(FOA)
Biosensing; no dealines
Agency
National
Science Foundation
Description
The
Biosensing program is part of the Engineering
Biology and Health cluster, which also includes 1) the Biophotonics program; 2) the Cellular and Biochemical
Engineering program; 3) the Disability and Rehabilitation Engineering program;
and 4) the Engineering of Biomedical Systems program. The Biosensing program supports fundamental engineering
research on devices and methods for measurement and quantification of biological
analytes. Examples of biosensors include, but are
not limited to, electrochemical/electrical biosensors, optical biosensors, plasmonic biosensors, and paper-based and nanopore-based
biosensors. In addition to advancing biosensor technology development, proposals
that address critical needs in biomedical research, public health, food safety,
agriculture, forensic, environmental protection, and homeland security are
highly encouraged. Proposals that incorporate emerging nanotechnology methods
are especially encouraged.
Areas
of interest include:
·
multiplex
biosensing platforms that exceed the performance of
current state-of-the-art devices;
·
novel
transduction principles, mechanisms and sensor designs suitable for measurement
in practical matrix and sample-preparation-free approaches, including
error-free detection of pathogens and toxins in food matrices, waterborne
pathogens, parasites, toxins, biomarkers in body fluids, neuron chemicals, and
others that improve human condition;
·
biosensors
that enable measurement of biomolecular
interactions in their native states, transmembrane transport, intracellular
transport and reactions, and other biological phenomena;
·
biosensing performance
optimization for specific health applications such as point-of-care testing and
personalized health monitoring; ·
miniaturization of biosensors for lab-on-a-chip and cell/organ-on-a-chip
applications to enable measurement of biological properties and functions of
cell/tissues in vitro;
·
biosensing systems with
integration of artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning;
·
biosensors
that exploit quantum correlations to develop a suite of analytical tools that
will have superior performance over ordinary classical biosensing technology; and
·
biosensors that leverage unique
electrical properties of biomolecules, such as DNA; proteins; cells; and the
nervous system to develop miniaturized biomedical devices for modulating and
characterization of biological species.
Announcement
Number:
PD-20-7909
Closing
Date:
Proposals
accepted anytime
Link
to Full Announcement
https://www.grants.gov/web/grants/view-opportunity.html?oppId=320536
Contact
Information
Chenzhong Li
(703)
292-2857