This $391,730 National Science Foundation Project Grant under the Integrative Activities program will fund the acquisition of a field emission scanning electron microscope (FE-SEM) by West Chester University of Pennsylvania. The FE-SEM and associated energy dispersive spectrometer will support research across multiple departments including chemistry, biology, physics, geology and earth sciences. Faculty and students will use the equipment to image and analyze nano- and microscale samples,...
This Project Grant from the National Science Foundation, under the Engineering program (CFDA 47.041), provides $506,132 to New Mexico State University to acquire a field-emission scanning electron microscope. The microscope will enable multi-disciplinary research in materials development, fuel cells, batteries, water purification membranes, and biosciences. Initial users include faculty working in areas such as fuel cell design, additive manufacturing, and membrane technologies for water...
This Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's Integrative Activities program (CFDA 47.083) provided $520,050 to California State University, Bakersfield to acquire a field emission scanning electron microscope. The microscope will enhance interdisciplinary research and teaching capabilities across multiple disciplines including geology, biology, environmental studies, engineering, physics, and agriculture. It will support ongoing externally funded research projects and enable new...
This $292,500 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's Integrative Activities program (CFDA 47.083) will fund the acquisition of a field emission scanning electron microscope (FE-SEM) at Ball State University. The FE-SEM will advance nanoscience research and training across multiple STEM departments at Ball State, enabling faculty and students to conduct cutting-edge, interdisciplinary projects in areas such as photocatalysis, energy conversion, and biomedical nanomaterials....
The National Science Foundation (NSF) Office of Integrative Activities awarded a $186,765 Project Grant to the California State University, East Bay Foundation, Inc., a non-profit organization, to acquire a desktop scanning electron microscope with energy-dispersive X-ray spectroscopy (SEM-EDS) instrument. This award, made through the Major Research Instrumentation and Chemistry Research Instrumentation programs (CFDA 47.083), will facilitate advanced materials and biological characterization...
This $144,300 National Science Foundation project grant supports the acquisition of a desktop scanning electron microscope (SEM) system at Texas A&M University-Commerce for research and education. Funded under the NSF's Integrative Activities program, which enhances STEM competitiveness through capacity building and broadening participation, the SEM allows nano-scale imaging and elemental analysis of various sample systems. It will impact on-campus research activities and increase student...
The National Science Foundation awarded a $461,650 Project Grant to The University of Iowa to acquire a field emission scanning electron microscope to expand characterization capabilities. Funded through the Geosciences program (CFDA 47.050), the microscope will improve data collection and analysis for a wide range of research in earth and environmental sciences, chemistry, anthropology, engineering, and physics. It will provide key support for undergraduate and graduate student research and...
This National Science Foundation project grant of $1,019,689 supports the acquisition of an advanced scanning transmission electron microscope (STEM) housed at Dartmouth College from September 2022 to August 2024. The STEM, which is the only microscope of its kind in northern New England, will serve regional research and teaching opportunities through Dartmouth as well as the University of New Hampshire, University of Vermont, and University of Maine-Orono. It will enable research in fundamental...
This National Science Foundation (NSF) Project Grant award under the Integrative Activities program (CFDA 47.083) provides $439,805 to Colgate University to acquire a field emission scanning electron microscope (FE-SEM) and associated detectors. The FE-SEM system will enable a wide range of new research opportunities across disciplines such as geology, environmental science, physics, biology, and anthropology at Colgate and in the surrounding central New York region. Key planned research...
This $251,418 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's Integrative Activities program (CFDA 47.083) provides funding to Connecticut College to acquire a scanning electron microscope (SEM) with energy dispersive spectroscopy (EDS) capabilities. The SEM/EDS system will enable interdisciplinary scientific research and training in fields such as chemistry, biology, botany, environmental sciences, and anthropology. The project supports an integrated approach to teaching and...