The National Science Foundation awarded a $114,955 project grant to Southern Utah University under the Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) for the period of August 15, 2021 through November 30, 2022. The grant funds the CAREER: MULTIPLEXING BIOMEDICAL SENSOR SYSTEMS FOR AUTOMATED DIAGNOSIS BY MACHINE LEARNING project. This project will develop multiplexed biomedical sensor systems and utilize machine learning techniques for automated medical diagnosis, in line with the NSF Directorate for...
This National Science Foundation Project Grant of $395,312 will fund the development of shape-encoded electrokinetic particles for multiplexed biosensing through June 2027. Under the NSF Engineering Directorate's CFDA 47.041 program, the University of Colorado Boulder will work to advance biosensing technologies that can detect heterogeneous biomarkers from blood in a single assay. Specifically, the university will study how biomarker size, charge density, and concentration influence the induced...
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...
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...
The National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Chemistry awarded a $420,000 Project Grant to the University of Utah from August 1, 2023 to July 31, 2026 under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049). The funding supports the development of a novel optical biosensor capable of detecting and quantifying a wide range of biological molecules, including biomarkers found in bodily fluids. The project leverages second harmonic generation (SHG) and optical heterodyning techniques...
The National Science Foundation (NSF) Directorate for Engineering (CFDA 47.041) awarded a $240,000 Project Grant to Trustees of Indiana University, doing business as Indiana University, to develop a novel deep sensor array decoding system for high-fidelity remote health monitoring. This 3-year project aims to leverage data-driven deep learning algorithms to decode weak, noisy signals captured by off-body sensing devices, without needing reference signals. The system will also utilize spatial...
This $448,818 federal Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) aims to develop a miniaturized, sensitive, and user-friendly electromagnetic sensing platform to enable rapid detection of bacterial infections. The key products and services to be delivered under this 5-year award include: Development of ultrasensitive biosensing electronics using high-quality-factor resonators and circuit techniques to overcome traditional noise-power...
The National Science Foundation awarded a $793,276 Project Grant to Indiana University under the Engineering (47.041) federal grant program. The grant will fund the development of next-generation plasmonic nanosensors for ultrasensitive, high-throughput nucleic acid and protein assays from July 1, 2022 to June 30, 2025. Indiana University will construct optical-based biossensors using localized surface plasmon resonance-active metal nanostructures functionalized with photoreversible molecules....
This $160,260 National Science Foundation Project Grant from the Division of Electrical, Communications and Cyber Systems will support the development of a novel on-chip dual polarization interferometry technique and circuit implementations to enable an electrically driven and electrically readout low-cost silicon nanophotonic biosensor. The University of North Texas will collaborate with the University of Dayton to employ state-of-the-art photonic device fabrication at a 300mm CMOS foundry to...
This $1,500,000 Project Grant awarded by the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Division of Materials Research under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences Program (CFDA 47.049) aims to accelerate the discovery and optimization of biosensor materials through a closed-loop computational and experimental approach. The key objectives are to: 1) understand the effect of two-dimensional transition metal dichalcogenide (TMD) functionalization and doping on nanoscale interactions with biomolecules, 2)...