This federal Project Grant award, with a total funding amount of $107,949.00, was provided by the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) under the Occupational Safety and Health Program (CFDA 93.262). The award, which has a period of performance from September 1, 2024 to August 31, 2027, is focused on examining potential mobile measures of strain, or the accumulated effects of exposure to demands, for workers. The awardee is the University of Southern California (USC), a...
This $1,280,043 federal Project Grant award was provided by the National Science Foundation (NSF) Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) to the University of Illinois to improve construction workforce health and safety. The research aims to develop an intelligent, real-time health monitoring system for construction workers using flexible wearable sensors, machine learning algorithms, and data visualization. Key objectives include: 1) designing a flexible wearable sensor to continuously measure...
This $275,000 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's Engineering Directorate (CFDA 47.041) will fund the development of a holistic health monitoring system for construction workers at The Ohio State University from October 1, 2022 to September 30, 2026. The University will design a flexible, wearable sensor to continuously and noninvasively measure workers' bioelectric signals and electrochemical responses at job sites. Researchers will also develop machine learning algorithms to...
The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a $180,499 project grant under its Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) to the University of California, San Diego (UCSD) to develop a real-time, holistic health monitoring system for construction workers. This multidisciplinary research aims to improve worker health and safety by integrating wearable sensor technology, artificial intelligence, and data visualization. Key objectives include designing a flexible wearable sensor to continuously measure...
The federal Project Grant award R43OH012720 was provided by the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH), under the Occupational Safety and Health Program (CFDA 93.262), to Applied Design Technologies, Inc., a for-profit veteran-owned small business based in Pullman, Michigan. The $887,772 award, with a project period from September 1, 2024 to August 31, 2026, will support the development and testing of the CLEARWORKS PARTICULATE RESPIRATOR, an innovative occupational safety...
The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) awarded a $127,922 Project Grant under the Occupational Safety and Health Program (CFDA 93.262) to William Paterson University of New Jersey. The grant's objective is to capture body segment changes during pregnancy to develop an accurate biomechanical model. The research will be conducted at the university over a 2-year period from September 2024 to September 2026. This grant aligns with the program's goals to recognize new...
This $318,710 federal Project Grant award from the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences under the Medical Library Assistance (CFDA 93.879) program aims to develop AI-powered wearable sensors for non-invasive monitoring of Parkinson's disease. The key products and services to be delivered include: Computational methods to identify Parkinson's-specific metabolic and peptide biomarkers in sweat, leveraging multi-omics data analysis. Design, fabrication, and optimization of 2D...
This federal Project Grant award of $271,198 from the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) under the Occupational Safety and Health Program (CFDA 93.262) supports research on the financial impact of burnout and mental health on hospitalist turnover, and the contribution of work structures and environment. The award, which runs from September 1, 2024 to August 31, 2026, will be conducted by the University of Colorado-Denver, a prominent public research university. The...
This Cooperative Agreement award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) under the NSF Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships (TIP) program (CFDA 47.084) aims to develop a comprehensive, human-centered safety system using physiological and behavioral sensing to identify hazards and predict and prevent workplace accidents. The $1,003,730 project, awarded to Intellisafe Analytics LLC on June 15, 2025, with a planned completion date of May 31, 2027, will leverage wearable technology to collect...
The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH), under the Occupational Safety and Health Program (CFDA 93.262), awarded a $258,598 Project Grant to Mississippi State University on September 30, 2024. The grant supports research on "Human-Robot Collaboration in Construction: Assessing Cognitive Factors for Construction Workers Using Virtual Reality-Wearable Devices-Data Analytics Integrated Approach" over a 2-year period ending on September 29, 2026. The research aims...