Project Grant 2505771
- This $223,362 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CFDA 47.070) program supports collaborative research by Arizona State University to develop new mathematical tools and frameworks for "Algorithmic Shape Encoding" - using DNA molecules and self-assembling 3D structures to encode and manipulate information at the nanoscale. The research aims to create breakthroughs in areas like self-assembling materials,...
- This National Science Foundation (NSF) Project Grant Award, under the CFDA Program 47.070 Computer and Information Science and Engineering, provides $355,000.00 to New York University (NYU) from September 1, 2025 through August 31, 2028 to conduct collaborative research on "Algorithmic Shape Encoding at the Nanoscale." The research aims to develop mathematical tools to distinguish molecules based on their 3D shapes and structures, and then use these tools to create a new...
- This Project Grant award of $300,000 from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Integrative Activities program (CFDA 47.083) supports the development and experimental validation of computational tools for simulation-guided design of DNA nanostructures and molecular systems. The project aims to integrate high-level and low-level computational models to enable more powerful and user-friendly multiscale modeling frameworks for DNA nanotechnology. Key objectives include parameterizing coarse-grained...
- This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation (CFDA 47.041 - Engineering) totaling $1,400,000 aims to advance the manufacturing of ultra-high-density, DNA-enabled nanoelectronics systems. The key goals are to: Develop scalable methods for obtaining high-purity carbon nanotubes, self-aligned single-molecule junctions, and hybrid DNA nanostructures. Establish reliable processes for integrating bottom-up and top-down architectures using field-driven directed assembly and...
- This $600,000 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's Computer and Information Science and Engineering program will fund research at the University of Texas at Austin to develop DNA-based storage and computation techniques. Specifically, the award supports the creation of a "SIMD-DNA" paradigm that uses strand displacement reactions to manipulate digital data encoded in the topological structure of DNA. This approach aims to enable parallel, in-memory computation without...
- This three-year, $930,252 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's Division of Computing and Communication Foundations, under the Computer and Information Science and Engineering program, will support research exploring applications of digital microfluidic technology for DNA storage, computation, and synthetic biology. A team from the University of Minnesota will leverage an electronic platform developed by industrial partner Seagate to manipulate droplets and assemble DNA at...
- The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded the University of New Mexico (UNM) a $500,000 Project Grant under the Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CFDA 47.070) program. The grant supports research on the design of heterochiral DNA nanostructures for biomaterials applications. The project aims to study the structure and function of these hybrid DNA materials that combine right-handed (D-DNA) and left-handed (L-DNA) forms, and to use computational modeling and experimental...
- This National Science Foundation (NSF) Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships (CFDA 47.084) Project Grant award of $305,000 to Nanodesk, LLC will develop a computer-aided design software platform for DNA origami nanostructures. The platform will streamline the design-build-test-learn cycle, enabling more efficient research and development of DNA origami applications in areas such as drug delivery, biosensing, materials science, and molecular computing. The project will focus on improving the...
- This National Science Foundation (NSF) Project Grant, under the Office of International Science and Engineering program (CFDA 47.079), will provide $100,000 in funding to Arizona State University (ASU) to harness artificial intelligence (AI) methods to automate the design and characterization of nucleic acid nanodevices. The overarching goal is to develop novel generative AI techniques to streamline the design process for these complex bionanotechnology structures, which have promising...
- The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a 5-year, $695,000 Project Grant under the Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) to Case Western Reserve University (CWRU). The grant supports research to investigate the structural implications of nucleic acid nanoparticles on their transcription, translation, and transport for delivering therapeutic drug molecules or genes to cells. Key objectives include: Encoding synthetic DNA nanoparticles with gene sequences and measuring their interaction with the...
This Project Grant award of $316,760.00 from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CISE) program (CFDA 47.070) aims to develop "Algorithmic Shape Encoding at the Nanoscale." The research will focus on creating mathematical tools to distinguish molecules based on their 3D shapes and structures, and then use this to construct increasingly complex self-assembling DNA-based nanostructures. Expected outcomes include breakthroughs in self-assembling materials, biocomputing, and optical communication systems. The project will be carried out by the University of South Florida over a 3-year period from September 2025 to August 2028. This work aims to harness the interface between DNA "software" and the geometric "wetware" of molecules, leveraging DNA's predictable structure and self-organizing abilities to enable the design of next-generation materials.
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Not listed | $316.8k | 8/23/25 |