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NIH funding notice PAR-16-390

NIBIB Trailblazer Award for New and Early Stage Investigators (R21)

Closed on January 24, 2018.

Posted
August 5, 2016
Close date
January 24, 2018
Activity codes
Not stated on the notice page
Institutes taking part
Not stated on the notice page

Read the notice on Grants.gov · NIH Guide page

The notices it replaced

Its page was not saved, so the notices it replaced are not known.

Who won it before

46 competing awards (new and renewals) from FY2014 to FY2025 under this notice and the notices it replaced: $9,970,686 in first-year total cost, median $220,259.

Most frequent study sections

  1. Biomedical Imaging Technology B Study Section[BMIT-B]6
  2. Clinical Molecular Imaging and Probe Development[CMIP]6
  3. Special Emphasis Panel[ZRG1 CVRS-L (50)]6
  4. Special Emphasis Panel[ZRG1 BST-H (50)]4
  5. Bioengineering, Technology and Surgical Sciences Study Section[BTSS]3

Most frequent institutions

  1. CORNELL UNIVERSITY3
  2. JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY3
  3. BRIGHAM AND WOMEN'S HOSPITAL2
  4. DUKE UNIVERSITY2
  5. PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY, THE2
Competing awards under PAR-16-390 and the notices it replaced
FYProjectPIsInstitutionFirst-year costStudy section
2018Molecular imaging of in vivo metabolism with a hyperpolarized vitamin shot1R21EB025313-01THEIS, THOMASDUKE UNIVERSITY, NC$337,051ZRG1
2018Motion Compensated 4D Fluoroscopy And Dynamic Roadmaps For Real Time Device Guidance In Minimally Invasive Liver Procedures1R21EB024553-01A1WAGNER, MARTIN GERDUNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN-MADISON, WI$298,276BMIT
2018Quantitative topographic endoscopy for improved screening of non-polypoid colorectal neoplasms1R21EB024700-01A1DURR, NICHOLAS JAMESJOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY, MD$295,916ZRG1
2018A wearable mHealth system for the longitudinal monitoring of joint function in patients with knee OA1R21EB025284-01A1BOYER, KATHERINE ALAINELEE, SUNGHOONUNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS AMHERST, MA$276,064MRS
2018All optical in vivo cardiac electrophysiology at cellular resolution1R21EB026762-01AGUIRRE, AARON DMASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL, MA$250,170CMIP
2018A Durable and Urine-Leakage Resistive Tissue Engineered Urinary Diversion1R21EB026711-01SINGH, ANIRUDHAJOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY, MD$245,625BTSS
2018Sensitivity enhanced MRI imaging of receptor binding in breast cancer1R21EB025295-01A1YADAV, NIRBHAY NARAYANHUGO W. MOSER RES INST KENNEDY KRIEGER, MD$242,400CMIP
2018Phage-Enabled Lab-on-a-Filter for Pathogen Separation, Concentration, and Detection1R21EB024623-01A1NUGEN, SAM RCORNELL UNIVERSITY, NY$240,149ISD
2018A Framework to Design 3D Quantitative Magnetic Resonance Fingerprinting (MRF) Scans and Reduce Patient Anxiety1R21EB026764-01MA, DANCASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY, OH$240,000CMIP
2018Field Shaping Scintillator-coupled High-gain Avalanche Rushing Photoconductor (SHARP) for Active Matrix Flat Panel Imager (AMFPI): Towards Large-Area, High-Efficiency, and Low-Dose X-ray Imaging1R21EB025300-01GOLDAN, AMIRHOSSEINSTATE UNIVERSITY NEW YORK STONY BROOK, NY$236,394ZRG1
