Hartford Business Journal

18 Hartford Business Journal • May 23, 2016 www.HartfordBusiness.com THE LIST To view the full list, please visit HartfordBusiness.com ▶ ▶ Did we miss you? We want to publish the most complete and accurate lists possible. To correct an error or submit information, contact Stephanie Meagher, research director, at (508) 755-8004, ext. 262 or smeagher@nebusinessmedia.com. Largest NIH grant winners in Connecticut (FY2015 grants, ranked by size) Rank Grantee organization Total funding Number of awards Percent of CT awards/ Percent of CT funding Largest project amount Largest project research areas 1 Yale University New Haven $352,512,800 864 77.2% 76.4% $8,101,660 Yale University clinical and translational science award program 2 University of Connecticut School of Medicine/Dental Farmington $49,927,249 118 10.5% 10.8% $2,668,025 Modulation of biodefense responses to microbial pathogens 3 University of Connecticut Storrs $20,827,141 61 5.5% 4.5% $1,029,395 Metabolomics tools for biomedicine 4 Haskins Laboratories Inc. New Haven $6,714,499 11 1.0% 1.5% $1,452,898 Nature and acquisition of speech code 5 John B. Pierce Laboratory Inc. New Haven $4,727,957 11 1.0% 1.0% $655,609 Cognitive and affective influences on taste processing 6 L2 Diagnostics LLC New Haven $3,560,479 7 0.6% 0.8% $879,662 Serologic assay to measure successful Lyme borreliosis antibiotic therapy 7 CT State Dept. of Public Health Rocky Hill, CT $2,759,453 4 0.4% 0.6% $2,629,053 SEER program for assessing the magnitude of the national cancer burden 8 Liuna Training and Education Fund Pomfret Center $2,736,006 1 0.1% 0.6% $2,736,006 Hazardous waste worker-training program 9 Connecticut Children's Medical Center Hartford $1,963,003 2 0.2% 0.4% $1,581,943 Pediatric colitis therapy 10 Hartford Hospital Hartford $1,936,431 4 0.4% 0.4% $728,370 Neural architecture of emotion regulation in adolescent development and depression 11 Sibtech Inc. Brookfield $1,540,950 3 0.3% 0.3% $1,016,118 Development of 18F PET tracer for molecular imaging of vascular endothelial growth factor receptors, the major drug targets in tumor neovasculature 12 Artificial Cell Technologies Inc. New Haven $1,328,587 1 0.1% 0.3% $1,328,587 Synthetic microparticle malaria vaccine 13 AxioMx Inc. Branford $1,115,931 3 0.3% 0.2% $679,608 Rapid generation of recombinant monoclonal antibodies at a cost comparable to that of polyclonals 14 Molecular NeuroImaging LLC New Haven $1,076,696 1 0.1% 0.2% $1,076,696 Translational toolbox for mental-health treatments 15 Wesleyan University Middletown $993,359 3 0.3% 0.2% $492,900 Inhibition of HeptosyltransferaseI for the treatment of Gram-negative bacterial infection 16 Institute for Community Research Hartford $843,547 1 0.1% 0.2% $843,547 Multilevel system dynamics affecting HIV community viral load 17 Lifefarms Inc. New London $774,112 1 0.1% 0.2% $774,112 Antifungal therapy against drug resistant fungal pathogens 18 Trinity College Hartford, CT $732,773 2 0.2% 0.2% $380,782 Non-addictive pain management, ketogenic diet 19 Val Health LLC Stamford $551,404 1 0.1% 0.1% $551,404 Behavioral economics software for employers, insurers, healthcare providers and technology firms that promote health and disease management programs 20 Real-Time Analyzers Inc. Middletown $503,459 1 0.1% 0.1% $503,459 Saliva analyzer to diagnose SRD patient drug use 21 Prometheus Research LLC New Haven $489,150 2 0.2% 0.1% $266,879 Tools and standards for the reuse of electronic data capture instruments in mental health research 22 Next Health LLC Norwalk $486,491 1 0.1% 0.1% $486,491 The AgileLife Patient Transfer and Movement system 23 Connecticut College New London $412,470 1 0.1% 0.1% $412,470 Interaction of the cell cycle regulatory protein, Cdk6, and the developmentally important transcription factor, Eya2, both related to cancer 24 ZetrOZ Inc. Trumbull $400,000 1 0.1% 0.1% $400,000 Self-applied ultrasound device to deliver sustained acoustic medicine for osteoarthritis 25 Protein Sciences Corp. Meriden $359,179 2 0.2% 0.1% $358,179 Vault-CCL21 nanocapsule for lung cancer 26 Mira DX Inc. New Haven $299,957 1 0.1% 0.1% $299,957 Development of biomarkers as a test for cancer patients on radiation treatment 27 Quinnipiac University Hamden $278,385 1 0.1% 0.1% $278,385 Molecular mechanisms of miRNA function in stress response 28 Ciencia Inc. East Hartford $224,997 1 0.1% 0.0% $224,997 Measurement of toxicant effects on cellular function in a microarray format 29 Biorasis Inc. Mansfield $224,118 1 0.1% 0.0% $224,118 Needle-implantable sensor with multi-sensing elements for glucose monitoring 30 New England Discovery Partners Branford $224,015 1 0.1% 0.0% $224,015 Small molecule inhibitors of group II introns for treatment of fungal infections 31 Applikate Technologies LLC Weston $216,650 1 0.1% 0.0% $216,650 Intraoperative microscopic examination 32 Connecticut Agricultural Experiment New Haven $162,000 1 0.1% 0.0% $162,000 Role of autophagy in Aedes aegypti vector competence for dengue virus type 2 33 University of Hartford West Hartford $136,145 1 1.0% 0.0% $136,145 Sensory contributions to typical and atypical development of trunk control 34 Oxford Perfomance Materials Inc. South Windsor $83,300 1 1.0% 0.0% $83,300 Load-bearing, 3D printed implants for antibiotic, cell and growth factory delivery 35 Fairfield University Fairfield $73,967 1 1.0% 0.0% $73,967 Access to science education 36 Rice Institute Inc. Amston $56,847 1 1.0% 0.0% $56,847 Impacts of sanitation on child and maternal health 37 Axerion Therapeutics Inc. Branford $1 (1) 1 1.0% 0.0% $1 Small molecule development of PrPc antagonists for Alzheimers D treatment Source: National Institutes of Health. Note: The NIH awarded 1,119 grants totaling $461,253,508 to 37 Connecticut organizations in 2015. (1) https://report.nih.gov/award lists the total funding as $1. —Compiled by Stephanie R. Meagher.

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