Funding
The Center for Applied NanoBioscience played a central role in securing a $43.7 million federal award from the U.S. Army to establish the Flexible Display Center at ASU for the development of flexible, low-power displays that can be continually refreshed with new data and carried in the field.
The center also has $4.1 million grant from the Department of Justice to develop a system for the FBI that integrates the current multiple steps of forensic DNA analysis for faster results, $350,000 grants from the National Science Foundation to implement new nanofabrication tools, $ 300,000 grant from DARPA to develop an automated cartridge for bioagents monitoring that has been transferred to RDECOM for site validation of more than 1000 cartridges, and several grants of more than $500,000 from the Department of Energy and the U.S. Army to design high efficient power sources using microfuel cells.
Partnerships
The Center has major research contracts sponsored by industrial partners such as Sony Labs in Japan, Scientific Software, General Dynamics and Pfizer (pending). The Center has also received more than $2 million cash equivalent in equipment donations from Motorola, General Dynamics and GE/Amersham. We have nearly a dozen active partnerships and or joint consortium with a wide range of organizations including: IBM, STMicroelectronics, Philips Research, Honeywell, Phoenix Analysis and Design Technologies (PADT), Corning, Boeing, Stanford University, Columbia University, Princeton University, AZ Translational Genomics Consortium, Mayo Clinic, and Scottsdale Healthcare. The Center for Applied NanoBioscience recently developed a Center for Interdisciplinary Research in Nanotechnology (CIRN), a partnership with Motorola Labs to develop nanosensors for first responder product applications, and MIDRA Consortium with Motorola Italy and the University of Florence to develop sensors and wireless communication networks. The Center is also developing strategic alliance with major international consortia in Europe and Asia. In this context, the Center is affiliated with the polyAPPLY Associated Network and it is finalizing a participation framework with FlexiDIS, two major IST programs from the European Community (~ 30 M Euros for both initiatives). The center’s fuel cell program is also sponsored by the Korean Institute of Technology (KITECH).