2018Next Generation Neural Interfaces Based on Axonal Confinement in Micro-Channel Electrode Arrays1R21EB024635-01A1SEKER, ERKINUNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA AT DAVIS, CA$235,500ISD
2018Transmission-less attenuation and scatter compensation in myocardial perfusion SPECT with list-mode data1R21EB024647-01A1JHA, ABHINAV KWASHINGTON UNIVERSITY, MO$233,625BMIT
2018Single-Frame X-ray Tomosynthesis1R21EB026780-01HSIEH, SCOTT SIGAOUNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA LOS ANGELES, CA$233,160BMIT
2018Multiscale Stereolithogrphic Bioprinting of Stage-Matching Vascularized Tumor Models1R21EB025270-01A1ZHANG, Y. SHRIKEBRIGHAM AND WOMEN'S HOSPITAL, MA$231,168ZRG1
2018THREE-DIMENSIONAL MECHANO-MICROSCOPY OF THE STEM CELL NICHE1R21EB024747-01A1ADIE, STEVEN GRAHAMCORNELL UNIVERSITY, NY$229,401ZRG1
2018MECHANICALLY-OPTIMIZED SYNTHETIC DENDRITIC CELLS FOR THE EXPANSION OF ANTIGEN-SPECIFIC T CELLS1R21EB024767-01A1KLECHEVSKY, EYNAV YAFITPATHAK, AMITWASHINGTON UNIVERSITY, MO$228,750ZRG1
2018Engineered Glioblastoma Tumor Immunity for Personalized Immunotherapy1R21EB025406-01A1CHEN, WEIQIANGSNUDERL, MATIJANEW YORK UNIVERSITY, NY$225,946CMT
2018Mechanical Self-Assembly of Dense Fibrotic Tumor Microenvironments: Mechanisms and Therapy1R21EB026630-01MAK, MICHAELYALE UNIVERSITY, CT$222,329BMBI
2018Non-invasive Intracranial Pressure Sensing with Near Infrared Light for Monitoring the Healthy and Diseased Brain1R21EB024675-01A1KAINERSTORFER, JANA MARIACARNEGIE-MELLON UNIVERSITY, PA$220,591ZRG1
2018Multi-scale engineering of developmental stochasticity in stem cell derived cardiomyocyte organoids1R21EB025388-01DAR, ROY DAVIDUNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA-CHAMPAIGN, IL$219,927ZRG1
2018Programmable multimaterial bioprinting of 3D vascularized tissue constructs1R21EB026824-01SHIN, SU RYONBRIGHAM AND WOMEN'S HOSPITAL, MA$219,800MTE
2018Metamaterial-Enabled magnetic Resonance Imaging Enhancement1R21EB024673-01A1ANDERSON, STEPHAN WILLIAMZHANG, XINBOSTON UNIVERSITY (CHARLES RIVER CAMPUS), MA$206,250BMIT
2018Chip-scale fT/cm/Hz (1/2) optical magnetic gradiometry for gradient magnetoencephalography imaging at room temperature1R21EB026778-01WONG, CHEE WEIUNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA LOS ANGELES, CA$204,496CMIP
2018A Multimodal Imaging Approach Towards the Reduction of Proton Beam Range Uncertainties1R21EB026086-01SUDHYADHOM, ATCHARUNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN FRANCISCO, CA$199,896RTB
2018OTOENDOSCOPE PAIRED AGENT IMAGING OF OPIOID RECEPTOR KINETICS DURING DEPENDENCY AND WITHDRAWAL1R21EB024771-01A1ELLIOTT, JONATHAN TDARTMOUTH COLLEGE, NH$199,295ZRG1
2018Engineering a Humanized Gut-Enteric-Axis1R21EB025395-01KOPPES, ABIGAIL NELSONKOPPES, RYAN ALANNORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY, MA$196,250ZRG1
2018Platelet contraction cytometry as a novel assay of platelet function1R21EB026591-01MYERS, DAVID RICHARDEMORY UNIVERSITY, GA$195,000HT
2018A Machine Learning Alternative to Beamforming to Improve Ultrasound Image Quality for Interventional Access to the Kidney1R21EB025621-01A1BELL, MUYINATU A. LEDIJUJOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY, MD$194,115CMIP
