Project Grant DESC0018732

This is a Cooperative Agreement awarded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) under the NSF Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships (TIP) program (CFDA 47.084). The $1,000,000 award to Immergo Labs, Inc. supports the development of an immersive virtual reality (VR) platform for remote physical therapy and monitoring. The proposed innovation aims to increase the affordability, accessibility, and accuracy of physical therapy through an embodied telehealth solution with 3D virtual avatars and...

This National Science Foundation (NSF) Early-concept Grants for Exploratory Research (EAGER) project aims to develop an immersive mixed-reality infrastructure that enables smooth sensorimotor interactions between humans and virtual scene simulations. The $149,999 award, granted under NSF's Engineering program (CFDA 47.041), supports research to establish a closed-loop AI-driven task environment for training applications. Key objectives include creating flexible training modules, developing...

The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a $998,251 Cooperative Agreement under the NSF Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships (CFDA 47.084) program to Yerba Buena VR, Inc. The funding will support the development of a low-latency, ultra-high-quality 360-degree video streaming platform for virtual/augmented/extended reality (VR/AR/XR) applications. This proprietary technology aims to overcome the limitations of existing video streaming solutions, which typically require tradeoffs...

Federal Cooperative Agreement Summary The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded Columbia University a $405,000 Cooperative Agreement under the NSF Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships program (CFDA 47.084) effective October 1, 2025 through September 30, 2027. This collaborative research initiative develops end-to-end delivery technology for interactive multi-person Extended Reality (XR) rehabilitation applications designed to enhance motor function treatments and improve user...

This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Information and Intelligent Systems (CFDA 47.070 - Computer and Information Science and Engineering) provides $199,998 to Purdue University to develop the BUENAS mixed reality system to enhance remote student participation in study groups. The BUENAS system will use virtual and augmented reality technologies to allow local and remote students to interact naturally as if they were co-located, improving the...

This Project Grant from the National Science Foundation Division of Computer and Network Systems provides $300,000 to the University of Illinois from October 1, 2021 through September 30, 2024 to support research titled "COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: CNS CORE: MEDIUM: MIVIRTUALSEAT: SEMANTICS-AWARE CONTENT DISTRIBUTION FOR IMMERSIVE MEETING ENVIRONMENTS." The research aims to develop semantics-aware content distribution techniques for immersive virtual meeting environments under the NSF's...

Federal Cooperative Agreement Summary The University of Michigan received a Cooperative Agreement totaling $845,500 from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships program (CFDA 47.084), effective October 1, 2025, through September 30, 2027. Under this collaborative research initiative titled "Breaking Low: End-to-End Delivery Technology for Interactive Multi-Person XR Rehabilitation Activities," the university is developing immersive Extended...

This National Science Foundation (NSF) Project Grant award under the Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CFDA 47.070) program provides $400,000 in funding to Northeastern University to develop advanced algorithms and infrastructure for low-latency edge computing to support high-quality augmented/virtual/mixed reality (XR) applications on mobile devices. The key product deliverables include: (1) Algorithms to optimize wireless base station association, beamforming, and content...

This National Science Foundation (NSF) Early-Concept Grant for Exploratory Research (EAGER) Project Grant, awarded under CFDA 47.041 Engineering, will leverage virtual reality (VR) and wearable technologies to study how individuals with visual impairment navigate through crowded urban environments. The $300,000 grant, awarded to New York University, aims to elucidate the sensorimotor interactions and cognitive processes underpinning the navigation of persons with visual impairment through...

This National Science Foundation (NSF) Early-Concept Grants for Exploratory Research (EAGER) Project Grant, awarded under the NSF Engineering program (CFDA 47.041), aims to develop research infrastructure to enhance human training through AI-driven task environments integrating humans with virtual scene simulations and multi-modal sensorimotor interactions. The $150,000 award to The Pennsylvania State University will fund research to: 1) establish an edge-assisted mixed-reality infrastructure...