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STOCK AWARDS, WARRANTS AND OPTIONS (Tables)
9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2023
Warrant [Member]  
Summary of warrant activity

The following table summarizes all warrant activity for the nine months ended September 30, 2023:

Weighted Average

    

Warrants

    

Exercise Price

Outstanding at December 31, 2022

 

105,782

$

1.37

Granted

Exercised

Outstanding at September 30, 2023

 

105,782

$

1.37

Schedule of outstanding warrants

The following table summarizes all outstanding warrants to purchase shares of the Company’s common stock:

Warrants Outstanding

September 30, 

December 31, 

Exercise Price

Expiration

Type

    

Grant Date

    

2023

    

2022

    

per Share

    

Date

Common Warrants

12/19/2019

40,782

 

40,782

$

1.10

12/19/2024

Common Warrants

3/27/2020

65,000

 

65,000

$

1.5313

3/27/2025

105,782

105,782

Stock Option [Member]  
Schedule of fair value of option using Black-Scholes option

The Company estimates the fair value of each option award using the Black-Scholes option-pricing model. The Company used the following assumptions to estimate the fair value of stock options issued in the nine months ended September 30, 2023 and 2022:

    

Nine months ended September 30, 

 

2023

2022

Expected volatility

 

111 - 121

%  

123 - 124

%

Expected term

 

5 - 7 years

 

6 - 7 years

Dividend yield

 

0

%  

0

%

Risk-free interest rates

 

3.5 - 4.5

%  

1.5 - 3.9

%

Schedule of employee and non-employee stock based compensation expense

Employee and non-employee stock-based compensation expense was as follows:

    

Three months ended September 30, 

Nine months ended September 30, 

    

2023

    

2022

    

2023

    

2022

General and administrative

$

1,235,219

$

943,075

$

4,157,704

$

2,711,296

Research and development

 

481,974

 

144,058

 

1,372,985

 

599,070

Total

$

1,717,193

$

1,087,133

$

5,530,689

$

3,310,366

Schedule of employee and non-employee stock option

The following is a schedule summarizing employee and non-employee stock option activity for the nine months ended September 30, 2023:

Number of

Weighted Average

Aggregate

    

Options

    

Exercise Price

    

Intrinsic Value

Outstanding at December 31, 2022

 

5,776,839

$

2.97

 

Granted

 

3,287,979

 

4.36

 

  

Exercised

 

(180,227)

 

2.56

 

$

364,525

Expired/Cancelled

 

(687,120)

 

3.80

 

  

Outstanding at September 30, 2023

 

8,197,471

$

3.47

$

3,692,525

Exercisable at September 30, 2023

 

3,859,994

$

2.83

$

3,173,089