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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Real-Time Algorithms and Software Systems for Heterogeneous Data Driven Policing of Social Harm
09/01/2017 – 02/28/2022
Lead PI: George Mohler
Award Type: Integrative Research Grant
Affiliation: Boston College
Modernizing Cities via Smart Garden Alleys with Application in Makassar City
10/01/2022 – 12/31/2024
Lead PI: Wangda Zuo
Award Type: EAGER
Affiliation: Pennsylvania State University
Effective Resource Planning and Disbursement during the COVID-19 Pandemic
06/01/2020 – 05/31/2023
Lead PI: Quanyan Zhu
Award Type: RAPID
Affiliation: New York University
Algorithms and Heuristics for Remote Food Delivery under Social Distancing Constraints
07/01/2020 – 06/30/2021
Lead PI: Stephen F. Smith
Award Type: RAPID
Affiliation: Carnegie Mellon University
Using Data to Understand the Effects of Transportation on the Spread of COVID-19 as a Propagator and a Control Mechanism
07/15/2020 – 06/30/2022
Lead PI: Philip Paré
Award Type: RAPID
Affiliation: Purdue University
Distributed Data-Sharing for Fast Response and Decision Support
07/15/2020 – 06/30/2024
Lead PI: N. Rich Nguyen
Award Type: EAGER
Affiliation: University of Virginia
Crowd-AI Sensing Based Traffic Analysis for Ho Chi Minh City Planning Simulation
08/01/2020 – 07/31/2024
Lead PI: Tam Nguyen
Award Type: EAGER
Affiliation: University of Dayton
Responding to COVID-19 using High-speed Mesh Wireless Community Internet
06/01/2020 – 05/31/2022
Lead PI: Foad Hamidi
Award Type: RAPID
Affiliation: University of Maryland Baltimore County
Addressing Transit Accessibility and Public Health Challenges due to COVID-19
06/01/2020 – 12/31/2021
Lead PI: Abhishek Dubey
Award Type: RAPID
Affiliation: Institute for Software Integrated Systems, Vanderbilt University
Consumer Responses to Household Provisioning During COVID-19 Crisis and Recovery
06/01/2020 – 03/31/2022
Lead PI: Kelly Clifton
Award Type: RAPID
Affiliation: Portland State University
Socially-integrated Technological Solutions for Real-time Response and Neighborhood Survival After Extreme Events
06/01/2020 – 05/31/2022
Lead PI: Cynthia Chen
Award Type: Planning Grant
Affiliation: University of Washington
Sustainable Energy Bike Lanes with Applications in the City of Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
06/15/2020 – 07/31/2024
Lead PI: SHUZA BINZAID
Award Type: EAGER
Affiliation: Prairie View A & M University
Sustainable Food Access through Sensing, Data Analytics, and Community Engagement
07/01/2020 – 06/30/2021
Lead PI: Sherif Abdelwahed
Award Type: Planning Grant
Affiliation: Virginia Commonwealth University
Smart Social Connector: An Interdisciplinary, Collaborative Approach to Foster Social Connectedness in Underserved Senior Populations
10/01/2020 – 09/30/2024
Lead PI: Natalia Villanueva Rosales
Award Type: Integrative Research Grant
Affiliation: The University of Texas at El Paso
Smart Air: Informing Driver Behavior through Dynamic Sensing and Smart Messaging
10/01/2020 – 09/30/2024
Lead PI: Kerry Kelly
Award Type: Integrative Research Grant
Affiliation: University of Utah
I4all (Interests for All): A Smart Socio-Technical Infrastructure to Identify, Cultivate, and Sustain Youth STEAM Interests in a Diverse Midsized American City
10/01/2018 – 06/30/2022
Lead PI: Nichole Pinkard
Award Type: Underserved Community
Affiliation: Northwestern University
STEMports: Community Workforce Development through Augmented Reality STEM Learning Experiences
10/01/2018 – 12/31/2023
Lead PI: Susannah Gordon-Messer
Award Type: Underserved Community
Affiliation: Maine Math and Science Alliance
Socially Informed Services Conflict Governance through Specification, Detection, Resolution and Prevention
10/01/2020 – 09/30/2024
Lead PI: Desheng Zhang
Award Type: Integrative Research Grant
Affiliation: Rutgers University
Video Based Machine Learning for Smart Traffic Analysis and Management
05/01/2019 – 04/30/2023
Lead PI: Sanjay Ranka
Award Type: Integrative Research Grant
Affiliation: University of Florida
Pathways to Sustainable Success in Smart and Connected Communities
10/01/2022 – 09/30/2024
Lead PI: Glenn Ricart
Award Type: EAGER
Affiliation: US Ignite
Implementing an Integrated, Wireless Monitoring Network to Enhance Decision Making in Communities Impacted by Environmental and Industrial Change
10/01/2021 – 09/30/2022
Lead PI: Michelle Hummel
Award Type:
Affiliation: University of Texas at Arlington
Exploring STEM Educational Delivery for Youth in Norfolk Juvenile Detention Center
10/01/2021 – 09/30/2024
Lead PI: Sampath Jayarathna
Award Type:
Affiliation: Old Dominion University
Revitalizing Rural - Equipping Rural Communities with Technology Literacy for Seizing Productivity
10/01/2021 – 09/30/2023
Lead PI: John O'Hara
Award Type: Planning Grant
Affiliation: Oklahoma State University
The Prospects for Artificial Intelligence in Urban Planning
10/01/2021 – 09/30/2022
Lead PI: Tom Sanchez
Award Type: Planning Grant
Affiliation: Virginia Tech