External Support

EXTERNAL SUPPORT (Grant Support was Continuous 1978-2018)

 

Endowment (no funding period)

Microsoft Endowment, Perception and Performance Laboratory, P.I.: Dennis Proffitt, Gift: $104,402, 08/08/98; $150,000, 06/04/04

Intel Endowment, Interfaces that augment memory, P.I.: Dennis Proffitt, Gift: $225,000, 11/01/02

 

Grants

Google: Perceptual Metrics in VR. P.I.: Dennis Proffitt: Total costs; $706,235, 05/15/2015-12/31/2018

NIH Grant 1R44EY021079: A New Approach to Vision Therapy Based on Naturalistic 3-D Computer Gaming, Subcontract from Barren Associates, P.I.: Dennis Proffitt: Total Costs; $249,021, 09/30/2010-09/30/2014.

Virginia Center for Transportation Innovation & Research: Safety and Visibility Issues Associated with Motor Vehicle Window Transmittance and Aftermarket Window Tinting. P.I.: Dennis Proffitt: Total Costs; $119,652, 01/01/2012-12/31/2012.

US Army: Influences of Spatial and Non-spatial factors on Human Navigation. P.I.: Dennis Proffitt, Total Costs, $160,000, 9/01/07-2/28/11

ONR: Warfighter Rapid Awareness Processing Technology, Subcontract from Archinoetics. P.I.: Dennis Proffitt: Total Costs: $250,000, 06/01/07-05/31/11

NIH Grant RO1MH075781: Fear in the Eye of the Beholder: Fear and the Perception of Spatial Layout. P.I.: Dennis Proffitt, Co-P.I.: Bethany Teachman: Total Costs: $1,126,367, 04/01/07-03/31/11

NSF Grant IIS-0512003: Collaborative Research: Continuous Control Brain-Computer Interfaces for Creative Expression. P.I.: Dennis Proffitt, Total Costs: $504,095, 8/01/07-7/31/10

NSF Grant BCS-0518835: Affective Space: Social Influences in Perception. P.I.: Gerald Clore, Co-P.I.: Dennis Proffitt, Total Costs: $574,806, 09/01/05-08/31/08

DARPA NBCH Grant 1050023: When and for Whom does Display Size Matter. P.I.: Dennis Proffitt, Total Costs: $400,000, 7/1/05-6/30/07

NSF Grant IIS-0512003: Collaborative Proposal: Functional Near Infrared Imaging for Communication and Control. P.I.: Dennis Proffitt, Total Costs: $504,375, 7/01/05-6/30/07

USA Medical Research Activity Center, TATRC Contract: W81XWH-0019: AS-PSYC-Warfighter System, Subcontract from Archinoetics. P.I.: Dennis Proffitt: Total Costs: $90,000, 01/01/07-08/31/07

DARPA Phase II SBIR: Cognitive event detection for adaptive tasking, Subcontract from NovaSol/Archinoetics. P.I.: Dennis Proffitt: Total Costs: $186,225, 01/01/04-4/30/06

NSF ITR/Carnegie Mellon Grant 0121629: Augmented Cognition: Combining Human and Digital Memory/Carnegie Mellon. P.I.: Dennis Proffitt, Total Costs: $600,000, 09/01/01‑09/01/06

DARPA, ONR Grant N000140110060: Infonomics: Augmenting human memory. P.I.: Dennis Proffitt, Total Costs: $2,050,000, 10/1/00-9/30/05

Lockheed Martin: Augmenting working memory. P.I.: Dennis Proffitt: Total Costs: $25,000, 01/01/04-12/31/04

Microsoft Training for the Future Professoriate, Graduate Fellowship for Jeanine Stefanucci, Supervisor: Dennis Proffitt, Total Costs: $10,500, 06/01/03-05/31/04

DARPA, Honeywell Grant, Infonomics: Augmenting human memory. P.I.: Dennis Proffitt, Total Costs: $60,000, 9/1/03-12/31/03

Virginia Space Grant Consortium, Undergraduate Research Scholarship for Jason Cervenka, Supervisor: Dennis Proffitt, Total Costs: $4,000, 05/01/02-04/30/03

NASA Grant NCC 2-1093: When are immersive displays useful: Perceptual and Task Considerations. P.I.: Dennis Proffitt, Direct Costs: $327,452, 03/01/99-02/28/02

NIMH Grant MH52640, Perceptual Constraints on Understanding Dynamics. P.I.: Dennis Proffitt, Direct Costs: $502,273, 06/01/98-08/31/02

NSF CISE-RR Grant 0130800, A State-of-the-Art Immersive Display for Research in Rendering, Animation and Simulation, and Cognitive Human-computer Interface Design. P.I.: David Luebke, Co-P.I.: David Brogan & Dennis Proffitt, Total Cost: $67,864, 09/14/01-09/13/02

DARPA/Carnegie-Mellon. Information Cockpits. P.I.: Dennis Proffitt, Total Costs: $850,000, 01/01/00-12/31/01

DARPA/Carnegie-Mellon Grant 539689-52273, Sharing Viewpoints, Objects, and Animations. P.I.: Dennis Proffitt, Direct Costs: $336,676, 06/09/97-06/08/00

