Project Grant R43NS087659

The National Science Foundation awarded Ai Linear Inc. a $252,830 Project Grant under the NSF Technology, Innovation, and Partnership's program to develop a smart amplifier integrated circuit. The circuit will intelligently alter its performance parameters in response to input conditions, enabling always-on, ultra-low power Internet of Things and smart sensor applications situated at the edge. Specifically, the company will design an IC amplifier using a novel circuit that adjusts speed,...

This Cooperative Agreement award from the National Science Foundation provides $936,667 to Capacitech Energy, Inc. to develop self-powering textiles for electronic wearables under the NSF Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships program. The award seeks to advance an integrated energy capture, storage, and delivery technology incorporating advanced solar cells, supercapacitors, and power electronics into a single flexible unit (Supercell) connected to electronic loads. Design priorities...

Cornell University received a $100,000 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships program to develop a cell-free biosensing platform integrating transmembrane proteins. The award period is from July 1, 2022 to December 31, 2022. Specifically, the university will utilize recent advances in biotechnology and bioelectronics to establish a process for rapidly assembling customized transmembrane proteins into a biomimetic sensing device without...

Pacific Microchip Corp. received a $200,000 Project Grant award from the Department of Energy Office of Science on February 21, 2023 to fund development of a HIGH CHANNEL DENSITY DIGITAL ACQUISITION SYSTEM. The award is part of the Office of Science Financial Assistance Program (CFDA 81.049), which aims to deliver scientific discoveries and major scientific tools to transform understanding of nature and advance U.S. energy and economic security. Under the award, Pacific Microchip Corp. will...

This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) will support the development of a novel method for modifying cellular signaling pathways using implanted electronic devices. The $10,000.00 award to the Regents of the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) aims to create a new tool for studying complex cellular behaviors by interfacing electronic circuits with molecular networks within cells. The 2-year project, running from March...

The National Science Foundation awarded Integrated Medical Sensors Inc. a $256,000 Project Grant under the NSF Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships program (CFDA 47.084) to develop a novel multi-analyte microsensor platform for continuous wireless monitoring applications. The grant aims to create a unique monolithic semiconductor platform capable of wirelessly monitoring multiple biochemical and physiological markers simultaneously in a sub-cubic millimeter footprint. This miniature,...

This Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships program (CFDA 47.084) provides $275,000 to Dcan Biosciences LLC to develop an advanced microfluidic system for cancer diagnosis and monitoring. The system aims to isolate and assess circulating tumor cells (CTCs) and CTC clusters (CTCCs) from patient blood samples to enable highly sensitive and accurate liquid biopsies. Key objectives include designing a hybrid microfluidic device for...

This Project Grant award for $299,712 from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Integrative Activities program (CFDA 47.083) supports the development of electrochemical aptamer-based (E-AB) sensors for the rapid and accurate detection of multiple cardiovascular disease (CVD) biomarkers. The University of South Carolina, with mentorship from collaborators at the University of Cincinnati, will design and characterize these multiplexed E-AB sensors to enable early diagnosis of CVDs, which are...

This $1,399,500 Project Grant award from the National Institutes of Health's Trans-NIH Research Support program (CFDA 93.310) will fund research at the University of Wisconsin - Madison to develop "cellular radio" circuits that can be used to visualize, probe, and perturb the dynamic protein activity in individual cells. The project aims to create genetically-engineered circuits that generate a frequency-modulated, barcoded fluorescent signal to track how the internal state of cells...

This National Science Foundation (NSF) Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CISE) Federal Grant Program (CFDA 47.070) award of $1,200,000 provides funding to the University of California, Berkeley from October 1, 2024 to September 30, 2028 to develop innovative sensing technologies that integrate DNA nanotechnology and CMOS electronics for next-generation diagnostics. The key objectives of this project grant are to: (1) develop molecular engineering techniques using DNA origami...