This National Science Foundation Project Grant of $203,116 awarded on August 15, 2022 will fund the acquisition of a Size Exclusion Chromatography with Multi-Angle Light Scattering (SEC-MALS) instrument at California State University, Sacramento under the Integrative Activities program (CFDA 47.083). The SEC-MALS instrument, to be delivered by sub-awardee University Enterprises, Inc., will support research and teaching efforts across multiple departments focusing on the analysis of synthetic and...
The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a $636,312 Project Grant through its Integrative Activities program (CFDA 47.083) to the University of Southern Mississippi to acquire a state-of-the-art high-resolution liquid chromatography-mass spectrometer (LC-MS) system. This equipment will enhance the university's research, education, and outreach capabilities. The LC-MS instrument will allow graduate and undergraduate students to gain valuable skills in high-resolution mass spectrometry and...
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,...
This National Science Foundation (NSF) Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) award of $634,526 to the University of Arkansas will support the acquisition of a state-of-the-art quadrupole/time-of-flight liquid chromatography-based mass spectrometer. This modern system will replace an outdated Fourier transform ion cyclotron resonance mass spectrometer and provide enhanced capabilities for high-performance liquid chromatography, electrospray and atmospheric pressure ionization, low picogram...
The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a $798,269 Project Grant to the Board of Regents of the University of Nebraska (doing business as the University of Nebraska) through the Mathematical and Physical Sciences (CFDA 47.049) program. The funding supports the development of new chemical reactions and catalysts to help chemists in industry, pharmaceuticals, and academia. The research team at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln is advancing an "in situ enzymatic screening" approach...
The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a $846,986 Project Grant under the Integrative Activities (CFDA 47.083) program to Texas A&M Engineering Experiment Station (Tees), a division of the Texas A&M University System, to acquire a state-of-the-art x-ray instrument for advanced scattering studies of polymers, ceramics, and hybrid organic-inorganic materials. The instrument enables real-time monitoring of material nanostructure under diverse environmental conditions and external...
The National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Chemistry awarded a $710,000 Project Grant to Boise State University under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) to acquire a high-resolution liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry (LC-MS) system. This system will enhance research infrastructure and enable new capabilities in proteomics and metabolomics research at the university. The grant will support graduate, undergraduate, and high school student training in modern...
The National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Chemistry awarded a $349,047 Project Grant to the University of Kansas Center for Research Inc. under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) to develop innovative, cost-effective approaches for rapidly analyzing complex mixtures like blood and urine. The research project, led by Professor Robert Dunn, will focus on advancing planar capillary electrophoresis (PCE) techniques that leverage ultra-thin capillaries to enhance...
The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a $446,000 Project Grant under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences (CFDA 47.049) program to the Board of Regents of the University of Nebraska, doing business as the University of Nebraska, for a research project titled "Ultrafast Affinity Extraction - Fundamental Studies and Use in Environmental Applications". This 3-year project aims to develop new high-performance separation methods based on ultrafast affinity extraction to...
The National Science Foundation awarded a $504,179 Project Grant to the University of California, San Diego under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) to acquire an XEUSS 3.0 small-angle x-ray scattering instrument with Genix 3D capabilities. The three-year award, which began on October 1, 2021 and runs through September 30, 2024, will fund the purchase of this specialized equipment to advance scientific research capabilities at the awardee institution. As the parent...