The University of California Irvine received a $360,000 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation Division of Chemical, Bioengineering, Environmental, and Transport Systems on January 15, 2022 to fund the development of The Aptamer Bioresistor. The project aims to create a broadly applicable protein biosensor with simplified dip-and-read functionality for point-of-care diagnostics. The funding supports research under the NSF's Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) and will allow the...
The University of Cincinnati was awarded a $925,001 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation Division of Chemistry to support the CAREER: TUNABLE GRAPHENE MICROELECTRODES FOR REAL-TIME BIOLOGICAL SENSING project. The award, made on January 1, 2022 under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049), will fund the development of tunable graphene microelectrodes to enable real-time biological sensing through December 31, 2026. The goal of the Mathematical and Physical...
This $402,222 National Science Foundation Project Grant, funded through the Engineering program (CFDA 47.041), supports the development of a new class of simple, inexpensive, portable, and rapid molecular diagnostic platforms. The awardee, University of Cincinnati, will engineer an instrument that can reliably and quickly detect infectious diseases in human samples using a combination of biochemistry, magnetism, fluid physics, and machine learning insights. Specifically, the university will...
The University of Cincinnati was awarded a $405,000 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation Division of Chemistry on April 1, 2021 to support work completing March 31, 2024. The grant funds the project "Localized Chemical Detection with Maintained Single Protein Channel Recordings on Nanoneedle Probes" under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049). This project aims to develop nanoneedle probes capable of localized chemical detection through single...
The National Science Foundation awarded Tufts University a $100,114 project grant under the Engineering federal grant program (CFDA 47.041) for the period of March 1, 2021 through February 28, 2022. The grant funds the development of fluorescent sensors to measure temperature and iron ion concentrations around magnetic particles exposed to an oscillating magnetic field. The NSF Directorate for Engineering seeks to improve quality of life and economic strength through innovative engineering...
The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a three-year, $449,999 Project Grant under their Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) to the University of Cincinnati to develop an implantable biosensor platform that can continuously monitor various biomarkers in the body for over a year. The project aims to create a new class of long-lasting aptamer-based sensors protected by robust porous oxide coatings, which would enable the first practical implantable monitoring system for managing chronic...
This Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) provides $401,980 to the University of Cincinnati from January 1, 2023 to February 28, 2025. The funding supports analytical studies using ionic liquids, GUMBOS, and nanomaterials conducted by Professors Isiah Warner, Jin-Woo Choi, and Kevin McCarter of Louisiana State University. Their research groups are developing new chemical sensors for medically relevant analytes based on...
The University of Cincinnati was awarded a $402,387 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation Division of Chemical, Bioengineering, Environmental, and Transport Systems to support research titled "ERASE-PFAS: ELECTROCATALYTIC HYDRODEFLUORINATION OF PFAS USING MOLECULAR, METAL-FREE CATALYSTS." The grant is part of NSF's Engineering program (CFDA 47.041), which aims to improve quality of life and economic strength through innovative engineering research and education. Under this...
The University of Cincinnati is conducting a 5-year, $438,602 Project Grant awarded by the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) to investigate the dynamics of phase change at curved liquid-vapor interfaces. The project aims to advance fundamental understanding of evaporation, condensation, and capillarity effects at small scales, which are critical for developing various technologies including manufacturing, electronics cooling, and energy systems. The work...
The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a $568,480 Project Grant under the Engineering (CFDA 47.041) program to The Regents of the University of Colorado, doing business as the University of Colorado, to conduct research on a novel biosensing concept for high-sensitivity measurement of cell mechanical biomarkers. The 3-year award, effective May 1, 2024, will investigate how biological cells with different mechanical properties interact with acoustic waves propagating along a substrate, and...