Project Grant 2626002
- The National Science Foundation Office of Integrative Activities awarded the University of Texas at Austin $242,000 on September 1, 2026, under the Geosciences program (CFDA 47.050) to develop and evaluate benchmark problems that assess the practical potential of quantum computing for geoscience applications. The project identifies realistic geoscience problems suitable for quantum approaches and establishes pilot studies to test quantum methods against conventional computational approaches....
- The National Science Foundation Office of Integrative Activities awarded New Jersey Institute of Technology $448,384 on August 1, 2026, under the Geosciences program (CFDA 47.050) to develop artificial intelligence–enabled methods for forecasting thermospheric density from several hours to several days ahead with uncertainty quantification and explainability. The project will couple physics-aware density models with probabilistic predictions of solar and geomagnetic drivers, propagating driver...
- The National Science Foundation Office of Integrative Activities awarded $341,532 to The Research Foundation For The State University Of New York (operating as Stony Brook University) on April 1, 2026, to support the Quantum Technologies for the Geosciences Workshop under the Geosciences program (CFDA 47.050). The award funds a workshop convening experts in quantum information science and geosciences to examine how quantum computing, quantum sensing, and quantum networking could address...
- The National Science Foundation Office of Integrative Activities awarded Rutgers, The State University $449,734 on August 1, 2026, under the Geosciences program (CFDA 47.050) to develop artificial intelligence-enabled, physics-aware methods for forecasting thermospheric density from several hours to several days ahead and to quantify forecast uncertainty and explainability. The project develops a multi-component framework coupling physics-aware density models with probabilistic predictions of...
- The National Science Foundation Office of Integrative Activities awarded the University of Maryland, College Park $500,000 on August 1, 2026, to develop a data-centric geoscience foundation model for predicting extreme weather events including floods and droughts. The project will construct an artificial intelligence framework using event-manifold learning that treats each extreme event as a coherent, trackable object with spatial footprint and contextual drivers, rather than isolated data...
- Federal Project Grant Award Summary The New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT) received a $149,997 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Mathematical Sciences under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) for the period September 1, 2025 through August 31, 2028. The grant supports research on spatially quasi-periodic water waves, addressing the limitations of traditional periodic and decay-to-zero modeling assumptions used in water wave...
- This $150,000 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Mathematical Sciences supports research to develop quantum algorithms for modeling human dynamics and enhancing threat detection capabilities. The award, effective September 1, 2023 through August 31, 2026, aims to harness the power of quantum computing to improve upon classical computational methods for analyzing spatio-temporal human behavior data. The proposed framework can be used to discover anomalies...
- This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's Geosciences program (CFDA 47.050) will support research by Texas Tech University to investigate the predictability of severe weather events, such as tornadoes, hail, and flooding, under current and future climate conditions. The $380,904 award, effective from September 1, 2023 to August 31, 2026, will involve creating and analyzing large datasets of numerical weather model forecasts to understand how and why the predictability of...
- The National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Atmospheric and Geospace Sciences awarded a $297,316 project grant to the New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT) to conduct collaborative research on convective processes in the tropics. The project, which runs from January 1, 2024 to December 31, 2026, aims to improve understanding of the interaction between small-scale cloud and storm details and large-scale rainfall patterns in the tropics. Key activities include leveraging advanced...
- The National Science Foundation Office of Integrative Activities awarded the University of Florida $498,884 on August 1, 2026, to develop a data-centric geoscience foundation model for predicting extreme weather events including floods and droughts under the Geosciences program (CFDA 47.050). The project will construct an artificial intelligence framework using event-manifold learning to encode extreme events as latent trajectories with spatial footprint and contextual drivers. Lightweight...
The National Science Foundation Office of Integrative Activities awarded New Jersey Institute of Technology $266,449 on February 1, 2027, under the Geosciences program (CFDA 47.050) to explore the feasibility of using quantum computing to predict extreme atmospheric events including floods, tsunamis, storms, and turbulent atmospheric bursts. The project combines quantum information science and geophysical fluid dynamics to investigate whether quantum reservoir computing can provide a computational advantage for predicting extreme events when the target system is described by shallow water equations on the rotating sphere. Classical numerical weather prediction faces prohibitive ensemble costs when capturing rare, high-amplitude events, and data-driven models systematically underpredict them. The project will also train researchers at the intersection of quantum computing, fluid dynamics, and machine learning, addressing workforce development in an emerging field. Better forecasting of heat waves, flash floods, and blocking-driven precipitation extremes carries direct public-safety value. Work is performed in Newark, New Jersey. The award runs through January 31, 2031. No subawards are planned.
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Not listed | $266.4k | 8/11/26 |