Project Grant W81XWH1610791

The National Science Foundation (NSF) Directorate for Engineering (ENG) awarded a $249,697 Project Grant to The Research Foundation For The State University Of New York, doing business as Stony Brook University, to develop a novel prosthetic robot for individuals with lower limb amputation. The key objectives of this 4-year project are to: Develop a wearable motion capture system using inertial measurement units (IMUs) to reconstruct and predict human gait during daily life activities outside of...

This National Science Foundation (NSF) Engineering program Project Grant, with the award ID 2340519, is providing $478,141 to the University of Illinois to develop a personalized, wearable robotic prosthesis that can dynamically adapt to the unique movement patterns and sensory needs of individuals with below-knee amputations (BKA). The 5-year project aims to create an advanced, co-adaptive robotic prosthesis that uses biofeedback and real-time optimization to continuously personalize the...

This three-year, $442,603 National Science Foundation project grant supports research at the University of California, Los Angeles to advance prosthetic suspension systems for persons with limb amputations. Specifically, the Engineering Directorate award will fund the development of an adaptive fixation strategy using electromagnetics to transmit loads from prosthetic limbs directly to residual bone. Key goals include measuring force requirements for above-elbow prostheses, determining...

This three-year, $782,602 National Science Foundation project grant supports the development of a 3D bionic network interface to enable bidirectional communication with cells and tissues at the biotic-abiotic interface. Funded under NSF's Engineering program (CFDA 47.041), the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill will design and test a multi-modality platform integrating biosensing and stimulation at the microscale to form a closed-loop network facilitating holistic integration and...

This $173,700 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 specifications for wearable haptic sensory prosthetic devices. The key products and services to be delivered include: Identifying the appropriate pressure intensity range and resolution for multi-point contact pressure stimuli to communicate various...

The National Science Foundation (NSF) Engineering program has awarded the University of Notre Dame a $357,240 project grant to develop innovative prosthetic limb technologies. This collaborative research project between Notre Dame and Brigham Young University aims to integrate optimal function and compliant mechanisms for improving the capabilities and accessibility of lower-limb powered prostheses. The key objectives are to: 1) create a robust optimization framework to design parallel springs...

The National Science Foundation Division of Electrical, Communications and Cyber Systems awarded a $297,148 project grant to the University of Texas at Austin to support research titled "COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: NCS-FO: INTELLIGENT CLOSED-LOOP NEURAL INTERFACE SYSTEM FOR STUDYING MECHANISMS OF SOMATOSENSORY FEEDBACK IN CONTROL OF FUNCTIONAL AND STABLE LOCOMOTION." The two-year project, which falls under the NSF Directorate for Engineering's $47.041 Engineering program, will develop an...

This Project Grant award from the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD), under the Child Health and Human Development Extramural Research program (CFDA 93.865), will fund the development of a novel passive, compliant ankle prosthetic device called the APTO-Ankle. The $293,514 award to Orthocare Innovations LLC, a prosthetic device company, will support the design, prototyping, bench testing, and clinical evaluation of this unpowered ankle prosthesis. The goal is to...

This federal Project Grant award of $426,286 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 identify bioethical concerns related to the development and clinical translation of bionic and robotic prostheses. The project will recruit people with limb loss/difference, clinicians, and policymakers across the U.S. to determine their perspectives on...

Renerva LLC, a for-profit manufacturer, is developing peripheral nerve matrix (PNM) technologies to facilitate functional recovery in animal models of direct muscle neurotization (DMN) through a $494,955 Project Grant from the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS), under the Extramural Research Programs in the Neurosciences and Neurological Disorders (CFDA 93.853). The two-year project aims to 1) optimize the formulation of a clinical-grade PNM product to provide...