Block Grant R43GM085898

The National Science Foundation awarded a $877,600 project grant under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) to The Research Foundation for the State University of New York on behalf of Dr. Steven Ray at the State University of New York at Buffalo. The grant supports development of microwave-enhanced ionization techniques to improve capabilities for mass spectrometry, an important chemical analysis tool. Dr. Ray and his research team will work to refine ionization...

The National Science Foundation Division of Chemistry awarded $950,000 to the University of California, Berkeley under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences federal grant program (CFDA 47.049) to support research on the chemistry and physics of charged aqueous nanodrops and their applications in mass spectrometry. Professor Evan Williams and his group will investigate how the size and shape of electrospray ionization emitters affect initial droplet size and mass spectrometry performance. They...

This National Science Foundation (NSF) Cooperative Agreement award, funded under the NSF Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships (CFDA 47.084) program, supports the development of a novel, miniaturized ion trap mass spectrometer technology by Ionicscale LLC, a small technology company. The $1,000,000 project aims to create an ultra-compact, remotely programmable chemical analyzer that can greatly expand the accessibility and affordability of mass spectrometry-based chemical detection and...

The National Science Foundation awarded Ionicscale LLC $256,000 under the Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships federal grant program to develop low-cost, portable mass spectrometers based on a chip-scale ion trap mass analyzer. The award aims to advance the company's technology for ubiquitous, high-specificity chemical analysis through a novel ion trap geometry that can be microfabricated at lower costs. This has the potential to bring mass spectrometry capabilities, which are currently...

This National Science Foundation Project Grant of $255,261 awarded under the NSF Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships program (CFDA 47.084) will fund the development of optimized extraction and projection optics for ion point sources. Steam Instruments Inc. will demonstrate technology advances in imaging mass spectrometry through this Small Business Innovation Research Phase I project. Specifically, the company aims to markedly improve mass resolving power to separate key mass...

The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a $460,000 Project Grant under its Integrative Activities program (CFDA 47.083) to Central Michigan University (CMU) to acquire a Liquid Chromatography-Electrospray Ionization-Quadrupole Time of Flight Mass Spectrometer (LC-ESI-QTOF MS). This state-of-the-art instrument will facilitate advanced research and training in areas including synthetic chemistry, biochemistry, polymer science, and materials science at CMU. The LC-ESI-QTOF MS will enable...

This Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships program totaling $256,000 will fund the development of an optimized ion mobility spectrometry system for distributed chemical sensing without the use of radioactive ionization sources. The awardee, Sensit Ventures Inc. of Davis, California, will establish an experimental and theoretical framework to miniaturize differential mobility spectrometry technology for analytical-quality chemical...

The National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Chemistry awarded a $348,737 Project Grant to Mississippi State University to acquire a high-resolution quadrupole time-of-flight mass spectrometer with diverse inlet and ionization capabilities for chemical analyses. This award is jointly funded through the Major Research Instrumentation Program, Chemistry Research Instrumentation Program, and Established Program to Stimulate Competitive Research. The new instrument will strengthen the...

This Project Grant award from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) Office of Research Infrastructure Programs (CFDA 93.351) provides $1,089,778 to the University of Colorado Boulder (CU-Boulder) to purchase a high-resolution liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry (LC-MS) system. The new Waters Select Series Cyclic Ion Mobility QTOF (SS-CIMS) instrument will support advanced analytical capabilities for small molecule and biomolecule analysis, including high-resolution accurate mass...

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...