# COVID-19 Supplemental Request

> **NIH NIH R21** · CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY NORTHRIDGE · 2020 · $44,524

## Abstract

2 Project Summary/Abstract
The diversification of the health-related work force is a crucial component of not only increasing
inclusiveness, but also opening up the field to a more diverse set of perspectives. With the shutdown
of the PIs laboratory due to the COVID19 pandemic, all members of the group were forced to work
from home. I did not tell students to stop charging hours to the grant. Ceasing pay and suspending
work altogether would have placed the minority students in the lab in a very precarious position.
In addition, this came at a crucial moment in the project, where final fabrication and experiments were
to take place. This was budgeted and planned to occur Spring/Summer 2020. Due to the shutdown,
we are essentially three months of payroll short from completing the project.
In the supplemental aim, we will build and test graphene nanogap devices. We will use a novel planar
approach that we have developed under the parent R21 award. We aim to meet critical milestones
that will prepare us for applying for SBIR and R01 funding.

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 10209829
- **Project number:** 3R21HG010056-02S1
- **Recipient organization:** CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY NORTHRIDGE
- **Principal Investigator:** Hendrik Willem Christiaan Postma
- **Activity code:** R21 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** NIH
- **Fiscal year:** 2020
- **Award amount:** $44,524
- **Award type:** 3
- **Project period:** 2020-09-10 → 2021-11-30

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10209829

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 10209829, COVID-19 Supplemental Request (3R21HG010056-02S1). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-26 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/10209829. Licensed CC0.

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