This National Science Foundation (NSF) Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CISE) Federal Grant Program (CFDA 47.070) award of $1,200,000 provides funding to the University of California, Berkeley from October 1, 2024 to September 30, 2028 to develop innovative sensing technologies that integrate DNA nanotechnology and CMOS electronics for next-generation diagnostics. The key objectives of this project grant are to: (1) develop molecular engineering techniques using DNA origami...
This $432,740 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) to the Cal Poly Corporation supports the development of a new class of paper-based chronometric biosensors. The objective is to create quantitative point-of-care diagnostic tools that can detect a range of biological analytes, including disease markers, environmental contaminants, and security threats, using time as the sensing signal. The novel biosensors will leverage polymer...
The National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Molecular and Cellular Biosciences awarded a $590,000 Project Grant to the University of California Irvine (UC Irvine) on August 15, 2023 under the Biological Sciences program (CFDA 47.074). The goal of this 3-year research project is to develop novel strategies for real-time metabolite sensing and metabolite-induced enzyme localization that can contribute to fundamental cellular knowledge and improve the efficiency of synthetic biology...
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 University of California Irvine will receive $450,000 from the National Science Foundation Division of Chemistry through July 2025 to develop new chemical and biosensor concepts utilizing metal nanowires and nanogaps. Specifically, the award will support research to define the capabilities of solid gold nanowires and gold nanowires containing single nanogaps as sensors for analytes including iron(III) ions, thrombin binding proteins, and pH levels. The project aims to elucidate the...
The Regents of the University of California at Riverside received a $456,000 project grant award from the National Science Foundation on August 1, 2021 to develop high-performing nanoplasmonic biosensors with novel thin films and metasurfaces. The project aims to advance progress in the mathematical and physical sciences through the creation of new sensing technologies under the NSF's Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049). By leveraging nanophotonics and nanofabrication...
This National Science Foundation (NSF) Project Grant award under the Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) provides $379,730 to the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill to develop a continuous monitoring system for therapeutic monoclonal antibodies (mAbs) using in situ regenerable aptamer sensors. The research aims to overcome current challenges in real-time monitoring of mAb therapies, such as cancer treatments, by designing aptamers with light-sensitive, reversible conformational changes to...
The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a $475,000 Project Grant under the Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) to the University of California, Irvine (UC Irvine) to design solid-state nanopore systems whose local pore openings are subjected to controllable fluctuations. The research aims to reproduce the fluctuations of biological channels in model systems to understand transport properties on the nanoscale and harness new transport properties that result from these dynamic systems. The...
The National Science Foundation awarded a $400,236 Project Grant to the University of California, Davis under the Engineering (47.041) federal grant program. The five-year award will support the development of a portable nanosensor for the ultrasensitive optical detection of airborne agents. Key deliverables include the creation of a novel sensor featuring nanomaterials that can be activated with light to selectively capture and detect volatile organic compounds. The sensor is designed for...
The University of California Irvine was awarded a $300,000 project grant from the National Science Foundation Office of International Science and Engineering under the Office of International Science and Engineering federal grant program (CFDA 47.079). The grant will support research on electrochemical technologies for a carbon-free economy from May 15, 2021 through April 30, 2024. Specifically, the University will conduct research at its Irvine, California location to develop electrochemical...