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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.

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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.

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News & Events

The De Luca foundation is pleased to announce the symposium on Motor Control in Speech, Voice and Swallowing
May 28, 2019
Date 2019 July 2 Time 9:00am - 4:00pm Venue Beijing Tongren... Read More
De Luca Foundation is Pleased to Sponsor 9th & 10th Motor Control Symposia
April 22, 2019
The De Luca Foundation is pleased to sponsor the 9th and 10th Motor Control Symposia, hosted by the ISB Working Group in Motor Control. Both events... Read More
The De Luca Foundation is pleased to announce the 17th Annual Delsys Prize
April 15, 2019
Promoting Innovation in Electromyography The Delsys Prize is an annual competition established in 2003 by Professor Carlo J. De Luca to promote... 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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