Project Grant 2622056
- The National Science Foundation Division of Chemical, Bioengineering, Environmental, and Transport Systems awarded a $150,004 Project Grant to Providence College for research titled "RUI: COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: OPTIMIZED DESIGN PRINCIPLES INSPIRED BY COMPLIANT NATURAL PROPULSORS." The award period is from May 1, 2021 to April 30, 2024. The grant supports research under the NSF Engineering program (CFDA 47.041), which aims to improve quality of life and economic strength through...
- The National Science Foundation Division of Chemical, Bioengineering, Environmental, and Transport Systems awarded Roger Williams University $199,559 on July 15, 2026, under the Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) to investigate propulsion hydrodynamics in small animals and translate findings into engineering designs for robotic vehicles and biomedical devices. The research will use high-speed imaging, fluid velocity and pressure measurements, and computational fluid simulations to study how...
- This $245,860 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's Biological Sciences (CFDA 47.074) program supports collaborative research by Providence College to investigate how fish achieve rapid, highly maneuverable underwater movements. The research focuses on testing the hypothesis that fish dynamically modulate their body damping (resistance to bending speed) and stiffness to enable these extreme maneuvers, which surpass even state-of-the-art robotic systems. Through a combination...
- This Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's Division of Integrative Organismal Systems provides $223,850 to Providence College from September 1, 2021 through August 31, 2024. The funding supports collaborative research on the functional design of siphonophore propulsion and behavior under the Biological Sciences program (CFDA 47.074). The Biological Sciences program aims to promote progress in the biological sciences and strengthen the Nation's scientific enterprise through...
- The National Science Foundation Division of Chemical, Bioengineering, Environmental, and Transport Systems awarded the University of South Florida $211,939 on July 15, 2026, under the Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) to investigate propulsion hydrodynamics in small animals and translate findings to engineering applications. The research will combine high-speed imaging, fluid velocity and pressure measurements, and computational fluid simulations to study how representative organisms using three...
- The National Science Foundation Division of Chemical, Bioengineering, Environmental, and Transport Systems awarded a $119,696 Project Grant to Roger Williams University under the Engineering (47.041) federal grant program. The three-year award beginning May 1, 2021 will support research into optimized design principles inspired by compliant natural propulsors. Leveraging insights from biology, the grantee aims to advance engineering design through collaborative study of propulsion in nature....
- The National Science Foundation Division of Chemical, Bioengineering, Environmental, and Transport Systems awarded Oklahoma State University $207,152 on July 15, 2026, under the Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) to investigate how small aquatic animals achieve efficient propulsion at intermediate Reynolds numbers and apply those findings to improve robotic vehicles and biomedical device design. The research combines high-speed imaging, fluid velocity and pressure measurements, and...
- Federal Grant Award Summary Providence College received a $209,113 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Ocean Sciences under the Geosciences program (CFDA 47.050) awarded October 1, 2025, with completion targeted for September 30, 2028. This collaborative research initiative develops biohybrid jellyfish instrumented with pressure and temperature sensors as a novel oceanographic measurement platform for midwater ocean regions. The project delivers scientific...
- Brown University was awarded a $426,765 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation Division of Chemical, Bioengineering, Environmental, and Transport Systems under the Engineering federal grant program (CFDA 47.041) for the period of September 1, 2022 through August 31, 2025. The grant will support research into developing the theoretical framework for designing and controlling active fluids, which are driven at the particle level by energy input. The research will mathematically model...
- The National Science Foundation Division of Chemical, Bioengineering, Environmental, and Transport Systems awarded Oklahoma State University $348,176 on February 15, 2026, to investigate hydrodynamic mechanisms and scalability of metachronal swimming across flow regimes spanning seven orders of magnitude in Reynolds number, from strongly viscous (0.01) to inertially dominated (10,000) conditions. The award falls under the Engineering program (CFDA 47.041). The research combines flow...
The National Science Foundation Division of Chemical, Bioengineering, Environmental, and Transport Systems awarded Providence College $199,132 on July 15, 2026, to investigate propulsion hydrodynamics in small animals swimming at intermediate Reynolds numbers and to develop engineering applications informed by these findings. The research will combine high-speed imaging with measurements of fluid velocity, pressure, and energetic cost to quantify interactions between moving animal bodies and surrounding fluids. The investigators will study representative organisms employing three major propulsion forms—jetting, body undulation, and coordinated paddling—and integrate experimental measurements with computational fluid simulations to identify fluid-structure interactions responsible for enhanced performance. This work addresses the physical mechanisms allowing small animals to achieve high transport efficiency in flow regimes where neither fluid inertia nor viscosity dominates, with implications for the design of small pumps, medical devices, and underwater robotic vehicles. The project will also develop educational materials for K–12 classrooms and provide interdisciplinary research experiences for undergraduate and graduate students through partnerships with marine science organizations. Performance occurs at Providence College in Providence, Rhode Island, with a period of performance through June 30, 2029. This is a project grant under NSF Engineering (CFDA 47.041).
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Not listed | $199.1k | 7/20/26 |