Project Grant 2630163
- Federal Grant Award Summary Northeastern University received a $297,321 CAREER Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's Directorate for Engineering (CFDA 47.041) awarded January 1, 2026, with completion scheduled for February 29, 2028. The award funds research and development of a non-reciprocally-coupled load modulation (NRC-LM) platform designed to enable high-power operation of non-magnetic, non-reciprocal devices for next-generation radio frequency (RF) front ends. The primary...
- Federal Grant Award Summary Northeastern University received a $380,000 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) awarded on October 1, 2025, with completion targeted for September 30, 2028. The project, titled "Securing Spectrum Sharing in Era 4" (S3ERA4), develops RF-centric machine learning techniques to address critical spectrum security and management challenges. The research deliverables focus on creating...
- Federal Grant Award Summary The University of Massachusetts Amherst received a $459,051 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Directorate for Engineering (CFDA 47.041), awarded October 1, 2025, with completion scheduled for September 30, 2028. The project focuses on developing advanced Reconfigurable Intelligent Surface (RIS) technology for next-generation 6G wireless communication systems. The core deliverables include the development of a novel RIS technology capable of...
- Federal Grant Award Summary Northeastern University received a $900,000 Project Grant award dated January 1, 2026, from the National Science Foundation's Computer and Information Science and Engineering program (CFDA 47.070), administered through the Office of Advanced Cyberinfrastructure. The REPAIRT (Reliable and Principled AI Red-Teaming) project addresses critical security vulnerabilities in Open Radio Access Networks (O-RAN) by developing scientific and engineering foundations to detect,...
- Federal Project Grant Award Summary Northeastern University received a $759,422 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Division of Computer and Network Systems under the Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CISE) program (CFDA 47.070), effective July 15, 2025, with completion targeted for June 30, 2028. This project, titled "From Open RAN to Open Spectrum: Sharing Spectrum, Services, and Infrastructure in Spectrum Era 4," develops innovative...
- Federal Grant Award Summary New York University received a $1.08 million Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's Division of Computer and Network Systems under the Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CISE, CFDA 47.070) program, effective August 1, 2025 through July 31, 2029. The award supports research and development of energy-efficient and reconfigurable wireless networks through integrated hardware-algorithm co-design. The project addresses the critical challenge of...
- Northeastern University was awarded a $2,077,596 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation under the Computer and Information Science and Engineering program (CFDA 47.070) for the period of October 1, 2021 through September 30, 2024. The grant will support the development of X-mili, an open, programmable platform to advance wireless spectrum capabilities for 5G and 6G technologies. As part of the Computer and Information Science and Engineering program's goals of supporting...
- Federal Grant Award Summary Northeastern University received a $280,000 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's Division of Computing and Communication Foundations under the Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CISE) program (CFDA 47.070), effective October 1, 2025, with completion scheduled for September 30, 2028. The award supports collaborative research on TinyVSA (Tiny Vector Symbolic Architectures), a novel computational framework designed to enable efficient...
- Federal Grant Award Summary Northeastern University received a $562,878 CAREER (Faculty Early Career Development) award from the National Science Foundation's Directorate for Engineering (CFDA 47.041) to develop on-chip coupled resonator arrays for generating optical frequency combs. The award, issued May 1, 2026 with completion targeted for April 30, 2031, supports fundamental research to overcome current limitations in chip-integrated photonic resonators by leveraging large arrays of coupled...
- Federal Grant Award Summary The National Science Foundation's Division of Computing and Communication Foundations awarded a $400,000 Project Grant to the University of Maryland, College Park on February 1, 2026, under the Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CFDA 47.070) program. This collaborative research initiative focuses on developing ultrawideband (UWB) communications and sensing technologies utilizing true time delay arrays operating across the 7-24 GHz upper midband...
Northeastern University received a $975,835 Project Grant award dated March 15, 2026, from the National Science Foundation's Directorate for Engineering (CFDA 47.041) to develop advanced millimeter-wave (MMW) transmitter array technology for next-generation wireless communications. The project, titled "ASCENT: Heterogeneously Integrated and AI-Empowered Millimeter-Wave Wide-Bandgap Transmitter Array Towards Energy- and Spectrum-Efficient Next-G Communications," focuses on improving the energy efficiency of MMW radio systems through heterogeneous integration of wide-bandgap (WBG) semiconductor technologies and artificial intelligence-assisted optimization. The research deliverables include multi-chip assembly and packaging integration of high-power WBG power amplifier circuits, dynamic optimization algorithms from individual elements to array system levels, and AI-driven real-time efficiency enhancements. The project addresses critical national priorities by reducing energy consumption in wireless networks to support net-zero emission goals and mitigate carbon emissions from global communication infrastructure. By improving MMW system efficiency and enabling better utilization of higher frequency spectrum bands, the research will help alleviate congestion in lower frequency sub-6-GHz bands and promote spectrum sustainability. The award has a completion date of December 31, 2027, and includes integrated educational and outreach activities to expand the program's impact on the next generation of researchers and professionals in wireless communications technology.Federal Grant Award Summary
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
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| Not listed | $975.8k | 7/15/26 |