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...
The National Science Foundation awarded a $255,961 Small Business Technology Transfer Phase I Project Grant under the NSF Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships program (CFDA 47.084) to Rush River Research Corp. The grant aims to develop a low-cost, automated receptacle for rapid point-of-care sterilization of personal protective equipment, such as filtering facepiece respirators, for frontline healthcare workers during the COVID-19 pandemic. Specifically, the company will construct and...
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...
Skyhaven Systems, LLC received a $255,998 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation Division of Industrial Innovation on August 15, 2021 to complete work by January 31, 2022. The grant funds the development of desktop plug-and-play vaporized hydrogen peroxide sterilizers for personal protective equipment as part of the NSF Engineering program (CFDA 47.041). The Engineering program supports innovation, creativity, and excellence in engineering research and education to improve...
This Project Grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) provided $255,943 to Athem LLC from February 15, 2021 through March 31, 2022. The grant funded the development of a medical device to isolate and purify therapeutic antibodies from recovered COVID-19 donors. The NSF Engineering program seeks to improve quality of life and economic strength by fostering innovation and excellence in engineering research. This award aimed to advance those goals by...
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...
The National Institute of Standards and Technology awarded Vuronyx Technologies LLC a $1,599,940.60 cooperative agreement under the Science, Technology, Business and/or Education Outreach program (CFDA 11.620) to develop acetylperoxyborate (APB) powders for disinfecting personal protective equipment. Vuronyx will perform efficacy testing of APB powders against viruses on test coupons and evaluate resulting byproducts and residues. It will also evaluate the structural integrity of N95 masks and...
This $247,457 National Science Foundation project grant funded research on coupling COVID-19 respiratory droplet adsorption and photocatalysis through metal organic frameworks. The grant was awarded to Framergy Inc. on June 15, 2021 under the Engineering (47.041) federal grant program. The objective was to develop materials and techniques to capture and deactivate SARS-CoV-2 virus particles through the end date of November 30, 2021. The Engineering program seeks to improve quality of life and...
Sperry Medtech Inc. received a $255,382 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation Division of Industrial Innovation on March 1, 2021 to develop a novel respiratory ventilator for clinical care in response to COVID-19. The award was made under the NSF's Engineering program (CFDA 47.041), which seeks to improve quality of life and economic strength through engineering research and innovation. With this funding, Sperry Medtech will work to advance a new ventilator design that...
The National Science Foundation awarded a $255,981 Small Business Innovation Research Phase I Project Grant to Frezent Biological Solutions Inc. of Valhalla, NY under the Engineering (CFDA 47.041) federal grant program. The grant funds the development of a novel peptide inhibitor of the coronavirus papain-like protease as a prophylactic and antiviral therapeutic for COVID-19, to be administered via inhalation. The Engineering program seeks to improve quality of life and economic strength...