Funding
| Agency | Title | Role | Amount | Duration | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (NSERC)- Alliance Grant (Mission); Industry Partner: Proflange |
An Integrated Microfluidic, Metal Oxide Semiconductor Gas Sensor Combined with Machine Learning Optimization for Multiplexed Greenhouse Gas Detection |
PI; Co-PI: Michael Pope |
$680,600 CAD |
03/2023 – 03/2026 |
Ongoing |
| Graham Seed Funding | A New Transdermal Patch to Continuously and Without Pain Track and Treat Diabetes | PI; | 25,000 |
02/2023 – 02/2024 |
Ongoing |
|
NSERC – Lab2Market |
L2M NSERC - Integrated Microfluidic Electrochemical Assay for Cervical Cancer Detection at Point-of-Care Testing | PI; | 20,000 CAD |
09/2022 – 12/2022 |
Ongoing |
|
Deep Space Healthcare Challenge-Canadian Space Agency (First stage) |
Heart-Tracker: A Wearable Platform for Real-Time Monitoring of Cardiac Makers in Interstitial Fluid | Co-PI; Co-PIs: Leyla Soleymain (McMaster), Yasaman Shayan (de Montrel) | $30,000 CAD |
05/2022 – 12/2022 |
Completed |
| Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation (JDRF) | A pH Responsive Hydrogel Microneedle Patch for Continuous Measurement of Ketone Bodies and Glucose | PI; Co-Applicants: Peter Levine (Waterloo), Adria Giacca (Toronto) | $875,000 USD | 05/2022 – 04/2024 | Ongoing |
|
Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (NSERC)-Alliance Grant; Industry Partner: AIH Technology Inc. |
An Integrated Microfluidic and Photonic Platform for Real-time Biomarker Quantification | Co-PI; PI: Dayan Ban (Waterloo) | $462,000 CAD |
05/2022 – 05/2025 |
Ongoing |
|
Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR)-Project Grant |
Moving Beyond Blood Glucose with Continuous Multiplexed Hormone Measurement | PI; Co-PI: Jonathan Schertzer (McMaster) | $956,250 CAD | 10/2021 – 09/2026 | Ongoing |
|
Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (NSERC)- Alliance Grant; Industry Partner: BlueLion Lab |
A Microfluidic Assay for Rapid and Multiplexed Detection of Toxins in Water Samples | PI | $30,000 CAD | 07/2021 – 07/2022 | Completed |
|
Mitacs Accelerate; Industry Partner: Health Message Technology |
Developing an Aptamer, Graphene Based Electrochemical Biosensor for Early Detection of Alzheimer | PI | $60,000 CAD |
05/2021 – 04/2023 |
Ongoing |
|
Centre for Bioengineering & Biotechnology (CBB)-Seed Funding (Waterloo internal funding) |
A Wearable, Microneedle Aptamer-Based Biosensor for Continuous Tracking of Insulin and Glucose | PI; Co-Applicants: Juewen Liu (Waterloo), Peter Levine (Waterloo) | $10,000 CAD | 05/2021 – 04/2022 | Completed |
|
Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (NSERC)- Alliance Grant; Industry Partner: Affinite Instruments |
A Point-of-Care, Microfluidics-Based Approach for Multiplexed Detection of Biomarkers in Unprocessed Blood Using a Surface Plasmon Resonance Sensor | PI | $80,769 CAD | 01/2021 – 01/2023 | Ongoing |
|
Natural Science sand Engineering Research Council (NSERC)- Alliance Grant; Industry Partner: Mediphage |
Purification of SARS-CoV-2 Virus-Like Particles (VLPs) Using a Microfluidic Technique for Downstream COVID-19 Vaccine Production | PI | $50,000 CAD |
06/2020 – 06/2021 |
Completed |
|
Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (NSERC)-Discovery Grant |
Next-Generation Enabling Technologies Towards Precision and Personalized Medicine | PI | $152,500 CAD | 04/2020 – 04/2025 | Ongoing |
|
Canada Foundation for Innovation/ Ontario Research Fund (CFI/ORF)- JELF |
Integrated Device-Driven Approaches for Automated, Real-Time Tracking | PI | $320,000 CAD | 04/2020 – 12/2022 | Ongoing |