This National Science Foundation (NSF) Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships (TIP) program (CFDA 47.084) Project Grant award of $275,000 aims to validate a novel device and approach for enhancing the delivery of pharmaceuticals and cosmetics into human teeth. The key products and services to be delivered under this award include: Validating the use of electrical voltage, current, application time, pressure, and conductive additives to improve the permeability and depth of delivery for topical...
This $349,996 federal Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships (TIP) program aims to develop a new dental technology to improve oral health through microbial transplantation. The project will test the use of beneficial oral microbes from healthy donor dental plaque to treat conditions like dental decay and gum disease in recipients. The effort will employ a 3D printed system to grow and propagate the transplanted microbes, with the...
This Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) provides $249,999 to The Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania for the development of a smart dental implant system. The award will support research and educational activities from September 2022 through August 2025. Specifically, the grantee will build a strategy to prevent peri-implant disease through enhancing soft tissue immunity near dental implants. They will develop an ambulatory care platform...
This National Science Foundation Project Grant of $255,757 awarded on August 15, 2022 will fund the development of an ultrasound-based point-of-care periodontal imaging device under the NSF Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships program (CFDA 47.084). Stylosonic LLC will develop an integrated device for acoustic imaging of the entire mouth that automatically processes imaging data to assist dentists in assessing gingival health and periodontitis. Key objectives include miniaturizing imaging...
This $256,000 National Science Foundation Project Grant under the Engineering (47.041) program will support the development of a permanent ceramic antimicrobial coating technology by Nanoionix, LLC. The goal is to synthesize and deposit a pure ceramic coating on relevant substrates that exceeds EPA requirements for generating reactive oxygen species to inactivate viruses and bacteria. Nanoionix will conduct spectroscopic assessments to rapidly evaluate the types and numbers of reactive oxygen...
The National Science Foundation awarded a $254,360 Project Grant to Quiver Dental, Inc. under the NSF Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships program (CFDA 47.084) to develop a diagnostic device to measure dental implant stability. The one-year award running from August 1, 2022 to July 31, 2023 aims to complete proof-of-concept demonstration of a reliable and accurate device using vibrational technology to quantify the degree of motion and stability between a dental implant and surrounding...
This National Science Foundation (NSF) Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) award of $499,944 to the University of Colorado aims to develop a new type of high-resolution and high-sensitivity magnetic field microscope. The project will leverage rare-earth-doped magnetic nanoparticles and cutting-edge dual-comb microscopy techniques to create a novel sensing platform that can detect extremely weak magnetic fields and capture fine details at the micrometer scale. This breakthrough technology has the...
This $515,926 Project Grant awarded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) will fund research to develop an in vitro gingival (gum) tissue system to study the role of microbial communities on oral health and disease. The 5-year project, beginning June 1, 2024, will be conducted by the University of Massachusetts Lowell's Office of Research Administration-Lowell. The key objectives are: (1) developing and validating a microphysiological system to study oral...
Superior Nano LLC received a $512,000 National Science Foundation Project Grant to develop dense nanolipid fluid systems for delivering drugs with poor bioavailability. The NSF funding supports research from June 2022 to May 2023 under the Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships program. This award will allow Superior Nano to advance scientific understanding of surfactant-lipid-water systems and create new knowledge applicable to manufacturing drug nanoparticles using twin-screw extrusion. By...
This National Science Foundation (NSF) Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships (CFDA 47.084) Project Grant award of $274,786 to Femtosenselabs, LLC provides funding for the development of a cutting-edge scanning magnetometer microscope. This advanced microscopy technology will enable high-resolution imaging of novel magnetic materials at the nanoscale, supporting breakthroughs in the field of spintronics and the development of faster, more energy-efficient computing devices. The project aims to...