Project Grant W911NF261A084

This Project Grant award of $350,275 from the National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS) under the Biomedical Research and Research Training program (CFDA 93.859) supports fundamental research investigating cell mechanobiology at the University of New Mexico Health Sciences Center. The research, spanning from July 1, 2025, through June 30, 2030, focuses on elucidating the molecular mechanisms by which extracellular glucose levels regulate cell mechanics and function across...

This federal Cooperative Agreement award was issued by the Advanced Research Projects Agency - Energy (ARPA-E), under CFDA Program 81.135. The $2,680,000 award was granted to the University of Michigan on Jan 1, 2025 with a final completion date of Dec 31, 2027. The purpose of this project is to develop and demonstrate an approach that integrates physics-based models and machine learning to rapidly and accurately determine the state of health of battery cells. This will involve brief...

New York University received a $296,898 Project Grant from the U.S. Army Materiel Command Research Development and Engineering Command under the Basic Scientific Research program (CFDA 12.431) to develop a novel bio-native toolkit that enables biological cells to be modified with electrogenesis capacity. The project, awarded on January 30, 2026, with completion scheduled for January 29, 2029, focuses on creating biological stimulators capable of delivering electrical impulses on demand without...

This three-year project grant from the National Science Foundation's Division of Molecular and Cellular Biosciences, under the Biological Sciences program (CFDA 47.074), provides $414,130 to Arizona State University to study the role of electron spin polarization in biological electron transport and redox enzymatic activity. The grantee will investigate how electrons travel long distances in biological materials that are poor conductors, and how enzymes accelerate chemical reactions that add...

This Cooperative Agreement award from the Department of Energy's Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E) program, with a funding amount of $476,239.00, was made to Energetics Technology Center, Inc. for a project titled "Cathode Scintillator Detector for Electro-Chemistry." The award, made on August 28, 2023, is intended to support research and development work to advance the understanding of electrochemical processes through the development of a cathode scintillator...

This National Science Foundation (NSF) Biological Sciences grant award provides $2,225,964 to the Georgia Tech Research Corporation (Georgia Tech) to develop a novel biosensing platform called "protocell communities" that can be used for rapid, low-cost medical diagnostics. The project aims to create a tool that can diagnose medical conditions by detecting and integrating multiple indicator molecules, addressing limitations of single-analyte diagnostics. The protocell technology uses...

This $1.04M Project Grant, awarded by the National Institute of General Medical Sciences under the Biomedical Research and Research Training program (CFDA 93.859), funds the development of a high-throughput pulsed stimulated Brillouin scattering (SBS) microscopy system for measuring cellular biomechanics. The University of Maryland, College Park will deliver technical innovations to overcome current speed and interpretation limitations in Brillouin microscopy, targeting a 100-fold improvement in...

This National Science Foundation (NSF) Biological Sciences program project grant, awarded to Oregon Health & Science University (OHSU), aims to uncover the underlying biophysical mechanisms of directed cell migration. The $1,049,497 grant, with a period of performance from January 2024 to December 2027, will examine how actin cytoskeletal networks and adhesion receptors interact as interdependent subsystems to facilitate matrix-guided cell migration, which is crucial for tissue formation and...

Federal Grant Award Summary Kinetic River Corp. received a $999,998 Project Grant from the National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS) under the Biomedical Research and Research Training program (CFDA 93.859), awarded July 15, 2025, with a completion date of March 31, 2028. The grant funds development and commercialization of the ARNO flow cytometer, an advanced analytical instrument designed to eliminate the need for spectral compensation in flow cytometry analysis. Building on prior...

This Project Grant award of $390,178 from the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS), under the Extramural Research Programs in the Neurosciences and Neurological Disorders (CFDA 93.853) program, will fund research to identify molecular, cellular, and electrical biomarkers for diagnosing Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (ME/CFS). The key product will be a matrix of biomarkers derived from investigating gene expression, functional pathways, and...