Project Grant ED15HDQ0300033

The University of Michigan was awarded a $12,706,425 Cooperative Agreement by the Federal Highway Administration under the Highway Research and Development Program (CFDA 20.200) to carry out the AACE 2.0 (Ann Arbor Connected Environment) project. The objective is to retrofit the existing Ann Arbor Connected Environment with cellular vehicle-to-everything (C-V2X) technology and certify specific intersections to meet connected intersection design guidelines. Key activities include systems...

This $4,500,000 federal Project Grant award from the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) under the Congressionally-Identified Projects program (CFDA 11.617) aims to establish a 21st Century Mobility Test Bed at the Texas A&M-RELLIS Campus in Bryan, Texas. The key activities include developing a Concept of Operations (CONOPS) plan and prototype for an Integrated Transportation Management (ITM) Hub, conducting research and evaluation of connected and automated vehicles...

This Project Grant award for $100,000 from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CISE) Federal Grant Program (CFDA 47.070) supports the planning and prototyping of a cloud-based autonomous driving software research infrastructure called CADRI. The key products and services to be delivered under this award include: (1) a cataloged library of cutting-edge autonomous driving software testing approaches, (2) pre-configured autonomous driving...

This Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's Computer and Information Science and Engineering program totaling $900,000 will support the development of an open-source autonomous driving simulation platform called MetaDriverse. The Regents of the University of California, Berkeley will use the three-year award beginning March 2023 to create an interactive simulation environment featuring realistic visuals and real-world traffic scenarios. MetaDriverse aims to serve as a research...

The North Carolina Department of Transportation (NCDOT) received a $100,000 Project Grant award from the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) on August 5, 2021 under the Highway Research and Development Program (CFDA 20.200). The grant will support NCDOT's Multimodal Connected Vehicle Pilot Program on the North Carolina State University campus, including system engineering and grant administration activities. The objective aligns with the Highway Research and Development Program's goal of...

The North Carolina Department of Transportation (NCDOT) was awarded a $310,000 project grant from the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) under the Highway Research and Development Program (CFDA 20.200). The grant funds a multimodal connected vehicle pilot program and feasibility study on North Carolina State University's campus in Raleigh. NCDOT will implement a before-and-after study of the University's campus to pilot connected vehicle technologies and evaluate expansion opportunities....

This $743,560 federal Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships (CFDA 47.084) program supports the development of an open-source ecosystem called DRIVEX to advance automated driving and intelligent transportation research. Led by the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), the project aims to create a collaborative platform featuring integrated tools like simulators, data management systems, and algorithmic models. DRIVEX will...

This federal Cooperative Agreement award, issued by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) under the Measurement and Engineering Research and Standards (CFDA 11.609) grant program, provides $213,204 to Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University (Virginia Tech) to develop methods for measuring the performance of automated driving systems (ADS). The key activities include: Developing test scenarios to evaluate ADS technologies Selecting sensor models to support the...

This Project Grant award of $600,000 from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CISE) program (CFDA 47.070) will support research at the University of Delaware to enhance the reliability and safety of autonomous vehicle (AV) perception systems. The key objectives are to: 1) understand the challenges of timing predictability in deep neural network (DNN) inference for AVs, 2) design a framework for predictable DNN inference in multi-sensor and...

The National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Civil, Mechanical, and Manufacturing Innovation awarded a $203,000 Project Grant to the University of California, San Diego (UCSD) under the NSF Engineering program (CFDA 47.041). The grant will fund a collaborative research project that aims to develop a new data-driven model-free control and optimization framework to enable efficient, robust, and safe coordination of connected and automated vehicles in mixed traffic systems with human-driven...