4-Month Co-Op Position

How is the De Luca Foundation Supporting the Biomechanics Community During this Challenging Time?

Deadline for submission: 2021 September 30

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

Provide Support
to Researchers

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to Students

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News & Events

De Luca Foundation Announces Sponsorship of 4-Month Co-Op Position

April 22, 2021

The De Luca Foundation is pleased to announce their sponsorship of a 4-month Co-Op position, beginning May 2021 and subsequently operating on a... Read More

Final 3 Winners of Mobile Equipment Donation Initiative to Receive Avanti Mobile Systems (Round 5)

February 8, 2021

The De Luca Foundation is pleased to announce Dr. Charalambos Charalambous (University of Nicosia Medical School, Cyprus), Dr. Francois Hug... Read More

2020 Year in Review

December 23, 2020

2020 was a year unlike any other. Due to the global health pandemic caused by COVID-19, people and organizations around the world had to adapt to an... 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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