Project Grant 2553344
- Federal Grant Award Summary Rowan University received a $199,999 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Directorate for Engineering (CFDA 47.041) awarded June 15, 2026, with completion targeted for May 31, 2028. The award supports research on encapsulated catalysts designed to selectively upgrade lignin-derived molecules for sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) blendstocks. The primary deliverable is the development of porous catalysts utilizing nanoscale confinement to enable...
- Federal Project Grant Summary Rowan University received a $124,941 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's Division of Undergraduate Education under the STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076), effective October 1, 2025, through September 30, 2028. This collaborative research initiative develops and delivers a game-based educational intervention designed to enhance engineering students' ethical judgment through immersive, narrative-driven scenarios that present realistic...
- Federal Grant Award Summary Rutgers, The State University received a $200,000 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships program (CFDA 47.084) awarded on August 15, 2025, with an ultimate completion date of July 31, 2027. This planning grant funds the development of a sensor-enabled testbed infrastructure that integrates wireless networking and artificial intelligence (AI) capabilities to support research across both "AI for...
- Federal Project Grant Award Summary Rutgers, The State University received a $360,000 Project Grant award dated September 1, 2025, from the National Science Foundation's Division of Electrical, Communications and Cyber Systems under the Engineering program (CFDA 47.041). The project, titled "MIMO ISAC for High-Rate Communication and Accurate Situational Awareness in High-Mobility Scenarios," will be performed in New Brunswick, New Jersey, with an ultimate completion date of August...
- Federal Project Grant Award Summary Rowan University received a $200,000 Engineering Project Grant (CFDA 47.041) from the National Science Foundation's Division of Electrical, Communications and Cyber Systems, awarded October 1, 2025, with completion targeted for September 30, 2027. The project delivers the development of a portable, real-time sensor system for detecting per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS)—commonly known as "forever chemicals"—in water. The sensor integrates a...
- The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded Rowan University a $173,852 Project Grant under the Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CFDA 47.070) federal grant program. The grant, titled "CRII: SATC: A Framework for Usable Self-Sovereign Digital Identities," aims to advance the field of self-sovereign digital identities (SSDIs) through a multi-phased research approach focused on usability and the development of practical communication protocols. The key products and...
- Rowan University received a $300,000 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation Division of Electrical, Communications and Cyber Systems to support the research project "COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: SWIFT: WIDEBAND SPECTRUM COEXISTENCE ENABLED BY PHOTONIC CIRCUITS: CROSS-LAYER DESIGN AND IMPLEMENTATION" from September 1, 2021 through August 31, 2024. This award is part of the NSF Directorate for Engineering's Engineering program (CFDA 47.041), which seeks to improve quality of...
- Rowan University received a $329,493 National Science Foundation Project Grant under the Computer and Information Science and Engineering program (CFDA 47.070) for the period of October 1, 2021 through September 30, 2024. The grant supports collaborative research titled "COOPERATIVE AI INFERENCE IN VEHICULAR EDGE NETWORKS FOR ADVANCED DRIVER-ASSISTANCE SYSTEMS." This project aims to develop cooperative artificial intelligence techniques for vehicular edge networks to support advanced...
- Federal Project Grant Award Summary Rowan University received a $650,000 project grant awarded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Chemical, Bioengineering, Environmental, and Transport Systems under the Engineering program (CFDA 47.041), effective July 1, 2025, through June 30, 2030. The primary deliverable is the development of lipid nanoparticles (LNPs) as investigative tools to study the role of hypoxia and inflammation in disease progression, with particular emphasis on...
- Federal Project Grant Award Summary Swarthmore College received a $248,362 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 June 1, 2026 through May 31, 2029. This Research at Undergraduate Institutions (RUI) award supports the development of privacy-preserving techniques for sharing network data. The project delivers mathematically rigorous,...
Federal Grant Award Summary Rowan University received a $199,865 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Directorate for Engineering (CFDA 47.041), effective July 1, 2026 through June 30, 2028. The award funds research to develop a secure and privacy-preserving semantic communication framework for wireless edge networks. The project leverages vision-language models (VLMs)—advanced artificial intelligence systems capable of processing multimodal data including text, images, and sensing signals—to enable efficient information exchange while protecting sensitive user data such as identity, location, and behavioral patterns. By transmitting only task-relevant semantic content rather than raw data, the research aims to reduce communication overhead, improve network efficiency, and enhance system intelligence for emerging applications in autonomous systems, intelligent transportation, environmental monitoring, and advanced mobile services. Beyond fundamental research deliverables, the project integrates developed technologies into new curricular modules and experiential engineering projects at Rowan University's location in Glassboro, New Jersey. This educational component provides undergraduate and graduate students with hands-on exposure to secure semantic communication systems and privacy-preserving technologies, contributing to workforce development in wireless communications and cybersecurity. The two-year award positions the research to establish trustworthy foundations for future wireless networks that balance improved connectivity with individual privacy protection.
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Not listed | $199.9k | 6/23/26 |