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Investments

2995

Portfolio Exits

160

Funds

1

Partners & Customers

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About National Science Foundation

National Science Foundation runs an independent federal agency focusing on promoting the progress of science and engineering. The company primarily offers funding for research and education proposals made by scientists, engineers, and educators, supporting a wide range of fields such as mathematics, computer science, and social sciences. It was founded in 1950 and is based in Alexandria, Virginia.

Headquarters Location

2415 Eisenhower Avenue

Alexandria, Virginia, 22314,

United States

703-292-5111

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Latest National Science Foundation News

Researchers receive $2 million NSF grant to continue fight against airborne pathogens

Dec 7, 2023

Bahareh Behkam and collaborators have received a $2 million grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) to continue their fight against airborne pathogens. An associate professor of mechanical engineering, Behkam and her team will use the funding to further develop engineered living systems for indoor air monitoring. Currently, there is a lack of sensitive, specific, affordable, and easy-to-use airborne pathogen monitoring technology and an overwhelming need for innovative approaches to address this challenge. Many of the emerging pathogens are transmitted by air, COVID-19 being a good example. Beyond pathogens, there are also harmful chemicals and bioterrorism agents that we are concerned about, but affordable and sustainable living sensors that can do detection in the air was an area that was understudied and underdeveloped area." Bahareh Behkam, the John R. Jones III Faculty Fellow in the College of Engineering Titled "Programmable Nano-Bio-Hybrid Living Systems for Continuous Monitoring of Airborne Pathogens," this project crosses disciplines to integrate bio-hybrid microbotics, synthetic biology, nanotechnology, infectious disease transmission, bacterial genetics, biosecurity, safety, and ethics. The project's main goal is to develop a device that continuously monitors the presence of various airborne pathogens and captures them within bacterially produced engineered living materials. Mobile bacteria-based sensors constantly survey the engineered living material matrix, looking for the captured pathogens of interest. Once detected, the bacterial sensors produce a human-detectable signal recognizable to the public as a threat. Behkam received the grant through the NSF's Emerging Frontiers in Research and Innovation program, which funds interdisciplinary projects that propose transformative solutions to critical national needs. Her lab, the Micro/NanoScale Biotic/Abiotic Systems Engineering Laboratory, previously developed bio-hybrid engineered systems for disease detection and targeted therapy. She is collaborating with both Virginia Tech and Johns Hopkins University researchers: Linsey Marr, Charles P. Lunsford Professor and University Distinguished Professor Anna Duraj-Thatte, assistant professor of biological systems engineering Zhaomin Yang, professor of biological sciences David Gracias, professor of chemical and biomolecular engineering at Johns Hopkins University Gigi Gronvall, associate professor of environmental health and engineering at Johns Hopkins University The grant will help the project move smoothly through its various phases, but it could not have reached this stage of development without seed funding. In February, Bekham received an Engineering Faculty Organization-Opportunity (EFO-O) grant from the Institute for Critical Technology and Applied Science (ICTAS). "Our team was excited about our idea, but we concluded that we didn't have enough data to convince the reviewers that our approach was actually going to work." Behkam said. "So in that regard, the EFO-O was really helpful in producing the key pieces of data to add to our proposal." Related Stories Such seed grants support transdisciplinary projects led by Virginia Tech engineering faculty and increase the chances of success for subsequent proposals for external funding, while also supporting ICTAS' work as an investment institute. Mary Kasarda, associate professor of mechanical engineering and ICTAS' faculty director of scholarship, said the institute has received positive feedback from faculty about how the EFO-O seed grant has helped research teams generate pilot data that strengthened successful external proposals and how the grant supported exploration of high risk/high return ideas for new collaborators resulting in new discoveries, partnerships, and research opportunities. Overall, the grants help bring to life Virginia Tech faculty's innovative and productive work and align with the university's goal of increasing the impact on society at large. The following projects were selected for this year's EFO-O grants: "Virtual Reality–Augmented Digital Twin for Power System Operator Training," led by Ali Mehrizi-Sani of the Bradley Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering "Integrative Engineering of Ultrasonic Histotripsy in Cancer Therapy," led by Shima Shahab of the Department of Mechanical Engineering "Establish an AI-based Prediction Platform for Identifying SGLT2i Responders Using Metabolomics Data," led by Liqing Zhang of the Department of Computer Science "Organic Electromagnetic Metamaterials," led by Jordan Budhu of the Bradley Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering "Mechanobiology of Movement for Arthropod Predators," led by Amrinder Nain of the Department of Mechanical Engineering "Sugar Crash: O-linked Glycosylation in Cognitive Dysfunction," led by Monet Roberts of the Department of Biomedical Engineering and Mechanics "Stimuli Responsive Ceramic Composite for Disruption of Bacterial Biofilm on Implanted Medical Devices," led by Carolina Tallon of materials science and engineering "Sustainable and Recyclable Soft Electronics through Liquid Metal-Vitrimer Composite," led by Michael D. Bartlett of the Department of Mechanical Engineering "Single-photon Emitters and Detectors Based on Ge-Quantum Dots for Quantum Device Applications," led by Mantu K. Hudait of the Bradley Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering "Assessing geologic seal performance amid increased microbial activity for subsurface hydrogen storage," led by Rohit Pandey of mining and minerals engineering "Data-Driven Methods to Examine the Effects of Menopause on Vaginal Tissue," led by Raffaella De Vita of the Department of Biomedical Engineering and Mechanics "Human-Autonomy Teaming in Extensible Traffic Management for Advanced Air Mobility," led by Ryan K. Williams of the Bradley Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering "Preliminary Investigation of Adaptive Training in Recreational Runners to Improve Psychological Readiness, Joint Coordination, and Movement Variability," led by Robin M. Queen of the Department of Biomedical Engineering and Mechanics "Optimizing Autonomous Fleets: Algorithms for Space Exploration," led by Erik Komendera. Department of Mechanical Engineering "Multi-omics Trajectory Encoding with Large Language Models for Atherosclerosis Disease Progression Prediction," led by Xuan Wang of the Department of Computer Science Source:

