Project Grant 2034178

This $249,999 National Science Foundation project grant supports the development of a bioengineered nanobarrier spray to protect against SARS-CoV-2 and other viral infections of the nasopharynx. Funded under the NSF Engineering program (CFDA 47.041), the two-year award to the University of Southern California will support computational modeling of nanobarrier delivery via nasal applicator as well as efficacy testing in a coronavirus mouse model. Specifically, the university researchers will...

Carrisan Technologies Inc. received a $255,990 National Science Foundation Project Grant under the NSF Directorate for Engineering SBIR PHASE I program to develop persistent antimicrobial compositions to prevent cross-contamination via hands and gloves from May 2021 through April 2022. The NSF SBIR PHASE I program aims to support innovative research and development from small businesses and translate promising ideas into products and services with commercial potential or public benefit. Under...

The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a $878,296 Cooperative Agreement to Surfplasma Inc., a minority-owned small business based in Gainesville, FL, to develop a rapid, low-temperature plasma prototype for disinfecting personal protective equipment (PPE), medical devices, food products and other materials from pathogens like COVID-19. The project, funded under NSF's Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships (CFDA 47.084) program, aims to deliver a market-ready sterilization solution...

This $255,966 National Science Foundation Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships award to Nano-Product Engineering, LLC will support the development of an antiviral/antimicrobial micropowder for application to personal protective equipment and respiratory equipment surfaces. The award period is from September 15, 2022 through May 31, 2023. The project aims to improve the protective properties of commonly used PPE and respiratory equipment, which typically only provides passive protection and...

This National Science Foundation (NSF) Project Grant award under the Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) provides $398,481 to the University of South Carolina to quantify and predict how surface properties and airflow affect the attachment, transfer, and re-aerosolization of select enveloped and non-enveloped viruses in indoor environments. The key research objectives are to: 1) determine the significant parameters and dimensionless groups that encompass virus-surface interactions in indoor...

This $256,000 National Science Foundation Project Grant under the Engineering (47.041) program will support the development of a permanent ceramic antimicrobial coating technology by Nanoionix, LLC. The goal is to synthesize and deposit a pure ceramic coating on relevant substrates that exceeds EPA requirements for generating reactive oxygen species to inactivate viruses and bacteria. Nanoionix will conduct spectroscopic assessments to rapidly evaluate the types and numbers of reactive oxygen...

The National Science Foundation Division of Industrial Innovation awarded a $256,000 Project Grant to Avior Inc., doing business as Avior Bio, to develop a safe and effective copper nanoparticle suspension formulation for face mask applications against SARS-CoV-2 and other viruses. The grant period runs from July 1, 2021 through December 31, 2021 under the Engineering (47.041) federal grant program. Through this funding, Avior Bio will work to produce a nanoparticle formulation that can be...

This $788,406 project grant from the National Institutes of Health National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, under the Allergy and Infectious Diseases Research program (CFDA 93.855), will fund the development of a sensitive, direct reading bioaerosol detection platform to quantify airborne pathogens such as SARS-CoV-2. Aerosol Devices Inc. will integrate their gentle condensation-growth capture sampler, which concentrates intact, viable virus particles into a small liquid volume...

The National Science Foundation awarded the University of Illinois a $100,000 project grant under the NSF Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships program to develop an aerial virus detector system. The university will use the one-year award ending June 2023 to create a portable device that can directly detect airborne COVID-19 and other viral particles. The proposed technology integrates a COVID-reactive surface with a sensitive detection mechanism to identify the presence of a virus particle...

This $1,000,000 Cooperative Agreement awarded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) under the Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships (TIP) program (CFDA 47.084) supports research and development efforts by Akanocure Pharmaceuticals Inc. to optimize a novel, broad-spectrum antiviral and immunomodulatory agent for oral administration against coronaviruses. The project focuses on lead optimization, including the design, synthesis, and testing of analogs with improved drug-like properties for...