Project Grant R43AG059508

Vulintus, Inc. was awarded a $1,025,456 Project Grant from the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke within the Department of Health and Human Services to develop the SensiTrak system. The grant was funded under the 21st Century Cures Act Brain Research through Advancing Innovative Neurotechnologies program. Under this award, Vulintus will create an automated, high-throughput behavioral testing platform to precisely measure somatosensory function in rodent models. Current...

Grant Award Summary The National Institute on Aging (NIA) awarded the University of Delaware a Project Grant of $560,380 under the Aging Research program (CFDA 93.866) to develop and apply novel in situ biomechanical testing methodologies for evaluating osteoarthritis (OA) functional impacts in mouse models. The project, effective January 15, 2026, through December 31, 2028, will deliver a force-sensing universal robotic testing system capable of characterizing multi-axial rodent joint...

Summary The Jackson Laboratory received a $486,750 Project Grant from the National Institute on Aging (NIA) under the Aging Research program (CFDA 93.866), awarded June 15, 2026, with completion scheduled for May 31, 2028. The award funds the development and validation of a human tri-culture microphysiological system designed to study myelination and axonal-synaptic pathology in Alzheimer's disease (AD). The primary deliverable is an integrated microfluidic platform that co-cultures neurons,...

BOWID Grant Award Summary North Carolina State University received a $580,636 Project Grant from the National Institute on Aging under the Aging Research program (CFDA 93.866), awarded January 15, 2026, with completion targeted for December 31, 2028. The grant funds development of BOWID (Barcode of Worms by Identifying Landmarks), a novel system for individual lifetime tracking of Caenorhabditis elegans nematodes in aging research. The primary deliverable is a technological platform that applies...

Summary The University of Michigan received a $605,832 Cooperative Agreement from the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke under the Extramural Research Programs in the Neurosciences and Neurological Disorders program (CFDA 93.853), awarded September 15, 2025, with completion targeted for August 31, 2027. The award funds the development and clinical testing of a regenerative peripheral nerve interface (RPNI) control system designed to enable intuitive, multi-articulated...

This Project Grant award of $353,391.00, provided by the National Institute on Aging (CFDA 93.866 - Aging Research), aims to validate the use of a "Personal Learning Curve" paradigm as a sensitive marker of early memory decline related to Alzheimer's disease (AD) biomarkers in a large, diverse sample of older adults. The study seeks to determine if this digital cognitive assessment tool, which measures learning over repeated evaluations, can detect subtle AD-related memory failures...

This Project Grant award from the National Institute on Aging (CFDA 93.866 - Aging Research) to Yale University totals $460,548 and runs from September 30, 2024 to August 31, 2026. The project aims to develop neuroimaging methodologies for the early detection of Alzheimer's disease (AD) by examining olfactory and memory function in a transgenic rat model. Key activities include: Longitudinal imaging and behavioral studies on transgenic AD and wild-type rats from early to advanced disease...

This $720,000 project grant from the National Science Foundation's Division of Information and Intelligent Systems (CFDA 47.070 - Computer and Information Science and Engineering) will develop a novel robotic ankle-foot orthosis (exoskeleton) system to assist older adults' mobility and gait ability in real-world ambulation. The project at North Carolina State University aims to design and fabricate a compact, lightweight robotic ankle-foot orthosis to provide powered assistance and enhance ankle...

This $300,000 National Science Foundation project grant will support the development of remotely operated reconfigurable walker robots for eldercare services through February 2025. Funded under the Computer and Information Science and Engineering program, the award recipient Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital Volunteer Services, Inc. will conduct research to design a multi-functional robotic system that can alter its physical configuration to navigate residential environments. The robot is...

This National Science Foundation (NSF) Federal Grant Award under the Social, Behavioral, and Economic Sciences (CFDA 47.075) program provides $299,571 to Michigan State University to develop an innovative wearable sensing system that automatically detects a range of infant behaviors for long durations in the home environment. The objective is to examine the role of pre-walking strategies in the development of walking through precise measurements of activities like standing, cruising, falls,...