is_active:

No

budget_end:

01/31/2024

date_added:

04/08/2023

agency_code:

NIH

fiscal_year:

2023

project_num:

1P20GM148321-01

award_amount:

$2,018,092.00

budget_start:

04/06/2023

org_name:

BOISE STATE UNIVERSITY

org_state:

ID

org_country:

UNITED STATES

org_zipcode:

837250001

primary_duns:

072995848

abstract_text:

PROJECT SUMMARY ─ OVERALL Boise State University is an emerging research institution in the Mountain West. In the past 5 years, annual research awards have increased 58% to more than $65 million. The objective for the proposed COBRE in Convergent Engineering and Biomolecular Science (CEBS) is to enhance Boise State’s ability to contribute to solving the nation’s healthcare needs by increasing convergence between engineering and biomolecular science research. Advancements in healthcare will continue to rely on more evolved and complex devices, sensors, and integrated systems. The global medical devices market is expected to grow to $603.5 billion by 2023. For this advancement, engineers and biomolecular scientists must collaborate closely and create new transdisciplinary research areas. Researchers trained in outside disciplines often bring fresh perspectives, new approaches, and new technologies to the discipline. The overall program aims are to (1) support investigators in multidisciplinary collaborative research in devices, sensors, and systems; (2) establish an administrative core to support convergent research; and (3) form a consolidated Fabrication, Characterization, and Testing (FaCT) core. This COBRE will strengthen the professional development of junior investigators and CEBS related researchers through training workshops in grant writing and scientific publication. Importantly, convergent training workshops in the Science of Team Science will be utilized to improve communication across disciplines to build stronger research teams. Four existing service centers in the College of Engineering will be consolidated into the FaCT core to reduce redundancy, improve fiscal sustainability, and promote a biomedical engineering focus. The FaCT core is innovative because it is an engineering-based research core that is complementary to traditional biomedical research cores. The COBRE will support Pilot Projects and FaCT core vouchers to stimulate CEBS related research and use of the FaCT core. In summary, the CEBS COBRE provides a framework to sponsor strong convergent research among engineers and biomolecular scientists through training workshops, mentoring, networking, and access to a novel engineering core facility.

project_title:

Convergent Engineering and Biomolecular Science

contact_pi_name:

BROWNING, JIM

total_cost:

$2,018,092.00

is_active:

No

budget_end:

01/31/2025

date_added:

04/06/2024

agency_code:

NIH

fiscal_year:

2024

project_num:

5P20GM148321-02

award_amount:

$2,044,701.00

budget_start:

02/01/2024

org_name:

BOISE STATE UNIVERSITY

org_state:

ID

org_country:

UNITED STATES

org_zipcode:

837250001

primary_duns:

072995848

abstract_text:

PROJECT SUMMARY ─ OVERALL Boise State University is an emerging research institution in the Mountain West. In the past 5 years, annual research awards have increased 58% to more than $65 million. The objective for the proposed COBRE in Convergent Engineering and Biomolecular Science (CEBS) is to enhance Boise State’s ability to contribute to solving the nation’s healthcare needs by increasing convergence between engineering and biomolecular science research. Advancements in healthcare will continue to rely on more evolved and complex devices, sensors, and integrated systems. The global medical devices market is expected to grow to $603.5 billion by 2023. For this advancement, engineers and biomolecular scientists must collaborate closely and create new transdisciplinary research areas. Researchers trained in outside disciplines often bring fresh perspectives, new approaches, and new technologies to the discipline. The overall program aims are to (1) support investigators in multidisciplinary collaborative research in devices, sensors, and systems; (2) establish an administrative core to support convergent research; and (3) form a consolidated Fabrication, Characterization, and Testing (FaCT) core. This COBRE will strengthen the professional development of junior investigators and CEBS related researchers through training workshops in grant writing and scientific publication. Importantly, convergent training workshops in the Science of Team Science will be utilized to improve communication across disciplines to build stronger research teams. Four existing service centers in the College of Engineering will be consolidated into the FaCT core to reduce redundancy, improve fiscal sustainability, and promote a biomedical engineering focus. The FaCT core is innovative because it is an engineering-based research core that is complementary to traditional biomedical research cores. The COBRE will support Pilot Projects and FaCT core vouchers to stimulate CEBS related research and use of the FaCT core. In summary, the CEBS COBRE provides a framework to sponsor strong convergent research among engineers and biomolecular scientists through training workshops, mentoring, networking, and access to a novel engineering core facility.

project_title:

Convergent Engineering and Biomolecular Science

contact_pi_name:

BROWNING, JIM

total_cost:

$2,044,701.00

is_active:

No

budget_end:

