GapFund Awardees

Phase I Awardees

Hypoxia-inducing Cryogels: A Hassle-free and Low-cost Hypoxic Cell Culture Solution
Sidi Bencherif, Thibault Colombani, Zachary Rogers

Physics-informed Neural Network Platforms for Targeted Design and Manufacturing of Soft Materials
Safa Jamali, Mohammadamin Mahmoudabadbozchelou

A-Eye: A Nanotechnology and AI-assisted Artificial Cone Cell Capable of Color and Spectral Recognition
Swastik Kar, Sarah Ostadabbas, Davoud Hejazi

ScanDrop Technology for Precision Single-cell Analyses of Cancer Immunotherapies
Tania Konry, Giovanni Ugolini, Saheli Sarkar

Production of Chemotherapeutic Drugs from the Periwinkle Plant
Carolyn Lee-Parsons

AI-powered Wireless Network Operating System
Tommaso Melodia, Salvatore D’Oro, Lorenzo Bertizzolo, Leonardo Bonati

Phase II Awardees

Contactless Wireless Energy Transfer: Anywhere, Anytime Charging Surfaces
Kaushik Chowdhury, Yousof Naderi, Ufuk Muncuk, Kai Li, Jerry Gu

Uniquely Engineered Nontoxic Mn-ferrite Superparamagnetic Nanoparticles for Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Vincent Harris, Parisa Andalib

Battery-less Infrared Sensor Tags for Reliable Occupancy Sensing (BISTROS)
Matteo Rinaldi, Zhenyun Qian, Sungho Kang

Phase I Awardees

Contactless Wireless Energy Transfer: Anywhere, Anytime Charging Surfaces
Kaushik Chowdhury, Yousof Naderi, Ufuk Muncuk, Kai Li

EchoPose: Smart AI Trainer by Deep Learned Visual Intelligence
Raymond Fu, Songyao Jiang

Uniquely Engineered Nontoxic Mn-ferrite Superparamagnetic Nanoparticles for Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Vincent Harris, Parisa Andalib

First in Animal Demonstration of Tendon/Ligament Repair and Replacement
Jeffrey Ruberti, Adam Hacking

Global Resilience Institute Awardee 
Battery-less Infrared Sensor Tags for Reliable Occupancy Sensing (BISTROS)
Matteo Rinaldi, Zhenyun Qian, Sungho Kang