The National Science Foundation awarded Northeastern University a $233,204 Project Grant under the Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) for the period of February 15, 2021 through January 31, 2024. The grant funds collaborative research to control information processing and learning in neuronal networks through light-mediated programming of genomic networks. The Engineering program seeks to improve quality of life and economic strength by fostering innovation and excellence in engineering...
The National Science Foundation awarded Northeastern University a $339,246 project grant under the Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) for the period of February 1, 2022 through January 31, 2025. The grant will support research into "Mesoscale Photomechanical Coupling in Photoactive Liquid Crystal Elastomers" at Northeastern University's campus in Boston, Massachusetts. Specifically, the grant funding will enable investigation into the interactions between light, molecular structure, and...
Northeastern University was awarded a $299,987 project grant from the National Science Foundation Division of Electrical, Communications and Cyber Systems under the Engineering (47.041) federal grant program. The grant will support research from September 2021 through August 2024 related to "Sparse Sensing, Actuation, and Communication in Complex Networks." As the NSF Directorate for Engineering seeks to improve quality of life and economic strength through innovative engineering...
Northeastern University was awarded a $305,466 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation Division of Mathematical Sciences on August 1, 2021 to develop new techniques for analyzing the long-term behavior of intracellular networks. The grant is part of the NSF's Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049), which aims to promote progress in these fields and strengthen the nation's scientific enterprise. Under the award, Northeastern University researchers will work to...
Northeastern University will conduct collaborative research on genome editing approaches to unravel microRNA roles in stochastic multistable networks, under a $896,200 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF). The grant was awarded on July 15, 2021 for a period of four years under the NSF's Biological Sciences program (CFDA 47.074). As part of its mission to promote progress in the biological sciences and strengthen the nation's scientific enterprise, the Biological Sciences...
Northeastern University was awarded a $765,688 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation Division of Materials Research. The grant is part of the NSF Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) to support COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: DMREF: RHEOSTRUCTURALLY-INFORMED NEURAL NETWORKS FOR GEOPOLYMER MATERIAL DESIGN. Through this funding, Northeastern University will deliver research from October 1, 2021 to September 30, 2025 to develop rheostructurally-informed neural networks for geopolymer material...
This National Science Foundation (NSF) Project Grant award, funded under the Engineering program (CFDA 47.041), aims to decode how single-cell phenotypic heterogeneity arises and can be precisely controlled in T cells, a critical type of white blood cell for immune system function and cancer therapies. The $574,808 award, granted to Duke University, will leverage cutting-edge technologies including spatial proteomic multiplexed imaging, in vitro cell tracking, and engineered biomaterial...
This $508,785 federal Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) supports research at Columbia University to investigate how the chemical composition and mechanical properties of biomaterials can be optimized to improve the production and function of T cells for use in cancer immunotherapy. The project aims to gain fundamental knowledge on how nutrient transport, particularly oxygen availability, within these biomaterials affects T cell...
The Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) received a $420,061 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Chemical, Bioengineering, Environmental, and Transport Systems on August 1, 2021 to develop nanosensor chemical cytometry (NCC) technologies in support of cellular therapeutics through July 31, 2024. The NSF award supports MIT's work under the Engineering (47.041) federal grant program, which seeks to foster innovation and excellence in engineering...
The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a Project Grant of $653,629 to Northeastern University on February 1, 2024 under the Engineering program (CFDA 47.041). The objectives of this 5-year project are to elucidate and optimize the binding affinity between collectins (a class of immune system proteins) and glycans (sugar structures found on pathogens), with the goal of enhancing early detection and response to viral infections like influenza. The research will employ an interdisciplinary...