Project Grant 2215495
- 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...
- 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 $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...
- The Board of Trustees of Illinois State University was awarded a $403,900 project grant from the National Science Foundation Office of Integrative Activities to acquire a field emission scanning electron microscope. The award falls under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049), which supports progress in these scientific fields to strengthen the national research enterprise. The three-year grant running from September 2021 through August 2024 will allow the university to...
- This $199,998 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's Division of Biological Infrastructure, under the Biological Sciences program (CFDA 47.074), will fund Montana Technological University to acquire, maintain, and operate an Hitachi HT7800 electron microscope. The microscope will advance interdisciplinary research, education, and outreach in biology, chemistry, geochemistry, mechanical engineering, environmental engineering, and geology. It will strengthen PhD programs in materials...
- This $439,805 Project Grant awarded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) Integrative Activities (CFDA 47.083) program will fund the acquisition of a field emission scanning electron microscope (FE-SEM) and associated detectors at Colgate University. The FE-SEM system will enable a wide range of new research opportunities across disciplines such as geology, environmental science, physics, biology, and anthropology for students and faculty at Colgate University and in the greater Central 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 awarded the University of Missouri System a two-year, $625,000 Project Grant under the Geosciences federal grant program (CFDA 47.050) to upgrade an X-ray tomographic microscope. The upgrade will allow the university's X-ray Microanalysis Laboratory to better serve researchers in earth sciences and other STEM fields. Specifically, the new Zeiss Xradia 610 model microscope funded through this award will accommodate larger and denser samples, dramatically enhance...
- Drexel University was awarded a $687,320 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation to acquire an advanced scanning electron microscope for in situ and in operando materials characterization and education from September 1, 2021 to August 31, 2023. The grant was awarded under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049), which aims to promote progress in these fields and strengthen the nation's scientific enterprise through increasing knowledge and enhancing...
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 hands-on training across many disciplines. Placement in the new Iowa Materials Analysis, Testing, and Fabrication facility will offer critical staff and infrastructure support as well as access for researchers from neighboring institutions, such as Iowa State University and Cornell College identified as major users. The microscope's automated mineralogy capabilities are expected to transform materials characterization and expand the scope of earth science research and education at the University.
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
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| Not listed | $0 | 9/7/22 | ||
| Not listed | $461.7k | 8/19/22 |