2018In situ Enzymatic Synthesis of Aptamer Targeted Polynucleotide Drug Nanoparticles for Cancer Therapy1R21EB026590-01ZAUSCHER, STEFANDUKE UNIVERSITY, NC$193,258NANO
2018VIRTUAL PELVIC SURGERY SIMULATOR FOR THE PREVENTION OF SURGICAL ERRORS1R21EB025272-01A1SUTKIN, GARYUNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI KANSAS CITY, MO$190,656BTSS
2018Engineering novel delivery systems with synthetic biology1R21EB025413-01DEANS, TARA LYNNUNIVERSITY OF UTAH, UT$190,001ZRG1
2018Novel Non-Invasive Coronary Flow Patterning to Predict Early Coronary Microvascular Disease1R21EB026518-01TRASK, AARON JRESEARCH INST NATIONWIDE CHILDREN'S HOSP, OH$190,000MIM
2018Novel Targeted Iodinated Microbubbles for Molecular Imaging With Computed Tomography1R21EB025306-01A1JOHNSON, KENNITA AUNIV OF NORTH CAROLINA CHAPEL HILL, NC$188,691MIM
2018Application of hyperpolarized 13C interstitial pH imaging to risk stratification in prostate cancer1R21EB026012-01FLAVELL, ROBERT RICHARDUNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN FRANCISCO, CA$188,614MEDI
2018Development of motion-corrected 4D digital subtraction angiography and quantification of embolization related changes in hepatic arterial blood flow1R21EB024677-01A1LAESEKE, PAUL FUNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN-MADISON, WI$184,890CMIP
2018Stem cell immunoengineering for universal cardiac therapy via CRISPR-Cas91R21EB026035-01LIAN, XIAOJUNPENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY, THE, PA$176,546ZRG1
2018Actively Shimmed Needles for Interventional MRI1R21EB025258-01A1SENGUPTA, SAIKAT T.VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER, TN$158,000ZRG1
2017An integrated electrical impedance/ultrasound tomography system for pulmonary monitoring and diagnosis1R21EB024683-01MUELLER, JENNIFER LYNNCOLORADO STATE UNIVERSITY, CO$265,040BMIT
2017In vivo tools for analyzing interstitial fluid flow1R21EB024694-01NISHIMURA, NOZOMICORNELL UNIVERSITY, NY$244,500BMIT
2017Bionic Self-Stimulated Cartilage1R21EB024787-01NGUYEN, THANHUNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT STORRS, CT$239,250BMBI
2017Multimodal Optical Imaging of Hyperdynamic Cerebral Responses to Cardiac Arrest and Resuscitation1R21EB024793-01AKBARI, YAMAUNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA-IRVINE, CA$221,668BMIT
2017Biosensor for Non-Invasive Glucose Detection in Exhaled Breath Condensates1R21EB024733-01LINNES, JACQUELINEPURDUE UNIVERSITY, IN$216,957ISD
2017Artificial Stromal Cell for Hematopoietic Stem Cell Expansion1R21EB024748-01SHEN, KEYUEUNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA, CA$198,866NANO
2017Supramolecular hydrogels for localized delivery of immunomodulatory enzymes1R21EB024762-01HUDALLA, GREGORYUNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA, FL$184,723NANO
2017Low-temperature corona plasma discharge treatment of bacterial biofilms in the cardiovascular environment1R21EB024693-01KNECHT, SEAN DPENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY, THE, PA$168,758BTSS
2017Longitudinal evaluation of cardiosphere-derived cell regenerative treatment on myocardial fiber architecture using diffusion tensor cardiac magnetic resonance for dilated cardiomyopathy1R21EB024701-01NGUYEN, CHRISTOPHER TCEDARS-SINAI MEDICAL CENTER, CA$12,724BMIT

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