Project Grant 90BISA0070

This National Science Foundation (NSF) Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships (CFDA 47.084) Project Grant award of $275,000 to Rehabnetics Medical LLC will fund the development of a prototype robotic wrist-hand exoskeleton device for physical therapy. The system aims to provide tailored rehabilitative exercises and quantified measures of therapeutic progress for patients with motor deficits resulting from neurological conditions such as stroke, traumatic brain injury, and Parkinson's...

Neurotechr3 Inc. received a $276,000 STTR Phase I Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation on May 1, 2021 to develop a customized upper extremity telerehabilitation solution. The solution will feature remote therapist interaction and dynamic motor recovery feedback for stroke patients. The award is funded under the NSF Directorate for Engineering's Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) to improve quality of life and economic strength through innovative engineering research and...

This National Science Foundation Project Grant award of $468,072 supports research at The Trustees of the Stevens Institute of Technology to develop personalized virtual reality interfaces for motor rehabilitation. The goal is to optimize outcomes for individuals with spinal cord or brain injuries undergoing physical therapy. The researchers will examine how impairment levels affect performance, physiological responses, and perceptions during VR training that adapts task difficulty and augmented...

The National Institute on Disability, Independent Living, and Rehabilitation Research (NIDILRR), a program under the Administration for Community Living (ACL), awarded a $160,000 Project Grant (CFDA 93.433) to investigate novel home-based telerehabilitation systems integrated with rehabilitation robots for stroke survivors with upper limb dysfunctions. The award period is from Sep 1, 2023 to Aug 31, 2024. The project aims to develop and evaluate innovative rehabilitation technologies to...

Federal Project Grant Award Summary The National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS) awarded Massachusetts General Hospital $1,290,443 on May 1, 2025, under the Extramural Research Programs in the Neurosciences and Neurological Disorders program (CFDA 93.853) to conduct a five-year clinical research study defining the neurological substrates of proximal upper extremity motor control and recovery following stroke. The project addresses upper extremity hemiparesis—motor...

This $750,000 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships program will fund the development of appropriate rehabilitation technology for stroke survivors through passive tactile stimulation. The Leland Stanford Junior University will lead an interdisciplinary team including universities, hospitals, and community organizations to finalize the team composition, generate use cases, and develop a comprehensive research plan including initial...

The Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago, doing business as Shirley Ryan AbilityLab, was awarded a $1,495,210 Project Grant from the Department of the Army Medical Command under the Military Medical Research and Development program (CFDA 12.420) to evaluate powered prosthetic legs for use with individuals who have had a unilateral transfemoral amputation. The four-year project beginning August 15, 2022 aims to assess functional, metabolic, biomechanical and user device control outcomes when...

Grant Award Summary Springwear, LLC received a $200,000 project grant awarded June 1, 2025, by the National Institute on Disability, Independent Living and Rehabilitation Research (NIDILRR) under CFDA 93.433 to further develop the HANDSOME I (Hand Assistive Neurorehabilitation Device with Synergistic Motion Enhancement) exoskeleton for assistive use and stroke rehabilitation. The project addresses the critical challenge that functional improvement of the upper paretic limb after stroke is...

This $1,149,995.00 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CISE) Program (CFDA 47.070) supports research at New York University (NYU) School of Medicine to develop innovative methods in artificial intelligence (AI) and motion capture technology to analyze patient movement and improve stroke rehabilitation. The key objectives of the project are to: 1) develop a method to integrate multimodal data into a shared representation...

The Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago, doing business as Shirley Ryan AbilityLab, will conduct the "POWER FORWARD STUDY: A CROSS-SECTOR, MULTISITE CLINICAL TRIAL OF A POWERED KNEE-ANKLE-FOOT ORTHOSIS" project under a $1.679 million project grant from the Department of the Army Medical Command. The grant was awarded on August 1, 2022 and will support project activities through July 31, 2026. The project aims to transform health care for service members and the public through...