Project Grant 2515837
- The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a $149,826 Early-Concept Grant for Exploratory Research (EAGER) under the Engineering Program (CFDA 47.041) to the University of Nebraska Medical Center (UNMC). The goal of this 2-year project is to establish a new embedded section-by-section bioprinting process to achieve high cell viability when fabricating large-scale human tissue constructs. The research aims to identify cell damage mechanisms and elucidate cell damage during the bioprinting...
- This $305,394 CAREER award from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) supports fundamental research and education activities in capillary-incorporated bioprinting of biomimetic soft tissue constructs at the University of Houston System. The project investigates a hybrid bioprinting technology that combines electrospinning of porous microtubes and hydrogel layers to create scaffolds with life-sustaining capillaries, aiming to advance regenerative medicine...
- This $305,548 National Science Foundation Engineering grant will support the acquisition of a multi-modal, high-resolution 4D bioprinting platform at North Carolina State University. The platform features laser induced forward transfer, micro-valve drop-on-demand, and micro-extrusion printing capabilities for fundamental research and workforce training in additive manufacturing, tissue engineering, plant and animal cell biology, functional materials engineering, and bioelectronics. With...
- This National Science Foundation (NSF) Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) Project Grant award of $600,000 to the University of California, San Diego (UCSD) aims to develop additive and subtractive manufacturing processes to rapidly print and erase biomaterials capable of high-density wireless mechanical sensing. Specifically, the project will engineer photolabile ferroelectric bioinks incorporating piezoelectric nanoparticles with electrochromic dyes within a hydrogel. These bioinks will be...
- This National Science Foundation (NSF) Engineering (CFDA 47.041) Early-concept Grant for Exploratory Research (EAGER) award of $300,000 supports fundamental research to develop an innovative acoustic array-assisted 3D bioprinting technology to enable dynamic, layer-by-layer cell patterning within filaments during the 3D bioprinting process. The project aims to significantly improve the functionality of engineered tissue and organ models for applications in regenerative medicine, drug...
- This National Science Foundation Project Grant of $319,476 will fund research at the University of Virginia from March 2023 through February 2026 under the Engineering program (CFDA 47.041). The research aims to establish the foundational science for voxelated bioprinting through elucidating the nonlinear fluid dynamics of all-aqueous printing of viscoelastic droplets in yield-stress fluids. A printing platform will be developed to study droplet printing dynamics in real time. Control strategies...
- This National Science Foundation (NSF) Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships (CFDA 47.084) Phase I Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) grant, awarded to Tissueform, Inc., a for-profit woman-owned small business in Boulder, Colorado, aims to develop a library of human-based bioinks for 3D bioprinting applications. The $274,822 award, with a performance period from September 2024 to August 2025, will focus on creating granulated bioinks for tissues such as cartilage, bone, skin, liver,...
- The National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Chemical, Bioengineering, Environmental, and Transport Systems awarded a $135,000 Project Grant to the University of Central Florida (UCF) for the project "COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: EAGER: 3D BIOPRINTED ORGANOIDS FOR STUDYING THE MECHANISM OF CEREBROVASCULAR AGING". This award supports the development of 3D bioprinted cerebrovascular organoids derived from human induced pluripotent stem cells to study the impact of cellular senescence...
- This Project Grant awarded by the National Science Foundation (CFDA 47.041 - Engineering) to Cleveland State University (CSU) provides $500,000 in funding from January 1, 2025 to December 31, 2027 to develop bioprinted tissue scaffolds with Schwann cell density gradients and electrical conductivity for peripheral nerve regeneration. The goal is to understand how Schwann cell density gradients and electrical properties within the scaffolds can enhance the regeneration of injured peripheral...
- This $528,738 National Science Foundation project grant supports research titled "EXCELLENCE IN RESEARCH: CONVERGENT PHYSICS-BASED DATA-DRIVEN BIOPRINTING OF REGENERATIVE TISSUES FOR FUTURE BIOMANUFACTURING" being conducted at North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University from August 1, 2021 to July 31, 2024. The grant was awarded by NSF's Division of Civil, Mechanical, and Manufacturing Innovation under the Engineering (ENG) program (CFDA 47.041), which seeks to foster...
This National Science Foundation (NSF) Engineering (CFDA 47.041) project grant awarded to the University of Nevada, Reno (UNR) aims to establish a new embedded section-by-section bioprinting process for fabricating large-scale human tissue constructs with high cell viability. The $150,000 award supports research to identify cell damage mechanisms and elucidate cell damage during the addition of support bath materials. The project goals include achieving over 80% initial cell viability in human tissue constructs exceeding 20 mm in size along the printing orientation. The award also includes an educational component focused on enhancing biomanufacturing training through K-12 student outreach, undergraduate and graduate curricula, and biomanufacturing-themed activities. This early-concept grant for exploratory research is expected to facilitate the reconstruction of full-scale human organs and tissues for diverse biomedical applications, advancing the state-of-the-art in embedded 3D bioprinting.
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Not listed | $150.0k | 8/2/25 |