This Project Grant award of $213,945 from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Integrative Activities program (CFDA 47.083) provides funding to COE College, a private non-profit university, to acquire an electrochemical impedance spectrometer (EIS) system. The EIS system will enable COE College's physics department and collaborators to expand their materials research capabilities, allowing them to electrically characterize solid and liquid samples at high temperatures up to 2200°F (1200°C)...
The National Science Foundation awarded a $299,500 Project Grant to Colby College under the Geosciences program (CFDA 47.050) for the period of July 1, 2021 through June 30, 2022. The grant funds the acquisition of a scanning electron microscope with energy dispersive X-ray spectroscopy and cathodoluminescence capabilities to support research, teaching, and outreach activities in geology at the primarily undergraduate institution. The new microanalytical system will strengthen Colby College's...
The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a $224,834 Project Grant under its Integrative Activities program (CFDA 47.083) to Trustees of Union College in Schenectady, New York. The grant supports the acquisition of a multifunctional thermal analysis instrument, a TGA/FTIR/GC/MS system, to enhance interdisciplinary research and research training in advanced nanomaterial development. The instrument will enable the unambiguous characterization of the structural, mechanical, chemical, and...
This National Science Foundation (NSF) project grant award under the Integrative Activities program (CFDA 47.083) provides $258,820 to Carthage College in Kenosha, Wisconsin to acquire an atomic force microscope (AFM) instrument. The AFM will significantly expand nanomechanical research and education capabilities at the college, enabling interdisciplinary studies across the engineering, chemistry, and neuroscience departments, as well as collaborations with local industry. Key objectives include...
This $265,280 National Science Foundation Project Grant will support Texas State University's acquisition of an automated isothermal titration calorimeter to expand biophysical research capacity and training opportunities. Funded through NSF's Biological Sciences program (CFDA 47.074), the three-year award will provide an Automated Microcal PEAQ Isothermal Titration Calorimeter for analyzing interactions between biological macromolecules through September 2025. As the first calorimetric...
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...
The federal Project Grant award for $225,000.00 was issued by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Shared Services Center under the NASA Mission Support Federal Grant Program (CFDA 43.009). The award, dated July 1, 2024, supports the "ADVANCING ASTROPHYSICS RESEARCH PROJECT" conducted by COE College, a private non-profit educational institution located in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. The grant funding will enable COE College to carry out research and development activities...
This $303,140 National Science Foundation Project Grant under the Geosciences program (CFDA 47.050) will support the acquisition of a Quantum Design VersaLab Physical Property Measurement System at Concordia College in Moorhead, Minnesota. The system will be used for geophysical and magnetic materials research by faculty and to enhance physics, materials science, and geology teaching laboratories at Concordia College. It will also serve a regional higher education consortium in North Dakota...
The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a $173,150 Project Grant to Western Washington University (WWU) under the NSF's Integrative Activities program (CFDA 47.083) to acquire a Differential Scanning Calorimeter (DSC). This advanced materials characterization instrument will support a wide range of materials research and teaching across disciplines at WWU, including polymer science and engineering, materials chemistry, biochemistry, biomaterials, and environmental science. The DSC will...
The National Science Foundation's Integrative Activities program awarded a $191,294 Project Grant to the Trustees of Union College in Schenectady, New York to acquire a laser ablation system for an inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometer (LA-ICP-MS). This advanced scientific instrumentation will enable the college's faculty and students, as well as outside researchers, to conduct high-resolution elemental analysis of geological and biological samples. The LA-ICP-MS system will support a...