Project Grant 2540625
- Federal Grant Award Summary North Carolina State University received a $649,274 CAREER (Faculty Early Career Development) award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Civil, Mechanical, and Manufacturing Innovation under the Engineering program (CFDA 47.041), effective August 1, 2025 through July 31, 2030. The award supports research to characterize the structural, dynamic, and packaging parameters governing multiple fold propagation behaviors in deployable shell structures....
- Federal Project Grant Award Summary The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill received a $1,039,048 CAREER award from the National Science Foundation's Division of Molecular and Cellular Biosciences (Biological Sciences program, CFDA 47.074) effective August 15, 2025, through July 31, 2030. This project grant supports fundamental research investigating cellular stress responses, recovery mechanisms, and reproductive resilience across the lifespan using Caenorhabditis elegans nematode worms...
- Federal Project Grant Award Summary Duke University's Office of Research Administration received a $574,808 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Chemical, Bioengineering, Environmental, and Transport Systems under the Engineering program (CFDA 47.041), effective May 1, 2025 through April 30, 2030. This CAREER award supports fundamental research to understand and control cellular heterogeneity in chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T-cell populations through advanced...
- Federal Grant Award Summary The National Science Foundation's Division of Civil, Mechanical, and Manufacturing Innovation awarded the University of New Mexico a CAREER (Faculty Early Career Development) grant totaling $517,390 beginning October 1, 2025, with completion targeted for July 31, 2027. Under the Engineering program (CFDA 47.041), this project grant supports fundamental research to develop engineered adult heart tissue capable of replacing damaged heart muscle following cardiac events....
- Federal Project Grant Summary The National Science Foundation's Division of Chemical, Bioengineering, Environmental, and Transport Systems awarded $444,991 to the University of North Carolina at Charlotte on December 1, 2025, under the Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) to develop an innovative microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) biosensor for measuring thermal conductivity at the subcellular level. The primary deliverable is a miniature sensor device capable of detecting variations in...
- Federal Project Grant Award Summary The University of North Carolina at Charlotte received a $561,763 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Biological Infrastructure under the Biological Sciences program (CFDA 47.074), effective October 1, 2025, through July 31, 2028. This grant funds the development of a microfluidic-based weighing scale capable of measuring single-cell mass changes with picogram-level resolution and millisecond temporal resolution. The...
- The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a $324,467 Project Grant under the Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) to the University of Mississippi. This Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) project seeks to understand the engineering rules that drive cytoskeletal coordination and sensing in cells. The research aims to "sequence" the actomyosin mechanome, the interconnected system of forces, mechanics, and machinery, to systematically identify the environmental factors that...
- Federal Grant Award Summary The University of Michigan received a $219,999 Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) Project Grant award dated December 15, 2025, from the National Science Foundation's Division of Chemical, Bioengineering, Environmental, and Transport Systems under the Engineering program (CFDA 47.041). The project, which extends through December 31, 2027, delivers research and development products focused on engineering instructive microenvironments to guide single stem cell...
- Federal Project Grant Award Summary Clemson University received a $250,120 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Chemical, Bioengineering, Environmental, and Transport Systems under the Engineering program (CFDA 47.041), awarded August 15, 2025, with completion targeted for July 31, 2028. The primary deliverable is the development of specialized microfluidic devices designed to investigate the effects of cellular deformation on cell proliferation and motility....
- Federal Grant Award Summary North Carolina State University received a $343,340 CAREER award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Engineering program (CFDA 47.041), effective June 1, 2025 through February 28, 2026. This project grant supports the development of foundational research and technologies in learning-based, task-oriented sensing systems. The primary deliverables encompass three interconnected research objectives: (1) developing physics-aware, learning-based multi-dimensional...
The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill received a $615,000 Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) Program Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's Division of Civil, Mechanical, and Manufacturing Innovation (CFDA 47.041 - Engineering) awarded on June 1, 2026, with a completion date of May 31, 2031. This award funds fundamental research to advance understanding of cellular biomechanics and mechanobiology by developing novel technologies and analytical tools to measure how cells generate and coordinate physical forces to navigate through complex three-dimensional microenvironments. The research will deliver sub-cellular patterning technologies for biomaterials, coupled with advanced microscopy and machine learning analytical capabilities to quantify cellular force generation, direction, and timing. Additional products include molecular tension sensors to visualize intracellular force propagation and map biochemical signaling pathways regulating cell migration. These combined research tools and methodologies will identify mechanical design principles governing cellular movement through confined spaces, with broad applications to enhance tissue repair, limit cancer metastasis, and inform biomaterial and therapeutic design. The project integrates research innovation with educational and workforce development components consistent with NSF Engineering program priorities.Federal Grant Award Summary
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Not listed | $615.0k | 3/31/26 |