Project Grant P044A210281

Directed Analytics Inc. received a $276,000 National Science Foundation Project Grant under the NSF Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships program to develop an automated employability skills framework. The one-year project will create a scalable software platform integrating data from school districts and higher education programs on transition methods and employment outcomes for individuals with autism spectrum disorder or other developmental disabilities. Using machine learning, the...

This National Science Foundation (NSF) Research on Innovative Technologies for Enhanced Learning (RITEL) program award of $203,901, granted to Mississippi State University on September 15, 2024, aims to design, develop, and test an AI-enhanced mobile learning system to help civil and construction engineering students learn from unstructured observations encountered in their everyday lives. The envisioned AI-powered platform will direct students' attention to construction components, explain...

This Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships (TIP) program (CFDA 47.084) provides $304,993 to Nextgenedu Inc. to develop an adaptive, AI-driven career exploration platform. The platform will provide personalized career guidance for students in secondary and post-secondary education to address critical gaps in workforce development. The project aims to enhance technological infrastructure...

This $898,326.00 Project Grant awarded by the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CISE) program (CFDA 47.070) to the University of Denver will develop two interconnected artificial intelligence (AI) systems to assess and nurture student creativity in K-12 learning environments. The first system, OCSAI Prime, is a task-agnostic creativity assessment model that uses supervised fine-tuning to evaluate both originality and appropriateness across...

This $499,978 Project Grant was awarded by the National Science Foundation's Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CISE) program on October 1, 2025. The grant will fund the development of methods to create individually tailored large language models (LLMs) for strengths-based coaching of job seekers, particularly those with autism. The project aims to advance the utility and safety of LLMs while increasing employment prospects for neurodivergent individuals. The grantee, Georgia Tech...

This Cooperative Agreement awarded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) under the Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships (TIP) program (CFDA 47.084) provides $999,942 in funding to Learn Collaborate Inc., a minority-owned small business, to develop an AI-powered collaborative project-based learning (CPBL) software platform. The platform is designed to address the workforce skills gap by enabling project-based learning activities that seamlessly integrate real-world projects with academic...

This $1.2 million project grant from the Department of Commerce Economic Development Administration's BUILD TO SCALE program will fund the Diversify-Connect-Fund Project to support the entrepreneurial ecosystem in Greater Charlottesville, Virginia. The two-year project aims to improve outcomes for underrepresented startup founders and investors. Key services include an Angel Academy program modeled after an accelerator to provide outreach, recruitment, selection and six-to-eight week training...

The U.S. Department of Labor's Employment and Training Administration awarded a $1,875,000 Project Grant to Ser-Jobs For Progress National, Inc., a minority-owned non-profit organization based in Irving, Texas, under the YouthBuild (CFDA 17.274) program. The grant, effective February 1, 2025 through May 31, 2028, will equip underserved youth ages 16-24 who have previously dropped out of high school with education, occupational skills training, leadership development, and employment assistance....

The U.S. Department of Labor's Employment and Training Administration awarded a $1,840,000.00 Project Grant to Civic Works, Inc., a Baltimore-based non-profit organization, under the YouthBuild federal grant program (CFDA 17.274). The grant, which has a performance period from February 2025 to May 2028, will provide underserved youth ages 16-24 who have previously dropped out of high school with pre-apprenticeship services, including education, occupational skills training, leadership...

The City and County of Denver received a $6,180,520 Project Grant award from the Department of Commerce Economic Development Administration under the BUILD TO SCALE federal grant program (CFDA 11.024) to fund the Denver's TechUp project. The three-year project will provide a multi-tiered entrepreneurship program focused on technology and targeted towards Black, Indigenous and other People of Color entrepreneurs in the Denver area. Delivered in partnership with Access Mode, University of Colorado...