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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Intelligent Flood Detection and Warning System to Assist Homeless Communities and Emergency Management Entities
08/01/2023 – 07/31/2024
Lead PI: Erfan Goharian
Award Type: Planning Grant
Affiliation: University of South Carolina at Columbia
Trust, transparency and technology: Building digital equity through a civic digital commons
05/01/2023 – 04/30/2024
Lead PI: Gwen Shaffer
Award Type: Planning Grant
Affiliation: California State University-Long Beach
A multidisciplinary approach to assessing city-wide near misses between vehicles and vulnerable road users in Reno-Sparks, Nevada
04/15/2023 – 03/21/2024
Lead PI: Scott Kelley
Award Type: Planning Grant
Affiliation: University of Nevada, Reno
Leveraging Community Partners and IoT Based Sensors to Improve Localized Air Quality Monitoring in Communities
04/15/2023 – 03/31/2024
Lead PI: Brian Krupp
Award Type: Planning Grant
Affiliation: Baldwin Wallace University
Polycentric Development Toward the Vision of 21st Century Main Street in Virginia
09/01/2017 – 08/21/2023
Lead PI: Ila Berman
Award Type: Research Coordination Network
Affiliation: University of Virginia School of Architecture
Smart, Sustainable, and Equitable Green Stormwater Systems in Urban Communities
10/01/2022 – 09/30/2024
Lead PI: Virginia Smith
Award Type: Planning Grant
Affiliation: Villanova University
Trust Formation and Risk Communication in Underserved Communities during Compound Hazard Events through Online and Offline Social Networks (TRUCHE)
10/01/2022 – 09/30/2024
Lead PI: Arif Mohaimin Sadri
Award Type: Planning Grant
Affiliation: University of Oklahoma
A data-driven approach to designing a community-focused indoor heat emergency alert system for vulnerable residents (CommHEAT)
01/01/2023 – 12/31/2025
Lead PI: Ulrike Passe
Award Type: Integrative Research Grant
Affiliation: Iowa State University
Designing Smart, Sustainable Risk Reduction in Hazard-Prone Communities: Modeling Risk Across Scales of Time and Space
10/01/2022 – 09/30/2025
Lead PI: Kenichi Soga
Award Type: Integrative Research Grant
Affiliation: University of California-Berkeley
Community Based Approach to Address Contaminants in Drinking Water using Smart Cloud-Connected Electrochemical Sensors
10/01/2022 – 09/30/2026
Lead PI: Pradeep Kurup
Award Type: Integrative Research Grant
Affiliation: University of Massachusetts Lowell
Common SENSES (Standards for ENacting Sensor networks for an Equitable Society) : Community-Led, Science-Driven Climate Resilience in Boston, MA
10/01/2022 – 09/30/2025
Lead PI: Daniel O'Brien
Award Type: Integrative Research Grant
Affiliation: Northeastern University
Reducing Loneliness for Long Term Care Older Adults through Collaborative Augmented Reality
10/01/2022 – 09/30/2026
Lead PI: Nilanjan Sarkar
Award Type: Integrative Research Grant
Affiliation: Vanderbilt University
Advancing Human-Centered Sociotechnical Research for Enabling Independent Mobility in People with Physical Disabilities
10/01/2022 – 09/30/2026
Lead PI: Carol Menassa
Award Type: Integrative Research Grant
Affiliation:
Qoyangnuptu: Smart, Connected, and Culturally-centered System to Support the Well-being of Hopi/Tewa Youth
10/01/2022 – 09/30/2026
Lead PI: Morgan Vigil-Hayes
Award Type: Integrative Research Grant
Affiliation: Northern Arizona University
Preparing for Future Pandemics: Subway Crowd Management to Minimize Airborne Transmission of Respiratory Viruses (Way-CARE)
01/01/2023 – 12/31/2026
Lead PI: Sharon Di
Award Type: Integrative Research Grant
Affiliation: Columbia University
Making Micromobility Smarter and Safer
10/01/2020 – 09/30/2024
Lead PI: Clinton Andrews
Award Type: Integrative Research Grant
Affiliation: Rutgers University
Enabling Smart Cities in Coastal Regions of Environmental and Industrial Change: Building Adaptive Capacity through Sociotechnical Networks on the Texas Gulf Coast
10/01/2022 – 09/30/2026
Lead PI: Michelle Hummel
Award Type: Integrative Research Grant
Affiliation: University of Texas at Arlington
Reducing the Vulnerability of Disadvantaged Communities to the Impacts of Cascading Hazards under a Changing Climate
09/01/2020 – 08/31/2022
Lead PI: Farshid Vahedifard
Award Type: Planning Grant
Affiliation: Mississippi State University
Co-Producing Community - An integrated approach to building smart and connected nutrient management communities in the US Corn Belt
10/01/2021 – 09/30/2025
Lead PI: Andrew Margenot
Award Type: Integrative Research Grant
Affiliation: University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Food Information Networks (FINs):Building data-driven supports for increasing access and healthy food choices in low-income neighborhoods
12/01/2021 – 05/31/2024
Lead PI: Ronald Metoyer
Award Type: Other
Affiliation: University of Notre Dame
AN INTEGRATED AND SMART SYSTEM FOR IRRIGATION MANAGEMENT IN RURAL COMMUNITIES
03/01/2019 – 02/28/2023
Lead PI: Jun Wang
Award Type: Other
Affiliation: University of Iowa
The “Community Tech Workers”: A Community-Driven Model to Support Economic Mobility and Bridge the Digital Divide in the U.S.
01/01/2022 – 12/31/2024
Lead PI: Tawanna Dillahunt
Award Type: Integrative Research Grant
Affiliation: University of Michigan
Revamping Regional Transportation Modeling and Planning to Address Unprecedented Community Needs during the Mobility Revolution
10/01/2021 – 09/30/2025
Lead PI: Michael Hyland
Award Type: Integrative Research Grant
Affiliation: University of California-Irvine
IRG: Smart and Connected Family Engagement for Equitable Early Intervention Service Design
10/01/2021 – 09/30/2024
Lead PI: Natalie Parde
Award Type: Integrative Research Grant
Affiliation: University of Illinois Chicago