{"id":26605,"date":"2024-08-16T15:25:00","date_gmt":"2024-08-16T19:25:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dcp.ufl.edu\/rinker\/?p=26605"},"modified":"2025-07-22T15:28:55","modified_gmt":"2025-07-22T19:28:55","slug":"jeelani-gheisari-and-antonenko-receive-400k-nsf-award-for-virtual-reality-and-ai-learning-project","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dcp.ufl.edu\/rinker\/jeelani-gheisari-and-antonenko-receive-400k-nsf-award-for-virtual-reality-and-ai-learning-project\/","title":{"rendered":"Jeelani, Gheisari, and Antonenko Receive $400K NSF Award for Virtual Reality and AI Learning Project"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"margin-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--30)\">Dr. Idris Jeelani, Dr. Masoud Gheisari, and Dr. Pasha Antonenko (College of Education) received a $400K research award from the National Science Foundation for their project titled <em>\u201cVirtuAI-Story: Integrating Virtual Reality and Large Language Models to Provide Personalized Situated Learning through Adaptive Storytelling.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For more details, visit the official NSF award page:\u00a0<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nsf.gov\/awardsearch\/showAward?AWD_ID=2417157&amp;HistoricalAwards=false\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.nsf.gov\/awardsearch\/showAward?AWD_ID=2417157&amp;HistoricalAwards=false\">NSF Award #2417157<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-uagb-image uagb-block-8bd1e0fc wp-block-uagb-image--layout-default wp-block-uagb-image--effect-static wp-block-uagb-image--align-none\"><figure class=\"wp-block-uagb-image__figure\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/dcp.ufl.edu\/rinker\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/40\/2025\/07\/award-announcement-nsf-1024x574.jpg\" alt=\"Jeelani, Gheisari, and Antonenko Receive $400K NSF Award for Virtual Reality and AI Learning Project\" class=\"uag-image-26607\" width=\"955\" height=\"534\" title=\"award-announcement-nsf\" 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