Project Grant FA95500410423

This federal Project Grant award of $101,850 was issued by the U.S. Air Force under the Defense Research Sciences Program (CFDA 12.800) to support the development of "Intelligent Nanosystems with a Programmed Response to External Stimuli" at Fundacion Instituto De Investigaciones Biotecnologicas, a non-profit research institute in Argentina. The award period is from August 1, 2024 to August 31, 2027. This grant contributes to the Air Force's efforts to maintain technological...

The University of Texas at El Paso received a $119,990 project grant award from the National Science Foundation Division of Chemical, Bioengineering, Environmental, and Transport Systems under the Engineering federal grant program (CFDA 47.041) to organize and host the Third US-Africa Conference on Nanotechnology Convergence for Sustainable Energy, Environment, Climate Change and Health from August 6-11, 2023 in Cairo, Egypt. The conference aims to bring together scientists, engineers, students,...

This $299,988 National Science Foundation Office of International Science and Engineering project grant will support an undergraduate interdisciplinary research collaboration in smart connected systems between institutions in the United States and Spain. Over three years, 18 undergraduate students from Manhattan College and the City University of New York's College of Staten Island will conduct mentored research at the University of Zaragosa in Spain. Students will participate in pre-travel...

The Department of the Air Force Materiel Command Research Laboratory awarded a $210,000 project grant to the Instituto De Ciencias Nucleares at the Universidad Nacional Autónoma De México. The grant period runs from August 1, 2021 through July 31, 2023 to support research titled "Optical Analogs of Hawking Radiation in the Quantum Regime." This award is being made under the Air Force Defense Research Sciences Program (CFDA 12.800). The purpose of this program is to conduct basic and...

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) awarded a $289,999.65 Cooperative Agreement under the CHIPS Research and Development (R&D) program (CFDA 11.042) to Tiptek, LLC, a for-profit limited liability company. The purpose of the award is for Tiptek to develop ultra-high-speed nanoprobe prototypes capable of operating at gigahertz frequencies to detect and analyze high-frequency electrical faults in advanced semiconductors. The project aims to increase the ability of...

This $495,000 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) supports research at Rice University to investigate and control the properties of single-wall carbon nanotubes functionalized with guanine-linked DNA. Principal Investigator Robert Weisman and his team will conduct experiments and computations to further explore the nature and potential applications of these nanotube-DNA hybrid structures. Specifically, the work will deepen...

The Department of the Air Force Materiel Command Research Laboratory awarded a $125,000 Project Grant to National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University to support research titled "AOARD: NOVEL INTEGRATED CIRCUIT FOR THE PRINTED NANOMATERIAL-BASED CHEMICAL/BIOCHEMICAL SENSORS" from December 16, 2022 through December 15, 2023. The grant was awarded under the Air Force Defense Research Sciences Program (CFDA 12.800), which aims to maintain Air Force technological superiority through...

The Department of Energy's Office of Science awarded a $199,748 Project Grant (CFDA 81.049) to Tibaray, Inc., a for-profit manufacturer of advanced particle accelerator systems and medical equipment technologies based in Fremont, California. The award, effective July 22, 2024 through May 19, 2025, supports the development of a "Multi-Energy X-Ray Radiography Source Using Novel RF Technology." This project aligns with the Office of Science's mission to advance fundamental scientific...

This Project Grant award of $180,430 from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) Research Infrastructure Programs (CFDA 93.351) will provide the University of California, San Diego (UC San Diego) with a ZetaView X30 Quatt Multi-Fluorescence Nanoparticle Tracking Analyzer. This specialized instrument is essential for biomedical research involving extracellular vesicles and other bio-nanoparticles, enabling high-throughput measurement of size, concentration, zeta potential, and fluorescence...

The National Science Foundation awarded a $400,236 Project Grant to the University of California, Davis under the Engineering (47.041) federal grant program. The five-year award will support the development of a portable nanosensor for the ultrasensitive optical detection of airborne agents. Key deliverables include the creation of a novel sensor featuring nanomaterials that can be activated with light to selectively capture and detect volatile organic compounds. The sensor is designed for...