Gallaudet University received a two-year, $378,080 project grant award from the National Science Foundation under the Computer and Information Science and Engineering program (CFDA 47.070). The grant will support the "Designing Accountable Artificial Intelligence Services for People with Diverse Sensory Abilities" project. This project aims to advance the development of AI technologies that are accessible and beneficial to individuals with different sensory abilities, such as blindness...
This $186,375 federal Project Grant award from the National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders (NIDCD) under CFDA Program 93.173 - Research Related to Deafness and Communication Disorders, supports research to investigate how aging impairs temporal fidelity in the auditory brainstem and its impact on spatial hearing deficits. The award, effective from September 30, 2024 to April 30, 2026, will fund this research conducted by the University of Colorado-Denver, a major...
The National Science Foundation awarded Gallaudet University $1,357,125 under the STEM Education (CFDA 47.076) federal grant program to support the project "Expanding Opportunities for the Success of Deaf and Hard of Hearing STEM Majors" from January 15, 2022 through December 31, 2027. The funding will allow Gallaudet University to provide services and support for deaf and hard of hearing students pursuing majors in science, technology, engineering and mathematics. As the lead awardee,...
The University of Southern California (USC) was awarded a $154,568 Project Grant from the National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders (NIDCD) under the Research Related to Deafness and Communication Disorders Federal Grant Program (CFDA 93.173). The award, titled "HUMAN COCHLEAR MASKING AND SUPPRESSION MEASURED USING DYNAMIC STIMULI," will fund research investigating solutions to human communication disorders, with a focus on understanding hearing, balance, and...
This National Science Foundation (NSF) CISE Federal Grant Program (CFDA 47.070) award for $299,849 to Gallaudet University in Washington, DC will explore the use of multiple cameras to record three-dimensional (3D) videos of social interactions and dialogues in American Sign Language (ASL). The goal is to create larger, more systematic 3D video datasets of social interactions that can be shared by researchers and the Deaf, DeafBlind, and Hard of Hearing (DDBHH) community to improve communication...
This National Science Foundation (NSF) Project Grant award under the Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CFDA 47.070) program provides $174,999 to Gallaudet University to develop principled methods for studying and designing American Sign Language (ASL)-based intelligent personal assistants (IPAs) that enable deaf ASL users to interact with computers. The project aims to conduct experiments with deaf users to understand how well ASL-based IPA interfaces that recognize limited...
This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) under the Social, Behavioral, and Economic Sciences (CFDA 47.075) program provides $160,551 to Gallaudet University to strengthen the pipeline for deaf scientists in signed language research. The project aims to increase the participation of deaf and hard-of-hearing students in the field of signed language research through a mentorship and access model. Key activities include: Providing a cohort of deaf college and university...
This Project Grant award, funded by the National Science Foundation's STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076), will support the development of a new artificial intelligence tool designed to revolutionize collaborative learning for deaf students in science education. The $395,017 award to Gallaudet University will focus on establishing common ground for scientific terminology in American Sign Language (ASL) through the use of augmented reality, signed animations, and sign recognition technology. The...
This $827,851 Project Grant was awarded by the National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders (NIDCD) under the Research Related to Deafness and Communication Disorders program (CFDA 93.173). The grant aims to characterize the language development of deaf and hard-of-hearing (DHH) children who have varying access to signed versus spoken languages. The project will create growth curves for expressive American Sign Language (ASL) and English skills of 250 DHH children aged 0-8...
This National Science Foundation (NSF) Graduate Research Fellowship Program (GRFP) award provides $106,000.00 in funding to support Gallaudet University in advancing graduate education and research in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) fields, with a focus on empowering deaf and hard of hearing students. The award, which runs from September 1, 2024 to August 31, 2029, aligns with the NSF's STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076) by recognizing and supporting outstanding...