This $350,000 Project Grant award from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) Office of the Director under the Research Infrastructure Programs (CFDA 93.351) will fund the acquisition of a BD FACSymphony S6 flow cytometer for the University of Toledo Flow Cytometry Core. The new instrument will replace the university's 16-year-old flow cytometer, providing enhanced capabilities for NIH-funded research projects in molecular biology, pathology, virology, immunology, and cell biology across the...
This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Integrative Activities program (CFDA 47.083) provides $210,034 to Portland State University to acquire a high-throughput flow cytometer. This instrument will enable the university to quantify individual cells and their properties within complex biological systems, supporting a range of research including water activity in cells, environmental stress impacts on coastal organisms, and detection of novel viruses and DNA replication...
The National Science Foundation awarded Appalachian State University a $264,868 Project Grant under the Biological Sciences federal grant program (CFDA 47.074) to acquire a flow cytometer as a multi-user resource. The three-year award period runs from October 1, 2021 to September 30, 2024. As the primary awardee, Appalachian State University will purchase and operate the flow cytometer for use by researchers across multiple disciplines to advance understanding of major biological problems as...
The National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS) awarded a $243,119 Project Grant under the Biomedical Research and Research Training program (CFDA 93.859) to the University of Puerto Rico Medical Sciences Campus (UPR-MSC). This award will enable the purchase of a state-of-the-art BD FACSymphony A1 flow cytometer with 4 lasers to support health-related research projects and educational needs at UPR-MSC. The flow cytometer will allow for the advanced analysis of immune cells and other...
This Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Institute of Food and Agriculture (CFDA 10.519 Equipment Grants Program) provides $435,645.00 to Montana State University to acquire a Bio-Rad ZE5 Cell Analyzer, a multi-color flow cytometer for the analysis of cells and small particles. The flow cytometer will be installed in the university's Flow Cytometry Core Facility, where it will be available to trained users from multiple departments to support fundamental and...
This federal Project Grant award from the National Institutes of Health's Research Infrastructure Programs (CFDA 93.351) provides $353,235 to The Johns Hopkins University to acquire a CytoFLEX LX flow cytometer instrument. The new instrument will replace an outdated BD FACSCalibur and enable significantly expanded experimental capabilities for the university's Integrated Imaging Center. Key upgrades include more lasers, increased analysis parameters, small particle detection, and a multi-well...
The National Institutes of Health (NIH) Office of Research Infrastructure Programs (ORIP) awarded a $454,942 Project Grant (CFDA 93.351 - Research Infrastructure Programs) to the University of California, San Diego (UC San Diego) on May 15, 2025. The grant will fund the acquisition of a Cytek Aurora full-spectrum flow cytometer with 5 lasers, 63 parameters, and 96-well plate high-throughput sample acquisition capabilities. This state-of-the-art instrument will be housed in the university's Human...
This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation provides $262,971 to Idaho State University to acquire a fluorescence-activated cell sorter (FACS) flow cytometer. The instrument will be housed in a multi-user core facility to support research and education across multiple departments and colleges at Idaho State University and nearby Brigham Young University-Idaho under the Biological Sciences program (CFDA 47.074). Researchers and students in biological sciences, pharmaceutical...
This Project Grant award from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) Office of Research Infrastructure Programs (CFDA 93.351) provides $239,530 to the University of California, Davis (UC Davis) to acquire a Beckman Coulter CytoFlex Nano flow cytometer. The new cytometer will enable UC Davis researchers at the Comprehensive Cancer Center to study nano-scale extracellular vesicles, such as exosomes, which play a key role in cancer diagnosis, metastasis, and treatment. The existing flow...
This Project Grant award from the National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS) under the Biomedical Research and Research Training program (CFDA 93.859) will provide $208,915 to St. Mary's University of San Antonio, Texas to acquire a Beckman Coulter CytoFLEX flow cytometry instrument. The instrument will be housed in a collaborative lab space at the university to support scientific research and educational projects across basic, translational, and biomedically-related disciplines. The...