Funding and Research Awards for the AIR Center

Funding for the current AIR Center comes from various funding federal agencies.

AIR Center Funding

• Integration of Predictive Modeling Computation with Supercomputing Capabilities into Extreme Cold Weather Research Cyberinfrastructure; sponsored by DoD; Tim Pasch, Aaron Bergstrom, and Naima Kaabouch; Active dates: 2020-2026; Award Amount: $4,000,000.
• Defense Resiliency Platform Against Extreme Cold Weather; sponsored by DoD; Tim Pasch, Aaron Bergstrom, and Naima Kaabouch; Active dates: 2024-2026; Award Amount: $3,500,000.
• A83: Analyze Drone Traffic; Sponsored by FAA; Paul Snyder, Naima Kaabouch, Jeremiah Neubert, and Sreejit Vidhyadharan Nair; Actives Dates: 2024 to 2028; Award Amount $457,737.
• A84: Disaster Preparedness and Emergency Response Phase IV; Sponsored by FAA; Paul Snyder, Naima Kaabouch, Jeremiah Neubert, and Sreejit Vidhyadharan Nair; Actives Dates: 2024 to 2028; Award Amount $605,650.
• MARC U-RISE Program at UND; Sponsored by NIH; Glenda Lindseth, Richard Ferraro, Naima Kaabouch and others; Active dates: 04/2023-04/2028; Award Amount: over $1M.
• Command, Control, and Communications Options Assessment; Sponsored by NASA, Naima Kaabouch and Ryan Adams; Active dates: 09/2021-08/2024; Award Amount: $412,213.
• Miniature selective plane illumination fluorescence microscope for high-resolution volumetric imaging in freely behaving mice; sponsored by NIH/NINDS 1R15NS135507; Bo Liang and Jielun Zhang; Active dates: 09/2024–08/2027; Award amount: $419,038.
• ERI: An Edge-Based Staleness-Resilient Data Synthesis Framework for Edge AI application in Network Measurement; sponsored by NSF; Jielun Zhang; Active dates: 10/2025–09/2027; Award amount: $199,993.
• CRII: SaTC: Towards Sustainable Intrusion Detection for Edge via Spatial Collaboration and Temporal Knowledge Retention, supported by NSF; Jielun Zhang; Active dates: 07/2025–06/2027; Award amount: $174,608.
• Task 1: Navigation & C2 Approaches to Degraded/Denied Environments; sponsored by NASA; Ryan Adam and Naima Kaabouch; Active dates: 06/2021-07/2024; Award Amount: $506,719.
• Dark Swarms in Degraded Environment (DSIDE); sponsored by DoD; Ryan Adams, Naima Kaabouch, and Jeremiah Neubert; Active dates: 01/2023-02/2024; Award Amount: $499,000.
• ASSURE A45 - Shielded UAS Operations: Detect and Avoid; sponsored by FAA; Mark Askelson and Naima Kaabouch; Active dates: 02/2021-07/2024; Award Amount: $900,000 (Multi-university grant).
• A54 Propose UAS Right-of-Way Rules for Unmanned Aircraft; sponsored by FAA; Paul Snyder and Naima Kaabouch; Active dates: 10/2021-08/2024; UND Award Amount: $571,901 (Multi University grant)
• Smart UAS Inspection of Ancillary Structures in North Dakota; sponsored by North Dakota Department of Transportation; Sattar Dorafshan and Naima Kaabouch; Active dates: 06/2021-11/2023; Award Amount: $412,826 (with cost share)
• Collaborative Research: SaTC: CORE: Small: UAV-NetSAFE.COM: UAV Network Security Assessment and Fidelity Enhancement through Cyber-attack-ready Optimized Machine-learning Platforms; sponsored by NSF, Naima Kaabouch (UND), and Khair A Al Shamaileh (Purdue Northwest), Active dates: 10/20219-09/2024; Award Amount: $399.478 (UND AIR share 199,478)
• North Dakota S-STEM Scholars; sponsored by NSF; Naima Kaabouch, Julia Zhao, and Deborah Worley; Active dates: 2019-2024; Award Amount: $649,780
• Peace Garden, Philip Brandt, Jeremiah Neubert, Ron Ferraro, and Mark Askelson; Active dates: 11/2023-11/2024; Award Amount: $1,000,000.
• HMMWV - Augmented Project Title: Reality Phase 4 (MACRO) Mission Awareness Capabilities Ramp-Up and Optimization; Sponsored by DoD; Jeremiah Neubert, Ron Marsh, and Richard Ferraro; Active dates: 11/2023-9/2026; Award Amount $2,900,000
• A57 - Investigate DAA Track Classification and Filtering; Sponsored by FAA; Jeremiah Neubert; Active dates: 2023–2023; Award Amount $80,000
• HMMWV - Augmented Reality Phase 3 Mission Awareness Capabilities Ramp-Up and Optimization; Sponsored by DoD; Jeremiah Neubert, Ron Marsh, and Richard Ferraro; Active dates: 1/2022-9/2023; Award Amount $1,890,000
• HMMWV Battlefield Common Operating Picture (COP) Through Augmented Reality (AR) Phase 2; Sponsored by DoD; P.I. Jeremiah Neubert, Ron Marsh, and Richard Ferraro; Active dates: 1/2021-9/2022; Award Amount $2,000,000
• Autonomous Operations within the North Dakota Renewable Energy Sector; State of North Dakota; Jeremiah Neubert (PI) and Mark Askelson; Active dates: 1/2021-1/2023; Award Amount $1,403,373.