2025-

• Basic Science Research Program through the National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF) funded by the Ministry of Education 

"Robotics & Mechatronics Engineering Research Lab" [RS-2025-25420118]  (co-I)
PI: Sukho Park
Period: 2025/09/01-2034/02/28
Amount: $39,104 (KRW 56.5M) / yr for 9 years 

 $351,936 (KRW 508.5M) Total Costs

• Future-Leading Specialized Research - Industry-Transforming Innovation Factory Project (Track A)

"Advanced Research on Universal Robot Hands and AI Control Specialized for Manufacturing/Assembly Process Domains" [26-AX-02]

(co-I)

PI: Sukho Park

Period: 2026/05/01 – 2030/12/31 (Year 1: Planning / Years 2–5: R&D)

Amount: 30,000,000 KRW/year for 5 years (Total: 150,000,000 KRW)

• Institute of Science and Technology InnoCORE Program / InnoCORE Research Institute Linkage ProjectProject 

"Emergent Intelligence-based Physical AI (EIPAI): Robot Implementation and Cross-domain Validation"  [26-InnoCORE-08]

(co-PI)

PI: Dongwon Yun

Period: 2026/07/01 – 2030/12/31

Amount: 13,500,000 KRW (Year 1) + 27,000,000 KRW/year (Years 2–5) for 5 years (Total: 121,500,000 KRW)

• Daegu Digital Innovation Promotion (DIP) - 2026 Blockchain Convergence Town Creation Project / Blockchain-Based Multimodal (AI) Mental Health Management Platform Development

"Mental Health Management and Severe Disaster Prevention Solutions Through a Blockchain-Based Stress Biomarker AI Convergence System" [2026050043]

(Co-PI)

PI: Joon-hyuk Park

Period: 2026/05/01 – 2030/11/30

Amount: Total 250,000,000 KRW

-2024

• VentureWell
  “Collaborative Healthcare Innovation: Designing Assistive Technology for Adults (CHI-DATA)” (28394-23)
  PI: Carolyn Buchanan
  Period: 02/01/24-08/31/2027
  Amount: $25,108.00 Total Costs

• National Institutes of Health
  “Investigators from Novices, a Transdisciplinary Research Education Program to Increase Diversity (INTREPID) in Aging Research” (R25 AG076410)
  PI: Norma Conner (UCF CON)
  Period: 04/01/23-03/31/2028
  Amount: $1.86 M Total Costs

• National Institutes of Health
  “Optimizing a technology-based body and mind intervention to prevent falls and reduce health
  disparities in low-income populations” (R01 MD018025)
  PI: Ladda Thiamwong
  Co-I: Joon-Hyuk Park, Jeffrey Stout (UCF Kinesiology), Rui Xie (Statistic and data science), Nichole Lighthall (Psychology), Vicki Loerzel (CON)
  Period: 01/01/2023-12/30/2027
  Amount: $2.3M Total Costs

• UCF Research Seed Funding, Interdisciplinary Research Award
  “Technology-based fall risk assessments for older adults in low-income settings” (R03 AG069799)
  PI: Ladda Thiamwong
  Co-I: Joon-Hyuk Park, Jeffrey Stout (UCF Kinesiology), Xin Yan (UCF Statistics)
  Period: 07/01/2022-06/30/2023
  Amount: $45,000 Total Costs

• National Institutes of Health
  “Technology-based fall risk assessments for older adults in low-income settings” (R03 AG069799)
  PI: Ladda Thiamwong
  Co-I: Joon-Hyuk Park, Jeffrey Stout (UCF Kinesiology), Xin Yan (UCF Statistics)
  Period: 09/30/2020-06/30/2022
  Amount: $149,000 Total Costs

• Learning Institute for Elders (LIFE) at the University of Central Florida
  “Technology innovation enabling falls risk assessments and physical activity in low-income older
  adults” (26038A06)
  PI: Ladda Thiamwong (UCF College of Nursing)
  Co-I: Joon-Hyuk Park, Jeffrey Stout (UCF Kinesiology), Xin Yan (UCF Statistics)
  Period: 09/01/2020-08/31/2021
  Amount: $7,200 Total Costs