Project Grant 2628803
- Federal Grant Award Summary Lehigh University received a $2,015,650 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Directorate for Engineering (CFDA 47.041) beginning September 1, 2025, with completion targeted for August 31, 2029. Under the Emerging Frontiers Research Initiative (EFRI) Breakthrough Enabling MAnufacturing Technologies (BEGIN) program, the award funds research into biocomputation of dynamic patterns using cortical neuronal organoids. The project develops layered...
- Federal Grant Award Summary The National Science Foundation's Division of Electrical, Communications and Cyber Systems awarded $285,380 to the University of Maryland Baltimore County under the Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) beginning September 1, 2025, with completion by May 31, 2026. This project grant supports research and development of high-resolution transcranial ultrasound (HR-TUS) neuromodulation technology utilizing orthogonal crossed ultrasound beams to achieve unprecedented...
- Federal Project Grant Award Summary Award Details: Lehigh University received a $332,826 CAREER (Faculty Early Career Development) award from the National Science Foundation's Division of Electrical, Communications and Cyber Systems under the Engineering program (CFDA 47.041), effective July 1, 2025, through May 31, 2027. Products and Services: This project will develop an integrated digital biosensing platform leveraging localized acoustic streaming technology to enable rapid, portable, and...
- Federal Grant Award Summary The National Science Foundation's Division of Electrical, Communications and Cyber Systems awarded $448,039 to the University of Pennsylvania under the Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) to develop an innovative ear-based wearable device for seizure monitoring in epilepsy patients. The project, which commenced October 1, 2025 and concludes September 30, 2028, focuses on engineering a wireless "earable" featuring electroencephalography (EEG) electrodes...
- Federal Grant Award Summary The National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Electrical, Communications and Cyber Systems awarded $200,000 to the University of Massachusetts on June 15, 2025, under the Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) for a project titled "Closed-Loop Hybrid Intelligence with Optogenetic-Neuromorphic Co-Designed Cell Interfaces." The project, scheduled for completion by May 31, 2028, delivers advanced engineering tools and methods that integrate high-resolution...
- Federal Grant Award Summary Temple University received a $227,886 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Electrical, Communications and Cyber Systems under the Engineering program (CFDA 47.041), effective June 1, 2025 through July 31, 2026. The project delivers a novel deep sensor array decoding system designed to advance remote health monitoring capabilities for precision medicine applications. The core deliverable addresses signal degradation and...
- Federal Grant Award Summary Louisiana TECH University received a $560,458 CAREER (Faculty Early Career Development) award from the National Science Foundation's Division of Electrical, Communications and Cyber Systems (CFDA 47.041) effective October 1, 2025, through September 30, 2030. The project focuses on developing an advanced implantable multielectrode array (MEA) capable of simultaneously detecting electroactive and non-electroactive neurotransmitters along with electrophysiological...
- This National Science Foundation (NSF) Project Grant award, under the STEM Education (CFDA 47.076) program, provides $150,000 in funding to Lehigh University for a collaborative research project titled "DYNAMIC BRAIN GRAPH MINING - MAPPING THE CONNECTIONS IN HUMAN BRAINS AS NETWORKED SYSTEMS." The project aims to develop new methods for modeling the dynamics of brain graphs derived from neuroimaging data, in order to generate accurate, interpretable, and fair predictions about...
- Federal Grant Award Summary The National Science Foundation's Division of Information and Intelligent Systems awarded the University of Massachusetts a $430,468 Project Grant (CFDA 47.070: Computer and Information Science and Engineering) beginning July 15, 2026, and concluding June 30, 2031. This CAREER award supports the development of next-generation neuromorphic wearable devices for continuous, clinical-grade brain activity monitoring in ambulatory settings. The research will produce...
- Federal Grant Award Summary The National Science Foundation's Division of Information and Intelligent Systems awarded the University of Maryland Baltimore County $265,140 under the Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CFDA 47.070) program on October 1, 2025, to develop a fully wireless, flexible electrical-acoustic implant system for high-resolution neural stimulation and recording at large scale. The project addresses a critical gap in neuroscience research by enabling minimally...
Lehigh University received a $250,000 EAGER (Early-concept Grants for Exploratory Research) Project Grant awarded July 15, 2026, by the National Science Foundation's Division of Electrical, Communications and Cyber Systems under the Engineering program (CFDA 47.041). The award supports fundamental research to develop a novel, non-invasive method for detecting brain activity using electromagnetic (EM) waves at radio and microwave wavelengths. This research addresses a critical gap in neuroimaging technology by leveraging activity-dependent changes in brain tissue dielectric properties to enable deep-brain activity detection with lower cost and greater portability than functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI), while maintaining superior penetration depth compared to electroencephalography (EEG) and functional near-infrared spectroscopy (fNIRS). The project, scheduled for completion by June 30, 2028, consists of two primary tasks: experimental demonstration of EM-based brain activity detection feasibility and development of a computational imaging model capable of localizing active brain regions. Successful completion of this exploratory research is expected to yield low-cost, portable systems for non-invasive brain imaging with potential applications spanning medical diagnostics, remote patient monitoring in non-traditional health settings, and integration with existing digital health platforms. Work is being conducted at Lehigh University's research facility in Fountain Hill, Pennsylvania.Federal Grant Award Summary
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
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| Not listed | $250.0k | 7/10/26 |