Project Grant 0945919

This Project Grant award from the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD), under the Child Health and Human Development Extramural Research program (CFDA 93.865), will provide $987,365 to Nurelm Inc. to complete the final design and development of the Fast In-Bed Tracking (FIT) platform. FIT is an e-health and wellness IoT monitoring system that can be integrated into a user's bed to passively track weight, supporting health and wellness for individuals, particularly...

This federal Project Grant award of $1,745,000.00 from the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA), under the Motor Carrier Safety Assistance High Priority Activities Grants and Cooperative Agreements program (CFDA 20.237), aims to maintain existing e-screening capabilities in the Commonwealth of Virginia through the replacement of end-of-life Weigh-In-Motion (WIM) technology and the continuation of maintenance fees on all existing WIM systems. The funding will support two key...

This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships (TIP) program (CFDA 47.084) provides $398,630.00 to the University of Alabama's Office for Sponsored Programs Division to develop an advanced, battery-free wireless sensor system for continuous monitoring of patients with chronic conditions like heart failure. The project aims to translate research on parity-time (PT) symmetric biotelemetry, inspired by non-Hermitian quantum physics, into...

This National Science Foundation (NSF) Cooperative Agreement award, funded under the NSF Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships (TIP) program (CFDA 47.084), provides $1,000,000.00 to Wilo Networks Inc. to develop a cutting-edge sensor network platform designed to operate with exceptionally low power consumption. The core innovation involves integrating low-power wake-up radio technology with optimized network protocols, enabling always-on, low-latency communication without the traditional...

This National Science Foundation (NSF) Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I Project Grant award to Steadi Systems, LLC aims to develop an innovative and accessible solution for balance training and assessment. The $305,000 award, which runs from January 1, 2025 to March 31, 2026, seeks to design a portable and affordable platform that individuals of all ages can use at home or in clinics to practice and improve their balance. The project will investigate how biomechanical data...

This Project Grant award from the National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS), under the Biomedical Research and Research Training Program (CFDA 93.859), provides $699,738 to Sagespectra Inc. to develop and validate a wireless patch for post-surgical monitoring and electrotherapy of surgical flaps. The key products and services to be delivered under this award include: The development of a novel prototype wireless patch that can monitor tissue oxygenation (StO2), relative temperature,...

This SBIR Phase I award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships (TIP) program (CFDA 47.084) provides $275,000 to Rehabnetics Medical LLC to develop a robotic wrist-hand exoskeleton device for physical therapy. The project aims to create a prototype system that can provide tailored rehabilitative exercises based on quantified measures of a patient's motor function recovery. Key technical milestones include developing objective diagnostic markers, an...

This Project Grant from the United States Department of Agriculture National Institute of Food and Agriculture Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program / Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) Program totaling $153,622 will support the development of a novel low-cost snow water equivalent (SWE) measurement system using a single global navigation satellite system (GNSS) receiver. NWB Sensors Inc. will write software to implement their proposed method for measuring snowpack data with...

The National Science Foundation awarded a $256,000 Project Grant to 2KR Systems, LLC through the Engineering (47.041) federal grant program. The grant will support development of a low-cost, wireless structural monitoring network for early warning of movements in infrastructure and geographic features. Under the award, 2KR Systems will construct sensors to measure commercial rooftop movement from snow and wind loading. The sensors will use precision radio receivers to create 3-axis,...

The National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering (NIBIB) awarded a $613,744 Project Grant under the "Discovery and Applied Research for Technological Innovations to Improve Human Health" (CFDA 93.286) program to Assistive Technology Development, Inc. The funding will support the development, testing, and evaluation of a lightweight, cost-effective telerehabilitation device that provides motorized exercise modes coupled with blood flow restriction to enhance the...