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Delsys Prize

The 16th Annual Delsys Prize

Promoting Innovation in Electromyography


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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

Mr. Michael Twardowski at the Annual WPI Graduate Research Innovation Exchange.
May 16, 2018
On April 24th, Mr. Michael Twardowski, a Robotics Engineering PhD Student at Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI) and a De Luca Foundation Research... Read More
De Luca Foundation Announces the Availability of Student Research Scholarships
May 1, 2018
Two student Research Scholarships are available during 2018 to support undergraduate and graduate student research projects to advance investigations... Read More
Grant from the NSF to Support Ten Travel Awards at the upcoming Motor Control Symposium, ACSM 2018, Minneapolis, USA
April 25, 2018
The Motor Control Symposium at ACSM, held annually since 2016, covers a wide spectrum of topics on biomechanics and motor control in the sport... 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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