Funding
Our lab receives support from local, regional, and federal sources. Some of our funders (past and present) are listed below.
As Principal Investigator
NIH - CTSI of SE Wisconsin
Title: Emerging Company Award
Awarded to Venus Rehabilitation Technologies
Title: CUped: Novel Device to Improve Walking after Stroke
Costs: $5,000
Period: 10/2022 – 10/2024
NIH - CTSI of SE Wisconsin
TL1 Predoctoral Fellowship (renewal)
MU PI of Record: S. Schindler-Ivens; Predoc Fellow: T. Ruopp
Costs: $39,060, Role: PI of record
Period: 07/2021 – 07/2022
NIH - CTSI of SE Wisconsin
TTL1 Predoctoral Fellowship
MU PI of Record: S. Schindler-Ivens; Predoc Fellow: T. Ruopp
Title: A Novel Pedaling Paradigm to Improve Lower Limb Locomotion Post-Stroke
Costs: $39,060, Role: PI of record
Period: 07/2020 - 07/2021
TREAT* Grant 2 – Round 2
Pilot Grant, Commercialization Assistance Program
See explanation of TREAT process below.
Grant #: A-6152802685
Title: Motor-Assisted Uncoupled Pedaling System for Stroke Rehabilitation
Direct Costs: $25,000, Role: PI
*TREAT is an NIH Center for Translation of Rehabilitation Engineering Advances and Technology operating out of Dartmouth University.
I received an award from TREAT in Round 1 and Round 2.
In Round 1, I was awarded participation in a TREAT’s Commercialization Cohort, which was a labor-intensive educational series designed to teach scientist-inventors how to bring new technology to the marketplace. Educational units included product development, business model generation, customer discovery, medical device regulation, fundraising, and financial statements. I successfully completed this opportunity which comprised >50 hrs of homework over 8-10 weeks.
Successful completion of the Cohort allowed me to enter an invitation only funding round (i.e., Round 2), where I was awarded in-kind services from TREAT for product development, business model generation, customer discovery, medical device regulation, fundraising, and financial statements. The in-kind phase began shortly after the new year (~Feb, 2020) and comprised approximately 10 hours per week over 6-8 months. Activities included 35 customer discovery interviews of clinicians nationwide, development and testing of a value proposition, and market/market size analysis. I also developed a regulatory and reimbursement strategy, a business model canvas, and market requirements document. I pitched the technology to 2 rehab. device companies. The net effect of all these activities is that I now have good insight into the process of tech transfer in rehab. I understand the business challenges associated with licensing a new rehab. technology. Mentors at TREAT and tech transfer officials at Marquette have indicated that I am strongly positioned to compete for SBIR or STTR funds at the NIH, which I am discerning now. No direct costs were awarded on either Round. The estimated value of in-kind services rendered is ~$20,000.
Period: 01/2020 – 12/2020
TREAT* Grant – Round 1
Pilot Grant, Commercialization Assistance Program
See explanation of TREAT process above.
Grant #: A-6152802685
Title: Motor-Assisted Uncoupled Pedaling System for Stroke Rehabilitation
Direct Costs: $25,000, Role: PI
Period: 09/2019 – 12/2019
Daniel M. Soref Charitable Trust
Grant
Title: Improving Lower Limb Rehabilitation Post-Stroke
Costs: $5,000
Period: 02/2016 – 02/2017
American Heart Association – Midwest Affiliate
Predoctoral Fellowship
MU PI of Record: S. Schindler-Ivens; Predoc Fellow: B. Cleland
Grant #: 16PRE26650000
Title: Exposing plasticity-related changes in brain activation during lower limb pedaling after stroke
Costs: $52,000
Period: 01/2016 – 12/2017
National Institutes of Health (NIH)
K01 Career Development Award
[HD060693-02]
Title: Supraspinal contributions to locomotor control and recovery after stroke
Role: PI
Costs: $553,149
Period: 02/2010 – 12/2016
CTSI of Southeastern Wisconsin
Pilot and Collaborative Clinical and Translational Research Grant
[Title: Supraspinal contributions to upper and lower limb motor control and recovery after stroke
Role: PI
Costs: $45,000
Period: 06/2010 – 06/2012
Medical College of Wisconsin CTSI core facility for pilot funding
Title: Understanding human brain function and plasticity during locomotion in people with and without stroke
Costs: $12,648
Period: 04/2008 - 07/2009
National Institutes of Health (NIH)
R15 AREA Award
[HD051565-01]
Title: Cortical control of locomotion after stroke
Direct costs: $150,000 declined due to overlapping aims with American Heart Association award
Costs: $12,648
Period: 01/2006 – 12/2008
American Heart Association – Midwest Affiliate
New Investigator Development Award
Title: Supraspinal contributions to locomotor control and recovery after stroke
Direct costs: $195,000
Period: 01/2006 – 12/2008
As Co-Investigator
NIH MR3 Network in collaboration with National Pediatric Rehabilitation Resource Center (C-PROGRESS) Period: 01/2023-12/2023
Title: Corticospinal Organization and Bilateral Coordination in Children with Hemiparesis
Costs: $25,000 (over 1 year), Role: Co-PI (Nemanich PI)
Period: 01/2023 – 12/2023
NIH (T34)
Title: Undergraduate Research Training Initiative for Student Enhancement (U-RISE)
Costs: $5,866,204 (over 5 years), Role: Contributor (S. Choi, PI)
Period: 2022 – 2026
Summer Faculty Fellowship, Committee on Research
Title: Brain activation and bilateral coordination in children with hemiparetic cerebral palsy
Costs: $5,500 Role: Co-Investigator (S. Nemanich, PI)
Period: 03/2021 – 12/2021
Regular Research Grant, Committee on Research
Title: Brain activation and bilateral coordination in children with hemiparetic cerebral palsy
Costs: $10,000 Role: Co-Investigator (S. Nemanich, PI)
Period: 03/2021 – 12/2021
RAdvancing Healthier Wisconsin (PI: Diane Braza) Grant
Title: Optimizing Functional Outcomes for Stroke Survivors through Translational Research
Direct Costs: $1,000,373
Role: Co-Investigator
Period: 12/2015 – 11/2020
2015 Strategic Innovation Fund, Marquette University (Leader: Brian D.Schmit) Grant
Title: Research Program of the Stroke Rehabilitation Center of Southeast Wisconsin
Direct Costs: $110,000
Role: Co-investigator
Period: 7/2015 – 6/2016
2015 Strategic Innovation Fund, Marquette University (Leader: Kathy Durban) Grant
Title: Building the Technology Transfer Program at Marquette University
Direct Costs: $487,840
Role: Co-Investigator
Period: 7/2015 – 6/2018
US Department of Education, RERC (PI: Harris, G)
Title: Rehabilitation engineering research center on technologies for children with orthopaedic disabilities
Direct Costs: $4,456,124
Role: Co-Investigator
Period: 10/2010 – 09/2015
American Heart Association - Midwest Affiliate (PI: Ellwein, L)
Postdoctoral Fellowship #10POST4210030.
Title: Translating Near Infrared Spectrocopy (NIRS) O2 Saturation Data for the Noninvasive Prediction of Spatial and Temporal Hemodynamics during Exercises
Direct Costs: $90,772
Role: Consultant
Period: 7/2010 – 6/2012
Foundation for Physical Therapy (PI: Quaney, BM)
Title: Effect of electrical stimulation on grasping function in individuals with chronic stroke
Direct Costs: $40,000
Role: Co-Investigator
Period: 05/2006 – 04/2007
Grant Applications Currently Under Review (Pending)
None
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