Project Grant R21EB037815
- Federal Grant Award Summary The National Science Foundation's Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CISE) program (CFDA 47.070) awarded $441,032 to the University of New Hampshire on June 15, 2025, for a five-year CAREER project focused on developing personalized fall risk assessment technology for older adults. The project will deliver an auto-calibrated smart insole system integrated with Explainable Artificial Intelligence (XAI) models designed to accurately measure gait, balance,...
- This National Science Foundation (NSF) Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I project, titled "STEADI-SCORES: Translating Balance Science into Clinical Action for Proactive Balance Training," aims to develop an innovative and accessible solution for balance training and assessment. The $305,000 award, granted on January 1, 2025, will fund the design of a portable and affordable platform that individuals of all ages can use at home or in clinics to practice and improve...
- Federal Grant Award Summary Hominin.ai Inc. received a $302,668 Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships (TIP) program (CFDA 47.084) on August 1, 2025, for a twelve-month performance period concluding July 31, 2026. The company will develop a software system and machine learning models that translate ordinary human walking patterns into movement-based biomarkers of personal health using...
- Federal Grant Award Summary The National Institute on Aging (under CFDA 93.866, Aging Research) awarded the University of Utah a Project Grant of $603,165 (award date: February 15, 2026; completion date: February 14, 2029) to conduct research quantifying the cognitive-motor processes underlying volitional stepping in older and younger adults. The research will generate scientific knowledge to optimize fall prevention interventions, addressing the critical public health challenge of...
- Federal Grant Award Summary The University of Pennsylvania received a $613,823 Project Grant from the National Institute on Aging (CFDA 93.866 – Aging Research) effective September 1, 2025, through August 31, 2030, to conduct research and development of the SENSE4SAFETY intervention. This technology-supported system addresses fall risk reduction in community-dwelling older adults aged 65 and older with mild cognitive impairment (MCI), a population experiencing falls at rates two to three times...
- Federal Grant Award Summary Oscilloscape, Inc. (doing business as Oscillo Biosciences) received a $1,402,614 Project Grant award from the National Institute on Aging under the Aging Research program (CFDA 93.866) for the period of September 20, 2025 through September 19, 2026. The award supports development and clinical testing of SYNG (SynchronyGamma), a wearable digital health device designed to deliver therapeutic intervention for Alzheimer's Disease (AD) and Mild Cognitive Impairment (MCI)...
- Summary Wayne State University received a $385,517 Project Grant from the National Institute on Aging (NIA) under the Aging Research program (CFDA 93.866) awarded August 15, 2025, with completion targeted for July 31, 2027. The project focuses on validating a novel wearable device called TRACE that measures orthostatic vital signs through an earlobe-based platform. The research aims to validate TRACE's four orthostatic metrics against transcranial Doppler (TCD) ultrasound—the gold standard for...
- The National Science Foundation awarded a two-year, $199,967 Project Grant to The Trustees of the Stevens Institute of Technology under the Engineering (CFDA 47.041) federal grant program. The grant will support the development of a validation framework and open-source hardware/software sync platform for wearable motion analysis systems. Specifically, the grantee will establish novel data-driven methods and probabilistic/learning-based models to enable accurate time alignment between...
- Federal Grant Award Summary Braincheck, Inc. received a $497,782 Project Grant from the National Institute on Aging (NIA) under the Aging Research program (CFDA 93.866), awarded September 20, 2025, with completion targeted for September 19, 2026. The company is developing BrainCheck eConsult, a secure digital platform designed to facilitate asynchronous consultations between primary care providers (PCPs) and dementia specialists. This solution addresses a critical gap in dementia care access,...
- This federal Project Grant award, provided by the National Science Foundation's Social, Behavioral, and Economic Sciences program (CFDA 47.075), funds a research project titled "MOTION IN ACTION: INTEGRATING MULTISENSORY INPUTS FOR POSTURE STABILIZATION AND COMPLEX ACTION ACQUISITION." The $489,062 award, with a performance period from August 1, 2025 to July 31, 2028, aims to advance understanding of how the brain processes and integrates multiple sensory inputs, such as vision,...
The National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering (NIBIB) awarded $294,158 to Stevens Institute of Technology on June 9, 2026, under the Discovery and Applied Research for Technological Innovations to Improve Human Health program (CFDA 93.286) to develop an at-home, wearable sensor system that delivers weight-shifting balance training through a gamified musical biofeedback interface. The project, concluding May 31, 2029, addresses fall risk reduction in older adults by combining cognitive and motor system challenges through a game-based platform where real-time biological sensor data is conveyed to users via musical sound parameters. The deliverables include validation of the musical biofeedback game's effectiveness, verification of the mHealth (mobile health) sensor system's accuracy, and analysis of gameplay behavior patterns distinguishing fallers from non-fallers. The multidisciplinary research team leverages expertise in engineering, gamified rehabilitation technologies, home exercise program development, aging psychology, and music composition to create a technology platform with broader applicability beyond the initial older adult population. This Trailblazer award supports the principal investigator's background in complex human movement analysis, musical biofeedback development, and mHealth algorithm development, positioning the research to generate validated technology and behavioral phenotyping data that advance fall prevention interventions and at-home rehabilitation methodologies.Federal Grant Award Summary
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
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| Not listed | $294.2k | 6/9/26 |