Project Grant AM22PRSAR6278

The National Science Foundation awarded a $255,961 Small Business Technology Transfer Phase I Project Grant under the NSF Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships program (CFDA 47.084) to Rush River Research Corp. The grant aims to develop a low-cost, automated receptacle for rapid point-of-care sterilization of personal protective equipment, such as filtering facepiece respirators, for frontline healthcare workers during the COVID-19 pandemic. Specifically, the company will construct and...

The Louisiana Seafood Processors Pandemic Response and Safety Program (LSPPRS) was awarded $4.2 million through January 2024 as a Block Grant by the US Department of Agriculture Agricultural Marketing Service. The funding supports the Pandemic Relief Activities: Farm and Food Worker Relief Grant Program (CFDA 10.181), which aims to help food-related entities respond to COVID-19 and protect workers. Specifically, the LSPPRS will provide funds to eligible Louisiana seafood processing facilities,...

This Project Grant award for $295,924 from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Investigations and Technical Assistance program (CFDA 93.283) is funding the development of a patient-worn negative pressure system to prevent the spread of highly transmissible infectious diseases among healthcare workers. The award recipient, Inspire RX LLC, a small disadvantaged business based in Michigan, is designing and testing this novel protective technology. The goal is to equip healthcare...

The $850,184 block grant from the US Department of Agriculture Agricultural Marketing Service's Pandemic Relief Activities: Farm and Food Worker Relief Grant Program will establish a grant program administered by the Maine Department of Marine Resources to provide reimbursement to licensed Maine seafood wholesale dealers and processors for eligible expenses incurred due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Eligible applicants may apply for individual grants ranging from $1,000 to $200,000 to recover...

This $1,710,933.19 Project Grant awarded on January 6, 2025 by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) under the Disaster Grants - Public Assistance (Presidentially Declared Disasters) program (CFDA 97.036) is intended to provide reimbursement to state, local, tribal, and territorial government entities, as well as certain private non-profit organizations, for emergency protective measures taken during the COVID-19 pandemic. The funding will support management, control, and reduction of...

The U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Marketing Service awarded a $1.6 million block grant to the State of Mississippi under the Pandemic Relief Activities: Farm and Food Worker Relief Grant Program (CFDA 10.181). The grant funds will be administered by the Mississippi Department of Marine Resources to provide relief to seafood processing facilities, processing vessels, and dealers in Mississippi impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic. Eligible reimbursement activities include workplace...

This Project Grant award from the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI), under the Cardiovascular Diseases Research program (CFDA 93.837), provides $842,408 to Inspire RX LLC to develop and evaluate the Aerosolve Biohelmet. The Aerosolve Biohelmet is a personal negative pressure device designed to safely transport and treat patients with highly transmissible respiratory illnesses, including COVID-19, influenza, tuberculosis, and measles. The project aims to refine the Biohelmet...

This National Science Foundation (NSF) Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships (CFDA 47.084) Project Grant award of $304,436 to Lyowave, Inc. will fund research to scale up tunable high-frequency microwave heating technology for pharmaceutical and biologics manufacturing. The key objectives are to develop methods for estimating the dielectric properties of frozen materials, identify physics-based models for system optimization, and implement closed-loop control strategies to enable faster, more...

This $173,300 Project Grant award from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) under the Allergy and Infectious Diseases Research program (CFDA 93.855) supports Phagepro, P.b.c. (doing business as Phagepro Inc.), a minority-owned, woman-owned small business, in planning for a Phase I/II clinical trial of their Prophylactic-VC (PVC) bacteriophage cocktail intervention to prevent the spread of cholera. The funding will be used to develop necessary clinical trial...

This federal Project Grant award of $1,929,714.00 from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Investigations and Technical Assistance program (CFDA 93.283) to Creare LLC, a small business in Hanover, New Hampshire, will be used to refine a very low leakage non-invasive ventilation mask for infectious patients. The grant, awarded on Sep 1, 2024, supports the development of this specialized medical device technology that aims to improve infection control and patient care during...