Project Grant 2625502
- The National Science Foundation Division of Electrical, Communications and Cyber Systems awarded Lehigh University $240,000 on April 1, 2027, under the Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) for collaborative research on semantic-aware collaborative perception and networking for autonomous urban mobility systems. The research establishes a new paradigm for collaborative perception and networking that enhances collective situational awareness among autonomous agents—including delivery robots,...
- The National Science Foundation Division of Computer and Network Systems awarded the University of Illinois $900,000 on July 15, 2026, under the Computer and Information Science and Engineering program (CFDA 47.070) to develop formal verification methods for AI-enabled cyber-physical systems. The project develops a unified framework centered on perception contracts—formal, machine-checkable specifications that relate what an AI perception module delivers to what the surrounding control system...
- The National Science Foundation awarded a $199,999 Project Grant to the University of Illinois under the Engineering federal grant program (CFDA 47.041). The grant supports research titled "EAGER/COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: AN AUTONOMOUS MODULAR VEHICLE TECHNOLOGY-BASED MULTIFACETED MOBILITY SERVICE PARADIGM ? A PROOF-OF-CONCEPT STUDY" from August 2021 through July 2023. The research aims to develop and test concepts for an autonomous modular vehicle technology-based mobility service model...
- The National Science Foundation Division of Computer and Network Systems awarded the University of Illinois $360,000 on August 15, 2026, under the Computer and Information Science and Engineering program (CFDA 47.070) to develop Performativity-Aware Intelligent Autonomous Systems (PIAS), a framework enabling autonomous vehicles to anticipate, monitor, and safely respond to behavior changes caused by their own actions. The project addresses a safety challenge inherent in real-world autonomous...
- The National Science Foundation Division of Information and Intelligent Systems awarded the University of Arizona $625,000 on August 1, 2026, under the Computer and Information Science and Engineering program (CFDA 47.070) to develop a semantic communications framework for low-latency and reliable cooperative perception in vehicle-to-everything (V2X) networks serving connected and autonomous vehicles. The award funds three research thrusts. The first develops machine perception-guided data...
- The University of Illinois was awarded a $528,406 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) for the period of April 1, 2021 through March 31, 2026. The grant funds a research study combining experimental and theoretical approaches to examine human interactions with automated vehicles. As part of its mission to improve engineering research and education, the NSF Engineering program supports innovation through grants like this that investigate...
- The National Science Foundation Division of Information and Intelligent Systems awarded $255,000 to North Carolina State University on August 1, 2026, under the Computer and Information Science and Engineering program (CFDA 47.070) to develop a semantic communications framework for cooperative perception in connected and autonomous vehicles. The project develops machine perception-guided data processing techniques to compress and fuse sensor data while retaining information essential for...
- This $298,747 Project Grant awarded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) under the Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CFDA 47.070) program will support collaborative research between the University of California, Irvine (UCI) and the Indian Institutes of Technology (IIT) in Kharagpur and Jodhpur. The project aims to investigate the security and robustness of Collaborative Autonomous Driving (COAD) systems, which consist of connected and autonomous vehicles (CAVs) and...
- The National Science Foundation Division of Information and Intelligent Systems awarded the University of Texas at Arlington $408,211 on July 1, 2026, under the Computer and Information Science and Engineering program (CFDA 47.070) to develop an artificial intelligence-driven framework for proactive wireless network resource management in next-generation networks. The project creates deep learning models using multi-headed transformer architecture to translate raw sensor data from cameras and...
- The National Science Foundation Division of Information and Intelligent Systems awarded the University of Miami $148,334 on October 1, 2026, under the Computer and Information Science and Engineering program (CFDA 47.070) to develop wireless networking techniques for connected autonomous mobile systems such as drones and robots. The project, titled "FieldAware: AI Native Hybrid-Field Networking for Connected Autonomous Systems," addresses communication performance in environments where...
The National Science Foundation Division of Electrical, Communications and Cyber Systems awarded Illinois Institute of Technology $200,000 on April 1, 2027, under the Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) to develop collaborative perception and networking capabilities for autonomous urban mobility systems. The research establishes a paradigm for semantic-aware information exchange that enhances collective situational awareness among distributed autonomous agents—including delivery robots and micro-vehicles—while reducing unnecessary wireless network traffic. The project produces an open-source simulation and evaluation platform supporting reproducible research on networked autonomous systems. Graduate and undergraduate students receive interdisciplinary training in wireless networking, intelligent mobility, and artificial intelligence, with outreach activities broadening participation in STEM fields. Performance occurs at Illinois Institute of Technology in Chicago, Illinois, through March 31, 2030.
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
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| Not listed | $200.0k | 8/14/26 |