The University of Florida received a $1,267,914 Project Grant award from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) Office of the Director under the Trans-NIH Research Support program (CFDA 93.310). The award, which runs from September 2024 to September 2027, aims to develop a novel generation of injectable, wireless microchip implantable medical devices (IMDs) capable of targeted health interventions. The key innovations include the design of compact, reconfigurable integrated circuits; enhanced...
The National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering (NIBIB) awarded a $359,995 Project Grant under the "Discovery and Applied Research for Technological Innovations to Improve Human Health" (CFDA 93.286) program to Clemson University. The funding supports the development and validation of a novel X-ray visualized immunosensor (X-VIS) that can be attached to implanted medical devices to detect and monitor local infection biomarkers. The project aims to fabricate a...
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 $248,645 to The Leland Stanford Junior University to develop advanced bioelectronic devices to enhance the survival of subcutaneously implanted encapsulated cell therapies. The goal is to improve oxygen delivery and suppress fibrosis in these minimally...
This Project Grant award, provided by the National Science Foundation's Engineering program (CFDA 47.041), aims to develop and optimize a communication platform for networking multiple wearable and implantable bioelectronic devices throughout the human body. The $499,896 award, granted to Georgia Tech Research Corp on June 15, 2025, will support the scientific goal of optimizing an emitter and receiver network between electromechanical wearable sensors and implantable actuators. This project...
The National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering (NIBIB) awarded a $271,664 Project Grant under the Discovery and Applied Research for Technological Innovations to Improve Human Health program (CFDA 93.286) to the University of Washington. The objective of this 3-year grant, awarded on May 10, 2025, is to develop a novel biomaterial delivery platform to spatiotemporally release bone morphogenetic proteins BMP2 and BMP9 using magnetic microgels. This innovative technology aims to...
The National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering (NIBIB) awarded a $366,006 Project Grant (CFDA 93.286 - Discovery and Applied Research for Technological Innovations to Improve Human Health) to the Georgia Tech Research Corporation to develop flexible piezo film intravascular ultrasound (IVUS) arrays on guidewires and catheters. The goal is to integrate IVUS imaging capability onto standard guidewires and catheters used in over 1 million percutaneous coronary and peripheral...
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 $1,152,939 to Duke University to develop a highly innovative wireless MRI scanner architecture. The key products and services to be delivered include: A stand-alone, platform-independent wireless integrated radio-frequency/shim coil array with an on-board...
The University of Arizona received a $441,392 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). The grant, awarded on January 1, 2025, with a completion date of December 31, 2025, aims to cultivate research talent in biomedical engineering by broadening institutional support and fostering a culture of inclusion and quality mentorship...
This Project Grant award of $1,302,368 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) will establish a National Center for Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering at the University of Michigan. The center will develop microsystems-based imaging technologies, including miniature scanners, actuators, and sensors for fiber-coupled microendoscopes to enable...
This Project Grant award from the National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering (NIBIB), under the CFDA program "Discovery and Applied Research for Technological Innovations to Improve Human Health" (93.286), aims to develop a plug-and-play "Any-Nucleus Distributed Active Programmable Transmit (ADAPT)" coil system for ultra-high field (7T) magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). The $641,360 award, granted on July 1, 2025, will enable researchers at the University...