Pilot awards are focused on supporting new collaborations between materials and organic electronic researchers with biomedical researchers that propose projects related to Bioelectronics or Nanomedicine.

Pilot awards 2025 to be announced soon!

For all questions and inquiries, please contact alina.dorosh@uky.edu

Congratulations to the awardees of the 2025 BNRC summer research program!

“Determining the Therapeutic Window of Mesenchymal Stem Cell-derived Engineered Vesicles (MSC-EVs) in Spinal Cord Injury”

“Biodistribution and immunomodulatory effects of PEGylated and non-PEGylated liposomal formulations containing (azithromycin) AZM following Spinal Cord Injury (SCI)”

“Investigating the Regenerative Potential of Peripheral Nerve Tissue Implants: A Transdisciplinary Approach to Neural Repair”

“Development of anti-thrombotic coating and devices for extracorporeal membrane oxygenators”

“Development of Gold Nanoclusters (AuNCs) for Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) Treatment via Mitochondrial Regulation”

“A Low-Cost Wireless Ion Sensing Platform for Precision Agriculture Applications”

“3D-printing Nerve Repair Scaffolds with Microgel and Nanoparticle Inks”

“Magneto-responsive MNP-microrod scaffold targeting bone regeneration through immunomodulation”

Have a project idea? Get up to $2000 for access to University of Kentucky core facilities (e.g. LMC, CeNSE, etc) to get preliminary data for your grant submissions.

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