Cooperative Agreement 70NANB1H3023

This National Science Foundation (NSF) Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I grant award of $275,000 to Adialante L.L.C. focuses on the development of techniques to facilitate the design and fabrication of affordable, compact, and patient-friendly magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) systems, particularly for pediatric applications. The project aims to innovate novel B1 imaging approaches, such as Frequency-Encoded and Phase-Encoded Frequency-Modulated Rabi-Encoded Echoes (FREE), that...

This National Science Foundation (NSF) Cooperative Agreement award, funded under the NSF Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships (CFDA 47.084) program, focuses on the commercialization of a novel magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) platform. The $1,186,778 project aims to develop an affordable, compact, and silent head-only MRI scanner that can provide high-quality brain imaging at one-tenth the cost and footprint of traditional MRI systems. The innovative "B1 encoding" system...

HYQ Research Solutions, LLC was awarded a $998,104 Cooperative Agreement from the National Science Foundation under the NSF Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships program to develop high dielectric constant materials for accelerating 1.5T magnetic resonance imaging. The two-year award will support the company's efforts to increase MRI signal-to-noise ratio by over 50% and cut scan times in half through incorporating high dielectric constant materials into clinical imaging coils. This novel...

The federal Project Grant award R56EB033347, in the amount of $499,291.00, was provided by the National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering (NIBIB) under the "Discovery and Applied Research for Technological Innovations to Improve Human Health" (CFDA 93.286) program. The award will support the development of breakthrough technology to enable future compact, mid-field (0.7 Tesla) magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) systems, with the goal of improving accessibility and...

This $2,000,000 Project Grant awarded by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) under the Research Infrastructure Programs (CFDA 93.351) will support the acquisition of a new FDA-approved 7T MRI scanner at Stanford University's Lucas Center for Imaging. The funding will replace an aging 7T MRI system that has become increasingly difficult to service due to the discontinuation of its cryostat design by the original manufacturer. The new Siemens 7T MRI scanner will provide enhanced imaging...

The National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering (NIBIB) awarded a $514,357 Project Grant under the Discovery and Applied Research for Technological Innovations to Improve Human Health program (CFDA 93.286) to the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) on June 1, 2025. The purpose of this grant is to support the development and prototype demonstration of a portable, liquid-helium-free 1-T/560-mm RT bore point-of-care MRI magnet. This innovative MRI technology is intended to...

This Cooperative Agreement award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships (CFDA 47.084) program provides $1.25M in funding to X-Sight Incorporated to develop a new generation of compact, lightweight 3D X-ray or computed tomography (CT) imaging systems. The project aims to create faster, more cost-effective CT scanners that can improve access to healthcare, enhance national security screening, and advance manufacturing quality control. The key innovation...

This $2,000,000 Project Grant, awarded by the NIH's Office of Research Infrastructure Programs (CFDA 93.351 Research Infrastructure Programs), will enable the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, MN to acquire a state-of-the-art 7.0 Tesla preclinical magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scanner. This advanced MRI system, the Bruker BioSpec 70/20, will significantly enhance the organization's multidisciplinary research capabilities across fields such as neuroscience, cancer, and cardiovascular disease. The 7T...

This Project Grant award from the National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research (NIDCR), under the Oral Diseases and Disorders Research program (CFDA 93.121), provides $341,970.00 to Oralmr LLC to test the feasibility of using a specialized pulse sequence and intraoral coil to detect the dentinoenamel junction (DEJ) in teeth at a lower field strength (0.7T) with greater inhomogeneity than conventional MRI systems. The goal is to develop a cost-effective, dental-dedicated MRI system that...

This Project Grant award from the National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering (NIBIB), under the Discovery and Applied Research for Technological Innovations to Improve Human Health program (CFDA 93.286), provides $309,974 to support the development of a novel, low-cost device called LIVERscope. The LIVERscope device uses advanced magnetic resonance (MR) technology to noninvasively estimate quantitative biomarkers of nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD), including liver...