Project Grant HD22900215

This $276,000 National Science Foundation Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships grant funds Objective ED, Inc. to develop a computer-based co-reading prototype for students with reading disabilities. The prototype will use cloud infrastructure and a user application to perform co-reading with students, validating reading accuracy and offering remediation for mistakes. It will allow teachers to customize lessons and monitor student progress using engaging book content. Data captured will...

The National Science Foundation awarded a $275,000 Project Grant to Alchemie Solutions, Inc. under the NSF Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships program (CFDA 47.084) to develop a system for generating alternative text descriptions of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) diagrams. The system will produce machine-readable configurations of diagram components and spatial relationships, and generate layered, text-based descriptions matched to a context-driven lexicon. The...

This $1,425,000 Project Grant awarded by the National Science Foundation's Division of Materials Research (DMR) under the Designing Materials to Revolutionize and Engineer Our Future (DMREF) program (CFDA 47.049) supports collaborative research to develop programmable soft materials design and synthesis capabilities. The research aims to integrate molecular design codes, automated synthesis, and structural analysis to create an artificial intelligence-driven materials design platform with...

This $305,000 National Science Foundation (NSF) Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships (CFDA 47.084) Project Grant awarded to Emode Photonix LLC focuses on developing a new computer program to enhance the design and optimization of photonic devices used in quantum technology. The program will employ a nonlinear eigenmode expansion simulation tool to model nonlinear optical interactions in complex waveguide structures, which current modeling approaches struggle to accurately capture. This...

New Mexico State University will deliver computational thinking engagement programs to diverse students through creative writing and performances, under a $299,733 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's Computer and Information Science and Engineering program. The DEPICT project will engage a diverse population of students in computational thinking concepts through creative writing and performances from January 2022 through December 2023. The Computer and Information Science and...

This $749,685 National Science Foundation project grant under the Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships program (CFDA 47.084) will fund the development of an Automated, Integrated, Multimodal Software (AIMS) system to improve inclusive access to information for persons with disabilities. Saint Louis University leads a consortium that includes software companies Vital, Unar Labs, and Viewplus Technologies to build a unified framework for authoring, converting, and delivering accessible content...

This $1,000,000 Cooperative Agreement awarded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) under the Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships (TIP) program (CFDA 47.084) will enable Alchemie Solutions, Inc., a woman-owned small business, to develop an expandable system for generating detailed and standardized descriptions of STEM diagrams in interactive media. The goal is to provide real-time alternative text (alt text) generation for screen reader users and create an inclusive communication...

This National Science Foundation Project Grant of $215,000 supports research at the University of California, Los Angeles from September 2022 to August 2025 under the Computer and Information Science and Engineering program (CFDA 47.070). The award funds collaborative research to advance 3D printing capabilities for creating interactive devices with enhanced visual feedback through passive light-transfer properties. Researchers will characterize light-transfer materials and microstructures to...

The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a $299,635 Project Grant under the Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships (CFDA 47.084) program to the University of Texas at Arlington (UTA) for a project titled "POSE: PHASE I: SCOPING AND PLANNING FOR AN OPEN-SOURCE ECOSYSTEM OF MACHINE LEARNING MODELS THAT SELECT TEXTS FOR RESEARCH PURPOSES". This grant supports scoping and planning activities to transition an academic research artifact - machine learning software that identifies...

This Project Grant award of $199,999 from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CISE) program supports research and educational activities at Macalester College to advance 3D drawing and observational sketching in cross-reality environments spanning the physical, virtual, and mixed reality spaces. The key products and services to be delivered include developing novel user interface techniques and algorithms to enable seamless transitions...