Project Grant SLG75021IN3003

This federal Project Grant award of $1,929,714.00 from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Investigations and Technical Assistance program (CFDA 93.283) is for the "Refinement of Very Low Leakage Non-Invasive Ventilation Mask for Infectious Patients" project. The award was made to Creare LLC, a for-profit engineering research and development company based in Hanover, New Hampshire. The project aims to refine a non-invasive ventilation mask designed to minimize air...

The federal Project Grant award R43OH012720 was provided by the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH), under the Occupational Safety and Health Program (CFDA 93.262), to Applied Design Technologies, Inc., a for-profit veteran-owned small business based in Pullman, Michigan. The $887,772 award, with a project period from September 1, 2024 to August 31, 2026, will support the development and testing of the CLEARWORKS PARTICULATE RESPIRATOR, an innovative occupational safety...

This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation (CFDA 47.070 - Computer and Information Science and Engineering) to Florida International University totaling $600,000 aims to advance the security and privacy of on-device machine learning (ML) models used in Internet of Things (IoT)-driven scientific cyberinfrastructure (CI). The project has two primary goals: Develop a novel runtime detection and prevention mechanism to protect ML models from extraction attacks that could lead to...

This Project Grant award for $174,991.00 was provided by the National Science Foundation (NSF) under the Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CFDA 47.070) program. The award supports research to examine the feasibility of presentation attacks on photoplethysmography (PPG)-based continuous authentication systems used in mobile and wearable devices, and to develop practical defense mechanisms. The key components of the project include: 1) studying remote video-based acquisition of...

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...

This Cooperative Agreement award from the Interior Business Center, under the Advanced Research Projects Agency for Health (ARPA-H) program (CFDA 93.384), provides $8,945,662.00 to Emory University to develop a functional prototype system called "MARGINCALL". The system aims to enable non-destructive, rapid digital capture and analysis of histopathology specimens, reducing current rates of positive surgical margins requiring repeat surgeries from 25% to nearly zero for lumpectomies,...

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...