Project Grant 2600254
- Federal Grant Award Summary The University of Connecticut received a $500,000 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's Division of Undergraduate Education under the STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076), awarded August 15, 2025, with completion targeted for July 31, 2030. This collaborative research initiative will develop and implement AI-powered personalized learning tools and instructional redesigns at the University of Connecticut and the University of Missouri to transform...
- Federal Grant Award Summary The University of Connecticut received a $400,000 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's Division of Civil, Mechanical, and Manufacturing Innovation under the Engineering program (CFDA 47.041), effective October 1, 2025 through September 30, 2028. The project delivers research and development of immunomodulating cartilage tissue constructs designed to function in both terrestrial and space environments. The primary deliverables include engineered...
- Federal Grant Award Summary The University of Connecticut received a $438,079 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's Division of Molecular and Cellular Biosciences under the Biological Sciences program (CFDA 47.074), effective August 1, 2025 through July 31, 2028. This collaborative research initiative investigates the fundamental mechanisms by which filamentous fungi detect, survive, and recover from cell wall damage, using the model organism Aspergillus nidulans. Research...
- Federal Project Grant Award Summary The University of Connecticut received a $180,000 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Information and Intelligent Systems under the Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CISE) program (CFDA 47.070), awarded November 1, 2025, with completion by October 31, 2028. This collaborative research initiative develops data-driven and artificial intelligence (AI)-powered innovations to address the interconnected challenges...
- Federal Project Grant Award Summary The University of Connecticut received a $508,318 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's Division of Undergraduate Education under the STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076), awarded October 1, 2025, with completion targeted for September 30, 2028. This collaborative research initiative delivers an integrated game-based educational intervention and assessment system designed to enhance engineering students' ethical judgment capabilities. The...
- Federal Grant Award Summary The National Science Foundation's Division of Chemical, Bioengineering, Environmental, and Transport Systems awarded $422,247 on September 15, 2025, to Lawrence Technological University under the Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) for a collaborative research project examining nanomaterial-cell interactions. This project grant, scheduled for completion by December 31, 2026, will deliver research findings on how nanoscale-structured surfaces influence cellular...
- Federal Grant Award Summary Yale University received a $300,000 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Civil, Mechanical, and Manufacturing Innovation under the Engineering program (CFDA 47.041), awarded December 1, 2025, with completion anticipated November 30, 2028. This collaborative research project delivers theoretical models and experimental analysis of bacterial biofilm growth and morphogenesis in constrained environments. The primary deliverables include...
- Federal Grant Award Summary The University of Connecticut Health Center received a $252,629 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's Division of Biological Infrastructure under the Biological Sciences program (CFDA 47.074), effective September 15, 2025, through August 31, 2029. This award supports the development and sustainment of cyberinfrastructure for the Network for Advanced NMR (NAN), a distributed resource providing high-field nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR)...
- Federal Grant Award Summary The National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Electrical, Communications and Cyber Systems awarded $200,000 to the University of Massachusetts on June 15, 2025, under the Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) for a project titled "Closed-Loop Hybrid Intelligence with Optogenetic-Neuromorphic Co-Designed Cell Interfaces." The project, scheduled for completion by May 31, 2028, delivers advanced engineering tools and methods that integrate high-resolution...
- Federal Grant Award Summary Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) received a $450,000 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's Division of Chemical, Bioengineering, Environmental, and Transport Systems under the Engineering program (CFDA 47.041), effective August 1, 2025, through July 31, 2028. This renewal award funds the development of computational and theoretical methods for designing molecular recognition systems that mimic antibody functionality in synthetic sensors...
The University of Connecticut received a $427,467 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's Division of Chemical, Bioengineering, Environmental, and Transport Systems under the Engineering program (CFDA 47.041), effective May 1, 2026 through April 30, 2029. The project, "Divergent Binder Engineering Through Multi-Pathway Protein Display," will deliver computational modeling, experimental screening datasets, and artificial intelligence (AI) training models designed to improve the development of intracellular protein binders for therapeutic drug applications. The research will employ a yeast display platform to screen tens of millions of binder variants under both oxidizing and reducing cellular environments, utilizing high-throughput fluorescence-activated cell sorting and Forster Resonance Energy Transfer monitoring to assess binding specificity and reduce off-target binding in crowded intracellular environments. In addition to research deliverables, the project incorporates workforce development components, including integration of the technology platform into a new undergraduate course and provision of research opportunities for local high school students. The resulting datasets and AI models generated through this initiative are intended to advance the broader field of intracellular therapeutic protein design and contribute to the NSF Engineering program's objectives of fostering innovation and excellence in engineering research while developing a skilled engineering workforce.Federal Grant Award Summary
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
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| Not listed | $427.5k | 5/11/26 |