{"id":42,"date":"2026-03-17T21:09:10","date_gmt":"2026-03-18T01:09:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/coefs.charlotte.edu\/agaitas\/?page_id=42"},"modified":"2026-03-18T11:55:41","modified_gmt":"2026-03-18T15:55:41","slug":"funding","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/coefs.charlotte.edu\/agaitas\/funding\/","title":{"rendered":"Funding"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Active and Completed Funding <\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>NIH 1R33HL175688 Enhancing Drug Screening with Automated Single-Cell Electrophysiology and Contractility Measurements in iPSC-CMs, ~$840,000<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>NSF 2442758 CAREER: Advanced Intracellular Thermodynamic Biosensing Using Microdevices, Role PI, NSF, 01\/2025-12\/2029, ~$600,000<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>NSF 2344530 A microfluidic-based weighing scale with picogram resolution for single-cell mass measurements, Role PI, NSF, 08\/2024-07\/2028, ~$600,000<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I-Corps. NSF 2440789 A Wearable Wireless Temperature Sensor for Continuous and Non-Invasive Monitoring, Role PI, NSF, 01\/2025, $50,000<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Completed &#8211; Mount Sinai<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>NSF 2226930 Innovation Proposal: A nanoscale thermocouple on a micromachined cantilever for intracellular temperature measurements, Role PI, NSF, 10\/2022-09\/2025, ~$490,000<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>NIH R44GM146477 A micromachining fluidic cantilever for single-cell advanced patch clamping and cellular characterization using atomic force microscopy, Role PI, NIH, 05\/2022-05\/2025, ~$640,000<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>DARPA WMD ECHO Detector N6600119C4022, Role Lead Scientist, DARPA, 04\/2019-12\/2024, ~$48,000,000 (PI: Sealfon, Stuart)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>NIDDK PAGES 3U24DK112331-03S1 (Supplement) Sealfon, Stuart, C. (PI), Role Awardee, 08\/2019-11\/2021, $237,300 (authored and submitted supplement for PAGES grant)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>NIH R21AI137785 Targeting the Host Adenosine A2A Receptor to Protect Against Fatal Rickettsiosis Using an Approved Parkinson&#8217;s Disease Drug, Role Co-PI, NIH, 10\/2018-04\/2019, $433,625, subcontract ~$110,000 (Primary PI: Prof. B. Gong, UTMB)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Completed (PI) Prior to 2018<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Michigan Emerging Technologies Fund A Research and Drug Development Tool for the Real Time In Vitro Study of Single Cell Adhesion, Role PI, 2014, $40,000<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>NIH 2R44GM084520 A Research and Drug Development Tool for the Real Time In Vitro Study of Single Cell Adhesion, Role PI, NIH, 10\/2013-07\/2018, $1,263,921<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>NSF 1248339 Electrophysiology and Fluidic Delivery with a Nano Patch-Clamp Probe, Role PI, NSF, 01\/2013-12\/2013, $150,000, subcontracted ~20% to Michigan State University<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>State of Michigan SCIP Grant to Support Research at University of Michigan to Improve the Manufacturing Process of Nano-Structured Materials and Nano-Device, Role PI, 2012, $40,000 <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>NSF 1128475 ERC-Small Business: Micromachined Thermal Probes for Localized Nano-Manufacturing, Role PI, NSF, 12\/2011-11\/2013, $200,000<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>NSF 1010218 Advanced Uncooled Infrared Detectors at the Nano-Scale, Role PI, NSF, 07\/2010-12\/2011, $150,000<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>NSF 1038930 (Supplemental; REU) A High-Throughput Scanning Probe Microscope Using Micromachined Ultracompliant Probe Arrays with Embedded Sensors for Simultaneous Topography and Thermal Imaging, Role PI, NSF, 04\/2010, $16,000<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>NSF 0822810 A High-Throughput Scanning Probe Microscope Using Micromachined Ultracompliant Probe Arrays with Embedded Sensors for Simultaneous Topography and Thermal Imaging, Role PI, NSF, 08\/2008-04\/2011, $500,000<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>NIH GM084520 Novel Single Cell Disease Markers with A Hybrid AFM Scanning Piezo-Thermal Probe, Role PI, NIH, 05\/15\/2008-05\/2011, $400,000<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Michigan Emerging Technologies Fund A High-Throughput Scanning Probe Microscope Using Micromachined Ultracompliant Probe Arrays with Embedded Sensors for Simultaneous Topography and Thermal Imaging, Role PI, 2008, $40,000<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>NSF 0710646 Micromachined Four Point Probes for Electrical Characterization at the Nano-Scale, Role PI, NSF, 07\/2007-12\/2007, $100,000<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>NSF 0637996 A High-Throughput Scanning Probe Microscope Using Micromachined Ultracompliant Probe Arrays with Embedded Sensors for Simultaneous Topography and Thermal Imaging, Role PI, NSF, 01\/2007-06\/2007, $100,000<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>NSF 03535 Low Noise Scanning Thermal Microscopy for Defect Detection and Characterization of Semiconductor Materials, Role PI, NSF, 01\/2004-07\/2004, $100,000<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Active and Completed Funding NIH 1R33HL175688 Enhancing Drug Screening with Automated Single-Cell Electrophysiology and Contractility Measurements in iPSC-CMs, ~$840,000 NSF 2442758 CAREER: Advanced Intracellular Thermodynamic Biosensing Using Microdevices, Role PI, NSF, 01\/2025-12\/2029, ~$600,000 NSF 2344530 A microfluidic-based weighing scale with &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/coefs.charlotte.edu\/agaitas\/funding\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":335,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-42","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/coefs.charlotte.edu\/agaitas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/42","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/coefs.charlotte.edu\/agaitas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/coefs.charlotte.edu\/agaitas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/coefs.charlotte.edu\/agaitas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/335"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/coefs.charlotte.edu\/agaitas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=42"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/coefs.charlotte.edu\/agaitas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/42\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":59,"href":"https:\/\/coefs.charlotte.edu\/agaitas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/42\/revisions\/59"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/coefs.charlotte.edu\/agaitas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=42"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}