Project Grant 25086

This $968,765 Project Grant awarded by the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Division of Mathematical Sciences (CFDA 47.049 - Mathematical and Physical Sciences) will develop a flexible modeling framework to simulate the impact of various testing-based infection control strategies for respiratory pathogens like SARS-CoV-2. The project aims to improve our ability to control existing respiratory diseases and enhance preparedness for future pandemics. Key deliverables include: Developing a...

The Ratiocinative Engineering Services LLC was awarded a $3,076,048 cooperative agreement from the Department of Commerce National Institute of Standards and Technology under the Science, Technology, Business and/or Education Outreach federal grant program (CFDA 11.620). The award will support development of a testbed to evaluate air filtration and ventilation systems for removing airborne infectious diseases such as coronavirus from indoor spaces. Activities under Phases I and II include...

This Project Grant award of $429,000 from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), under the Allergy and Infectious Diseases Research program (CFDA 93.855), aims to develop an innovative method for measuring virus distribution in bioaerosols and understanding their viability decay based on chemical compositions. The key products and services to be delivered include: Determining the spatial distribution of chemicals and pathogens in bioaerosols using advanced...

The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a $878,296 Cooperative Agreement to Surfplasma Inc., a minority-owned small business based in Gainesville, FL, to develop a rapid, low-temperature plasma prototype for disinfecting personal protective equipment (PPE), medical devices, food products and other materials from pathogens like COVID-19. The project, funded under NSF's Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships (CFDA 47.084) program, aims to deliver a market-ready sterilization solution...

This National Science Foundation (NSF) Project Grant award under the Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) provides $200,000 to Oklahoma State University to develop advanced computational models and artificial intelligence tools to mitigate the spread of airborne viruses like SARS-CoV-2 in school classrooms. The key objectives are to: (1) Determine the distribution of virus-laden aerosols in classrooms using a model combining computational fluid dynamics and host cell dynamics to generate...

The National Science Foundation awarded a $195,381 Project Grant to Washington State University under the Biological Sciences program (CFDA 47.074) for the period of February 1, 2021 through January 31, 2024. The grant aims to fund the RAPID project "Curtailing Nosocomial Amplification of COVID-19," which seeks to develop epidemiological models to better understand and mitigate the transmission of COVID-19 in healthcare settings. As part of the grant, Research Triangle Institute will...

This Project Grant award of $237,750.00 from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) under the Allergy and Infectious Diseases Research program (CFDA 93.855) supports a study on the health and environmental impacts of a citywide sanitation intervention in Indianapolis, Indiana. The study aims to examine the results of the city's $3 billion investment to nearly eliminate combined sewer overflows, which currently cause up to 90 overflow events annually. The research...

Intelligent Medicine Inc. received a $275,842 National Science Foundation Project Grant to develop a cloud-based simulation platform for modeling airborne infectious disease spread. Funded through NSF's Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships program (CFDA 47.084), the project advances a hybrid computational approach utilizing multi-scale fluid analysis to enable faster-than-real-time simulation of viral particle dispersion and surface contamination in indoor environments. This will allow...

This $788,406 project grant from the National Institutes of Health National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, under the Allergy and Infectious Diseases Research program (CFDA 93.855), will fund the development of a sensitive, direct reading bioaerosol detection platform to quantify airborne pathogens such as SARS-CoV-2. Aerosol Devices Inc. will integrate their gentle condensation-growth capture sampler, which concentrates intact, viable virus particles into a small liquid volume...

This Project Grant award from the National Institutes of Health (NIH), under the Construction Support program (CFDA 93.352), provides $15,715,230 to the University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School (UMass Chan) to renovate existing space and construct a new Biosafety Level 3 (BSL-3) laboratory for viral pathogen research. The new BSL-3 facility will address the increased demand for this specialized research infrastructure at UMass Chan, which has become a leading institute for studying...