Project Grant SB1AR064657

This $100,000 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships program will support the development of an advanced wound care technology at Florida International University. Specifically, the university will create a bandage-integrated platform that provides feedback-mediated wound therapy to enable personalized care. The conformable platform is designed to non-invasively monitor multiple wound biomarkers in spatial detail and then apply targeted...

Modendo Inc. received a $256,000 Small Business Innovation Research Phase I Project Grant from the National Science Foundation to develop an ultrathin endomicroscope. The grant was awarded under the NSF Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships program (CFDA 47.084) to advance science and engineering research leading to breakthrough technologies. Specifically, the funding will support Modendo's development of a new class of minimally invasive endoscope probes with diameters as small as 100...

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 $249,000 to Case Western Reserve University to develop an ultrafast photoacoustic histology platform for real-time intraoperative diagnosis. The project aims to create a structured illumination ultraviolet photoacoustic microscopy system capable of...

Vivonics Inc., a medical technology company based in Massachusetts, received a $331,455 Project Grant from the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (CFDA 93.847) to develop a near-infrared layered imaging system called NIR-LITH. This system aims to provide objective, three-dimensional hemodynamic mapping of diabetic foot ulcers and surrounding tissue with 1 mm depth resolution, improving clinicians' ability to assess wound healing potential and make more accurate...

This 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), aims to develop a miniaturized forward-viewing endoscopic micro-optical coherence tomography (MOCT) system utilizing a low-voltage electrowetting prism scanner. The $405,689 award, granted on January 10, 2025, will enable the Regents of the University of Colorado to first...

This National Science Foundation (NSF) Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships (CFDA 47.084) Project Grant award of $275,000 to Lightfinder Inc. aims to develop a silicon photonic optical coherence tomography (OCT) imager for pathology diagnostics. The primary objective is to create a high-performance, portable, and cost-effective imaging solution by integrating all optical components onto a single silicon chip. The research will address key technical challenges such as achieving high...

This $250,000 National Science Foundation project grant supports the development of a microneedle-mediated adaptive phototherapy wound dressing by the University of South Florida from October 1, 2022 to November 30, 2024. The dressing integrates self-diagnosis and treatment tailored to wound conditions without external electronics or medical professionals. Microstructured microneedles act as optical waveguides to deliver localized blue or red light therapy at wound sites, changing wavelength...

The National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering (NIBIB) awarded a $1,295,800 Project Grant under the Discovery and Applied Research for Technological Innovations to Improve Human Health program (CFDA 93.286) to The General Hospital Corporation, doing business as Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH), to develop a novel optical endoscope that does not require mechanical rotation to perform 360-degree in vivo imaging. The project aims to design and fabricate a metasurface that can...

This National Science Foundation (NSF) Cooperative Agreement award under the NSF Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships (TIP) program (CFDA 47.084) provides $994,138 to Modendo Inc., a for-profit company located in Boulder, CO, to develop and validate a prototype ultrathin endomicroscope instrument for high-resolution, minimally invasive optical imaging of the brain in animal neuroscience research. The key innovation is achieving a cross-sectional area more than 10 times smaller than...

This $305,000 National Science Foundation (NSF) SBIR Phase I project grant, awarded on March 1, 2025, aims to develop a compact, multi-color super-resolution imaging system capable of visualizing molecular structures in thick biological tissues with nanoscale precision. The project addresses limitations of existing imaging technologies by incorporating advanced features such as adaptive optics and spinning disk technology to minimize optical aberrations and scattering. The research objectives...