The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a $634,420 project grant under its Integrative Activities (CFDA 47.083) program to the University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH) to acquire an advanced confocal microscope system. This high-speed, high-resolution microscope will enable innovative and multidisciplinary research across various scientific disciplines, including neuroscience, microbiology, cell biology, and materials science. The microscope will be integrated into classes and student...
The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a $1,195,792 Project Grant under the Integrative Activities program (CFDA 47.083) to Mississippi State University and the University of Central Florida. The grant supports the development of an optical spectrometer capable of multimodal linearly polarized, circularly polarized, and integrating-sphere-assisted spectroscopic measurements. This advanced instrument will enhance research and education in fields such as chemistry, chemical engineering,...
The National Science Foundation (NSF) Office of Integrative Activities awarded Duke University a $1,530,757 Project Grant under the Integrative Activities program (CFDA 47.083) to acquire a Thermo Fischer Scientific Cryogenic Helios 5 CX DualBeam instrument. This advanced nanofabrication and nano-imaging tool will enable cutting-edge research across materials science disciplines, including the study of optical, mechanical, electrical, and thermal properties of both natural and engineered...
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 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 National Science Foundation (NSF) Project Grant under the Integrative Activities program (CFDA 47.083) provides $292,698 to the University of California, Riverside (UC Riverside) to acquire a highly advanced confocal Raman microscope. This instrument enables researchers to map the chemical composition of complex samples at the nanometer scale, supporting the development of novel materials for applications such as quantum information processing and sustainable energy storage. The...
The National Science Foundation awarded Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute a $304,668 Project Grant under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) to acquire and install a Photo-Induced Force Microscope. The microscope will enable researchers to conduct infrared absorption spectroscopy and chemical mapping of nanomaterials with spatial resolution as small as 5-10 nanometers. It will support projects in areas such as surface modification, nanoscale interfaces and structures, and...
This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's Integrative Activities program (CFDA 47.083) will provide $270,000 to the University of New Mexico to develop an advanced optical microscopy system that combines breakthrough imaging techniques. The objective is to significantly improve the ability to study how proteins cluster and interact on living cell membranes, which has the potential to advance the understanding of cell signaling processes and their relation to diseases like...
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 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation (CFDA 47.083 - Integrative Activities) provides $549,754 to Georgetown University to acquire a state-of-the-art 3-dimensional nanolithography instrument. The instrument will enable a broad range of advanced materials research projects with potential technological impacts in areas such as information storage, nanoelectronics, filtration, biomimetics, and metamaterials. The shared instrument will support research and educational...
This Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's Office of Integrative Activities, under the Integrative Activities program (CFDA 47.083), provides $468,564 to support the acquisition of a next-generation Near-field Scanning Optical Microscope (NeaSNom) at the University of Central Florida. The instrument, custom-built by NeaSpec, will enable simultaneous Atomic Force Microscopy and nanoscale (10 nm spatial resolution) Fourier Transform Infrared and Tip-Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy. It offers unprecedented access to new spatial, spectral, and temporal domains for multi-disciplinary research across UCF, including in biological studies, plasmonics, photovoltaics, polymers, inorganic optical materials, semiconductors, sensors and more. The award period is from September 1, 2022 through August 31, 2023.