NSF S&CC Projects

NSF funds a variety of projects in and related to smart and connected communities.

Primary Award Mechanisms:

Integrative Research Grants: full awards of ~$1M-$2.5M for up to four years to support fundamental integrative research that addresses technological and social science dimensions of smart and connected communities and pilots solutions together with communities.
Planning Grants: awards of ~$150K for 1 year to facilitate capacity building and prepare project teams to propose future well-developed IRG proposals.

Other Award Mechanisms:

EAGER: awards for exploratory work on early stage or untested research concepts or approaches with potentially transformative outcomes ("high risk, high payoff")
RAPID: awards for proposals having a severe urgency with regard to availability of, or access to data, facilities or specialized equipment, including quick-response research on natural or anthropogenic disasters and similar unanticipated events
Other: awards such as workshops, conferences, etc.

For details about these award types, please refer to the S&CC solicitation.

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Smart, Sustainable, and Equitable Green Stormwater Systems in Urban Communities
06/15/2022 – 05/31/2025
Lead PI: Virginia Smith
Award Type:
Affiliation: Villanova University
SCC-CIVIC-FA Track B: Community Informed AI-Based Vehicle Technology Simulator with Behavioral Strategies to Advance Neurodiverse Independence and Employment
10/01/2023 – 02/28/2025
Lead PI: Nilanjan Sarkar
Award Type:
Affiliation: Vanderbilt University
Fostering Smart and Sustainable Travel through Engaged Communities using Integrated Multidimensional Information-Based Solutions
10/01/2021 – 09/30/2025
Lead PI: Srinivas Peeta
Award Type: Integrative Research Grant
Affiliation: Georgia Tech Research Corporation
PFI-TT: Behavioral Analysis for Safer Communities: Fair and Ethical AI for Trusted Surveillance
08/15/2023 – 07/31/2025
Lead PI: Hamed Tabkhi
Award Type:
Affiliation: University of North Carolina at Charlotte
Community-Driven Design of Fair, Urban Air Mobility Transportation Management Systems
06/01/2023 – 05/31/2027
Lead PI: Yasser Shoukry
Award Type: Integrative Research Grant
Affiliation: University of California-Irvine
Socially-integrated robust communication and information-resource sharing technologies for post-disaster community self-reliance
10/01/2023 – 09/30/2027
Lead PI: Cynthia Chen
Award Type: Integrative Research Grant
Affiliation: University of Washington
Smart and Safe Prescribed Burning for Rangeland and Wildland Urban Interface Communities
10/01/2023 – 09/30/2027
Lead PI: Xiaolin Hu
Award Type: Integrative Research Grant
Affiliation: Georgia State University Research Foundation, Inc.
Strengthening Resilience of Ojibwe Nations Across Generations (STRONG)
08/01/2023 – 07/31/2026
Lead PI: Kimberly Marion Suiseeya
Award Type: Integrative Research Grant
Affiliation: Northwestern University
Connecting coastal communities with continuous, sensor-based monitoring of water quality
10/01/2023 – 09/30/2027
Lead PI: Christopher Neill
Award Type: Integrative Research Grant
Affiliation: Woodwell Climate Research Center
Empathy and AI: Towards Equitable Microtransit
10/01/2023 – 09/30/2026
Lead PI: Eleni Bardaka
Award Type: Integrative Research Grant
Affiliation: North Carolina State University
Diaspora, Agriculture, & AI: Community-based Integration of Smart Technologies into Black Diasporic Agricultural Practices
12/15/2023 – 11/30/2026
Lead PI: Sucheta Ghoshal
Award Type: Integrative Research Grant
Affiliation: University of Washington
Behavior-driven Building Safety and Emergency Management for Campus Communities
08/15/2023 – 07/31/2026
Lead PI: Burcin Becerik-Gerber
Award Type: Integrative Research Grant
Affiliation:
Smart Connected Oral Health Community: Using AI and Digital Technologies to Close the Gap in Oral Health Disparity
06/15/2023 – 05/31/2026
Lead PI: Jiebo Luo
Award Type: Integrative Research Grant
Affiliation: University of Rochester
Equitable-Access Flood Modeling for Timely and Just Adaptation in the Near and Long Term
09/01/2023 – 08/31/2026
Lead PI: Katharine Mach
Award Type: Integrative Research Grant
Affiliation: University of Miami
Design and Development of a Near Real-Time Community Crowdsourced Resilience Information System for Enhancing Community Resilience in the Face of Flooding and other Extreme Events
10/01/2023 – 09/30/2026
Lead PI: Barnali Dixon
Award Type:
Affiliation: university of south Florida
SCC-IRG JST: Multimodal Data Analytics and Integration for Effective COVID-19, Pandemics and Compound Disaster Response and Management
10/01/2022 – 03/31/2025
Lead PI: Shu-Ching Chen
Award Type:
Affiliation: University of Missouri-Kansas City
Understanding the Technical and Social Challenges and Opportunities of Physically and Digitally Augmented Community Gardens
08/01/2023 – 07/31/2024
Lead PI: Lining Yao
Award Type: Planning Grant
Affiliation: Carnegie Mellon University
Towards A User-Centered and Equity-Aware Micromobility Sharing Co-Design Network to Interact with A Distressed Municipality
09/01/2023 – 08/31/2024
Lead PI: Suining He
Award Type: Planning Grant
Affiliation: University of Connecticut
Building a smart and connected rural community for improved healthcare access through the deployment of integrated mobility solutions
10/01/2023 – 09/30/2024
Lead PI: Jun Liu
Award Type: Planning Grant
Affiliation: University of Alabama
Securing Underserved Communities from Drug Abuse with Drone-Based Smart Medication Delivery
04/01/2023 – 03/31/2024
Lead PI: Zhenbo Wang
Award Type: Planning Grant
Affiliation: University of Tennessee
Closed-loop Intervention to Promote a Supportive and Interactive Environment around Children
10/01/2021 – 03/31/2024
Lead PI: Ou Bai
Award Type: Planning Grant
Affiliation: Florida International University
Sustainable Vertiports for Bringing Autonomous Drone Swarm Inspection to Oil and Gas Industry Community
10/01/2023 – 09/30/2024
Lead PI: Sihua Shao
Award Type: Planning Grant
Affiliation: Colorado School of Mines
Bridge: An AI-Enabled Platform to Support Coordinated Care for Children with Autism
08/01/2023 – 07/31/2024
Lead PI: Mimi Xie
Award Type: Planning Grant
Affiliation: University of Texas at San Antonio
Getting the Edge on Data-Driven Self-Managed Care: A Focus on Older Veterans in Arizona
05/01/2023 – 04/30/2024
Lead PI: Ming Zhao
Award Type: Planning Grant
Affiliation: Arizona State University