Project Grant 2045750
- The University of Central Florida Board of Trustees received a $875,426 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation Division of Civil, Mechanical, and Manufacturing Innovation. The award is part of the NSF Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) and will fund research titled "CAREER: SCALABLE LAMINATION PRINTING OF NEAR ATOMICALLY THIN ELECTRONIC MATERIALS WITH MECHANICAL STRETCHABILITY" from January 15, 2022 through December 31, 2026. The grant will support the development of...
- The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a $437,038 Project Grant under the Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) to the University of Massachusetts (UMass) to develop a technology for targeted electrical stimulation of endothelial cells lining blood vessels. The objective is to modulate endothelial cell function to enhance drug delivery to tumors and improve treatment outcomes for cancer patients. The 5-year project will study pulsed electric field waveforms that can selectively alter...
- The University of Central Florida Board of Trustees received a $850,000 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation Division of Civil, Mechanical, and Manufacturing Innovation. The award is part of the NSF Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) and will support research from January 1, 2022 to December 31, 2026 on the effects of spatiotemporal storm surge clusters on coastal flood risk. The grantee will conduct engineering research at their location in Alafaya, FL to improve...
- The University of Central Florida Board of Trustees received a $199,859 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation Division of Chemical, Bioengineering, Environmental, and Transport Systems on January 15, 2022 to fund the RAPID project "Characterization of Aerosolized Droplet and Droplet Nuclei in Cough" through December 31, 2022. The grant is part of NSF's Engineering (CFDA 47.041) program, which seeks to improve quality of life and economic strength through...
- The University of Central Florida Board of Trustees received a $332,552 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation Division of Civil, Mechanical, and Manufacturing Innovation on January 15, 2022 to fund research titled "MCA: FRICTION OF NANOCRYSTALS AT TECHNOLOGICALLY RELEVANT SPEEDS: FILLING THE GAP OF KNOWLEDGE IN NANOTRIBOLOGY." The research is being conducted under the NSF's Engineering (ENG) program, which aims to foster innovation and excellence in engineering...
- The University of Central Florida Board of Trustees received a $300,596 National Science Foundation Project Grant under the Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) to develop technologies for temporal-spatial control of electric-driven water facilities to support renewable energy management. The three-year award, issued on September 1, 2021 and set to conclude on August 31, 2024, will support research into coordinating water infrastructure operations for contingency response and integrated...
- The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a $400,000 Project Grant under the Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) to the New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT) to advance the understanding of how new blood vessels grow in the body. This 3-year project aims to develop data-driven models that integrate high-fidelity biophysical simulation with high-resolution imaging of real blood vessel networks undergoing growth and adaptation. The research will elucidate the fluid dynamics and biophysics...
- The National Science Foundation Division of Chemical, Bioengineering, Environmental, and Transport Systems awarded $123,291 to Florida Atlantic University under the Engineering (47.041) federal grant program. This Project Grant will support research from April 1, 2021 to June 30, 2021 titled "CAREER: OPTOGENETIC ANALYSIS OF NEUROVASCULAR COUPLING." The grant aims to advance understanding of neurovascular coupling, the critical relationship between neural activity, blood flow changes,...
- The University of California, San Diego was awarded a $551,341 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) for the period of March 1, 2021 through February 28, 2026. The grant funds research into the mechanical and structural adaptations of blood vessels in pulmonary arterial hypertension. Specifically, the university will examine how blood vessels in the lungs change over time in response to high blood pressure conditions. This work will further the...
- This $600,000 Project Grant, awarded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) Engineering program (CFDA 47.041), aims to provide the first comprehensive mechanobiological characterization of venous valve cells and tissues in the context of chronic venous insufficiency. The principal investigator at North Carolina State University will: 1) Generate and share data on how venous valve endothelial and interstitial cells respond to mechanical forces associated with high blood pressure and tissue...
The University of Central Florida Board of Trustees received a five-year, $500,000 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation to support research titled "CAREER: ELUCIDATION OF THE PHYSICAL PRINCIPLES THE GOVERN ENDOTHELIAL STRUCTURE AND FUNCTION." The award was issued on March 1, 2021 under the National Science Foundation's Engineering program (CFDA 47.041). Through this funding, researchers at the University of Central Florida's Office of Research will investigate the physical mechanisms that govern the structure and function of the endothelium, the thin layer of cells that lines the interior surface of blood vessels and lymphatic vessels. The National Science Foundation Directorate for Engineering seeks to improve quality of life and economic strength through fostering innovation in engineering research, such as this project exploring endothelial cell biology to advance understanding of vascular health.
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
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| Not listed | $0 | 5/20/21 | ||
| Not listed | $500.0k | 1/25/21 |