Project Grant HC080898078

This $437,461 federal Project Grant award from the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI), funded under the Cardiovascular Diseases Research program (CFDA 93.837), supports the development of a novel stabilization catheter device for His pacing lead implantation. The goal is to improve the accuracy and ease of His bundle pacing, an emerging alternative cardiac resynchronization therapy (CRT) for heart failure patients. The project aims to refine a deployable suction-tipped lead...

Federal Grant Award Summary Orygyn Medical Devices, LLC received a $613,556 Phase I Project Grant award dated August 1, 2025, from the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development under the Child Health and Human Development Extramural Research program (CFDA 93.865) to develop a Tubal Selective Delivery System (TSDS). The TSDS is a nonsurgical, office-based medical device designed to safely administer fluids, foams, or gels to the fallopian tubes through a transcervical approach to...

This $717,712 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's Division of Information and Intelligent Systems, under the Computer and Information Science and Engineering program (CFDA 47.070), will support the development and evaluation of a knowledge-enhanced and interpretable radiology report generation framework using longitudinal, multimodal electronic health record data and domain knowledge. The awardee, Joan & Sanford I Weill Medical College of Cornell University, will build a...

Federal Grant Award Summary Children's Hospital Los Angeles received a $1.4 million Project Grant award from the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (CFDA 93.865 – Child Health and Human Development Extramural Research) on June 1, 2025, to develop improved fetal screening methodologies using 0.55 Tesla (0.55T) magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) technology. The project, with a completion date of February 28, 2030, addresses a critical clinical gap by creating a secondary...

The U.S. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) awarded a $399,111 Project Grant under the Research on Healthcare Costs, Quality and Outcomes (CFDA 93.226) program to The General Hospital Corporation, doing business as Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH). The grant aims to increase postpartum primary care engagement, quality, and experience by strengthening coordination between obstetric and primary care providers. The intervention includes default primary care visit scheduling,...

This $1,199,991 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CISE) program aims to develop novel technologies for real-time assessment of blood clot properties to improve stroke treatment. The key products and services under this grant include: Integration of a sub-millimeter Raman fiber probe into a catheter for intravascular, in-vivo measurement of clot chemical composition. Training of a convolutional neural network to...

Federal Grant Award Summary Georgia TECH Research Corp received a $418,284 Project Grant from the National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering under the Discovery and Applied Research for Technological Innovations to Improve Human Health program (CFDA 93.286). The award, effective September 1, 2025, through August 31, 2027, funds research and development of an ion-selective, sensor-integrated central venous catheter (CVC) system for real-time monitoring and automated correction of...

Grant Award Summary Analytical Diagnostic Solutions Inc. received a $305,352 Project Grant award from the National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences (NCATS, CFDA 93.350) effective July 1, 2025, through June 30, 2026. The company is developing HCY NOW, a quantitative point-of-care device for home-based monitoring of total blood homocysteine (THCy) levels to improve management of homocystinurias (HCUs)—inherited metabolic disorders characterized by plasma homocysteine accumulation. The...

Federal Grant Award Summary Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center received a $642,000 Project Grant award from the National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering (NIBIB) under the Discovery and Applied Research for Technological Innovations to Improve Human Health program (CFDA 93.286), effective August 13, 2025, with a completion date of July 31, 2028. The award supports development of an automated deep learning-based assessment pipeline for evaluating peripherally inserted...

Endoshape, Inc. was awarded a $370,938 project grant from the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute of the National Institutes of Health to develop radiopaque shape memory polymers for neurovascular embolotherapy applications. The Cardiovascular Diseases Research program aims to support heart and vascular research, including through competitive research training grants. Under this award, Endoshape will develop new radiopaque shape memory polymer materials incorporated into embolic coils....