Project Grant 90AP2661

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Federal Grant Award Summary The National Institute of Child Health and Human Development awarded a $1,142,622 project grant to the University of Massachusetts Boston under the Child Health and Human Development Extramural Research program (CFDA 93.865) to conduct a three-year study examining episodic future thinking (EFT) development in early childhood. The research will quantify the processing capacity of EFT during memory retrieval and planning in 3- and 4-year-old children while identifying...

Federal Grant Award Summary This project grant, awarded by the National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS) under the Biomedical Research and Research Training program (CFDA 93.859), supports the development of a theory-driven assessment tool to measure the dynamic capabilities of adult day service (ADS) providers across the United States. The primary deliverable is a structured, validated assessment instrument designed to evaluate how ADS organizations adaptively build, reconfigure,...

Federal Grant Award Summary The National Science Foundation's Division of Social, Behavioral and Economic Science (CFDA 47.075) awarded a $217,250 Project Grant to Trustees of Boston University for collaborative research on sharp identification and specification testing in potential outcome models. The award, effective September 1, 2025, through August 31, 2027, will deliver four primary products and services: (1) computationally simple methods for sharp identification of causal parameters;...

Federal Grant Award Summary The National Science Foundation's Division of Social, Behavioral and Economic Science awarded $101,598 to the University of Chicago under the Social, Behavioral, and Economic Sciences program (CFDA 47.075) for a collaborative research project running from September 1, 2025 through August 31, 2027. This project develops computationally efficient statistical methods for identifying causal parameters and testing hypotheses in potential outcome models using...

Federal Grant Award Summary The National Science Foundation's Division of Behavioral and Cognitive Sciences awarded $443,888 to the Research Foundation of The City University of New York (RFCUNY) under the Social, Behavioral, and Economic Sciences program (CFDA 47.075) on September 1, 2025, for a three-year project extending through August 31, 2028. The project combines category learning with machine vision models to investigate how individuals make aesthetic value judgments about visual objects...

Federal Grant Award Summary The National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Information and Intelligent Systems awarded $492,074 to American Institutes for Research in the Behavioral Sciences under the Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CISE) program (CFDA 47.070) on August 1, 2025, for a three-year collaborative research project. This award supports the development and implementation of the CS Bootcamp Experience, a professional learning program designed to strengthen high...

Federal Project Grant Award Summary The University of Massachusetts Boston's Institute for Community Inclusion (ICI) received a $250,000 Project Grant award dated September 1, 2025, from the National Institute on Disability, Independent Living, and Rehabilitation Research (NIDILRR) under CFDA 93.433 to conduct a three-year research initiative examining how Community Rehabilitation Provider (CRP) characteristics and service delivery models impact competitive integrated employment (CIE) outcomes...

Federal Grant Award Summary The National Science Foundation's Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) awarded $525,000 to The Research Foundation For The State University of New York on October 1, 2025, for a three-year collaborative research project focused on developing theoretical frameworks and experimental validation for Integrated Air-Ground-Underwater Networks (IAGUN). The primary deliverables include foundational research that converges optical and radio-frequency (RF) communication...

This $546,000 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CISE) program (CFDA 47.070) will support research at the Pennsylvania State University (Penn State) to advance trustworthy, human-centered summarization capabilities utilizing large language models. The research aims to develop novel summarization techniques that incorporate fine-grained user preferences, address fairness and bias, and honor human knowledge. The...