{"id":7773,"date":"2025-11-17T15:53:52","date_gmt":"2025-11-17T19:53:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/faculty.eng.ufl.edu\/schmidt\/?page_id=7773"},"modified":"2025-11-17T15:53:52","modified_gmt":"2025-11-17T19:53:52","slug":"collaborators-and-funding","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/faculty.eng.ufl.edu\/schmidt\/research\/collaborators-and-funding\/","title":{"rendered":"Collaborators and Funding"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Current Funding<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:25px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>National Institutes of Health: \u201cTissue-Engineered Electronic Nerve Interfaces (TEENI)\u201d (PI: Judy, Co-Is: Schmidt, Otto, Rinaldi; 12\/1\/2018 \u2013 12\/31\/2022)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>National Institutes of Health: \u201cElectrical Stimulation of Human Myocytes in Microgravity: An In Vitro Model to Evaluate Therapeutics to Counteract Muscle Wasting\u201d (PI: Malany, Co-I: Schmidt; 9\/1\/2018 \u2013 8\/31\/2022)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>National Institutes of Health: \u201cCombination of Secretome from Electrically Stimulated ASCs and Injectable ECM Scaffolds as Potential SCI Therapy\u201d (PI: Schmidt, Co-Is: March, Patrick; 12\/1\/2018 \u2013 11\/30\/2020)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>National Institutes of Health: \u201cEngineering Tissue Mimics to Investigate Congenital Heart Disease\u201d (Co-PI: Schmidt, Co-PI: Kasahara; 9\/1\/2016 \u2013 1\/31\/2020)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>DARPA: \u201cTissue-Engineered Electronic Nerve Interfaces (TEENI)\u201d (PI: Judy, Co-Is: Schmidt, Otto; 10\/01\/2015 \u2013 9\/15\/2018)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>National Science Foundation: \u201cHarnessing the Power of Apoptosis to Create Regenerative Acellular Biologic Scaffolds\u201d (PI: Schmidt; 8\/1\/2016 \u2013 7\/31\/2019)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>DARPA: \u201cTissue-Engineered Electronic Nerve Interfaces (TEENI)\u201d (PI: Judy, Co-Is: Schmidt, Otto; 10\/01\/2015 \u2013 3\/31\/2019)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:25px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Recent Past Funding<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>National Institutes of Health: \u201cEngineering In Vitro ECM Test Beds to Mimic Injury\u201d (PI: Schmidt; 2\/01\/2016 \u2013 1\/31\/2019)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Conquer Paralysis Now (CPN) Challenge (Sam Schmidt Foundation): \u201cA new injectable matrix to maximize Schwann cell transplantation efficacy following spinal cord injury\u201d (PI: Bunge, Co-I; Schmidt; 12\/1\/2016 \u2013 11\/30\/2018)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The National Institutes of Health: \u201cMagnetically Templated Regeneration Scaffolds for Nerve Injury Repair\u201d (PI: Rinaldi, Co-I: Schmidt; 7\/01\/2015 \u2013 6\/30\/2018)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>National Science Foundation: \u201cDevelopment of Multiferroic Nanocomposites for 3D Electroactive Cell Scaffolds\u201d (PI: Andrew, Co-PI: Schmidt; 7\/15\/2014- 6\/30\/2018)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>UF Opportunity Fund: \u201cEngineering Tissue Mimics to Investigate Congenital Heart Disease\u201d (PI: Schmidt, Co-I: Kasahara; 5\/01\/2015 \u2013 4\/30\/2017)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>National Science Foundation: \u201cHydrogels and Oligonucleotide Hybridizaton for Sustained Delivery of Small Molecule Therapeutics\u201d (PI: Schmidt, Co-PI: Ellington; 8\/1\/2012 \u2013 7\/31\/2016)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:25px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Current Collaborators<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mse.ufl.edu\/people\/mse-faculty\/josephine-allen\/\">Dr. Josephine Allen, Materials Science and Engineering, University of Florida<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bme.ufl.edu\/people\/allen_kyle]\">Dr. Kyle Allen, Biomedical Engineering, University of Florida<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/andrewresearchgroup.com\/\">Dr. Jenny Andrew, Materials Science and Engineering, University of Florida<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.vetmed.ufl.edu\/about-the-college\/faculty-directory\/prodip-bose\/\">Dr. Prodip Bose, Physiological Sciences, Malcom Randal VA Medical Center<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.themiamiproject.org\/research\/faculty\/mary-bunge\/\">Dr. Mary Bunge, Miami Project to Cure Paralysis, University of Miami\u00a0<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ece.ufl.edu\/users\/judy-jack-w\">Dr. Jack Judy, Electrical Engineering, University of Florida<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/physiology.med.ufl.edu\/faculty\/kasahara\/\">Dr. Hideko Kasahara, Physiology and Functional Genomics, University of Florida<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/nprlab.org\/\">Dr. Kevin Otto, Biomedical Engineering, University of Florida<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/bme.ufl.edu\/labs\/rinaldi\/\">Dr. Carlos Rinaldi, Biomedical Engineering, University of Florida<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:25px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Previous Collaborators<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/nanoengineering.ucsd.edu\/schen\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Dr. Shaochen Chen, NanoEngineering, University of California, San Diego<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/ellingtonlab.