Project Grant 201633610256671

Federal Project Grant Award Summary The National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI) awarded Boston University $649,678 through the Cardiovascular Diseases Research program (CFDA 93.837) on September 2, 2025, to develop a wearable, cuffless blood pressure monitoring system using high-speed speckle contrast optical spectroscopy (SCOS). The project, concluding May 31, 2029, will convert laboratory-based SCOS technology into a portable device capable of multi-hour ambulatory blood pressure...

This $1,410,766 Project Grant awarded by the National Heart Lung and Blood Institute (CFDA 93.837 Cardiovascular Diseases Research) aims to analyze the effectiveness of ongoing natural experiments in telehealth for managing uncontrolled blood pressure (BP) during the COVID-19 pandemic. The project will leverage the PCORnet Blood Pressure Control Laboratory to track the implementation of new BP-related technologies and strategies across healthcare systems. Through descriptive and causal inference...

This Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's Division of Undergraduate Education aims to advance Bayesian thinking in STEM fields through curriculum development and instructor training. Funded under the NSF IUSE: EHR and IUSE:HSI programs, total funding is $136,769. Specifically, a consortium led by the University of California Irvine will develop and offer a professional development program focused on teaching Bayesian methods. The program includes a week-long instructor boot...

Protection Engineering Consultants LLC was awarded a $199,765 Project Grant from the Department of Energy Office of Science on February 21, 2023 to develop a NETWORK RISK ASSESSMENT TOOLKIT (NETRAT). The period of performance for the award is February 21, 2023 through January 20, 2024. The award was made under the Office of Science Financial Assistance Program (CFDA 81.049). The program supports the Office of Science's mission to deliver scientific discoveries and tools that transform...

This $200,000 project grant from the National Science Foundation's Computer and Information Science and Engineering program will fund research at the University of California, Berkeley to develop group testing methods for infectious disease monitoring and mitigation. Specifically, the grant supports the creation of specialized machine learning, combinatorial, and information-theoretic techniques to (1) identify low-mutation genomic regions for polymerase chain reaction (PCR) primers, (2) model...

Federal Project Grant Award Summary The National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI) awarded University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) a $721,237 Project Grant effective September 1, 2025, through June 30, 2029, under the Cardiovascular Diseases Research program (CFDA 93.837). This research initiative investigates the neural mechanisms by which inspiratory muscle training (IMT) reduces blood pressure in patients with obstructive sleep apnea (OSA). The study will employ resting-state...

This Project Grant award from the National Heart Lung and Blood Institute under the Cardiovascular Diseases Research program (CFDA 93.837) provides $725,088 to Rush University Medical Center to conduct a hybrid effectiveness-implementation study to optimize the effectiveness and implementation of COPD self-management treatment. The study will evaluate treatment components including self-management education, physical activity, and inhaler training among 448 individuals with COPD. The primary...

The National Science Foundation (NSF) Directorate for Engineering awarded the University of Pittsburgh a 3-year, $350,000 Project Grant to develop an innovative closed-loop brain-computer interface (BCI) system for use in exposure therapy for socially fearful teenagers with depression and anxiety. The proposed technology synchronizes electroencephalogram (EEG) monitoring with augmented reality (AR) simulations of social fear scenarios, enabling real-time detection of fearful responses and...

This Project Grant award of $246,124.00 from the National Cancer Institute (NCI) under the Cancer Detection and Diagnosis Research program (CFDA 93.394) supports the development of the BREATHS system at Vanderbilt University Medical Center (VUMC). BREATHS is a personalized, patient-centered technology that aims to help breast cancer patients undergoing radiation therapy consistently execute deep inspiration breath hold (DIBH) techniques. The BREATHS system includes video display glasses and a...

Ovid BP Systems Inc. received a $713,199 Project Grant award from the National Institutes of Health's National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute on April 15, 2021 to develop a blood pressure monitoring system using video recording on smart cameras. The goal of the Cardiovascular Diseases Research program, CFDA #93.837, is to support heart and vascular research. Under this award, Ovid BP will assess the feasibility of using video-based algorithms to accurately measure blood pressure through...