The National Science Foundation (NSF) Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) awarded a $686,484 Project Grant to The Research Foundation for the State University of New York (RF-SUNY) operating as RF-SUNY at the University at Albany. The funding will enable the development and employment of label-free Raman spectral imaging and transport of intensity equation optical diffraction tomography (TIE-ODT) to visualize and quantify the distribution of iron-binding proteins, such as ferritin and transferrin,...
The National Science Foundation awarded a $500,000 Project Grant to the University of Massachusetts Amherst under the Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) for the period of April 1, 2021 through March 31, 2026. The grant funds the development of scalable, high-precision optoelectronic lab-on-a-chip technologies towards next-generation precision therapeutics. The Engineering program seeks to improve quality of life and economic strength through innovation and excellence in engineering research and...
This $499,944 Project Grant awarded by the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) aims to develop a new type of high-resolution and high-sensitivity magnetic field microscope. The grant supports the advancement of rare-earth-doped magnetic nanoparticles and the integration of dual-comb microscopy techniques to create a breakthrough technology for cellular-level studies of magnetic fields in biology and precise mapping of magnetic patterns in integrated circuits....
This $100,000 two-year Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's Engineering Education and Centers division will fund research at Tufts University examining how virtual and physical laboratory modes differentially influence the development of engineering students' epistemic practices. The NSF Directorate for Engineering seeks to improve quality of life and economic strength through engineering innovation and excellence in research and education programs like the Engineering program...
The National Science Foundation awarded Southern Methodist University a $204,846 project grant under the Engineering federal grant program (CFDA 47.041) for the period of August 1, 2021 through July 31, 2024. The grant funds the acquisition of a confocal micro-Raman spectrometer to support engineering research and education activities. The NSF Directorate for Engineering seeks to improve quality of life and economic strength through fostering innovation and excellence in engineering research and...
The National Science Foundation awarded a $549,670 Project Grant to Stanford University from the Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) for the period of September 1, 2021 through February 28, 2025. The grant funds research into the multiphysics mechanics of magnetic shape memory polymers. As part of its mission to foster innovation and excellence in engineering research, the NSF Directorate for Engineering program supports fundamental research that advances the understanding of engineering and...
The University of Cincinnati received a $250,999 National Science Foundation Project Grant under the NSF Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) for a project titled "EAGER: DEMONSTRATING THE PHYSICS OF NOVEL SOLUTION-PHASE ELECTROCHEMICAL APTAMER SENSORS" from July 1, 2021 to June 30, 2023. The grant aims to develop and demonstrate aptamer-based electrochemical sensors for detecting analytes in solution through applying electrochemistry principles and aptamer technology. The NSF Engineering...
The National Science Foundation Division of Electrical, Communications and Cyber Systems awarded Georgetown University a $349,838 Project Grant under the Engineering federal grant program (CFDA 47.041) from September 1, 2021 to August 31, 2024. The grant will support research into the effects of quantum confinement in photosensors made from transition metal dichalcogenides. As part of its mission to improve engineering research and education, the NSF Directorate for Engineering provides...
The National Science Foundation awarded a $249,851 Project Grant to Temple University under the Engineering federal grant program (CFDA 47.041). The grant will fund research from August 2021 through July 2023 to investigate direct interspecies electron transfer between microbial partners to advance syntrophic metabolism. The NSF Engineering program supports innovation and excellence in engineering research, and this award will further the program's goals by exploring how certain microbes can...
This $197,780 federal Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) supports the development of a novel quantum magnetometer sensor based on an organic chromophore integrated with a nanomechanical resonator. The goal is to create an ultra-sensitive, highly efficient magnetometer sensor that can operate at room temperature for applications in robotics, medical equipment, and other technologies. The project will advance the fundamental physics of...