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The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a $2,814,550 Project Grant under the Biological Sciences program (CFDA 47.074) to the Georgia Tech Research Corporation to develop next-generation biological security systems. This 5-year research effort aims to transition biological security from an operational technology platform to a biologically intrinsic informational technology platform. The project will involve the convergence of biological engineering, cybersecurity principles, and chemical...

The Department of Agriculture's National Institute of Food and Agriculture has awarded a $649,818 Project Grant under the Biotechnology Risk Assessment Research Grants (BRAG) program (CFDA 10.219) to the Old Dominion University Research Foundation (doing business as Odurf) to assess the potential for horizontal gene transfer (HGT) from genetically engineered (GE) cyanobacteria to soil-environmental bacteria and risk group-2 microorganisms. The research team will measure the rates of HGT,...

The Center for Aquaculture Technologies, Inc. was awarded a $499,996 Project Grant from the United States Department of Agriculture National Institute of Food and Agriculture to support research on Partial Inactivation of Maternal Gene technology for the genetic containment of genetically engineered fish. The award, made under the Biotechnology Risk Assessment Research program (CFDA #10.219), will fund the generation of new information to assist USDA's Animal and Plant Health Inspection...

This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) will support research into the feasibility of developing 3D biological neurocomputers for intelligent biomedical motor control systems. The project aims to leverage the complex and energy-efficient performance of living systems, specifically pericytes, which are cells that wrap around capillaries and can respond to mechanical stimuli. The $225,000 award to Virginia Polytechnic Institute...

This Project Grant from the National Science Foundation Office of Integrative Activities, under the Integrative Activities federal grant program (CFDA 47.083), provides $400,000 to North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University from September 1, 2022 to August 31, 2025. The funding supports research to develop an early warning framework for cyber threats targeting operational technology systems. The framework introduces intelligent interaction decoys that mimic the behavior of...

This $999,999 Cooperative Agreement award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) under the Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships (CFDA 47.084) program supports the development of an innovative 3D safety sensor system for enhanced human-robot collaboration. The project, led by Phlux Technologies, Inc., a Pittsburgh-based for-profit company, aims to create a programmable 3D light curtain that can provide high-resolution monitoring of specific work areas around industrial robots. This...

This $275,000 Project Grant was awarded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) under the NSF Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships (TIP) program (CFDA 47.084). The grant was awarded to Morphosis Inc., a small disadvantaged business in Berkeley, CA, on September 1, 2024. The project aims to develop and evaluate a novel biometric authentication approach based on sensing unique neuromuscular activity patterns during human-computer interactions. This "continuous identity verification"...

This $500,000 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships program aims to develop a novel human stem cell-based microfluidic developmental toxicology platform. The University of Michigan will receive funding from September 2022 to August 2024 to conduct technological development of a repeatable, controllable, high-throughput microfluidic system for generating three-dimensional multicellular organoid models for toxicity testing. The platform seeks...

The Department of Agriculture's National Institute of Food and Agriculture awarded a $494,581 Project Grant under the Biotechnology Risk Assessment Research program to Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University. The three-year award beginning September 1, 2022 will support research investigating the environmental persistence and target specificity of minicells-encapsulated RNAi biofungicides. The Biotechnology Risk Assessment Research program aims to generate information assisting...

This $650,000 Project Grant awarded by the U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Institute of Food and Agriculture (USDA NIFA) under the Biotechnology Risk Assessment Research Grants Program (CFDA 10.219) will fund research at Clemson University to investigate the unintended effects of commonly used site-specific recombinase genes (Cre, Flp, PhiC31) when expressed in creeping bentgrass and Arabidopsis plants. The primary objectives are to examine whether and how the recombinases may cause...