Project Grant R44NS076359

Attogene Corporation received a $257,312 Project Grant award from the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS) under the Environmental Health program (CFDA 93.113) to develop a novel electrochemical biosensor for detecting organophosphate and carbamate (OPAC) pesticides. The award, obligated on August 26, 2025, with a completion date of June 30, 2026, funds the creation of a portable, user-friendly, low-cost detection technology designed to address significant limitations in...

This National Science Foundation (NSF) Project Grant award for $380,074, awarded on September 1, 2024, aims to develop a platform for instrument-free, easy-to-interpret quantitative analysis of molecular biomarkers. The project will produce a general methodology adaptable to a range of molecular targets, including potential new agents. The key products to be delivered include: A "yes/no" output for quantitative measurement, enabled through stoichiometry and negative cooperativity-based...

This National Science Foundation (NSF) Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships (CFDA 47.084) Cooperative Agreement award for $997,142 aims to develop a rapid phenylalanine blood level monitor for patients with phenylketonuria (PKU), a lifelong genetic disorder. The product consists of a test strip and device that can provide frequent, accessible monitoring of phenylalanine levels from a finger prick to improve disease management and patient outcomes. The project focuses on optimizing the...

This Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships program totaling $256,000 will fund the development of an optimized ion mobility spectrometry system for distributed chemical sensing without the use of radioactive ionization sources. The awardee, Sensit Ventures Inc. of Davis, California, will establish an experimental and theoretical framework to miniaturize differential mobility spectrometry technology for analytical-quality chemical...

Materials Nova LLC received a $314,745 Project Grant from the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences under the Environmental Health program (CFDA 93.113), awarded on September 17, 2025, with completion targeted for August 31, 2026. The company will develop a portable, user-friendly mercury sensor device designed to detect low concentrations of toxic mercury contaminants in drinking water with high sensitivity and rapid results. The device will integrate water sampling, sample...

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 $933,796 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's Division of Civil, Mechanical, and Manufacturing Innovation, under the Engineering program (CFDA 47.041), funds the development of paper-based biosensor test strips to detect soil contaminants such as arsenic and PFAS. Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute will engage citizen scientists and use bacteria as sensors to produce quantitative readings of contaminant concentrations in soil. Two types of bacteria - E. coli functioning as the...

This $256,000 National Science Foundation SBIR Phase I Project Grant to Airomatix, Inc. supports the development of a portable oxygen concentrator capable of producing breathable oxygen at higher flow rates than current models. The concentrator utilizes a novel photocatalytic reaction to separate oxygen from ambient air and store it in a chemical solution. It will then release oxygen on demand through a temperature-controlled reaction. During the one-year period of performance ending March 2023,...

Cooperative Agreement Summary: Advancing Human Biodosimetry with Solid-State Nanopore Analyses Wake Forest University Health Sciences received a $376,017 Cooperative Agreement award dated August 4, 2025, from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) Office of the Director under the Trans-NIH Research Support program (CFDA 93.310). The award supports research and development of solid-state nanopore sensor technology to advance rapid human biodosimetry capabilities for radiological emergencies. The...

This $788,406 project grant from the National Institutes of Health National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, under the Allergy and Infectious Diseases Research program (CFDA 93.855), will fund the development of a sensitive, direct reading bioaerosol detection platform to quantify airborne pathogens such as SARS-CoV-2. Aerosol Devices Inc. will integrate their gentle condensation-growth capture sampler, which concentrates intact, viable virus particles into a small liquid volume...