The National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Chemical, Bioengineering, Environmental, and Transport Systems awarded a $450,000 Project Grant to the Texas A&M Engineering Experiment Station (Tees) to develop an injectable, grain-of-rice size glucose biosensor for continuous blood sugar monitoring. The key products or services to be provided under this 3-year grant include: Developing an injectable glucose biosensor comprised of a self-cleaning membrane and a near-infrared fluorescence...
This $1,200,000 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CISE) program (CFDA 47.070) aims to develop innovative diagnostic sensing technologies that can enable more frequent and comprehensive health monitoring. The key products and services to be delivered under this award include: Integrating DNA nanotechnology and CMOS electronics to create highly sensitive and easy-to-use biosensing platforms that can detect a wider range...
The National Science Foundation awarded Integrated Medical Sensors Inc. a $256,000 Project Grant under the NSF Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships program (CFDA 47.084) to develop a novel multi-analyte microsensor platform for continuous wireless monitoring applications. The grant aims to create a unique monolithic semiconductor platform capable of wirelessly monitoring multiple biochemical and physiological markers simultaneously in a sub-cubic millimeter footprint. This miniature,...
The National Science Foundation (NSF) has awarded a $360,000 Project Grant under the CFDA Program "Computer and Information Science and Engineering" to the University of Texas at Austin (UT Austin) and Michigan State University for a collaborative research project. The goal of this 4-year project is to develop a novel framework for continuous, precise, and closed-loop control of bi-hormone (insulin or glucagon) secretion from genetically modified islet organoid grafts using tiny,...
The National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering (NIBIB) awarded a $170,678 Project Grant (R21EB036615) to the University of Cincinnati for the project "Aptamer Tagging with Redox Quenchers: A Critical Breakthrough in the Sensitivity of Continuous Electrochemical Protein Monitoring". The objective is to develop and test the first continuous in-vivo sensors capable of monitoring large analytes (e.g., insulin, cardiac markers, inflammatory proteins) with unprecedented...
This National Science Foundation (NSF) Engineering (CFDA 47.041) program grant, in the amount of $400,000, supports the development of a tissue-like, converged sensing platform for tracking excitation-contraction dynamics in cardiac organoids. The project aims to: Develop a scalable assembly strategy to fabricate an array of three-dimensional sensor structures using planar semiconducting graphene material, designed to detect both electrical and mechanical stimuli. Evaluate the multifunctional...
This National Science Foundation (NSF) Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships (CFDA 47.084) Project Grant award of $305,000 to Sensvita Inc. funds the development of a non-invasive radiofrequency sensing technology for home-based monitoring of heart and lung function. The research objectives include designing improved antennas for ambulatory use, improving signal processing techniques to mitigate interference, and validating the system's accuracy against clinical benchmarks. The anticipated...
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...
This $450,000 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) to The Johns Hopkins University supports the development of a new "dual-series gate" organic electrochemical transistor (DS-OECT) biosensor technology. The key objectives include material synthesis, device fabrication, computer modeling, and biological fluid analysis to create a highly sensitive and stable sensor capable of reliably detecting protein biomarkers for various...
This National Science Foundation (NSF) CAREER grant, awarded under the Engineering program (CFDA 47.041), provides $242,687 to the University of Massachusetts (UMass) to develop an ultrasensitive nanopore biosensor technology for point-of-care detection of infectious disease biomarkers. The project aims to create a next-generation nanopore sensor with unprecedented sensitivity, robustness, and reproducibility to enable rapid, accurate, and multiplexed quantification of circulating proteomics...