2024. The grant funds collaborative research to develop design guidelines for dynamic visualizations. The Computer and Information Science and Engineering program supports investigator-initiated research and education in computing, communications, and...
The National Science Foundation Division of Computing and Communication Foundations awarded Northwestern University $899,998 on October 1, 2026, under the Computer and Information Science and Engineering program (CFDA 47.070) to design collaborative human-and-artificial-intelligence tools that improve qualitative research methods. The project will conduct an in-depth study of how researchers currently perform qualitative analysis with and without AI support, develop innovative human-AI collaborative approaches to assist researchers in analyzing non-numerical data such as interviews, transcripts, video, and naturalistic observations, and create intuitive interfaces that enable researchers to work with these tools. The work addresses challenges inherent in deploying generative AI for research support, including the risk of hallucination, biased error patterns, and inadvertent narrowing of research directions that can compromise rigor and transparency. The period of performance extends through September 30, 2029, with work performed in Evanston, Illinois. Sub-awards are planned for this project.
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Not listed | $900.0k | 7/20/26 |