Project Grant 2014693

This SBIR Phase I project, awarded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) under the Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships (TIP) program (CFDA 47.084), aims to develop a bi-directional brain-computer interface (BCI) solution to support advanced neuroprosthetics and devices. The $295,000 award, granted to In Virtualis LLC, a woman-owned small business, will fund the creation of a Unity-based extended reality (XR) BCI development platform, a unifying API to handle diverse digital signal...

This EAGER (Early-concept Grants for Exploratory Research) Project Grant, awarded by the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Social, Behavioral, and Economic Sciences (SBE) program (CFDA 47.075), supports research to investigate the use of pupil size as a tool for detecting mental imagery in humans and potentially other primates. The $199,552 award to Emory University will fund experiments to determine whether changes in pupil size can index the presence of visual imagery, even in individuals...

The National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS) awarded a $727,313 Project Grant to The Johns Hopkins University to study the neural mechanisms underlying 3D object perception through vision and touch. Specifically, the 2-year award under the 21st Century Cures Act - Brain Research through Advancing Innovative Neurotechnologies (BRAIN) Initiative (CFDA 93.372) will: Test the hypothesis that 3D object discrimination through touch evokes distinct, shape-specific neural...

This $275,000 SBIR Phase I Project Grant awarded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) under the NSF Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships (CFDA 47.084) program supports the development of a wearable multimodal sensing device by Skywalk Inc., a for-profit Asian-Pacific American-owned manufacturer. The device aims to enable more intuitive interaction with augmented reality (AR) technologies by turning human hands into cursors, turning any surface into a touchscreen, and unlocking new...

This National Science Foundation (NSF) Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships (CFDA 47.084) Project Grant award of $305,000 to Elite Neuro Inc. aims to develop and validate a virtual reality-based platform that integrates cognitive assessment and enhancement through perceptual training. The project addresses the need for scalable, scientifically validated tools to improve cognitive performance across domains such as athletics, education, and cognitive rehabilitation. The virtual reality...

This Project Grant award from the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) under the Mental Health Research Grants program (CFDA 93.242) provides $764,476 to the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) to develop an integrated, portable sensor suite for tracking neural activity, physiological arousal, motor signals, and physical interactions in social environments. The goal is to improve the accuracy of determining the sources of inattention on an individual basis, enabling more...

This Project Grant award from the National Institute on Aging (CFDA 93.866 - Aging Research) provides $786,440.00 to Emory University to evaluate the Visuospatial Memory Eye-Tracking Test (VisMET) as a digital biomarker for early detection of Alzheimer's disease (AD). The key objectives are to: 1) replicate findings that VisMET performance predicts global cognition, preclinical AD status, and longitudinal cognitive decline; 2) rigorously assess the impact of demographic factors like age, sex,...

This $276,000 National Science Foundation award through the Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships program will support the development of a cognitive dashboard software platform to aid neurosurgical clinical decision-making. Mindtrace Technologies, Inc. will deliver a turn-key software solution that enables neurosurgical teams to map individual patient brain functions, assess and track measures of mental performance throughout care, and integrate with existing medical imaging and data...

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 Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) Phase I Project Grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) provides $256,000 in funding to Gyropalm LLC of West Lafayette, Indiana. The award falls under the NSF Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships program (CFDA 47.084), which seeks to advance science and engineering research leading to breakthrough technologies and solutions to national challenges. Specifically, the company will develop a framework for scalable experimentation of virtual...