The National Science Foundation awarded a $279,990 Project Grant to the University of California, Merced under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences federal grant program (CFDA 47.049) to acquire a dual-source single crystal x-ray diffractometer. The diffractometer will be used by Professor Michael Findlater and colleagues to determine the precise three-dimensional molecular structures of organic and inorganic compounds, materials, and biomolecules through x-ray crystallography. This will...
The National Science Foundation Division of Chemistry awarded a $354,871 Project Grant to the Long Beach Research Foundation at California State University, Long Beach to acquire a single crystal x-ray diffractometer from August 1, 2021 to July 31, 2024. This award supports the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049), which aims to promote progress in these fields and strengthen the national scientific enterprise through increasing knowledge and enhancing understanding of...
This $108,579 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Mathematical and Physical Sciences program provides funding for Texas State University to acquire a single crystal X-ray diffractometer (SCXRD) instrument. The award aims to advance structural analysis capabilities in chemical, biochemical, and materials science research and education at the university. The SCXRD instrument will enable researchers to accurately determine the three-dimensional molecular structures...
The University of Arizona was awarded a $266,182 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) to acquire a single-crystal x-ray diffractometer for research and education. The diffractometer will be used to advance understanding of major problems in the mathematical and physical sciences through increased capabilities to determine molecular and crystalline structures. The award period is from August 1, 2021 through July...
The National Science Foundation (NSF) Office of Integrative Activities (CFDA 47.083) awarded the University of Nevada, Reno (UNR) a $170,881 Project Grant to acquire a single crystal X-ray diffractometer. This highly specialized scientific instrument supports a wide range of multidisciplinary research, including luminescent materials, bacterial communication, chemical ecology, and medicinal chemistry. The diffractometer's dual copper and molybdenum sources enable structural characterization of...
The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a $447,923 Project Grant under the Integrative Activities (CFDA 47.083) program to Illinois State University. The grant will enable the acquisition of a single crystal X-ray diffractometer (SC-XRD) system with a micro-focused copper (Cu) source and high-performance area detector. This instrument will support the research of Professor Gregory M. Ferrence and colleagues in the areas of organic, organometallic, and coordination chemistry. The SC-XRD...
This $614,411 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's Integrative Activities program (CFDA 47.083) supports the acquisition of an X-ray diffractometer instrument at Arkansas State University. The instrument will enable structural characterization of a wide range of materials, including advanced semiconductors, asphalt, engineered proteins, and small molecules. The research activities facilitated by this instrument address critical issues such as space communication, solar...
This $701,713 federal Project Grant award, provided by the National Science Foundation (NSF) under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences (CFDA 47.049) program, enabled Kansas State University (KSU) to acquire an advanced X-ray diffraction system. The instrument supports a broad range of cross-disciplinary research in areas such as nanomaterials, renewable energy, catalysis, separation and chemical/biochemical sensing, polymers, geology, and biology. The award facilitates research and training...
The National Science Foundation awarded a $300,735 Project Grant to Harvard University under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) to acquire a dual-source single crystal diffractometer for small molecule crystallography and cryosystem. The diffractometer will allow Professor Theodore Betley and colleagues to conduct accurate structural analyses of molecules, providing three-dimensional atomic arrangements and spatial relationships between molecules and neighboring...
This National Science Foundation Project Grant of $290,000 awarded on August 15, 2022 will support the acquisition of a dual-source single crystal diffractometer at Temple University under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049). The diffractometer will be used by Professor Michael Zdilla and 16 collaborators to determine the three-dimensional molecular structures of compounds through X-ray crystallography. This will enable research in areas such as inorganic chemistry,...