National Science Foundation Investments

2,995 Investments

National Science Foundation has made 2,995 investments. Their latest investment was in Nucleos as part of their Grant on November 11, 2023.

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National Science Foundation Investments Activity

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11/30/2023

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Nucleos

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Undisclosed Investors

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11/26/2023

Grant

Astria Biosciences

$0.28M

Yes

1

11/20/2023

Grant

Winter Innovations

$1M

Yes

1

11/16/2023

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11/15/2023

Grant - III

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$99M

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11/26/2023

11/20/2023

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Grant - III

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Nucleos

Astria Biosciences

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$99M

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National Science Foundation Portfolio Exits

160 Portfolio Exits

National Science Foundation has 160 portfolio exits. Their latest portfolio exit was Carmot Therapeutics on December 04, 2023.

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12/4/2023

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6

11/5/2023

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$99M

3

10/4/2023

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$99M

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8/15/2023

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8/8/2023

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8/8/2023

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National Science Foundation Fund History

1 Fund History

National Science Foundation has 1 fund, including National Science Foundation Convergence Accelerator Grant Fund.

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National Science Foundation Convergence Accelerator Grant Fund

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National Science Foundation Partners & Customers

10 Partners and customers

National Science Foundation has 10 strategic partners and customers. National Science Foundation recently partnered with Institute for Progress on September 9, 2023.

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Type

Business Partner

Country

News Snippet

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9/28/2023

Partner

United States

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9/25/2023

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United States

2

7/26/2023

Partner

United States

NSF, EDA announce official coordination on regional innovation programs

`` Given the complementary nature of both programs , this partnership allows for synergistic and collaborative activities to create opportunities everywhere and drive innovation anywhere , '' said Erwin Gianchandani , NSF assistant director for Technology , Innovation and Partnerships .

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6/20/2023

Partner

Canada

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5/4/2023

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5/4/2023

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NSF, EDA announce official coordination on regional innovation programs

`` Given the complementary nature of both programs , this partnership allows for synergistic and collaborative activities to create opportunities everywhere and drive innovation anywhere , '' said Erwin Gianchandani , NSF assistant director for Technology , Innovation and Partnerships .

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National Science Foundation Team

4 Team Members

National Science Foundation has 4 team members, including current Chief Financial Officer, Janis Coughlin-Piester.

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Title

Status

Janis Coughlin-Piester

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, U.S. Small Business Administration, and White House

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Janis Coughlin-Piester

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U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, U.S. Small Business Administration, and White House

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Chief Financial Officer

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