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Grant: UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS

Primary Recipient

UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS

Amount

$500,000.00

Award Date

8/06/2009

Administering Agency

National Science Foundation

CDFA Number

47.082

CDFA Program Title

Trans-NSF Recovery Act Reasearch Support

Description

INTELLECTUAL MERIT: The extracellular matrix (ECM) in human tissues plays a critical role in protecting and nourishing cells by providing cell adhesion sites and sequestering growth factors. Artificially constructed ECM-simulating biomaterials are often c