We are excited to share some big news for the future of COSMIIC:
The National Science Foundation has awarded a 2-yr, $1.5M Pathways to Open Source Ecosystems (POSE) grant to grow the COSMIIC community and expand access to open-source neuromodulation technology. This directly follows our NIH HORNET funding, which funded the open source release and new features. Over the next two years, the POSE project will focus on onboarding new users, creating stronger community organization, and strengthening our network of partners. Congrats to PI Mike Fu, Co-PIs Nathan Makowski and Steve Majerus, and the team at Case Western Reserve University and The MetroHealth System.
What is POSE?
NSF’s POSE program funds established open-source projects to help them transition from a single research group’s tool into a self-sustaining ecosystem — think community governance, contributor onboarding, documentation, and the partnerships needed for long-term adoption.
What this means for the community
Through 2028, this grant funds:
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Training workshops and remote demos: Want to learn how to use the COSMIIC System? We are organizing 4 in-person and 2 remote sessions to teach interested labs how to use the hardware and toolchain.
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Support for adoption and customization: Curious if there’s a fit with your work? The COSMIIC team is available for general support to advise how COSMIIC System components may be used or adapted for your specific application.
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Community contributions: We want your designs, fixes, and documentation flowing back into the open-source repos. We will be making it easier for users to contribute and share with each other through GitHub and our COSMIIC Forum
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Strategic partnerships We’re committed to expanding the influence of our ecosystem by engaging manufacturers, co-developers, funding agencies, regulatory agencies to make it easier for your project to go from benchtop to implant.
Get involved
Now is a great time to reach out. Whether you’re looking for a spot in a workshop, a demo device, help with adoption, or want to talk partnership, email us at open_source@cosmiic.org or introduce yourself in a forum thread: Welcome to COSMIIC Community! 👋.
Team
PI Michael Fu, PhD, is a Staff Scientist in the MetroHealth Center for Rehabilitation Research and the Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation (PM&R) as well as Associate Professor of Electrical, Computer, and Systems Engineering (ECSE) in the CWRU School of Engineering.
Collaborators on this project include Nathan Makowski, PhD (Associate Professor of PM&R), Steve Majerus, PhD (Assistant Professor of ECSE) and MetroHealth engineers Chris Rexroth, BS, Dan Romano, BS, Jeremiah Ukwela, MS, Jenna Daghstani, MS, and Megan LaFave, BS.