Applications are sought for the Center for Biodevices (CfB) Seed Grant Program to support productive collaborations among engineers, scientists, and clinicians. Applications should focus on biodevice innovations that improve human health, agricultural resiliency and/or environmental sustainability. Seed awards are offered at three funding levels (spark, ignite, and launch) to support projects along a continuum from early technology inception through device translation.
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2026 Recipients
LionFoam: Advancing a Bioresorbable, Wound-Filling Hemostatic Foam for Severe Traumatic Hemorrhage to Enable Commercialization
- Jeffrey Catchmark (Agricultural Sciences)
- Scott Armen (College of Medicine)
OmniBand: AMulti-Sensor Wearable Platform for Sleep and Health Monitoring
- Orfeu Buxton (Biobehavioral Health)
- Mahanth Gowda (Computer Science and Engineering)
A Biomimetic Biodevice for Augmented Pathology
- Pak Kin Won (Biomedical Engineering)
- Guoli Chen (College of Medicine)
MyoBionics: An Implantable and Adjustable Tendon Actuator with Myoelectric Control for Treating Muscle Weakness
- Jonas Rubenson (Kinesiology)
- Michael Aynardi (College of Medicine)
StickyScout: A Scalable, Field-Deployable System for Real-Time Pest Detection
- Heather Grab (Entymology)
Continuous Monitoring of Woman Hormones with a Non-Invasive Wearable Device
- Farnaz Lorestani (Engineering Science and Mechanics)
Multimodal Bronchoscopy for Early Lung Cancer Detection
- William Higgins (Electrical Engineering)
- Rebecca Bascom (College of Medicine)
Integrated Electrochemical Sensing and Cold Plasma Treatment Bioelectronic Patch for Autonomous Infection Control
- Sean Knecht (Engineering Design and Innovation)
- Amanda Nelson (College of Medicine)