Project Grant 2616450
- The National Science Foundation Office of Integrative Activities awarded the University of Nevada, Reno Board of Regents of Nevada System of Higher Education $325,000 on October 1, 2026, for collaborative research developing physics-informed conditional generative deep learning frameworks to characterize fractured rock systems using hydraulic and tracer tomography. The research will create artificial intelligence tools to generate accurate maps of underground fracture networks by estimating...
- The National Science Foundation Office of Integrative Activities awarded the University of Kansas Center For Research Inc. $453,579 on October 1, 2026, under the Geosciences program (CFDA 47.050) to develop artificial intelligence frameworks for mapping and characterizing active fault systems globally. The project will create AI tools that integrate geophysical and geological constraints within physically informed learning models to infer fault properties and map active fault networks across...
- The National Science Foundation Office of Integrative Activities awarded $223,204 to the University of Nevada, Las Vegas on August 1, 2026, for collaborative geologic research investigating Eocene arc initiation during plate reorganization in southern Alaska under the Geosciences program. The research team will collect detailed sedimentologic and structural field data and bedrock and modern river sand samples from the ~50- to 25-million-year-old Aleutian-Meshik arc and forearc basin on the...
- The National Science Foundation Division of Information and Intelligent Systems awarded $219,000 to the Board of Regents of Nevada System of Higher Education, doing business as University of Nevada, Las Vegas, on October 1, 2026, under the Computer and Information Science and Engineering program (CFDA 47.070). The award funds a five-year CAREER project developing dependable methods for identifying, adapting, and integrating reusable software changes across long-lived software variants. Modern...
- The National Science Foundation Office of Integrative Activities awarded $499,863 to the Desert Research Institute (Research Administration Services and Compliance Division of the Nevada System of Higher Education) on October 1, 2026, for physics-informed conditional generative deep learning research on fractured rock systems. The three-year project, running through September 30, 2029, develops artificial intelligence tools to create accurate maps of underground fracture networks by combining...
- The National Science Foundation Division of Ocean Sciences awarded the Board of Regents of Nevada System of Higher Education (operating as University of Nevada, Reno) $182,990 on September 1, 2026, to investigate fault slip associated with very large earthquakes, specifically the 2011 Tohoku-Oki earthquake. The award funds analysis of fault zone samples recovered from hundreds of meters below the seafloor at three core sites on the plate boundary fault, sites separated by 30 meters but...
- This National Science Foundation (NSF) Integrative Activities (CFDA 47.083) Project Grant award of $299,862 to the University of Nevada, Reno will support research to develop a new framework for integrating machine learning and physics-based computational models to create "digital twins" of dynamic systems. The research aims to address limitations in current hybrid data-driven modeling approaches by embedding neural networks within physics-based models to better account for modeling...
- This National Science Foundation (NSF) Integrative Activities program (CFDA 47.083) Project Grant award of $286,612 will support the development of an explainable AI-based performance monitoring system for distributed sustainable energy networks at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV). The project aims to improve the reliability of sustainable energy systems, such as solar and wind power, by utilizing AI and multi-modal learning techniques to detect and classify anomalies. Key objectives...
- The National Science Foundation Directorate for Mathematical and Physical Sciences awarded the Board of Regents of Nevada System of Higher Education, doing business as the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, $601,013 on September 1, 2026, under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) to model the properties of planets throughout galactic history in response to chemical evolution. The research models how the chemical composition of the galaxy evolves over time through...
- The National Science Foundation Division of Astronomical Sciences awarded the Board of Regents of Nevada System of Higher Education, doing business as University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV), $210,198 in project grant funding on September 1, 2026, under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) for collaborative research analyzing observations from the Hydrogen Epoch of Reionization Array (HERA). UNLV and a research team from the University of California, Berkeley will...
The National Science Foundation Office of Integrative Activities awarded the Board of Regents of Nevada System of Higher Education, doing business as University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV), $589,714 under the Geosciences program on October 1, 2026, for collaborative research integrating artificial intelligence and neotectonics for data-driven global active fault mapping. The project will develop an artificial intelligence framework for mapping and interpreting active fault networks across tectonically variable regions, combining geophysical and geological constraints within physically informed learning models to infer fault properties. The work will employ interpretable learning approaches to advance beyond simple feature detection toward uncertainty-aware and physically meaningful fault-system mapping, with resulting workflows benchmarked against well-characterized fault systems. Reproducible tools and datasets will be released for broader community use. The research addresses gaps in fault mapping worldwide, supporting improved understanding of earthquake hazards and creating training opportunities for students at the intersection of computing and earth science. Performance occurs in Las Vegas, Nevada. The period of performance extends from October 1, 2026, through September 30, 2029. No subawards are planned. This is a Project Grant (assistance type).
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Not listed | $589.7k | 7/29/26 |