Project Grant R43ES026931

Federal Project Grant Award Summary Access Sensor Technologies LLC received a $612,682 Project Grant from the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences under the Environmental Health program (CFDA 93.113) awarded on August 5, 2025, with completion targeted for January 31, 2027. The company is developing and commercializing a high-throughput, automated sample analysis platform (ASAP) designed to enable large-scale characterization of air pollution exposures for exposomics and...

ENHANCE-O2: Ensuring High Accuracy in Non-Invasive Clinical Evaluation of Oxygenation The National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI) awarded The Johns Hopkins University a $753,721 Project Grant effective May 1, 2026, through January 31, 2031, under the Cardiovascular Diseases Research program (CFDA 93.837) to investigate pulse oximeter accuracy and its clinical impact among hospitalized patients with acute physiologic derangements. The project will conduct a large-scale retrospective...

This $2,623,234 federal Project Grant award from the Department of the Army Medical Command under the Military Medical Research and Development program (CFDA 12.420) supports the development of a wearable multiplex biosensor system to monitor exacerbation risk in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). The Lundquist Institute for Biomedical Innovation at Harbor-UCLA Medical Center is the prime awardee, collaborating with researchers at the California Institute of Technology...

This federal Project Grant award from the National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering (NIBIB), under the Discovery and Applied Research for Technological Innovations to Improve Human Health program (CFDA 93.286), provides $374,378 to Michigan State University to develop a computational modeling framework for a miniaturized, noninvasive, wireless, luminescence-based carbon dioxide sensing wearable device. The goal is to accurately translate transcutaneous partial pressure of CO2...

This National Science Foundation (NSF) Convergence Accelerator Track L Project Grant, with a total funding of $650,000, aims to innovate and mature two miniature volatile organic compound (VOC) sensing technologies - colorimetric VOC sensor arrays and wearable VOC sensor patches. The project team, consisting of engineers, chemists, material scientists, biologists, and data scientists, will leverage machine learning and bio-inspired design to develop cost-effective, field-portable, and highly...

Myexposome Inc. received a $449,958 Project Grant from the National Institutes of Health National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences to develop a route of exposure model using silicone wristbands as personal samplers. The grant is part of the Environmental Health program (CFDA 93.113), which aims to foster understanding of human health effects from environmental exposures. Under the award, Myexposome will utilize multiple silicone wristband configurations in a field demonstration among...

This collaborative research project, funded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) Directorate for Engineering under CFDA 47.041, develops an ingestible electronic sensor device for continuous, real-time monitoring of cortisol biomarkers in the gastrointestinal tract. The $313,000 award, administered by the University of Pennsylvania and active from July 1, 2026 through June 30, 2029, delivers a novel biosensing technology designed to overcome current limitations in stress biomarker...

Federal Project Grant Award Summary Attogene Corporation received a $257,312 Project Grant from the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS) under the Environmental Health program (CFDA 93.113), awarded on August 26, 2025, with completion targeted for December 31, 2026. The grant funds the development of a novel electrochemical biosensor designed to detect organophosphate and carbamate (OPAC) pesticide residues. The biosensor utilizes recombinant acetylcholinesterase (AChE)...

The National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Chemical, Bioengineering, Environmental, and Transport Systems awarded a $450,000 Project Grant to the Texas A&M Engineering Experiment Station (Tees) to develop an injectable, grain-of-rice size glucose biosensor for continuous blood sugar monitoring. The key products or services to be provided under this 3-year grant include: Developing an injectable glucose biosensor comprised of a self-cleaning membrane and a near-infrared fluorescence...

Spec Sensors LLC was awarded a $199,912.24 cooperative agreement from the Department of Commerce National Institute of Standards and Technology under the Science, Technology, Business and/or Education Outreach program (CFDA 11.620). The award will support Spec Sensors' development of next-generation amperometric gas sensors through miniaturization and cost reduction. Specifically, Spec Sensors will design thinner sensor materials, validate roll-to-roll printing techniques, and develop new inks...