Project Grant 2614885
- The National Science Foundation Office of Integrative Activities awarded the University of Hawaii at Manoa $2 million on September 1, 2026, under the Focused EPSCOR Collaborations (FEC) program (CFDA 47.083) to develop and validate artificial intelligence-enabled environmental surveillance technologies for detecting microbial pathogens and chemical contaminants in food production systems. The project integrates artificial intelligence with environmental sampling, metagenomics, and...
- The National Science Foundation Office of Integrative Activities awarded the Board of Regents of the University of Nebraska $300,000 on May 1, 2026, under the Integrative Activities program (CFDA 47.083) to develop an artificial intelligence test platform for analyzing plant single-cell protein data. The recipient will create user-friendly tools that integrate protein and gene data, allowing plant scientists to query emerging single-cell proteomics and transcriptomics through natural language...
- The National Science Foundation Office of Integrative Activities awarded $1,569,867 to the Board of Regents of the University of Nebraska, through its University of Nebraska Medical Center division, on August 1, 2026, under the Integrative Activities program (CFDA 47.083) to support collaborative research on engineering lodging-resilient cereal crops. The project combines artificial intelligence, biomechanics, genomics, and plant biology to identify why corn, wheat, and sorghum stalks fail and...
- The Department of Agriculture National Institute of Food and Agriculture awarded the Board of Regents of the University of Nebraska $649,439 on September 1, 2026, under the Agriculture and Food Research Initiative (AFRI) program (CFDA 10.310) to develop tools that detect proximity to regime change in agroecosystems and signal declining resilience in agricultural production systems. The project addresses the identification of critical thresholds and drivers of change in agroecosystems to...
- The National Science Foundation Division of Information and Intelligent Systems awarded the Board of Regents of the University of Nebraska $782,358 on August 1, 2026, under the Computer and Information Science and Engineering program (CFDA 47.070) to develop artificial non-neural networks inspired by bacterial gene regulatory mechanisms for energy-efficient artificial intelligence on edge computing devices. The research unfolds across three interconnected thrusts. The first thrust investigates...
- The National Science Foundation Office of Integrative Activities awarded the University of Nebraska $1,892,600 on August 1, 2026, under the Integrative Activities program (CFDA 47.083) to develop crop-specific consortia of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi designed to boost drought tolerance in rice and wheat. The project, led by Arkansas State University in collaboration with the University of Kansas, Kansas State University, and the University of Nebraska, will combine plant-fungal experimentation,...
- 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...
- The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a Project Grant under the Integrative Activities (IA) program (CFDA 47.083) to the Board of Regents of the University of Nebraska, doing business as the University of Nebraska, in the amount of $145,150 on April 15, 2024. This 2-year project will provide a fellowship to an Assistant Research Professor at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln to conduct collaborative research with the University of Washington. The project aims to determine how...
- The National Science Foundation Division of Information and Intelligent Systems awarded the Board of Regents of the University of Nebraska $433,609 on July 1, 2026, under the Computer and Information Science and Engineering program (CFDA 47.070) to develop trustworthy artificial intelligence frameworks for network autonomy in Open Radio Access Networks (O-RAN) supporting next-generation 6G mobile networks. The research program will design domain-informed AI/ML innovations addressing three...
- The National Science Foundation Division of Undergraduate Education awarded the Board of Regents of the University of Nebraska $349,735 on October 1, 2026, under the STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076) to design and implement AI-enabled virtual assistants that support metacognitive learning in undergraduate biology and bioinformatics courses. The project will develop and experimentally compare multiple virtual assistant designs—including unmoderated access, example-based support, conceptual...
The National Science Foundation Office of Integrative Activities awarded the Board of Regents of the University of Nebraska $2 million on September 1, 2026, under the Integrative Activities program (CFDA 47.083) to develop and validate AI-enabled environmental surveillance technologies that detect microbial pathogens and chemical contaminants in food production systems. The recipient will integrate artificial intelligence with environmental sampling, metagenomics, and high-resolution mass spectrometry to identify biological and chemical hazards in aquaculture, livestock, and related agricultural environments. Novel AI models will improve signal detection, facilitate interpretation of complex metagenomic and non-targeted spectrometry datasets, and forecast risks associated with pathogen emergence and contaminant accumulation. System integration and field testing will demonstrate effectiveness in protecting animal health, enhancing food safety, and improving resilience of food production systems. The award supports a Focused EPSCOR Collaborations project that leverages research capacities at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln and the University of Hawai'i at Mānoa, strengthening research capacity and infrastructure in both EPSCOR jurisdictions while establishing a sustainable interdisciplinary partnership focused on food system security. The five-year project runs through August 31, 2030, with place of performance in Lincoln, Nebraska.
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
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| Not listed | $2.0m | 7/16/26 |