Project Grant SGG80022IN0004

The federal Project Grant award R43OH012720 for $887,772.00 was provided by the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH), which is part of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, under the Occupational Safety and Health Program (CFDA 93.262). The grant was awarded on September 1, 2024 to Applied Design Technologies, a for-profit, veteran-owned small business, to develop a CLEARWORKS PARTICULATE RESPIRATOR. The project aims to advance worker safety and health...

This National Science Foundation (NSF) Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CISE) program (CFDA 47.070) grant award in the amount of $299,998 to the Dominguez Hills Foundation at California State University, Dominguez Hills supports the development of privacy-preserving anonymization methods for biometric data from clinical and wearable sources. The project aims to create modular and scalable AI-based techniques to sanitize bio-signals and preserve patient privacy while retaining...

The Environmental Protection Agency Region 1 awarded the Maine Department of Environmental Protection $293,000 under the Surveys, Studies, Research, Investigations, Demonstrations, and Special Purpose Activities Relating to the Clean Air Act program (CFDA 66.034) on August 1, 2022 for a project ending July 31, 2024. The funding will be used to replace existing filter-based particulate matter 2.5 monitors with continuous PM2.5 monitors to provide real-time air quality data collection and...

This Cooperative Agreement award, provided by the U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA) Agricultural Marketing Service under the Market Protection and Promotion program (CFDA 10.163), funds the Michigan Department of Agriculture and Rural Development (MDARD) to support the USDA's Pesticide Data Program (PDP). Under this $650,000 award from January 1, 2025 to December 31, 2025, MDARD will collect food samples within Michigan, ship them to assigned laboratories, and conduct chemical analyses...

This Cooperative Agreement award, funded by the Department of Health and Human Services' Advanced Research Projects Agency for Health (ARPA-H) program (CFDA 93.384), aims to develop a functional prototype system called MARGINCALL that can enhance intraoperative visualization of surgical margins. The $8,945,662 project, with a performance period from Dec 2024 to Dec 2026, will enable non-destructive digital capture of histopathology, combined with a dedicated AI image analysis system, to reduce...

The Environmental Protection Agency Region 5 awarded the Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy a $369,344 Project Grant under the Surveys, Studies, Research, Investigations, Demonstrations, and Special Purpose Activities Relating to the Clean Air Act program (CFDA 66.034). The grant funds will support enhanced monitoring of particulate matter 2.5 (PM2.5) and other National Ambient Air Quality Standards pollutants in communities facing disproportionate exposure and health...

The National Institute of Standards and Technology awarded Vuronyx Technologies LLC a $1,599,940.60 cooperative agreement under the Science, Technology, Business and/or Education Outreach program (CFDA 11.620) to develop acetylperoxyborate (APB) powders for disinfecting personal protective equipment. Vuronyx will perform efficacy testing of APB powders against viruses on test coupons and evaluate resulting byproducts and residues. It will also evaluate the structural integrity of N95 masks and...

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 9 has awarded a $159,242 Project Grant to the Ventura County Air Pollution Control District (VCAPCD) under the Surveys, Studies, Research, Investigations, Demonstrations, and Special Purpose Activities Relating to the Clean Air Act program (CFDA 66.034). The purpose of this grant is to support VCAPCD in updating their continuous PM2.5 air quality monitoring network, providing real-time data, and conducting public health messaging....

This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation (CFDA 47.084 - NSF Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships) provides $275,000 to Carrtech Corp, a woman-owned small business manufacturer, to develop an integrated, single-needle filter system to remove glass shards from injectable fluids. The project aims to create a novel, disposable, inline mechanical filter that addresses the current multi-step process healthcare providers must use to filter glass ampoules prior to injection,...

The Environmental Protection Agency Region 9 awarded the Sacramento Metropolitan Air Quality Management District a $143,000 Project Grant under the Surveys, Studies, Research, Investigations, Demonstrations, and Special Purpose Activities Relating to the Clean Air Act federal grant program (CFDA 66.034). The grant will fund the purchase and installation of continuous particulate matter 2.5 monitors to replace existing filter-based monitors in environmental justice and underserved communities...