Project Grant 2551623
- Grant Award Summary The University of Illinois received a $904,686 Project Grant 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 October 1, 2025 through September 30, 2029. This award funds research addressing the integration of formal verification methods with visual computing systems to establish mathematical frameworks and algorithms that guarantee the...
- The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a $969,060 Project Grant under the Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CISE) program to the University of Illinois to develop a novel solution called "Data-Enabled Simplex" or "DESIMPLEX" to address the urgent need for end-to-end safety in learning-enabled autonomous systems. The project aims to: (i) improve high-performance autonomy with reliable uncertainty quantification methods to ensure data-driven...
- Federal Project Grant Award Summary The University of Illinois received a $450,626 CAREER (Facultative Early-Career Development Program) 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) for a five-year project running from July 1, 2025 through June 30, 2030. The project develops a novel computer vision framework that learns and understands the physical world through a...
- Federal Project Grant Award Summary The University of Illinois 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 September 1, 2025 through August 31, 2028. The award funds research and development of Neural Probabilistic Circuits, an interpretable neuro-symbolic artificial intelligence (AI) system designed to address the...
- The University of Illinois was awarded a $528,406 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) for the period of April 1, 2021 through March 31, 2026. The grant funds a research study combining experimental and theoretical approaches to examine human interactions with automated vehicles. As part of its mission to improve engineering research and education, the NSF Engineering program supports innovation through grants like this that investigate...
- The University of Illinois was awarded a $1,200,000 project grant from the National Science Foundation Division of Information and Intelligent Systems. The grant is part of the NSF's Computer and Information Science and Engineering program (CFDA #47.070) and will support the creation of knowledge through all-novel-class computer vision research from September 2021 through August 2025. As part of the grant, the University will conduct investigator-initiated research and education in computer...
- Federal Project Grant Award Summary The University of Illinois received a $420,719 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), awarded July 1, 2026, with completion targeted for June 30, 2031. This CAREER award supports research to enable ultra-low-cost, cloud-free artificial intelligence (AI) data processing at the edge by developing integrated...
- Federal Grant Award Summary The University of Illinois received a $200,000 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), awarded April 15, 2025, with completion targeted for March 31, 2028. This collaborative research initiative develops an accurate and privacy-preserving multi-camera surveillance system designed for smart city applications. The project...
- Federal Grant Award Summary The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a Project Grant of $356,787 to the University of Illinois under the Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CFDA 47.070) program, with an award date of July 15, 2026 and completion target of June 30, 2031. This CAREER award funds research to develop a new generation of artificial intelligence (AI) agents capable of self-monitoring, self-evaluation, and self-regulation through language-guided introspection. The...
- This $120,000 Project Grant was awarded on July 1, 2024 by the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CISE) program (CFDA 47.070) to the Regents of the University of California at Riverside (UC Riverside). The funding will support a collaborative research project focused on enhancing the safety and reliability of autonomous driving systems through the development of advanced detection and countermeasure techniques at the application, system, and...
The University of Illinois received a $900,000 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 July 15, 2026, with completion targeted for June 30, 2029. The project delivers a unified framework centered on perception contracts—formal, machine-checkable specifications that establish the relationship between artificial intelligence perception modules and the control system requirements necessary for safe system operation. The work integrates formal verification, control theory, and generative artificial intelligence to make operating design domains explicit and computable for autonomous systems including self-driving vehicles, drones, and aircraft, providing engineers with clearer design boundaries and certification authorities with a rigorous basis for regulatory approval. Beyond the core technical framework, the award supports substantial educational and outreach contributions including new undergraduate and graduate coursework modules, a vision-based autonomous racing competition with publicly released benchmarks, mentoring of student teams in international drone racing competitions, and a summer camp introducing high school students to autonomy and robotics through hands-on experiences with real vehicles. These deliverables collectively aim to advance the trustworthiness and safety of AI-enabled autonomous systems while building workforce capacity in robotics and autonomous systems design across multiple educational levels.
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Not listed | $900.0k | 7/10/26 |