Formula Grant P425M200163

This Project Grant award from the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH), under the Mental Health Research Grants program (CFDA 93.242), provides $898,025 to the University of Cincinnati to evaluate the use of transcutaneous spinal direct current stimulation (tsDCS) to modulate spinal interoceptive pathways (SIPs) and their role in Major Depressive Disorder (MDD) symptoms. The research aims to assess tsDCS-induced changes in laser-evoked potentials (LEPs) as neural markers of SIPs engagement...

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) awarded a $289,992 Cooperative Agreement under the CHIPS Research and Development (CFDA 11.042) program to Tech-X Corporation. The purpose is for Tech-X to develop a simulation tool that accounts for manufacturing variations and imperfections to enable faster and more cost-effective development of photonic integrated circuits (PICs). Key activities include modifying Tech-X's XSIM simulation tool to model the effects of fabrication defects...

Photonect Interconnect Solutions Inc. received a $275,000 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation under the NSF Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships federal grant program (CFDA 47.084) to develop a chip technology for cheaper and easier photonic device manufacturing. The company will focus on a new fusion splicing machine and novel silicon dioxide mode converter that enables faster, more accurate, and lower cost fiber placement on chips compared to existing technologies....

The Alabama Parent Training and Information Center (AL PTI) was awarded a $374,214 Project Grant by the U.S. Department of Education's Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services under the Special Education Parent Information Centers (CFDA 84.328) program. The grant will fund the AL PTI center to provide high-quality training and information to parents of children with disabilities in Alabama, with the goal of improving educational outcomes for these children. The center will offer...

The Department of Labor Employment and Training Administration awarded $2 million under the Community Project Funding/Congressionally Directed Spending program (CFDA 17.289) to Pacific International Center For High Technology Research (Pichtr) for a project grant concluding January 2025. The grant aims to address Hawaii's critical technician workforce shortage required to replace cesspools by 2050 through three goals: strengthening wastewater career pathways by engaging employers to align skills...

This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) under the NSF Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships (CFDA 47.084) program provides $274,841 to XN Health Inc. to develop a novel transtracheal phrenic nerve stimulation device. The device aims to reduce injury rates caused by mechanical ventilation by stimulating the phrenic nerves to induce diaphragmatic contractions, thereby increasing lung inflation and supporting protective ventilation for critically ill patients. The...

Teliatry Inc. received a $768,138 project grant award from the National Institutes of Health's National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering to develop a minimally invasive, single incision, rechargeable spinal cord stimulation system for chronic pain management. The grant was awarded under the Discovery and Applied Research for Technological Innovations to Improve Human Health program. Through this award, Teliatry will engineer the world's smallest (0.75cc), most cost-effective...

This National Science Foundation (NSF) Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships (CFDA 47.084) Project Grant award of $274,976 to Ecate LLC aims to develop a novel intraspinal stimulator system to restore sensation and volitional motor control in spinal cord injury patients. The project will fabricate nanopatterned stimulating electrodes coupled with custom CMOS chips to deliver spatially selective electrical stimulation to the spinal cord. This closed-loop neural interface system is intended...

This $275,000 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships (TIP) program (CFDA 47.084) supports the development of a prototype transceiver integrated circuit with wide frequency flexibility. The goal is to create a tunable and programmable radio frequency (RF) transceiver that can achieve the benefits of both hardware-tuned and software-defined radio approaches, addressing limitations in existing software-defined radio technologies....

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) awarded a $289,999.65 Cooperative Agreement under the CHIPS Research and Development (CFDA 11.042) program to Tiptek, LLC, a for-profit limited liability company, to create new gigahertz nanoprobes for semiconductor failure analysis. Through this funding, Tiptek will build ultra-high-speed nanoprobe prototypes capable of operating at gigahertz frequencies to detect "soft" electrical faults that are difficult to identify with...