UVA Brain Injury Association, subcontract: Assessment of Mild Brain Injury. P.I.: Dennis Proffitt, Direct Costs: $30,035, 08/01/98-04/30/00

NASA Grant NCC 2-925: Perception-Based Techniques for Improving Computer- Generated Imagery. P.I.: Dennis Proffitt, Direct Costs: $190,454, 04/01/95-03/31/99

Virginia CIT Grant BIO-99-002: The Effects of Parallax Scanning on Depth Perception, Industrial partner: Vision III Imaging. P.I.: Dennis Proffitt, Direct Costs: $25,000, 07/01/98-12/31/98

NIMH Postdoctoral Fellowship, The Role of Eye Height in Size Perception. Sponsor: Dennis Proffitt, Fellow: Maryjane Wraga, 4/01/97 - 3/31/99

NEI Grant, A Heuristical Model of Perceiving Structure from Motion. P.I.: Dennis Proffitt, Direct Costs: $353,706, 07/01/97-06/30/02

NSF Grant, A Heuristical Model of Perceiving Structure from Motion. P.I.: Dennis Proffitt, Direct Costs: $308,403, 07/01/97-06/30/02

NIMH Predoctoral Fellowship MH10646-01, Color as a Semantic and Perceptual Cue in Object Recognition. Sponsor: Dennis Proffitt, Fellow: Jane Joseph, Direct Costs: $23,600, 0/01/93 - 09/30/95

NSF Grant, A Highway Accident Fault-Tree Model for Design Evaluation of Vehicle Safety Features. P.I.: Jacov Y. Haimes, Co-P.I.: Dennis Proffitt, Direct Costs: $150,000, 10/01/94 - 09/30/96

NASA-Ames University Consortium Grant NCC2-5074, Extracting Depth from Motion in Structured and Impoverished Terrains. P.I.: Dennis Proffitt, Direct Costs: $33,334, 09/01/94-08/31/95

NASA-Ames University Consortium Grant NCA2-708, Perceptually-tuned Visual Stimulation. P.I.: Dennis Proffitt, Direct Costs: $59,333, 05/01/92-04/30/94

 Air Force Grant AFOSR-87-0238, Perceptual Constraints on Understanding Dynamics. P.I.: Dennis Proffitt, Direct Costs: $217,204, 12/01/90-11/31/93

NICHD Grant HD16195, Infant Sensitivity to kinematic Information. P.I.: Bennett Bertenthal & Dennis Proffitt, Direct Costs: $496,107, 1/01/89-12/31/93

NASA-Ames Grant: Perceptual Response to Visual Noise and Display Media. P.I.: Dennis Proffitt, Direct Costs: $20,000, 06/01/91-05/31/93

NASA-Ames Grant NAG 2-721: Perceptual Adaptation in the Use of Night Vision goggles. P.I.: Dennis Proffitt, Direct Costs: $19,997, 06/01/91-05/31/92

NASA-Ames University Consortium Grant NCA2-468, Frameworks in Perception. P.I.: Dennis Proffitt, Direct Costs: $66,667, 01/15/90-01/14/92

NASA-Ames University Consortium Grant NCA2-255, Operator Characteristics for Understanding Dynamic Displays: Capacities, Limitations, and Defaults. P.I.: Dennis Proffitt, Direct Costs: $66,667, 10/01/87-01/15/90

James McKeen Cattell Sabbatical Award. P.I.: Dennis Proffitt, Direct Costs: $21,400, 09/01/88-05/30/89

NICHD NRSA Postdoctoral Fellowship HD-07036, Dynamic Information Processing. Sponsor: Dennis Proffitt, Fellow: David Gilden, Direct Costs: $89,370, 01/01/87-08/31/89

Air Force Grant AFOSR-87-0238, Perceptual Constraints on Understanding Dynamics. P.I.: Dennis Proffitt, Direct Costs: $62,376, 07/01/87-12/30/88

NICHD Grant HD16195, Infant Sensitivity to Kinematic Information. P.I.: Bennett Bertenthal & Dennis Proffitt, Direct Costs: $357,186, 1/01/85-12/31/88

NASA-Ames University Consortium Grant NCA2-87, Dynamic Information Processing. P.I.: Dennis Proffitt, Direct Costs: $60,800, 10/01/85-09/31/87

Virginia Center for Innovative Technology, IIT Grant INF-85-014, Visual Motion Information Processing. P.I.: Bennett Bertenthal & Dennis Proffitt, Direct Costs: $63,000, 1/01/85-05/30/86

NICHD Grant HD16195, Infant Sensitivity to Kinematic Information. P.I.: Bennett Bertenthal & Dennis Proffitt, Direct Costs: $118,690, 1/01/82-12/31/84

NIH Grant MH35530, Perception of Structure in Dynamic Events. P.I.: James Cutting, Co-P.I.: Dennis Proffitt, Direct Costs: $23,464, 07/01/80-06/30/82

NIH Grant MH33087, Perception of Structure in Dynamic Events. P.I.: James Cutting, Co-P.I.: Dennis Proffitt, Direct Costs: $12,420, 07/01/78-06/30/80