12/31/2023

date_added:

04/08/2023

agency_code:

NIH

fiscal_year:

2023

project_num:

1P20GM148321-01

award_amount:

$572,853.00

budget_start:

01/01/2023

org_name:

BOISE STATE UNIVERSITY

org_state:

ID

org_country:

UNITED STATES

org_zipcode:

837250001

primary_duns:

072995848

abstract_text:

PROJECT SUMMARY – FABRICATION, CHARACTERIZATION, AND TESTING CORE (FACT CORE) The FaCT core will provide the biomedical engineering support needed for RPLs and others to fully engage in the development, synthesis, and validation of devices, sensors, and systems to be used in foundational or applied biomedical research and/or clinical-translational work in the COBRE in Convergent Engineering and Biomolecular Science (CEBS). This innovative engineering-focused core will be a consolidation of four existing research cores in the College of Engineering, three of which are already recharge centers. The FaCT core will merge the Idaho Microfabrication Lab IML), the Boise State Center for Materials Characterization (BSCMC), the Engineering Research Support ERS) center, and the Biomedical Engineering Center (BEC). To meet CEBS COBRE goals, researchers must be able to fabricate a wide range of devices and structures from simple mechanical devices to more sophisticated sensors through machining, printing, or microfabrication. After fabrication, researchers will also need to be able to characterize physical, optical, and electrical properties of the devices/sensors to assess their performance for the required research. Hence, each research effort will require use of a variety of tools, instruments, processes, and expertise supplied by FaCT core facilities and personnel. The FaCT core will be overseen by a new Core Director who will consolidate the four facilities administratively, enhance the focus to increase biomedical engineering usage, and manage personnel, equipment, and facilities. The Core Director will establish the recharge rates for the BEC as it becomes a recharge center, and oversee annual assessments of recharge rates across the entire facility. To incentivize CEBs responsive research in the FaCT core, a voucher program will be established to pay recharge service costs. Finally, the FaCT core will join the ranks of core facilities at BSU, the state of Idaho, and the Mountain West that are promoted by the INBRE and RAIN programs for use by biomedical researchers in academia, government, and private industry.

project_title:

FABRICATION, CHARACTERIZATION, AND TESTING CORE (FaCT CORE)

contact_pi_name:

DAVIS, PAUL HENRY

total_cost:

$572,853.00

is_active:

No

budget_end:

01/31/2025

date_added:

04/06/2024

agency_code:

NIH

fiscal_year:

2024

project_num:

5P20GM148321-02

award_amount:

$529,665.00

budget_start:

02/01/2024

org_name:

BOISE STATE UNIVERSITY

org_state:

ID

org_country:

UNITED STATES

org_zipcode:

837250001

primary_duns:

072995848

abstract_text:

PROJECT SUMMARY – FABRICATION, CHARACTERIZATION, AND TESTING CORE (FACT CORE) The FaCT core will provide the biomedical engineering support needed for RPLs and others to fully engage in the development, synthesis, and validation of devices, sensors, and systems to be used in foundational or applied biomedical research and/or clinical-translational work in the COBRE in Convergent Engineering and Biomolecular Science (CEBS). This innovative engineering-focused core will be a consolidation of four existing research cores in the College of Engineering, three of which are already recharge centers. The FaCT core will merge the Idaho Microfabrication Lab IML), the Boise State Center for Materials Characterization (BSCMC), the Engineering Research Support ERS) center, and the Biomedical Engineering Center (BEC). To meet CEBS COBRE goals, researchers must be able to fabricate a wide range of devices and structures from simple mechanical devices to more sophisticated sensors through machining, printing, or microfabrication. After fabrication, researchers will also need to be able to characterize physical, optical, and electrical properties of the devices/sensors to assess their performance for the required research. Hence, each research effort will require use of a variety of tools, instruments, processes, and expertise supplied by FaCT core facilities and personnel. The FaCT core will be overseen by a new Core Director who will consolidate the four facilities administratively, enhance the focus to increase biomedical engineering usage, and manage personnel, equipment, and facilities. The Core Director will establish the recharge rates for the BEC as it becomes a recharge center, and oversee annual assessments of recharge rates across the entire facility. To incentivize CEBs responsive research in the FaCT core, a voucher program will be established to pay recharge service costs. Finally, the FaCT core will join the ranks of core facilities at BSU, the state of Idaho, and the Mountain West that are promoted by the INBRE and RAIN programs for use by biomedical researchers in academia, government, and private industry.

project_title:

FABRICATION, CHARACTERIZATION, AND TESTING CORE (FaCT CORE)

contact_pi_name:

DAVIS, PAUL HENRY

total_cost:

$529,665.00