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 (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...
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...
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...
This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) will provide $240,000 to the University of Utah to develop new methods for characterizing molecular isomers using advanced ion mobility spectrometry-mass spectrometry techniques. Specifically, the research will focus on assessing and implementing the use of isotopic shifts as a new dimension for delineating small molecule isomers, developing theoretical models to...
This National Science Foundation project grant of $237,745 awarded on September 1, 2022 through August 31, 2025 under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) will support the development of a variable temperature ion trap mass spectrometer at Stony Brook University. The mass spectrometer will facilitate isomer-selective thermochemical, structural, and spectroscopic characterization of bimolecular interactions to advance research in biochemistry, medicinal chemistry,...
This National Science Foundation (NSF) Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships (CFDA 47.084) Project Grant award of $1,000,000 to the Trustees of the Colorado School of Mines will develop an advanced mid-infrared imaging instrument to analyze the interactions of chiral drugs with biological tissues. The project aims to provide detailed spatial information on how chiral drug molecules behave in different tissue environments, which is crucial for developing safer and more effective medications....
This Project Grant award from the National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS), under the Biomedical Research and Research Training program (CFDA 93.859), provides $1,194,805.00 to Brightspec, Inc. to develop a Molecular Rotational Resonance (MRR) ratiometer. The MRR ratiometer is a spectroscopic instrument capable of precisely quantifying the relative abundances of components in complex mixtures, such as trace isotopologues, major and minor enantiomers, and various reaction...
The National Science Foundation's Integrative Activities (CFDA 47.083) program has awarded a $350,000 Project Grant to the College of Charleston to acquire a MALDI-TOF/TOF mass spectrometer instrument. This state-of-the-art equipment will enable new research directions, encourage cross-disciplinary collaborations, and provide hands-on training for a diverse population of undergraduate students and researchers at the college and across the Lowcountry region of South Carolina. The mass...
This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation (CFDA 47.084 - NSF Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships) provides $305,000.00 to Primary Bioscience, Inc. to develop an ultra-sensitive biosensor capable of protein analysis at the single-molecule level. The biosensor consists of a nanopatterned chip with a proprietary material that binds and immobilizes molecular targets, which are then detected using surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy (SERS). This technology aims to enable...