The U.S. Department of the Navy's Office of Naval Research (ONR) awarded a $6,477,030 Project Grant on November 1, 2024 under the Basic and Applied Scientific Research program (CFDA 12.300) to the University of Wisconsin System for a project titled "Physics-Based Approach for Understanding Directed Energy Traumatic Brain Injury". The project aims to advance the understanding of how exposures to directed energy affect the primary injury risk of neuron substructures and their...
The Department of the Navy's Office of Naval Research has awarded a $1,199,999.00 Project Grant to the University of Wisconsin System for the "TRANSLATIONAL INJURY MODEL SYSTEM FOR IDENTIFYING NEUROIMAGING AND NEURAL SIGNALING-BASED BIOMARKERS FOR EARLY DETECTION AND MITIGATION OF MILD TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY" project. This grant, funded under the Basic and Applied Scientific Research program (CFDA 12.300), aims to support fundamental and applied research to advance naval operations and...
The University of Wisconsin-Madison will receive $477,998 from the Office of Naval Research through its Basic and Applied Scientific Research program (CFDA 12.300) to develop an integrated computational framework for investigating mechanics and microstructure underlying neuronal injury. Specifically, the University will utilize multiphysics modeling to advance understanding of neuronal mechanobiology from September 1, 2021 to August 31, 2024. The research aims to support and stimulate basic...
The University of Wisconsin System was awarded a $297,347 Project Grant from the Office of Naval Research (CFDA 12.300 - Basic and Applied Scientific Research) to develop a high-framerate optical imaging system for inspecting brain tissue dynamics under transient energy exposure. The grant period runs from May 1, 2024 to April 30, 2025. The Basic and Applied Scientific Research program supports fundamental and applied research with potential naval applications across a range of scientific and...
The University of Wisconsin-Madison received a $432,385 project grant from the Department of the Navy's Office of Naval Research to support research into developing a novel integrated atomic force and confocal fluorescence microscope system for real-time, molecular diagnosis of brain injuries. The grant was awarded on January 1, 2023 under the Basic and Applied Scientific Research program (CFDA 12.300), which aims to stimulate basic and applied research at educational institutions with potential...
The Department of the Navy's Office of Naval Research awarded the University of Wisconsin-Madison a $223,256 Project Grant under the Basic and Applied Scientific Research program (CFDA 12.300). The grant supports research into neuronal signaling signatures of neuroinflammatory pathways following traumatic brain injury. The three-year award beginning November 1, 2022 will fund University of Wisconsin-Madison researchers to analyze how neuroinflammation impacts neuronal signaling after traumatic...
This federal Project Grant award from the Office of Naval Research (ONR) under the Basic and Applied Scientific Research program (CFDA 12.300) provides $483,705.00 to the University of Chicago to conduct real-time fNIRS and EEG research for tracking lapses in attention control. The award period runs from February 1, 2025 to January 31, 2026. The University of Chicago, a leading private research institution, will leverage its expertise in advanced neuroscience, biomedical engineering, and data...
This federal Project Grant award from the Office of Naval Research (ONR) under the Basic and Applied Scientific Research program (CFDA 12.300) provides $125,000.00 to Robert Morris University (RMU) to conduct computational modeling of blast-induced traumatic brain injury in an animal model. The research aims to advance naval capabilities, enhance technological understanding, and develop innovative solutions for maritime and defense challenges related to traumatic brain injury. The award period...
This National Science Foundation (NSF) Engineering Program (CFDA 47.041) Project Grant award of $100,001 to the University of Wisconsin System, through its University of Wisconsin - Madison division, will advance the development of new magnetoelectric nanostructures for minimally invasive brain monitoring and stimulation. The project aims to create specialized cobalt ferrite (CFO) and barium titanate (BTO) nanoparticles that can be safely injected into the brain to detect neural activity using...
The federal Project Grant award W911NF2410205 for $307,923.00 was provided by the Department of the Army Materiel Command Research Development and Engineering Command under the Basic Scientific Research program (CFDA 12.431). The award supports fundamental research into the molecular mechanism behind the interaction of microwaves with living neurons, which is critical for national security. The research is being conducted by the Ecole Polytechnique Federale De Lausanne (EPFL), a prominent...