Project Grant F24AP01334

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) awarded a $200,502 Cooperative Agreement under the Unallied Science Program (CFDA 11.472) to Social And Environmental Entrepreneurs (SEE), Inc. The purpose of the award is for SEE to plan and conduct a research longline cruise to the Slope Sea area adjacent to the NW Atlantic Canyons. The goal is to target and land an estimated 55 adult Atlantic bluefin tuna in order to conduct biological sampling, including collecting gonads,...

This Cooperative Agreement award, funded by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) under the Unallied Science Program (CFDA 11.472), aims to advance the state of telemetry tag technology for monitoring North Atlantic right whales (NARW). The $679,552 project, with a period of performance from August 1, 2024 to July 31, 2027, will focus on developing a new bioinspired adhesive mounting tag platform to enable longer-duration attachment of telemetry sensors on cetaceans. Key...

This $904,319 federal Formula Grant award, provided by the U.S. Department of Transportation's Federal Highway Administration under the Highway Planning and Construction program (CFDA 20.205), supports preliminary engineering for the Lakeview Avenue (CR 624) Phase II project in Clifton City, Passaic County, New Jersey. The project will focus on local safety improvements along a 1.14-mile segment of Lakeview Avenue between Clifton Avenue and Crooks Avenue. The New Jersey Department of...

This three-year, $399,750 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's Division of Information and Intelligent Systems, under the Computer and Information Science and Engineering program (CFDA 47.070), will support the development of programmable visual capabilities for 3D printed objects through light-transfer techniques. The grant recipient, Texas A&M Engineering Experiment Station (doing business as Tees), will conduct material experiments to characterize light-transfer properties...

The University of Central Florida Board of Trustees received a $323,500 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation Division of Electrical, Communications and Cyber Systems to support research titled "COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: ALL-OPTICAL FABRICATION OF LOW-LOSS, HIGH-INDEX-CONTRAST, SILICON-IN-SILICON WAVEGUIDES." The award period is from September 15, 2021 through August 31, 2024. The grant funds collaborative research at the University of Central Florida's campus in...

This National Science Foundation (NSF) Cooperative Agreement award, funded under the NSF Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships (CFDA 47.084) program, provides $999,496 to Rcam Technologies Inc. to advance the development of a 3D printed concrete anchor for floating offshore wind turbines. The key objectives are to: 1) Develop optimized anchor designs and mooring line connections manufactured using 3D concrete printing, 2) Fabricate and validate anchor prototypes through structural testing and...

This $5,742,135.67 Formula Grant award from the Federal Highway Administration (CFDA 20.205 - Highway Planning and Construction) will fund a project titled "LA 49/WILLIAMS BLVD CORRIDOR IMPROVS" in Louisiana. The project will consist of replacing the continuous center turn lane with a median and J-turn geometry, adding a third left turn lane at the Veteran's Memorial Blvd intersection, installing sidewalks, and adding bike lanes. The awardee is the Louisiana Department of...

This National Science Foundation (NSF) Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CISE) Project Grant award of $599,996 to the Georgia Tech Research Corporation, doing business as the Office of Sponsored Programs, supports the development of a novel video query-by-sketch system. The project aims to enable users to explore and retrieve video clips based on sketched trajectory patterns, overcoming challenges related to varying camera angles, perspectives, and user intent. The research...

This $625,353.09 Formula Grant award from the Federal Highway Administration (CFDA 20.205 - Highway Planning and Construction) will fund the feasibility and scoping for a full structural, mechanical, electrical, and architectural rehabilitation of a movable bridge structure on LA 307: Bayou Boeuf MB in Louisiana. The project scope includes applying new protective coating systems and renovating the operator's house. This grant supports the Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development...

This $274,919 National Science Foundation Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships project grant funds the development of color-shifting security films by Chromatir Technologies, LLC. Chromatir will pursue two technical aims: increasing total reflectivity without compromising color saturation to ensure eye-catching appearance under varied lighting; and demonstrating serial color patterning for customized printing of iridescent films with bar codes or numbers to enable integration with digital...