Center for LifeLong Learning & Design

Research Grants and Contracts

Remark: Unless otherwise noted, I served as PI or as Co-PI with the other persons listed on these grants.
  • 2011-2014: “Theoretical Frameworks and Socio-Technical Systems for Fostering Smart Communities in Smart Grid Environments,” $749,708, NSF-CISE-IIS-SoCS
  • 2010-2013: “CDI-Type I: Transformative Models of Learning and Discovery in Cultures of Participation”, $ 660,000, NSF-CISE-IIS
  • 2010-2011: “SoCS: Energy Sustainability and Smart Grids: Fostering and Supporting Cultures of Participation in the Energy Landscape of the Future”, $ 249,525, NSF-CISE-IIS
  • 2009-2010: SoD-Team: A Meta-Design Framework for Participative Software Systems, REU Grant, $ 16,000, NSF-CISE-IIS
  • 2008-2009: “SGER: Increasing Participation and Sustaining a Research Community in Creativity and IT” ,$100,000, NSF-CISE-IIS
  • 2007-2008: “Giving All Stakeholders a Voice”, $150K, SAP Labs, Palo Alto
  • 2007-2008: “Motivating and Empowering Users to Become Active Contributors”, $60K, Google Research Award
  • 2007-2008: “SGER: A New Generation Wiki for Supporting a Research Community in Creativity and IT”, $199,974, NSF-CISE-IIS
  • 2006-2009: “A Meta-Design Framework for Participative Software Systems”, $745,448; Sponsor: National Science Foundation, CISE, Science of Design Program http://l3d.cs.colorado.edu/~SoD/
  • 2005-2006: “CLever: Building Cognitive Levers to help people help themselves”, $ 160,000; Sponsor: Coleman Institute http://l3d.cs.colorado.edu/clever/index.html
  • 2005: “Creativity Support Tools” (with Ben Shneiderman; grant awarded to the University of Maryland), $45,000, Sponsor: NSF CISE — Support for a Workshop, Washington, DC
  • 2004-2005: “SGER: Designing and developing mobile computing infrastructures and architectures to support people with cognitive disabilities and caregivers in authentic everyday tasks”, $ 107,000; Sponsor: NSF CISE
  • 2004-2005: “Smart Care — Socio-Technical Environments for People with Cognitive Disabilities”, $ 30,000K, Sponsor: Imagine!, Boulder, CO 2000 – 2005: “CLever: Building Cognitive Levers to help people help themselves”, $ 2,400,000; Sponsor: Coleman Family Foundation
  • 2002: “Enhancing Collaborative Learning Among Researchers, Practitioners, and Students at CSCL 2002” (with Hal Eden, and Gerry Stahl), $49,860, Sponsor: National Science Foundation, Directorate of Education and Human Resources (support for the CSCL conference in January, Boulder)
  • 2001-2004: “Social Creativity and Meta-Design in Lifelong Learning Communities” (with Ernesto Arias, Hal Eden, and Michael Eisenberg), $ 1,450,000; Sponsor: National Science Foundation, Directorate of Education and Human Resources
  • 2000 – 2003: “CLever: Building Cognitive Levers to help people help themselves”, $ 1,600,000 Mio; Sponsor: Coleman Family Foundation
  • 2000: “Informed Participation — A Foundation for Creating Shared Understanding in Collaborative Design and Decision Making”, $ 60,000; Sponsor: ONR
  • 1997-2001: “Allowing Learners to be Articulate: Incorporating Automated Text Evaluation into Collaborative Software Environments” (with W. Kintsch and T.K. Landauer), $678,239; Sponsor: James S. McDonnell Foundation
  • 1997-2000: “Explorations in the Design of Future Computational Systems for Every-Day Life”, $450,00, Sponsor: PFU, Ltd., Tokyo, Japan
  • 1997-2000: “Conceptual Frameworks and Computational Support for Organizational Memories and Organizational Learning” (with J. Ostwald and G. Stahl), $725,000; Sponsor: National Science Foundation
  • 1996-1999: “Lifelong Learning – Bringing Learning Activities to Life” (with M. Eisenberg, H. Eden, and A. Repenning), $1,935,996; Sponsor: National Science Foundation
  • 1996-1997: “Shared Interaction in Support of Design, Learning and Planning” (with E. Arias and H. Eden), $61,300; Sponsor: National Science Foundation
  • 1996-1997: “Making Learning a Part of Life: Theories, Technologies, Practices, and Assessment in Support of Lifelong Learning”, Collaborative Research on Learning Technology (CRLT) Center Planning Grant (with 12 Co-PIs), $50,000; Sponsor: National Science Foundation
  • 1995-1996: “Learning by Design: Environments to Support Reinventing and Reengineering Education as a Lifelong Process” (with H. Eden, M. Eisenberg and A. Repenning), $398,482; Sponsor: National Science Foundation
  • 1994-1996: “Next Generation Authoring Tools & Instructional Applications”, $414,235; Sponsor: Technology Reinvestment Program (TRP)
  • 1994-1997: “Designing Useful and Usable Computational Environments” (with M. Eisenberg); $900,000; Sponsor: Advanced Research Projects Agency (ARPA)
