The University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) was awarded a $1,453,500 Project Grant by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) under the Trans-NIH Research Support program (CFDA 93.310). The funding will support the development of a novel, physiologically-focused approach to train multi-modal artificial intelligence (AI) algorithms for medical applications. Specifically, the project aims to create a new deep neural network architecture that can accept and learn from multiple...
The National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS) awarded a $1,096,170 Project Grant (CFDA 93.859 - Biomedical Research and Research Training) to the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) on February 1, 2025. The grant will fund a program titled "UCSF IMSD" that aims to cultivate a supportive academic community and enhance the success of historically underrepresented and marginalized (HUG) students in biomedical research programs at UCSF. Key innovations of the...
This $849,964 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 an innovative artificial intelligence-based approach to ethics training. The University of California Santa Cruz will create an educational game that uses AI techniques to generate realistic interactive ethical scenarios tailored to individual player choices. This...
The National Science Foundation awarded a $809,155 project grant to the University of California, Berkeley under the STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076) to develop a game-based learning environment and conduct research and evaluation from July 15, 2022 to June 30, 2025. The project aims to improve probability education for high school students by designing artificial intelligence problem-solving activities within a game. Students will learn probability concepts while exploring AI algorithms...
The National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS) awarded a $591,530 Project Grant under the Biomedical Research and Research Training program (CFDA 93.859) to Smart Information Flow Technologies LLC (Sift) to develop "Gut Grief!", a web-based educational game that teaches high school students about the gut microbiome and its connection to human health. The Phase I project will produce a low-fidelity prototype that demonstrates game mechanics to teach core genomics concepts,...
The National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS) awarded a $348,508 Cooperative Agreement under the Biomedical Research and Research Training (CFDA 93.859) program to The Regents of the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF). The grant, effective January 10, 2025 through December 31, 2029, will support UCSF's Advanced Research Careers (ARC) Hub, which provides comprehensive mentorship, training, and career exploration for senior doctoral and postdoctoral scholars. The program...
The University of Florida (UF) has been awarded a $533,920 Project Grant from the National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS) under the Biomedical Research and Research Training program (CFDA 93.859) to develop a nationwide digital training program called the "AI Passport for Biomedical Research" (AIPassportBMR). The program aims to upskill biomedical researchers in artificial intelligence (AI) through innovative learning techniques, providing them with the necessary...
This Project Grant award from the National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS), under the Biomedical Research and Research Training program (CFDA 93.859), provides $271,544 to San Francisco State University (SFSU) from September 13, 2024 through August 31, 2029. The award aims to expand the successful Scientist Spotlights initiative by engaging high school students nationwide as authors of curriculum supplements that highlight diverse biomedical science role models. The project will...
This $1,183,690 National Science Foundation (NSF) Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CFDA 47.070) Project Grant award to The Regents of the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) supports the development of personalized artificial intelligence (AI) models that can predict recurring adverse health events, such as substance use and stress-related hypertension, using data from consumer wearable devices like Fitbit and Apple Watch. The key innovation of this project is the use...
This federal Project Grant award of $616,786, awarded on June 1, 2025 by the National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS) under the Biomedical Research and Research Training program (CFDA 93.859), supports research aimed at uncovering the evolutionary mechanisms shaping genetic variation and phenotypic diversity across human populations. The key focus areas of the research include: 1) exploring the effects of recessive deleterious alleles and associative overdominance on patterns of...