This $390,000 National Science Foundation project grant supports the acquisition of a high-resolution mass spectrometer by Rutgers University-Newark. The mass spectrometer, equipped with electrospray ionization, atmospheric pressure chemical ionization, and direct analysis in real time sources, will be used by Professor Frieder Jaekle and colleagues to conduct research in organic chemistry, catalysis, semiconductors, inorganic chemistry, biochemistry, and biological sciences. Specifically, the...
The National Science Foundation awarded a $260,000 Project Grant to Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, Camden under the Integrative Activities program (CFDA 47.083) to acquire a MALDI-TOF mass spectrometer. The mass spectrometer will be used to support multidisciplinary research and student education in fields including biomimetic self-assembly, cellular biochemistry, protein chemistry, novel biomaterials, nanomaterials, forensic analysis and molecular sensing. Specifically, it will...
The National Science Foundation awarded a $500,000 Project Grant to the University of Houston to support the acquisition of an isotope ratio mass spectrometer. The award falls under the Geosciences program (CFDA 47.050), which aims to expand fundamental knowledge and understanding of the integrated Earth system through basic research support. The mass spectrometer will enhance the University's analytical capabilities for stable isotope characterization of light elements in various matrices,...
The National Science Foundation awarded Rutgers, The State University $244,912 under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences Project Grant program (CFDA 47.049) to acquire a single crystal diffractometer for teaching and research. The diffractometer will be used at Rutgers University in Piscataway, New Jersey from September 1, 2021 through August 31, 2024. Funding in the amount of $244,912 will support the purchase of this scientific equipment to promote progress in the mathematical and...
Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey was awarded a $298,762 project grant from the National Science Foundation Division of Ocean Sciences under the Geosciences federal grant program (CFDA #47.050). The three-year award, beginning May 1, 2021 through April 30, 2024, will support the research project "Quantifying the Properties of Atmospheric Trace Elements and Their Fluxes to the Amundsen Sea." As described under the Geosciences program, the funding will strengthen...
Rutgers, The State University was awarded a two-year, $109,018 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation Division of Ocean Sciences under the Geosciences (47.050) federal grant program. The grant will fund the COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH project "IRON REDOX CYCLING IN THE AMUNDSEN SEA IN THE WATER COLUMN AND SHELF SEDIMENTS" from June 1, 2022 to May 31, 2024. The Geosciences program supports basic research to increase understanding of Earth's integrated system. This particular...
The University of Southern California was awarded a $304,684 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation on September 1, 2021 to complete the project by August 31, 2022. The grant supports the acquisition of a new stable isotope ratio mass spectrometer with carbonate system to support research and education at USC. This award falls under the National Science Foundation's Geosciences program (CFDA 47.050), which aims to strengthen the national scientific enterprise through expanding...
The National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Earth Sciences awarded a $414,601 Project Grant to the University of Miami's Rosenstiel School of Marine, Atmospheric, and Earth Science. The grant, funded under NSF's Geosciences program (CFDA 47.050), will enable the acquisition of a stable isotope ratio mass spectrometer (SIRMS) and associated equipment. This new analytical capability will support active and planned research at the university, including investigations into geological...
This Project Grant from the National Science Foundation Division of Ocean Sciences provides $306,817 to Rutgers, The State University from July 1, 2021 to June 30, 2024. The grant supports collaborative research to determine seawater isotope compositions from samples collected in the Southeast Pacific and Southern Oceans during the U.S. GEOTRACES GP17 oceanographic cruises. This work will strengthen understanding of the integrated Earth system, as described in the objectives of the Geosciences...
The National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Ocean Sciences awarded a $404,297 Project Grant to the University of Georgia Research Foundation, Inc. (UGA Research Foundation) on September 1, 2023, under the Geosciences program (CFDA 47.050) to acquire a stable isotope ratio mass spectrometer system and supporting interfaces at the Skidaway Institute of Oceanography (SKIO). This new instrumentation will enhance SKIO's capabilities to conduct research and training in marine science and ecology...