Who We Are

Founded in 1985, The De Luca Foundation (DLF) is a private charitable organization. DLF dedicates its financial resources to serving the Biomechanics Research Community through R&D grants, travel grants, public education, and workshops to:

Raise awareness of innovative methodologies for understanding human motor control,
Fostering innovative work,
Educating students and young researchers, and
Funding research ideas to study and cure neuromuscular diseases.

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De Luca Foundation Celebrates the Life of Its Founder

DLF mourns the loss of Prof. Carlo J. De Luca who passed away on July 20, 2016.

Prof. De Luca was far-sighted and a consummate thinker who pushed the boundaries of motor control and science, championing research that led to some of the greatest innovations of our time - a system that reveals the neural control of force and movement by assessing the firing behavior of motor units during muscle contractions.

What We Do

The Foundation supports researchers around the world through various mechanisms with the goal of fostering a path of innovation and breakthroughs in Electromyography and Human Movement Sciences.

Honor Excellence
in Research

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to Researchers

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to Students

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News & Events

2019 Year in Review

December 20, 2019

2019 was yet another successful year for the De Luca Foundation, as we continued to diversify our means of support to the biomechanics... Read More

Prof. Bart Jansen (Belgium) Wins Phase II of DLF App Development Competition

December 18, 2019

The De Luca Foundation is pleased to announce that the winner of the 2019 Phase II App Development Competition is Prof. Bart Jansen of Vrije... Read More

Winner of the 17th Annual Delsys Prize – Ms. Shriya Srinivasan (Harvard-MIT)

November 7, 2019

The De Luca Foundation is pleased to announce that the 17th annual Delsys Prize for innovation in electromyography was awarded to Ms. Shriya... Read More

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There are many ways in which you can take action and help us advance research and innovation in Motor Control and Human Movement Sciences.

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