Project Grant 2545214
- Federal Grant Award Summary The National Science Foundation's Division of Civil, Mechanical, and Manufacturing Innovation awarded $589,056 under the Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) to the University of Michigan-Dearborn for a three-year project (October 1, 2025 – September 30, 2028) investigating the biomechanics of aqueous fluid flow in the eye's venous drainage system. This research addresses glaucoma, a disease affecting over 3 million Americans and costing the nation $2.86 billion...
- Federal Project Grant Award Summary The University of California, San Francisco received a $451,000 Project Grant from the National Eye Institute (Vision Research program, CFDA 93.867) to identify and characterize autoantibodies associated with Sjögren's disease, particularly as it manifests in dry eye disease (DED). The award period runs from April 1, 2026 through March 31, 2028. The primary research product is the application of Phage Immunoprecipitation Sequencing (PHIP-SEQ) technology to...
- Federal Grant Award Summary UC Riverside received a $425,000 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's Division of Chemical, Bioengineering, Environmental, and Transport Systems under the Engineering program (CFDA 47.041), awarded August 1, 2025, with completion targeted for July 31, 2028. The award funds development of the first Ultrasonically-Enhanced Swept Source Optical Coherence Tomography (UESS-OCT) system, a non-invasive imaging technology that uses ultrasound waves to create...
- Federal Grant Award Summary The University of California, San Francisco received a $984,000 Project Grant (R34 mechanism) from the National Eye Institute under the Vision Research program (CFDA 93.867) for a planning and feasibility study on decentralized clinical trial design for dry eye disease (DED). The award, effective September 30, 2025 through September 29, 2027, supports the development of a novel remote trial methodology that shifts DED research from traditional clinical settings into...
- Federal Project Grant Award Summary The National Science Foundation's Division of Chemical, Bioengineering, Environmental, and Transport Systems (CBETS) awarded $258,654 to the Regents of the University of California at Riverside under the Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) to support a Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) project beginning September 1, 2025, and concluding June 30, 2028. The primary research deliverables focus on advancing fundamental understanding of contact line...
- Federal Project Grant Award Summary The National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Chemical, Bioengineering, Environmental, and Transport Systems awarded a Project Grant of $446,443 to The Regents of The University of California, doing business as University of California, Berkeley, effective June 15, 2025, with a completion date of May 31, 2028 (CFDA 47.041, Engineering program). The grant funds fundamental research on jet impingement behavior on complex textured surfaces with varying...
- Federal Grant Award Summary The University of California, Riverside received a $400,000 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's Division of Electrical, Communications and Cyber Systems under the Engineering program (CFDA 47.041), awarded November 1, 2025, with completion targeted for October 31, 2028. This research initiative delivers advanced scientific methodologies and technical innovations focused on resolving competing light-to-electricity conversion mechanisms in...
- Federal Grant Award Summary The National Science Foundation (NSF) Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) awarded $600,000 to The Research Foundation For The State University Of New York (SUNY at Binghamton) under a CAREER Project Grant, effective July 1, 2025, through June 30, 2030. This award funds the development of an integrated bioengineering platform to advance understanding of glaucoma-induced neurodegeneration. The research deliverables include: (1) an injectable microbead-based in vivo flow...
- Federal Grant Award Summary The National Eye Institute (NEI) awarded a $431,750 Project Grant to the University of California, Irvine under the Vision Research program (CFDA 93.867) for the period May 1, 2026 through April 30, 2028. This award funds exploratory research investigating novel mechanisms underlying obstructive meibomian gland dysfunction (O-MGD), a condition characterized by altered meibum lipid synthesis that leads to duct dilation and dry eye disease. The research will produce...
- Federal Project Grant Award Summary UC Riverside received a $532,000 Project Grant award, effective September 1, 2025, through August 31, 2028, from the National Science Foundation's Division of Civil, Mechanical, and Manufacturing Innovation under the Engineering program (CFDA 47.041). The award supports the ECLIPSE-CHIPS initiative, which investigates laser-produced plasmas for advancing extreme ultraviolet (EUV) photolithography technology critical to microelectronics manufacturing. The...
The Regents of the University of California at Riverside received a $398,609 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's Division of Civil, Mechanical, and Manufacturing Innovation under the Engineering program (CFDA 47.041), effective July 1, 2026 through June 30, 2029. The award funds research to establish quantitative, mechanism-based design rules linking tear film lipid layer molecular composition to mechanical stability, lubrication, and resistance to mechanical failure in the eye. This fundamental research addresses dry eye disease, which affects over 30 million Americans and imposes an annual economic burden exceeding $55 billion in healthcare costs and lost productivity. The primary deliverable is a scientific framework enabling development of targeted therapies for dry eye disease and bio-inspired lubricating materials for medical technologies including long-wear contact lenses, ocular implants, and artificial joint systems. The award includes complementary workforce development and educational outreach components: an educational module titled "The Amazing Engineering of Your Eye" designed to introduce kindergarten through K-12 students to biomechanics and biomedical engineering concepts, and advanced training in biophysical measurement methods for university students to build skilled interdisciplinary expertise for the biotechnology sector. Research will be conducted at UC Riverside's Riverside, California facility.Federal Project Grant Award Summary
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
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| Not listed | $398.6k | 4/30/26 |