Federal AI Contracts

Cooperative agreement · 2436842

NSF AI cooperative agreement to Northwestern University (2436842)

National Science Foundation awarded a cooperative agreement with Northwestern University on 20 Feb 2025 for: Sage grande: an open artificial intelligence testbed for edge computing and intelligent sensing -language-based generative artificial intelligence (AI) is transforming scientific research, opening new opportunities to… $9.3M obligated.

CivilianGenerative AIResearch funding

Verified

Obligated
$9.3M 1
Signed
20 Feb 2025 1
Runs to
31 Jan 2030 1

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In context

Across 411 awards
  • Ranks 8 of 27 NSF awards in this ledger by obligated dollars, 4% of the agency's $235M.
  • Northwestern University holds 2 awards here, $15.3M obligated in total.
  • Period of performance: 59 months, one of 151 AI awards signed in FY2025.

Award record

Source per value
Award IDThe PIID for contracts and IDVs, the FAIN for grants and cooperative agreements, exactly as USAspending.gov lists it.
24368421
Action dateDate the award was signed (contracts and IDVs) or the base action date (assistance), from the USAspending.gov award record.
2025-02-201
Fiscal yearFederal fiscal year of the action date. FY2025 runs 1 October 2024 to 30 September 2025.
FY20251
AgencyTop-tier awarding agency, as named by USAspending.gov.
National Science Foundation1
RecipientThe contractor or grantee on the award, as registered in SAM.gov and shown by USAspending.gov.
Northwestern University1
Award typeThe award vehicle. Contracts and orders spend money; IDIQs, BPAs and GWACs are vehicles that orders are placed against; grants and cooperative agreements are financial assistance.
Cooperative agreement1
Obligated $Total federal dollars obligated on the award to date (sum of all actions, including de-obligations). This is money committed, not a ceiling.
$9,300,3951
Performance startStart of the period of performance.
2025-02-151
Performance endCurrent end of the period of performance (or last date to order for an IDV).
2030-01-311
Assistance listingAssistance Listing (CFDA) program number and title for grants and cooperative agreements.
47.070: Computer and Information Science and Engineering1
Award descriptionThe award description as the agency entered it, cut at about 420 characters.
SAGE GRANDE: AN OPEN ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE TESTBED FOR EDGE COMPUTING AND INTELLIGENT SENSING -LANGUAGE-BASED GENERATIVE ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE (AI) IS TRANSFORMING SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH, OPENING NEW OPPORTUNITIES TO EMPOWER DISCOVERY AND BROADER PARTICIPATION THROUGH THE USE OF NATURAL LANGUAGE INTERFACES TO SCIENTIFIC WORKFLOWS AND AI-ENABLED CYBERINFRASTRUCTURE. TO FULLY EXPLOIT NSF?S INVESTMENTS IN…1

Source

  1. USAspending.gov award 2436842 accessed 2026-11-11

Obligated is money committed to date. Ceiling is the base-and-all-options value: the most the award can reach. The two are never added.

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