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Dr. Andrew Ellington, Biochemistry, UT-Austin<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.tissue.che.vt.edu\/index.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Dr. Aaron Goldstein, Chemical Engineering, Virginia Tech<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.uthouston.edu\/gsbs\/faculty\/faculty-directory\/faculty-profiles.htm?id=1346599\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Dr. Raymond Grill, The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.wakehealth.edu\/Faculty\/Harrison-Benjamin-Scott.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Dr. Benjamin Harris, Institute for Regenerative Medicine, Wake Forest<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.tda.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Dr. Silvia Luebben, TDA Research, Inc., Wheat Ridge, Colorado<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.che.utexas.edu\/research\/biomat\/index.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Dr. Nicholas Peppas, Biomedical Engineering, UT-Austin<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/biomol.bme.utexas.edu\/lab\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Dr. Pengyu Ren, Biomedical Engineering, UT-Austin<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/homepage.psy.utexas.edu\/HomePage\/Group\/SchallertLAB\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Dr. Tim Schallert, Department of Psychology and Institute for Neuroscience, UT-Austin<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/jshear.cm.utexas.edu\/jshear\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Dr. Jason Shear, Chemistry, UT-Austin<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/dsiegel.cm.utexas.edu\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Dr. Dionicio Siegel, Chemistry and Biochemistry, UT-Austin<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/neurowww.cwru.edu\/faculty\/silver\/index\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Dr. Jerry Silver, Neurosciences, Case Western Reserve<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/research.bme.utexas.edu\/suggs\/Suggs_lab_website\/The_Suggs_Lab.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Dr. Laura Suggs, Biomedical Engineering, UT-Austin<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bu.edu\/zaman\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Dr. Muhammad Zaman, Biomedical Engineering, Boston University<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:25px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Previous Funding Sources<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nih.gov\/\">The National Institutes of Health<\/a>\u00a0(NIH)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nsf.gov\/\">The National Science Foundation<\/a>\u00a0(NSF)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.chnfoundation.org\/\">Craig H. Neilsen Foundation<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.whitaker.org\/\">The Whitaker Foundation<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.welch1.org\/\">The Welch Foundation<\/a>\u00a0[F-1535]<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The Gillson Longenbaugh Foundation<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Anderson Charitable Foundation<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.axogeninc.com\/\">AxoGen, Inc., Alachua, FL<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.tda.com\/\">TDA Research, Inc., Wheat Ridge, Colorado<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.alafairbiosciences.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Alafair Biosciences<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.microfab.com\/\">MicroFab Corporation, Dallas, TX<\/a>\u00a0[NIH R44 NS040625]<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.zimmer.com\/\">Zimmer (Biologics Division), Austin, TX<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.lifecell.com\/\">LifeCell Corporation, Branchburg, NJ<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Current Funding Recent Past Funding Current Collaborators Previous Collaborators Previous Funding Sources<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":468,"featured_media":0,"parent":20,"menu_order":1,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"page-templates\/page-section-nav.php","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"featured_post":"","footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"class_list":["post-7773","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/faculty.eng.ufl.edu\/schmidt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/7773","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/faculty.eng.ufl.edu\/schmidt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/faculty.eng.ufl.edu\/schmidt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/faculty.eng.ufl.edu\/schmidt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/468"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/faculty.eng.ufl.edu\/schmidt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7773"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/faculty.eng.ufl.edu\/schmidt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/7773\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7775,"href":"https:\/\/faculty.eng.ufl.edu\/schmidt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/7773\/revisions\/7775"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/faculty.eng.ufl.edu\/schmidt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/20"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/faculty.eng.ufl.edu\/schmidt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7773"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}