Project Grant 2553227
- Federal Project Grant Award Summary CAL State LA University Auxiliary Services Inc. received a $499,867 Project Grant award effective January 1, 2026, through December 31, 2028, from the National Science Foundation's Division of Undergraduate Education under the STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076). This implementation and evaluation project aims to transform mathematics education by embedding computation, programming, and data science into undergraduate curricula across Pasadena City College...
- Federal Project Grant Award Summary The National Science Foundation's Office of Integrative Activities (CFDA 47.083) awarded $999,470 to the Board of Regents of the Nevada System of Higher Education on August 15, 2025, for collaborative research to establish infrastructure for artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML)-driven discovery of small molecules to combat antibiotic resistance, biofilms, and aflatoxin contamination. The project, led by South Dakota State University in...
- Federal Project Grant Award Summary The National Science Foundation (NSF) Office of Integrative Activities (CFDA 47.083) awarded $809,743 to South Dakota School of Mines & Technology on August 15, 2025, for a collaborative research project extending through July 31, 2029. This use-inspired project establishes infrastructure for artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML)-driven discovery of small molecules to address antibiotic resistance, biofilms, and aflatoxin contamination....
- Federal Grant Award Summary South Dakota State University (SDSU), in collaboration with South Dakota Mines (SDM) and the University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV), received a $2.19M Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's Integrative Activities program (CFDA 47.083) awarded August 15, 2025, to establish infrastructure for artificial intelligence and machine learning-driven discovery of small molecules combating antibiotic resistance, biofilms, and aflatoxin contamination. The...
- Federal Grant Award Summary The National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Biological Infrastructure awarded $1.2 million to the University of California, San Diego under the Biological Sciences program (CFDA 47.074) to develop advanced computational tools for peptide sequencing analysis. Initiated November 1, 2025, and extending through October 31, 2029, this Project Grant funds the creation of novel algorithms and software designed to overcome current limitations in mass...
- Federal Project Grant Award Summary The National Science Foundation's Division of Human Resource Development awarded a $304,732 CREST Postdoctoral Research Program (CREST-PRP) Project Grant to the University of California, Merced on June 15, 2025, with a completion date of May 31, 2027. This award supports a postdoctoral fellowship under the STEM Education (CFDA 47.076) federal grant program. The primary deliverable is advanced research and workforce development services focused on investigating...
- Federal Grant Award Summary The National Science Foundation's Division of Chemical, Bioengineering, Environmental, and Transport Systems (CBETS) awarded $420,000 to the University of California Santa Cruz under the Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) for a three-year project period beginning August 1, 2025 and concluding July 31, 2028. The project will develop photodynamic bactericidal agents based on single-atom photocatalysts (SAPs) to address waterborne pathogen contamination and provide a...
- Federal Project Grant Award Summary The University of California, Irvine received a $343,554 Project Grant award dated May 1, 2026, from the National Science Foundation's Division of Chemical, Bioengineering, Environmental, and Transport Systems under the Engineering program (CFDA 47.041). This three-year research initiative, extending through April 30, 2029, will deliver a directed evolution workflow for surface-displayed enzymes on Bacillus subtilis spore particles, designed to identify and...
- Federal Project Grant Award Summary The National Science Foundation's Division of Materials Research is funding a three-year research initiative at the University of California, Merced, under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) with an obligation of $418,423. Awarded on September 1, 2025, this project establishes a new synthetic route for fabricating mesoporous peptide crystals derived from synthetically modified collagen-mimetic peptides. The research will demonstrate...
- Federal Grant Award Summary This $174,999 Project Grant award, issued September 1, 2025, by the National Science Foundation's Division of Computing and Communication Foundations under the Computer and Information Science and Engineering program (CFDA 47.070), supports a unified Large Language Model (LLM)-empowered framework for systematic software performance issue testing, localization, and optimization at California State University Long Beach Research Foundation. The project will deliver...
CAL State LA University Auxiliary Services Inc. received $199,868 in funding from the National Science Foundation's Division of Chemical, Bioengineering, Environmental, and Transport Systems under the Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) for an Engineering Research Initiation (ERI) grant awarded May 1, 2026, with completion targeted for April 30, 2028. The project delivers a multimodal embedding framework and computational workflow designed to accelerate the discovery and development of antimicrobial peptides (AMPs) as alternatives to traditional antibiotics in addressing antibiotic-resistant pathogens. The primary technical deliverable is an advanced artificial intelligence-based classification system that combines sequence embeddings from pre-trained peptide language models with structural and physicochemical property data, implementing positive-unlabeled learning methodology to improve prediction accuracy by treating untested peptide sequences appropriately rather than as negative examples. Beyond the core computational framework, the award supports educational and workforce development outcomes through training of undergraduate students in artificial intelligence methodologies, contributing to the development of a skilled scientific workforce capable of addressing public health challenges related to drug-resistant infections. The project's analytical components include geometry analysis of peptide space to identify underexplored regions, with the ultimate goal of producing identified candidate antimicrobial peptides suitable for further experimental validation and development. This research addresses critical national priorities in biotechnology and computational innovation while serving California State University, Los Angeles' mission as a minority-serving and Hispanic-Serving Institution.Federal Project Grant Award Summary
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
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| Not listed | $199.9k | 4/27/26 |