Project Grant 2618898
- The National Science Foundation Division of Information and Intelligent Systems awarded The Administrators of Tulane Educational Fund (Tulane University) $500,000 on August 1, 2026, for a Project Grant under the Computer and Information Science and Engineering program (CFDA 47.070). The award funds collaborative research on blockchain sharding scalability through coordinated innovations in algorithms, system design, and hardware architecture. At the algorithmic layer, the project develops a...
- Federal Grant Award Summary New Mexico State University received a $600,000 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Computer and Network Systems under the Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CISE) program (CFDA 47.070), effective October 1, 2025, through September 30, 2028. This award funds research to address fundamental challenges in Layer 2 blockchain scaling solutions, specifically focusing on Payment Channel Networks (PCNs) and state channels...
- The National Science Foundation Division of Computing and Communication Foundations awarded the University of New Mexico $402,603 on August 15, 2026, under the Computer and Information Science and Engineering program (CFDA 47.070) to develop resource-efficient Byzantine agreement protocols for distributed systems. The project addresses fundamental Byzantine agreement problems that underpin modern applications including blockchains, federated learning, distributed AI agents, wireless networks,...
- The National Science Foundation Division of Computing and Communication Foundations awarded Augusta University Research Institute, Inc. $285,952 on August 15, 2026, under the Computer and Information Science and Engineering program (CFDA 47.070) to develop resource-efficient Byzantine agreement protocols and algorithms that improve the performance and security of distributed systems. The project addresses the Byzantine agreement problem—foundational to blockchain, federated learning, distributed...
- The National Science Foundation awarded a $157,203 Project Grant to the University of Arizona under the Computer and Information Science and Engineering federal grant program (CFDA 47.070) to conduct research related to scaling general-purpose processors into the exascale era. Specifically, the award will fund research to design reconfigurable aggregated virtual chips utilizing heterogeneous aggregated chiplets and a hybrid wireless interconnection network. This is intended to enable systems...
- The National Science Foundation awarded a $399,438 project grant to Northeastern University for research titled "COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: SATC: CORE: MEDIUM: FROM DISTRIBUTED CRYPTOGRAPHY TO BLOCKCHAIN AND BACK." The grant was awarded on May 1, 2021 under the Computer and Information Science and Engineering program (CFDA 47.070) to support investigator-initiated research and education in computing, communications, and information science and engineering. Northeastern University will...
- This Project Grant award in the amount of $165,000, provided by the National Science Foundation (NSF) under its Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CISE) program (CFDA 47.070), aims to enhance eventual data consistency in large-scale, multidimensional scientific computing through the development of a lightweight in-memory distributed ledger system. The project, led by Augusta University Research Institute, Inc. (dba Georgia Health Sciences), a non-profit research organization, will...
- The National Science Foundation Division of Computing and Communication Foundations awarded Arizona State University $250,000 on August 1, 2026, under the Computer and Information Science and Engineering program (CFDA 47.070) to develop graph-centric multi-agent systems powered by large language models. The project develops new graph-based methods for designing, executing, and adapting multi-agent AI systems in which agents are represented as nodes and their interactions as edges in a dynamic...
- The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a $400,000 Project Grant under the Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CFDA 47.070) program to Arizona State University, Division (doing business as Orspa), for the project "COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: SHF: MEDIUM: TINY CHIPLETS FOR BIG AI: A RECONFIGURABLE-ON-PACKAGE SYSTEM". This 4-year project (7/1/2024 - 6/30/2028) aims to pioneer a computing system for massive AI workloads, including new architectural and design automation...
- The National Science Foundation awarded Forward Edge Ai Inc. a $997,567 cooperative agreement under the NSF Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships program (CFDA 47.084) to develop a blockchain system for preserving integrity of communication channels. The two-year project will create and test technical solutions using blockchain to help maintain the security and trustworthiness of digital connections and exchanges of information. Forward Edge Ai will perform the work in San Antonio, Texas...
The National Science Foundation Division of Information and Intelligent Systems awarded the University of Arizona $500,000 on August 1, 2026, under the Computer and Information Science and Engineering program (CFDA 47.070) to develop a cross-layer framework for scalable blockchain sharding through coordinated innovations in algorithms, system design, and hardware architecture. The research addresses core scalability and efficiency barriers in sharded blockchain systems by developing a graph neural network-based shard formation method that organizes shards according to user interaction patterns and network evolution trends, introducing a layered trie structure based on an extended Merkle Patricia Trie to accelerate state synchronization and node lookups during shard reconfiguration, designing transaction-buffering mechanisms to minimize cross-shard communication, and developing adaptive hot-shard-splitting approaches. The project leverages artificial intelligence methods to overcome cross-shard communication delays, workload imbalance, high transaction verification overhead, and shard reconfiguration costs. The award supports open-source research, workforce development, and research-driven education by engaging undergraduate, graduate, and K–12 students in blockchain and computing research activities. Performance occurs in Tucson, Arizona, with a period of performance from August 1, 2026, through July 31, 2029. The $500,000 obligation represents the total funding committed to this project grant.
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
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| Not listed | $500.0k | 7/26/26 |