The 2024 Smart and Connected Communities Principal Investigators' Meeting (S&CC PI Meeting '24) was held in person at Vanderbilt University's Student Life Center located at 310 25th Ave. South, Nashville, TN 37212. The meeting dates were Wednesday, February 28th & Thursday, February 29th. The arrival day was Tuesday, February 27th. 

Up to two (2) PIs were able to attend for planning grants and up to three (3) PIs could attend for IRGs and Eagers. PIs, project alternates for PIs, Co-PIs, and other project representatives comprising the invited project limit per award type could register here. Project representatives interested in attending who are in addition to the invited limit could join the wait list here. Codes for both registration forms were included in the invitation letter sent to project PIs. Please visit here for more detailed information about meeting registration, hotel reservations, and project preparation.

NSF's Smart & Connected Communities effort aims to advance understanding of our cities and communities to improve their functioning and quality of life within them through innovations in computing, engineering, information and physical sciences, social, and learning sciences. NSF envisions that the work of researchers across a wide range of academic disciplines, in close collaboration with diverse community stakeholders, will together transform advances in areas such as economic development, education and learning, energy, environmental quality, public health and wellness, public safety, social services, telecommunications, transportation, and many others. By addressing current and future challenges through fundamental research, building capacity for research, and transiting research to practice, these efforts seek to improve the quality of life in communities while protecting individual security and privacy.

The PI Meeting was held at Vanderbilt University’s Student Life Center located at 310 25th Ave. South, Nashville, TN 37212