This EAGER (Early-concept Grants for Exploratory Research) federal Project Grant award of $300,000 is provided by the National Science Foundation through its Office of International Science and Engineering (OISE) program (CFDA 47.079). The goal of this 2-year project is to develop and deploy artificial intelligence (AI)-driven tools to enhance agricultural productivity and sustainability worldwide. The key products and services to be delivered include: (1) Developing hybrid machine learning...
The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) awarded a $390,000 Project Grant under the USAID Foreign Assistance for Programs Overseas (CFDA 98.001) program to Research ICT Africa NPC, a non-profit organization based in South Africa. The grant is titled "ADVANCING GLOBAL RESPONSIBLE ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE MEASUREMENT" and has an award period from October 1, 2023 to September 30, 2025. The project aims to support capacity building, policy reform, and technical assistance...
This federal Project Grant award of $650,000.00, provided by the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) under the USAID Foreign Assistance for Programs Overseas (CFDA 98.001) program, is funding the testing of a digital tool for healthcare workers in India to help reduce child mortality. The award was made to the non-profit organization Terre DES Hommes - Aide À L'Enfance Dans LE Monde - Fondation, a foreign-owned, Switzerland-based foundation registered in the U.S. federal...
This Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Institute of Food and Agriculture (AFRI program, CFDA 10.310) provides $297,453 to the University of Florida to develop an AI-powered conversational platform that enables farmers, policymakers, and other non-experts to assess crop damage and monitor recovery using satellite data following extreme weather events. The platform will enhance satellite imagery to a resolution of one meter, providing highly detailed...
The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) has awarded a $1,000,000 Project Grant under the Global Development Alliance (CFDA 98.011) program to Pathway Technologies & Services Pvt. LTD., a for-profit technology firm based in Kathmandu, Nepal. The "Feed the Future Nepal USAID Digital Agriculture" initiative aims to enhance climate-smart farming practices in Nepal through the development and deployment of digital tools. The project will focus on improving crop...
The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) has awarded a $1,500,000 Project Grant under the Foreign Assistance for Programs Overseas (CFDA 98.001) program to Givedirectly Inc., a non-profit organization, to test phone-based targeting for urban social protection initiatives in Malawi. The 3-year project, which commenced on September 25, 2024 and is scheduled for completion by September 24, 2027, will focus on leveraging digital platforms and data collection methods to provide direct...
This $470,000 Project Grant award from the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) under the USAID Foreign Assistance for Programs Overseas (CFDA 98.001) program is intended to evaluate a motivational video to inspire math achievement at scale. The award was made on September 9, 2024 and is set to be completed by February 26, 2025. The grant recipient is The Agency Fund, a non-profit organization located in Palo Alto, CA. The project will be carried out at a location in Clearwater, FL....
This $1,000,000 federal Project Grant award from the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) under the USAID Foreign Assistance for Programs Overseas (CFDA 98.001) program aims to strengthen the vegetable seed sector and improve agricultural resilience in the Amhara, Oromia, and Tigray regions of Ethiopia. The award, with a period of performance from August 1, 2024 to January 31, 2026, will enhance the capacity of local farmers and cooperatives to produce quality vegetable seeds at low...
This federal Project Grant award, funded by the United States Department of Agriculture's (USDA) Agriculture and Food Research Initiative (CFDA 10.310), proposes a modular experiential learning program to expose 200 Michigan middle and high school students to data science and artificial intelligence applications in smart agriculture. The $749,991 award, which runs from August 2024 to August 2028, aims to I) attract youth to smart agriculture, II) provide hands-on experiential learning on smart...
The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) awarded a $750,000 Project Grant under the Foreign Assistance for Programs Overseas (CFDA 98.001) program to Centro De Autoria E Cultura LTDA (doing business as Letrus) to SCALE AND TEST AN ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE-BASED FUNCTIONAL LITERACY PROGRAM. The award period runs from January 1, 2024 to December 31, 2028 and will be conducted in Clearwater, Florida. The project aims to develop and evaluate the effectiveness of an AI-powered literacy...