The National Science Foundation Division of Chemical, Bioengineering, Environmental, and Transport Systems awarded Purdue University a $280,674 project grant under the Engineering (47.041) federal grant program. The grant will support Purdue University's development of an airborne pathogen capture and detection system from January 15, 2022 through December 31, 2023. As part of the Engineering program's goal of fostering innovation in engineering research, this project aims to improve detection...
The National Science Foundation awarded Purdue University a $320,000 project grant under the Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) for work on "COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: THREE-DIMENSIONAL FLEXIBLE BIOSENSOR ENABLING LABEL-FREE SPATIAL MAPPING OF INTRA-ORGANOID FUNCTIONS" from February 15, 2021 to January 31, 2024. This funding supports Purdue University's development of a three-dimensional flexible biosensor to enable label-free spatial mapping of functions within organoids. The...
Purdue University was awarded a $443,172 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation Division of Chemical, Bioengineering, Environmental, and Transport Systems on May 1, 2022 to complete work by April 30, 2027. The grant supports research titled "USING STOCHASTIC TECHNIQUES TO UNDERSTAND AND PREDICT THE FLOW OF NON-SPHERICAL PARTICLES" under the NSF Engineering Program (CFDA #47.041). The Engineering Program seeks to improve quality of life and economic strength by fostering...
Purdue University received a $500,000 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation on May 1, 2021 to support research titled "CAREER: SCALABLE NANOMANUFACTURING OF TWO-DIMENSIONAL TOPOLOGICAL MATERIALS FOR QUANTUM DEVICE APPLICATIONS." The award has a completion date of April 30, 2026. The funding is provided through the NSF's Engineering program (CFDA 47.041), which seeks to improve quality of life and economic strength through engineering research and education. Under...
This National Science Foundation (CFDA 47.041 - Engineering) Project Grant award of $435,054 to the Trustees of Indiana University, doing business as Indiana University, supports the development of a solid-state nanopore-based point-of-care nucleic acid testing device. The research aims to address fundamental and applied challenges in solid-state nanopore sensing for applications ranging from infectious disease detection to homeland security. Key objectives include exploring a highly sensitive...
This National Science Foundation (NSF) CAREER Award (CFDA 47.041 - Engineering) provides $242,687 to the University of Massachusetts to develop a novel nanopore biosensor technology for the ultrasensitive, multiplex detection of infectious disease biomarkers at the point-of-care. The key goals are to: (1) optimize a nanopore sensor with high sensitivity, robustness, and reproducibility; (2) enable sensitive and specific biomarker detection through automated immunoprecipitation and novel signal...
Purdue University was awarded a $332,957 project grant from the National Science Foundation Division of Chemical, Bioengineering, Environmental, and Transport Systems to support research into thermal transport in two-dimensional semiconductor materials. With a completion date of July 31, 2024, this award funds work under the NSF Engineering program (CFDA 47.041), which aims to improve engineering research and education. Specifically, the grant will allow Purdue researchers to study heat...
The National Science Foundation Division of Chemical, Bioengineering, Environmental, and Transport Systems awarded Purdue University a $459,529 project grant under the Engineering (CFDA 47.041) federal grant program. The grant will fund research from August 2021 through July 2024 to investigate the multiphase chemistry of air pollutants from cured-in-place pipe installations and their potential to serve as an unrecognized source of atmospheric micro- and nano-plastics. As part of its mission...
The National Science Foundation awarded a $793,276 Project Grant to Indiana University under the Engineering (47.041) federal grant program. The grant will fund the development of next-generation plasmonic nanosensors for ultrasensitive, high-throughput nucleic acid and protein assays from July 1, 2022 to June 30, 2025. Indiana University will construct optical-based biossensors using localized surface plasmon resonance-active metal nanostructures functionalized with photoreversible molecules....
This federal Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) provides $308,000 in funding to Purdue University to develop new diagnostic technologies for detecting the Cyclospora cayetanensis parasite, which often contaminates produce and can lead to disease outbreaks. The key objectives are to: (1) discover DNA aptamers that can specifically recognize and bind to Cyclospora cayetanensis, and (2) integrate these aptamers into a paper-based...