Past Seed Funding and Interdisciplinary Research Funding Program Winners

1. John Honek (Chem) and Ken Stark (Kin), “Hydrophobic Engineering of Nanodimensional Protein Capsules for Therapeutics” for $99,031
2. Karim Karim (ECE) with Peter Levine (ECE) and Robin Duncan (Kin), “An Innovative New Micro-CT System For Cardiovascular Imaging Research” for $100,000
3. Germán Sciaini (Chem) and Michaela Devries-Aboud (Kin), “Mapping Lipid and Mitochondria Depots in Fully Hydrated Tissue with Nanometer Resolution” for $50,000
4. Luis Ricardez Sandoval (ChE) and Ricardo Fukasawa (Appl Math), “A Novel Theoretical Framework for the Prediction of Non-equilibrium Systems: a combinatorial approach” for $50,000

1. Pu Chen (ChE) and Yimei Jia (NRC) with Marianna Kulka (NRC) for $30,000 cash (WIN) and $78,500 in-kind (NRC) for the project, "Theranostic Nanomedicine: Dendrite Cell Leveraged Nanotechnology for Immunosensing and in-situ Immune Modulation"
2. Emmanuel Ho (Pharmacy) and Nikola Pekas (NRC) for $30,000 cash (WIN) and $50,000 in-kind (NRC) for the project, "Rapid and Portable Multiplex Device for the Diagnosis of Flu-like Symptoms Caused by SARS-CoV-2, Human Rhinovirus and Influenza Virus"
3. Juewen Liu (Chemistry) and Marianna Kulka (NRC) for $47,225 cash (WIN) and $55,000 in-kind (NRC) for the project, "Magnetic Nanoparticle Coupled Aptamers for Biosensing and Enrichment of Exosomes"
4. Kevin Musselman (MME) with Eihab Abdel-Rahman (SDE) and Mustafa Yavuz (MME), and Kenneth Bosnick (NRC) for $50,000 cash (WIN) and $37,000 in-kind (NRC) for the project, "Nano-cantilever biogenic-amine sensors for food safety and waste"
5. Michael Pope (ChE) and Neil Graddage (NRC) for $30,000 cash (WIN) and $50,000 in-kind (NRC) for the project, "Printed 2D Nanomaterials for Flexible, Near-Infrared Sensors"
6. German Sciaini (Chemistry) and Mark Salamons (NRC) with Michael Fleischauer (NRC) for $30,000 in cash (WIN) and $50,125 in-kind (NRC) for the project, "Development and implementation of cathodoluminescence system for the characterization of light emitting nanomaterials and nanostructures with atomic spatial resolution"
7. Shirley Tang (Chemistry) and Abebaw Jemere (NRC) for $30,000 cash (WIN) and $43,324 in-kind (NRC) for the project, "Towards multiplexed point-of-care testing of disease biomarkers using molecularly imprinted polymer-based nanosensors"
8. Yimin Wu (MME) and Adam Bergren (NRC) for $30,000 cash (WIN) and $50,000 in-kind (NRC) for the project, "Internet of things of low power field effect transistor based sensor for CO₂ detection"
9. Boxin Zhao (ChE) with Qinqin Zhu (ChE) and Misa Hayashida (NRC) for $30,000 cash (WIN) and $50,000 in-kind (NRC) for the project, "3D imaging & machine learning for nanoplastic identification and classification"

The NRC announcement of the program can be found on these links:

English: https://nrc.canada.ca/en/research-development/research-collaboration/programs/nrc-waterloo-institute-nanotechnology-collaboration

French: https://nrc.canada.ca/fr/recherche-developpement/recherche-collaboration/programmes/collaboration-entre-cnrc-linstitut-nanotechnologie-waterloo

1. Hany Aziz (ECE) and Asha Bhardwaj (IISc-Bangalore): “Novel Environment-friendly C-based Quantum Materials for Electroluminescent Devices for Single Photon Emission & Flat Panel Displays” for $65,000 over two (2) years. 
2. Jonathan Baugh (Chemistry) and Chandni U (IISc-Bangalore): “Development of Electrostatically-defined Quantum Dots in Twisted Bilayer Graphene for Quantum Technology Applications” for $65,000 over two (2) years. 
3. Veronika Magdanz (SYDE) and Ambarish Ghosh (IISc-Bangalore): “Quantum sensing of oxidative stress in sperm via nitrogen vacancy centers” for $65,000 over two (2) years. 

Full details found here. 

1. Norman Zhou (MME) and Mark Servos (BIO): “Hyper-efficient gas transfer nanobubble systems for enhanced degradation of endocrine-disrupting compounds and environmental estrogens” for $25,000.
2. Emmanuel Ho (Pharmacy) and Carolyn Ren (MME): “Rapid detection of E coli in water systems using microfluidic microwave sensor functionalized with nano-biomaterials” for $25,000. 
3. Boxin Zhao (ChE) and Philippe van Cappellen (EARTH): ““Investigating the colloidal behaviour of microplastics towards effective detection in aquatic environments” for $25,000. 
4. XiaoYu Wu (MME) and Anna Klinkova (Chemistry): “Towards Synergistic Design of Methodology for Electrochemical Treatment of 1,4-dioxane and Similar CEC” for $25,000. 
5. Mustafa Yavuz (MME) and Juewen Liu (Chemistry): ““High-sensitivity mercury and Covid detection in drinking and wastewater” for $25,000. 

Full details found here. 

1. XiaoYu Wu (MME): “Engineered porous electrodes to unlock next-generation solid-state proton-conducting electrochemical cells for hydrogen production” for $16,000 for a two-year term. 

Full details found here. 

1. Eihab Abdel Rahman (SYDE) and Anindya Sen (Arts): “"Low GHG Emissions Methods to Produce Hydrogen from Methane and Calculate Optimal Taxes” for $15,000. 

2. XiaoYu Wu (MME) and Ana Ferrer (Arts): “Impacts of a transition to hydrogen-based aviation transport systems on economy and gender equality” for $15,000. 

3. John Wen (MME) and Anindya Sen (Arts): “Preliminary Investigations on Technical, Policy and Economic Barriers for Airport Hydrogen Storage” for $15,000. 

    

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1. Hamed Shahsavan (ChE) and Martin Pumera (CEITEC): “AI-Enhanced Microrobotics Systems for Drug Delivery” for $30,000.  
2. Boxin Zhao (ChE) and Lenka Michlovska (CEITEC): “Bio-inspired injectable bone glue: synthesis, modification, and ex-vivo bone-to-bone adhesion testing” for $30,000. 

1. Karim Karim (ECE) and Nikolas Knowles (Kin): “Validating Bone Mineral Density Using a Single Exposure Dual Energy X-ray System in Upper-extremity Fractures: A New Quantitative Method for Point-of-Care Diagnostics” for $20,000. 
2. Jung-Ho Yu (Chemistry), Kostadinka Bizheva (PAS), and Shirley Tang (CHM): “Multiplexed Raman Imaging of Live Breast Cancer Models” for $20,000. 
3. Eihab Abdel Rahman (SYDE), Anindya Sen (Arts), Plinio Morita (School of Public Health Sciences), and Sandip Chakraborty (Indian Institute of Technology): ““Designing Real-Time Emissions Monitoring Sensors to Mitigate Household Pollution and Enhance Indoor Air Quality in India” for $20,000. 

Full details found here. 

Full details found here.