Block Grant 2019DUBX0047

This $500,000 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's Division of Chemistry, under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049), supports research at Southern Methodist University to advance quantitative chemiluminescence imaging techniques. Professor Alexander Lippert will develop near-infrared and short-wave infrared ratiometric chemiluminescent probes, kinetics-based probes, and microscopy methods to enable precise quantification of analytes like oxygen, pH,...

The National Science Foundation Division of Chemistry awarded Columbia University a $442,564 Project Grant under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences federal grant program (CFDA 47.049) to develop new microscopy techniques for imaging ultrafast chemical transformations between molecules separated by large distances. Principal Investigator Milan Delor and his research group will leverage polaritons, which are part-light part-matter particles, to significantly increase the sensitivity of optical...

This Project Grant awarded by the National Institute of Justice (NIJ), under the CFDA program titled "National Institute of Justice Research, Evaluation, and Development Project Grants" (CFDA 16.560), aims to advance the detection and analysis of new psychoactive substances (NPS) using high-resolution mass spectrometry (HRMS) techniques. The $119,881 grant, awarded to Florida International University, will systematically evaluate and compare three HRMS platforms - liquid...

The National Institute of Justice (NIJ) awarded a $319,172 Project Grant under the NIJ Research, Evaluation, and Development Project Grants program (CFDA 16.560) to Research Triangle Institute (RTI International), an independent non-profit research organization. The grant funding will support evaluating the use of direct mass spectrometry technology, specifically the Luxon ion source, to improve the efficiency and capabilities of toxicology laboratories in screening for drugs related to...

The Commonwealth of Virginia Department of Forensic Science (DFS) was awarded a $441,886 project grant from the National Institute of Justice (NIJ) under the NIJ Research, Evaluation, and Development Project Grants program (CFDA 16.560). The goal of this 3-year project is to develop and validate an analytical workflow for the identification and quantitation of psychedelic compounds, such as psilocybin, psilocin, and DMT, in biological specimens. The objectives include: 1) Developing and...

This $470,000 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Chemistry, under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049), supports the development of new analytical detection and processing tools for the characterization of complex mixtures, with a focus on dissolved organic matter (DOM). Researchers at Florida International University are creating a platform that combines ion mobility spectrometry and ultra-high-resolution Fourier transform ion...

This $388,983 federal Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Chemistry's Chemical Measurement & Imaging Program and Chemistry of Life Processes Program supports the development of a new optical microscope by Professor Eric Potma at the University of California, Irvine. The instrument leverages chiral sum-frequency generation (SFG) microscopy to visualize protein structures in cells and tissues without the need for chemical labeling. This label-free imaging...

The National Institute of Justice awarded a $262,678 Project Grant to Michigan State University (MSU) to validate a unified kinetic and thermodynamic approach for predicting the evaporation of ignitable liquids in fire debris samples. The goal is to overcome limitations of current experimental methods and modeling approaches to assist forensic laboratories in identifying evaporated liquids. Key products will include: 1) Comprehensive evaluation of the performance of the unified kinetic and...

This Project Grant award from the National Institute of Justice (CFDA 16.560 - National Institute of Justice Research, Evaluation, and Development Project Grants) provides $399,437.00 to Iowa State University of Science and Technology to develop a semi-empirical kinetics model for determining the time-since-deposition of latent fingerprints. The researchers aim to rigorously establish a reliable method to estimate when a fingerprint was deposited at a crime scene, which can help link suspects to...

This $851,000 National Science Foundation project grant supports research and educational activities under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) from February 2022 through January 2027. Frederique Deiss of Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis will study redox reactions and single particle detection using electrochemiluminescence and microfluidics. The research aims to develop single-entity electrochemistry methods using electrochemiluminescence in droplets...