Project Grant 1632483

The National Science Foundation awarded Integrated Medical Sensors Inc. a $256,000 Project Grant under the NSF Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships program (CFDA 47.084) to develop a novel multi-analyte microsensor platform for continuous wireless monitoring applications. The grant aims to create a unique monolithic semiconductor platform capable of wirelessly monitoring multiple biochemical and physiological markers simultaneously in a sub-cubic millimeter footprint. This miniature,...

This NSF Engineering program Project Grant award to Brown University, totaling $383,560, will support the development of a large-scale wireless network of microchip sensors for monitoring physiological signals and brain activity. The overarching goal is to create an "all-in-one" approach to build a wireless network of thousands of sub-millimeter size sensors that can efficiently transmit and decode sparse event-driven signals, taking inspiration from the brain's neural activity. The...

This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Engineering program provides $150,000 to Baylor University to conduct collaborative research on large-scale wireless RF networks of microchip sensors. The key objectives are to: 1) build a microsensor system and demonstrate low-error rate and efficient asynchronous, encoded wireless transmission in the laboratory using fabricated microchips, and 2) decode signals from a hypothetical brain implant composed of up to 8,000...

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...

The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a $305,000 STTR Phase I project grant to Sensvita Inc. under the NSF Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships (CFDA 47.084) program. The project aims to develop a non-invasive radio frequency sensing technology for home-based monitoring of heart and lung function. The proposed system uses advanced sensing methods to measure critical physiological parameters without the need for skin contact or maintenance, improving the convenience, scalability,...

Federal Grant Award Summary The National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering awarded The Leland Stanford Junior University a $131,085 Project Grant (CFDA 93.286: Discovery and Applied Research for Technological Innovations to Improve Human Health) on June 9, 2025, with a completion date of May 31, 2027. This award supports the development of an ultrasound-interrogated implantable intracranial pressure (ICP) sensor designed to address critical limitations in hydrocephalus...

This federal 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 $374,378 to Michigan State University to develop a computational modeling framework for a miniaturized, noninvasive, wireless, luminescence-based carbon dioxide sensing wearable device. The goal is to accurately translate transcutaneous partial pressure of CO2...

This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation (CFDA 47.074 Biological Sciences) is for the development of a piezoelectric inchworm machine to enable automated implantation of miniaturized flexible microelectrodes into the brain for large-scale chronic neural recordings. The $499,991 award will fund the development of the inchworm insertion mechanism and its integration with a 3D-printed skull cap platform. This system aims to address the challenges of electrode buckling and...

This CAREER award from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) funds the development of an artificial nervous system enabling in-body communication between wearable and implantable bioelectronic devices. Awarded to Georgia TECH Research Corp on June 15, 2025, with $499,896 obligated through May 31, 2030, the project addresses critical limitations in existing therapeutic systems by creating optimized emitter and receiver networks that facilitate real-time...

This SBIR Phase I project, awarded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) under the Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships (CFDA 47.084) program, is focused on the development of a novel mammalian cell-based nano-biological coating for implantable medical devices. The goal is to address the critical health and economic burden associated with implant-related infections by reducing or eliminating them through the use of this biocompatible and antimicrobial nano-biological coating. The $305,000...