Project Grant 2141141
- This $960,000 National Science Foundation project grant supports the development of a multiplexed plasmon-enhanced lateral flow assay for point-of-care detection of SARS-CoV-2 RNA and antigens. Funded under the NSF Engineering program (CFDA 47.041), the grantee, Washington University, will design, validate and build a novel diagnostic platform with sensitivity exceeding standard laboratory tests. Key deliverables include an ultrasensitive multiplexed lateral flow assay for simultaneous...
- Rutgers, The State University received a three-year, $360,000 project grant award from the National Science Foundation to develop an electronic-sensing and magnetic-modulation biosensor for phagocytosis quantification. The grant is funded through the NSF's Engineering program (CFDA 47.041), which supports innovation and excellence in engineering research. Specifically, Rutgers will utilize the funding to create an electronic device capable of quantifying the process of phagocytosis, which...
- The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a $331,189 Project Grant under its Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships (CFDA 47.084) program to the University of Central Florida Board of Trustees. The 4-year grant, effective April 1, 2025, is focused on developing an affordable, portable platform for rapid virus detection. The innovation combines protein engineering to create stable enzymes for isothermal virus amplification, with electrochemical biosensors and microfluidics, enabling virus...
- The National Science Foundation (NSF), under its Engineering program (CFDA 47.041), awarded a $429,832 Project Grant to the University of Massachusetts (UMass) to develop a novel method for rapid and sensitive detection of nucleic acids such as DNA and RNA. The main objectives of the 5-year project are to: Determine the nanomechanoelectrical transduction principle of nucleic-acid nanostructures tethered to a graphene transistor and oscillating in an electric field. Achieve rapid,...
- This National Science Foundation (NSF) Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships (CFDA 47.084) Project Grant award of $275,000 to Quarksen LLC provides funding to develop an affordable, point-of-care diagnostic device for detecting viral and non-viral sexually transmitted infections (STIs) such as chlamydia, gonorrhea, syphilis, HIV, hepatitis C, and trichomoniasis. The project aims to create a device with an array of sensors that can rapidly and accurately detect STI biomarkers from cervical...
- The National Science Foundation awarded the University of Illinois a $100,000 project grant under the NSF Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships program to develop an aerial virus detector system. The university will use the one-year award ending June 2023 to create a portable device that can directly detect airborne COVID-19 and other viral particles. The proposed technology integrates a COVID-reactive surface with a sensitive detection mechanism to identify the presence of a virus particle...
- The National Science Foundation awarded a $220,000 Project Grant to the University of Connecticut under the Engineering (47.041) federal grant program. The award will fund development of a compact, field-portable biophotonics instrument for automated analysis and identification of blood cells impacted by COVID-19. The instrument aims to provide real-time sensing and diagnosis capabilities with high accuracy, specificity and sensitivity for potential early detection of COVID-19 infections. It...
- This National Science Foundation (NSF) Partnerships for Innovation - Research Partnerships (PFI-RP) project grant, CFDA #47.084, provides $549,649 to the University of Rochester to advance the development of a novel membrane-based sensor technology for the rapid and specific detection of infectious pathogens in biofluids. The project aims to integrate the membrane sensor into a hand-operated microfluidic device with a colorimetric readout, and demonstrate the generalizability of the approach...
- Federal Project Grant Award Summary Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, Camden Division received a $151,870 Project Grant from the National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS) under the Biomedical Research and Research Training program (CFDA 93.859), effective September 1, 2025, through August 31, 2029. The primary deliverable is the development and release of computational software tools designed to identify non-canonical junctions (NJs) in the SARS-CoV-2 transcriptome that...
- This $2.18 million Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's Biological Sciences program (CFDA 47.074) will fund research at Rutgers University from September 1, 2023 through August 31, 2027 to test the use of multispectral imaging technology for detecting cassava brown streak disease. The imaging technology will be deployed in agricultural fields in Tanzania to rapidly determine cassava plant infection status. Rutgers University will receive funding to assess the technology's...
This National Science Foundation Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships Project Grant totaling $265,999 will support Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, Camden in developing a rapid and reliable point-of-care screening for infectious diseases such as COVID-19. Specifically, the university will demonstrate a mass screening method to rapidly detect viruses to identify early infected individuals for quarantine. This work will enable rapid and reliable point-of-care detection with benefits of affordability, simplicity and rapidity, reducing user onboarding time and costs. The university will also develop a novel mechanism of engineering smart molecular devices by integrating molecular computation with specific target recognition and signal amplification at the nanoscale. Goals include developing a solution assay to rapidly detect viral RNA and a user-friendly system for integration with a lateral-flow device. If successful, this screening technology could potentially be used in test centers, clinics, schools and airports to help control and prevent the spread of emerging pandemic diseases.
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
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| Not listed | $16.0k | 5/13/22 | ||
| Not listed | $250.0k | 2/5/22 |