The University of Florida (UF) was awarded a $426,360 five-year Project Grant from the National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS) under the Biomedical Research and Research Training (CFDA 93.859) program. The grant, effective July 1, 2025, will support the UF Genetics Training Program (UF-GTP), a partnership between the UF Genetics Institute and the UF College of Medicine Graduate Program in Biomedical Sciences. The UF-GTP aims to provide superior training in genetics and genomics,...
The National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS) awarded a $272,000 Project Grant under the Biomedical Research and Research Training program (CFDA 93.859) to The Regents of the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) to develop AI4HEALTH, a game-based learning environment that introduces diverse adolescents to artificial intelligence (AI) applications in biomedical careers. The project aims to promote interest, knowledge, and self-efficacy in pursuing biomedical research and...
This National Science Foundation (NSF) Project Grant award under the Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CFDA 47.070) program provides $372,000 in funding to Florida International University (FIU) to establish an REU (Research Experience for Undergraduates) site focused on integrating artificial intelligence (AI) technologies into research on resilient health and biological systems. The 3-year project will recruit and train 8 undergraduate students annually, primarily from...
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 $359,490 to the University of Florida to develop a suite of deep learning methods for "Single-Cell Genetics". The goal is to integrate cutting-edge single-cell genomic data into genetic analysis to address challenges in disease genetics, including variant interpretation, gene discovery, cell prioritization, and...
This $719,922 federal Project Grant, awarded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) under the Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CFDA 47.070) program, aims to revolutionize artificial intelligence (AI) education by establishing a remotely accessible AI of Things (AIoT) infrastructure. The project, led by the University of Florida, will make state-of-the-art AIoT labs available to a broader student audience for immersive learning of AI with hands-on experiences. Key goals include...
The University of Florida was awarded a $1,275,109 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's Division of Research on Learning in Formal and Informal Settings under the STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076). The three-year project will integrate artificial intelligence machine learning into middle school paleontology curriculum using fossil shark teeth. Teachers in Florida Title I schools will partner with scientists to co-develop and implement classroom activities engaging students...
The University of Central Florida Board of Trustees received a $150,000 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation Office of Emerging Frontiers and Multidisciplinary Activities to augment healthcare professionals' training, expertise development, and diagnostic reasoning with AI-based immersive technologies in telehealth. The grant was awarded on January 1, 2022 under the Social, Behavioral, and Economic Sciences federal grant program (CFDA 47.075) to contribute to basic research...
The National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS) awarded a $754,625 Project Grant under the Biomedical Research and Research Training (CFDA 93.859) federal grant program to the University of Florida. The grant, effective September 1, 2024 through June 30, 2029, will fund research to understand the interaction between ultra-small nanoparticles (USNPs) and myeloid cells, such as inflammatory monocytes, and how myeloid cell trafficking can be leveraged to improve the targeting of...
The University of Florida was awarded a $292,392 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation under the Biological Sciences federal grant program (CFDA 47.074) for the period of January 15, 2021 through December 31, 2023. The grant funds a collaborative research effort titled "Leaping the Specimen Digitization Gap: Connecting Novel Tools, Machine Learning and Public Participation to Label Digitization Efforts." The project aims to connect new digitization tools, machine...
This National Science Foundation (NSF) Biological Sciences (CFDA 47.074) program Project Grant award of $250,000 provides funding to Florida A & M University (FAMU) for the "RCN-UBE: HBCU FACULTY COLLABORATIVE NETWORK FOR THE INTEGRATION OF ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE AND MACHINE LEARNING INTO TEACHING GENERAL BIOLOGY" initiative. The project aims to enhance student success and enrich the general biology learning experience at HBCU institutions by integrating artificial intelligence...