TrAC collaborates with leading federal agencies, including NSF, USDA, and DOD to advance AI research in critical domains. These projects focus on cutting-edge solutions in areas like ethics, fintech, materials science, and more, driving AI innovation at scale.
Federal Funded Projects
Advancing AI through Large-Scale, High-Impact Research Initiatives
2026 TrAC Research Updates
AI Core
DIGITAL ENGINEERING – Toolkit to Produce Common Adaptive Mesh for Virtual Reality-based Multidisciplinary Interactive Design of Naval Aircraft Phase 2 Base
PI: M Hsu
Funding Agency: Other
Research Thrust: AI Core
Term: Nov 2024 – Apr 2027
Award: $725,400
REU Site: Research Experiences in Translational Applications of AI to Engineering (REUTrAcE)
PI: P Shrotrya
Funding Agency: NSF
Research Thrust: AI Core
Term: Feb 2025 – Jan 2028
Award: $465,000
Collaborative Research: Frameworks: Advanced Simulation of Multiphase Electrochemical Systems (FASTEST)
PI: B Ganapathysubramanian
Funding Agency: NSF
Research Thrust: AI Core
Term: Sep 2025 – Aug 2030
Award: $1,150,000
2025 NSF Dynamics, Control and System Diagnostics (DCSD) PI Meeting; Alexandria, Virginia; 4-5 September 2025
PI: J Ren
Funding Agency: NSF
Research Thrust: AI Core
Term: Jun 2025 – May 2026
Award: $154,670
Autonomy. MDM
CPS: Medium: Artificial-intelligence-enabled Atomic Force Microscopy
PI: J Ren
Funding Agency: NSF
Research Thrust: Autonomy. MDM
Term: Jul 2024 – Jun 2027
Award: $1,000,000
Biology, Health, Quality of Life
Collaborative Research: FDT-BioTech: Promoting Healthy Cardiovascular Aging through Personalized Multiscale Digital Twins.
PI: M Hsu
Funding Agency: NSF
Research Thrust: Biology, Health, Quality of Life
Term: Jan 2025 – Dec 2027
Award: $605,825
SCH: SciML-Accelerated Cardiovascular Digital Twins for Personalizing Long-Term Heart Valve Interventions
PI: M Hsu
Funding Agency: NIH
Research Thrust: Biology, Health, Quality of Life
Term: Sep 2025 – Aug 2029
Award: $1,182,618
Food, Energy, Water
AI Institute for Resilient Agriculture: International Collaborations
PI: J Bell
Funding Agency: USDA
Research Thrust: Food, Energy, Water
Term: Dec 2022 – Nov 2025
Award: $300,000
COntext-Aware LEarning for Sustainable CybEr-agricultural (COALESCE) systems
PI: S Sarkar
Funding Agency: NSF
Research Thrust: Food, Energy, Water
Term: Apr 2021 – Mar 2026
Award: $5,000,000
AI Institute for Resilient Agriculture
PI: B Ganapathysubramanian
Funding Agency: USDA
Research Thrust: Food, Energy, Water
Term: Sep 2021 – Aug 2028
Award: $20,000,000
Collaborative: TRTech-PGR: Digital Ideotype for Optimal Canopy Architecture
PI: B Ganapathysubramanian
Funding Agency: NSF
Research Thrust: Food, Energy, Water
Term: Jan 2024 – Dec 2027
Award: $532,999.99
NSF EAGER: AI-Enhanced Multinational Integrated Pest Management: Fostering Resilient Agriculture through Data Collaboration and Smart Technology Tools
PI: B Ganapathysubramanian
Funding Agency: NSF
Research Thrust: Food, Energy, Water
Term: Sep 2024 – Aug 2026
Award: $300,000
A feasibility study of the development of a predictive analysis tool to determine risks to global agriculture and food security
PI: S Sarkar
Funding Agency: Other
Research Thrust: Food, Energy, Water
Term: Jun 2024 – Dec 2024
Award: $50,000
Planning: AI-Ready Cyber-Agriculture Systems Testbed (AI-AgARENA)
PI: S Sarkar
Funding Agency: NSF
Research Thrust: Food, Energy, Water
Term: Aug 2025 – Jul 2027
Award: $200,000
AI-Engage: Bridging Global Knowledge and Local Needs through AI for Enhanced Agricultural Production, Sustainability and Resiliency (BRIDGE)
PI: A Singh
Funding Agency: NSF
Research Thrust: Food, Energy, Water
Term: Oct 2025 – Sep 2025
Award: $400,000
Intelligent metadata compilation to enhance the reusability and discoverability of mass spectrometry-based proteomics data
PI: I Friedberg
Funding Agency: NSF
Research Thrust: Food, Energy, Water
Term: Mar 2025 – Mar 2026
Award: $0
A feasibility study of the development of a predictive analysis tool to determine risks to global agriculture and food security Phase 2
PI: S Sarkar
Funding Agency: DefenseWerx
Research Thrust: Food, Energy, Water
Term: Mar 2025 – Jan 2026
Award: $196,000
DSFAS PARTNERSHIP: AI-Driven Real-Time Decision Support System for Integrated Pest Management in Agriculture
PI: A Singh
Funding Agency: USDA
Research Thrust: Food, Energy, Water
Term: Jun 2026 – May 2029
Award: $727,888
BIO-SHIELD: BIOlogical threat Surveillance through Holistic Information fusion for EarLy warning and Decision support
PI: S Sarkar
Funding Agency: DOD
Research Thrust: Food, Energy, Water
Term: Dec 2025 – Aug 2026
Award: $500,000
RAPID-ICQP: Rapid Agentic Platform for Ag Biotic Stress Identification, Classification, Quantification & Prediction
PI: S Whitman
Funding Agency: DOD
Research Thrust: Food, Energy, Water
Term: Dec 2025 – Aug 2026
Award: $500,000
Health
Quantifying the Mechanisms Behind Sans-Risk in Astronauts Through Patient-Informed Mechanics-Based Simulations and Artificial Intelligence
PI: S Mukherjee
Funding Agency: NASA
Research Thrust: Health
Term: Aug 2025 – Aug 2028
Award: $686,859
MDM
Next generation molecular dopants for organic electronics: from fundamentals to new device concepts
PI: B Ganapathysubramanian
Funding Agency: DOD
Research Thrust: MDM
Term: Nov 2022 – Oct 2025
Award: $750,000
Collaborative Research: DMREF: ML-Enabled Multi-Material Digital-Light Processing of Functional Polymers
PI: A Krishnamurthy
Funding Agency: NSF
Research Thrust: MDM
Term: Oct 2023 – Sep 2027
Award: $800,000
Manufacturing
LEAP-HI: AI-optimized 3d printing of super-soft materials for personalized sensing
PI: B Ganapathysubramanian
Funding Agency: NSF
Research Thrust: Manufacturing
Term: Aug 2021 – Jul 2026
Award: $2,000,000