Project Grant ED20CHI3070089

This $968,765 Project Grant awarded by the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Division of Mathematical Sciences (CFDA 47.049 - Mathematical and Physical Sciences) will develop a flexible modeling framework to simulate the impact of various testing-based infection control strategies for respiratory pathogens like SARS-CoV-2. The project aims to improve our ability to control existing respiratory diseases and enhance preparedness for future pandemics. Key deliverables include: Developing a...

This $2 million project grant from the National Science Foundation's Division of Computing and Communication Foundations supports the development of predictive modeling tools to aid pandemic prevention and response efforts. Funded under the Computer and Information Science and Engineering program, the 18-month award to Boston Children's Hospital will plan a future center-scale effort to address gaps in understanding and modeling pandemic potential, impact of interventions, and factors...

The National Science Foundation awarded a $1,000,000 Project Grant to the University of Chicago to support the Robust Epidemic Surveillance and Modeling (RESUME) project under the Engineering program of the Cross-Directorate Predictive Intelligence for Pandemic Prevention Phase I initiative. The grant period runs from August 1, 2022 to January 31, 2024. The RESUME project will develop predictive modeling capabilities and open data platforms to inform pandemic response decision making. An...

The University of California, San Diego was awarded a $1,000,000 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation Division of Information and Intelligent Systems to develop a collective intelligence cyberinfrastructure prototype for pandemic prediction, prevention and response under the Predictive Intelligence for Pandemic Prevention (PIPP) Phase I program. The award period is from August 1, 2022 to January 31, 2024. The grant will support testing a new digital platform to merge currently...

Criticality Sciences, Inc. will develop the NetResilience software tool under a $200,000 Cooperative Agreement from the Department of Commerce National Institute of Standards and Technology. The award falls under NIST's Science, Technology, Business and/or Education Outreach program (CFDA 11.620), which aims to stimulate technological innovation. NetResilience will provide scalable, cost-informed resilience metrics and mitigation guidance for networked infrastructure against catastrophic...

The National Science Foundation SBE Office of Multidisciplinary Activities awarded a $138,000 project grant to Phoenix, Arizona to support research investigating the long-term impacts of pandemic disease. The grant was awarded under the Social, Behavioral, and Economic Sciences program (CFDA 47.075) for the period of August 1, 2021 through July 31, 2023. The grant will fund research exploring the long-term societal and economic effects of pandemics. In line with the program's goals of...

The National Science Foundation's Social, Behavioral, and Economic Sciences program awarded $199,516 to The George Washington University under a Project Grant titled "Pandemic Communication in Time of Populism: Building Resilient Media and Ensuring Effective Pandemic Communication in Divided Societies." The two-year project, running from May 2022 to April 2024, will conduct the first comprehensive comparative study of health crisis communication in the context of populist politics...

This federal Project Grant award of $360,000 from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Division of Mathematical Sciences and the CDC Coronavirus and Other Respiratory Viruses Division aims to improve policymaking processes for mitigating the transmission of respiratory pathogens, such as during the COVID-19 pandemic. The principal investigators will develop and study game theoretical mathematical models, simulation tools, and numerical approaches that can be adapted to specific public...

This $300,000 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's Office of International Science and Engineering will fund research collaboration between the United States and international partners on modeling human mobility patterns and contagion dynamics during the COVID-19 pandemic. Awarded on August 1, 2021 to The Research Foundation For The State University Of New York (SUNY) at Binghamton, the two-year grant aims to advance scientific discovery and international partnerships through...

This $200,000 project grant from the National Science Foundation's Computer and Information Science and Engineering program (CFDA 47.070) supports the Florida Institute For Human & Machine Cognition Inc. to develop computational theory and models examining the co-evolution of pandemics, information, and human behavior. Key deliverables include interdisciplinary research examining integrated computational models of how information and human psychology impact pandemic transmission. The grantee...