This $407,538 Project Grant awarded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) supports research and development of a novel optical neuroimaging technology called Diffuse Correlation Spectroscopy (DCS) at Duke University. The goal is to enable deep tissue measurement of blood flow within the brain, which can provide valuable insights into neurological and mental health conditions. The project aims to develop a parallelized DCS system using single-photon...
This $175,476 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Integrative Activities program (CFDA 47.083) supports Lawrence Technological University (LTU) in acquiring a functional near-infrared spectroscopy (fNIRS) neuroimaging system. This instrumentation will enhance LTU's capacity for interdisciplinary cognitive neuroscience research and enable collaborations across fields such as psychology, computer science, engineering, and decision science. The fNIRS system will allow...
This $175,000 Project Grant award, funded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) under the Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CFDA 47.070) program, supports the development of a hybrid EEG-fNIRS neuroimaging headband for neurofeedback applications. The University of Memphis is the primary awardee and will develop the headband device, which will simultaneously monitor critical neural biomarkers by combining EEG's temporal precision and fNIRS' spatial accuracy. The project aims to...
The National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS) awarded a 5-year, $677,014 Project Grant (CFDA 93.853 - Extramural Research Programs in the Neurosciences and Neurological Disorders) to The General Hospital Corporation (Massachusetts General Hospital) to develop a novel, non-invasive device for monitoring intracranial pressure (ICP) and cerebral blood flow (CBF) in traumatic brain injury (TBI) patients. The device integrates Speckle Contrast Optical Spectroscopy (SCOS) and a...
This Project Grant award from the National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering (NIBIB), under the Discovery and Applied Research for Technological Innovations to Improve Human Health (CFDA 93.286) program, provides $580,654 to New York University School of Medicine to develop an advanced near-infrared optical monitoring system to measure cerebral blood flow. The goal is to improve the detection and diagnosis of delayed cerebral ischemia, a major complication of subarachnoid...
This federal Project Grant award from the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS), under its Extramural Research Programs in the Neurosciences and Neurological Disorders (CFDA 93.853) program, is funding the development of a highly parallelized interferometric near-infrared spectroscopy (INIRS) system for the real-time, non-invasive measurement of cerebral blood flow. The $498,995 award to Neuralenz, Inc. will be used to create an integrated platform called Neuralenz Flow...
This National Science Foundation (NSF) Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships (CFDA 47.084) project grant award provides $650,000 to The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York to develop energy-efficient optical brain-inspired (neuromorphic) computing devices. The project aims to establish a 3D nanofabrication platform that combines DNA-programmable assembly and conventional lithographic methods to create novel optical metamaterials and integrate them into neuromorphic...
This National Science Foundation (NSF) Engineering Program (CFDA 47.041) Project Grant award of $100,001 to the University of Wisconsin System, through its University of Wisconsin - Madison division, will advance the development of new magnetoelectric nanostructures for minimally invasive brain monitoring and stimulation. The project aims to create specialized cobalt ferrite (CFO) and barium titanate (BTO) nanoparticles that can be safely injected into the brain to detect neural activity using...
The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a $423,151 CAREER grant under the Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) to Duke University to develop a new functional brain imaging technology using super-resolution ultrasound. The goal is to create a radiation-free, low-cost imaging system that can continuously monitor neural activities across the entire brain at a microscopic scale, even through the intact skull. The 3-year project will focus on improving the temporal resolution of conventional...
The National Science Foundation awarded a $300,000 Project Grant to Stanford University under the Engineering (47.041) federal grant program. The two-year award will support research into noninvasive neuromodulation using near-infrared light in the 1,000-1,500nm wavelength range. Specifically, the grantee aims to synthesize light-absorbing polymers for targeting transient receptor potential vanilloid 1 ion channels in dorsal root ganglion neurons in vitro. The research also plans to...