  • 1994-1997: “Human-Centered, Intelligent Agents Supporting Communication and Collaboration in Domain-Oriented Design Environments”; $210,000; Sponsor: National Science Foundation
  • 1994-1995: “Learning on Demand – Using Networks for the Integration of School and Workplace Learning” (with H. Eden and M. Eisenberg), $436,141; Sponsor: National Science Foundation
  • 1992-1995: “Mastering High-Functionality Systems by Supporting Learning on Demand” (with M. Eisenberg); $1,068,097; Sponsor: National Science Foundation
  • 1992-1994: “Beyond Object Oriented Programming: A Knowledge-Based Architecture for Contextualized Software Design”; $64,700; Sponsor: Colorado Advanced Software Institute, Denver, CO
  • 1992-1993: “Effective Use of Parallel and Distributed Computing”; $49,193; Sponsor: National Science Foundation
  • 1990-1993: “Supporting Collaborative Design with Integrated Knowledge-Based Design Environments” (with A. Lemke and R. McCall); $700,000; Sponsor: National Science Foundation
  • 1990-1993: CU-USWest Partnership Program (with C. Lewis, R. King, A. Lemke, G. Nutt, N. Pennington and P. Polson), $746,969; Sponsor: USWest Advanced Technologies, Boulder, CO
  • 1990-1995: “Effective Use of Parallel and Distributed Computing” (contributing investigator), $1,999,687; Sponsor: National Science Foundation, CISE Institutional Infrastructure Grant
  • 1988-1991: “Design Principles for Comprehensible Systems” (with W. Kintsch, C. Lewis, and P. Polson); $1,171,246; Sponsor: National Science Foundation (group grant)
  • 1986-1991: “Theories, Methods and Tools for the Design of User-Centered Computer Systems” (with W. Kintsch); $986,867; Sponsor: Army Research Institute (ARI)
  • 1987-1989: “Software Development Environment Research” (with R. King, G. Nutt, and L. Osterweil); $440,700; Sponsor: USWest Advanced Technologies, Englewood, CO
  • 1986-1988: “The Application of Knowledge Engineering Techniques to Automatic Compiler Construction” (with V. Heuring and W. Waite); $337,204; Sponsor: Army Research Office
  • 1985-1989: “A Facility for Research in Distributed Numerical Computation, Software Environments and Artificial Intelligence” (contributing investigator); $4,900,000; Sponsor: National Science Foundation and CU-Boulder
  • 1987-1992: “Optoelectronic Computing Systems” (COCS) (contributing investigator); $14,500,000; Sponsor: National Science Foundation and CU-Boulder
  • 1986: “Artificial Intelligence Research to support Human-Computer Communication, Intelligent Tutoring Systems and Software Engineering”; $2,500,000; Equipment Grant from Hewlett Packard, (with C. Lewis)
  • 1985-1986: “Enhancing Incremental Learning Processes with Knowledge-based Systems”; $243,000; Sponsor: Office of Naval Research
  • 1985: NSF Equipment Grant (with V. Heuring, W. Waite, M. Lightner, C. Lewis, and L. Osterweil); $150,000; Sponsor: NSF Engineering Program
  • 1984-1988: “WISDOM: Knowledge-Based Systems for Office Communication, Document Processing and Human-Computer Communication” (with Triumph-Adler and GMD); $11,500,000; Sponsor: German Federal Ministry of Research and Technology
  • 1983-1984: “Knowledge acquisition”; $100,000; Sponsor: Triumph-Adler, Nuernberg, Germany
  • 1983-1985: “Knowledge-based systems and human-computer communication” (with R. Gunzenhaeuser); $1,300,000; Sponsor: German Federal Ministry of Research and Technology
  • 1981-1982: “Integrated, interactive, personal information manipulation systems” (with R. Gunzenhaeuser); $600,000; Sponsor: German Federal Ministry of Research and Technology
  • 1980-1981: “Evaluation study of natural language question/answering systems” (with J. Laubsch); $150,000; Sponsor: German Federal Ministry of Research and Technology
  • 1975-1977: “Problem Solving with Interactive Computer System: Project LOGO” (contributing investigator); $675,000; Sponsor: German Federal Ministry of Science and Education

Financial Support from Companies

  • 1993-present: PFU, Ltd., Tokyo, Japan for the Center for LifeLong Learning & Design (L3D)
  • 1993-1998: NYNEX Science and Technology for the Center for LifeLong Learning & Design (L3D)
  • 1997-1998: DaimlerBenz Forschung und Technik, Ulm, Germany for the Center for LifeLong Learning & Design (L3D)
  • 1993-1994: Siemens Corporation, Munich, Germany for the Human-Computer Communications Group
  • 1993-1994: USWest Foundation for the Research Program “Learning on Demand”
  • 1992-1994: Equipment grants from Apple Computer, Inc., Cupertino, CA for the Human-Computer Communication Group and the Center for LifeLong Learning & Design (L3D)
  • 1989-1998: NYNEX Science and Technology for the NYNEX/CU Graduate Fellowship
  • 1989-present: Software Research Associates (SRA), Tokyo, Japan and Boulder, CO for the Human-Computer Communication Group and the Center for LifeLong Learning & Design (L3D)