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...
This $388,983 federal Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Chemistry's Chemical Measurement & Imaging Program and Chemistry of Life Processes Program supports the development of a new optical microscope by Professor Eric Potma at the University of California, Irvine. The instrument leverages chiral sum-frequency generation (SFG) microscopy to visualize protein structures in cells and tissues without the need for chemical labeling. This label-free imaging...
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...
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...
This federal Project Grant award of $551,957 from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Integrative Activities program (CFDA 47.083) provides funding to the University of Scranton to acquire an Olympus Fluoview FV4000 inverted confocal microscope system. This microscope will be integrated into the university's upper-level biology courses and made accessible to faculty at other local universities to enhance research and training capabilities in multiple biological fields, including cellular...
This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Integrative Activities program (CFDA 47.083) provides $466,187 to the University of Portland (UP) to acquire a spinning-disk confocal microscope. The microscope will enable enhanced cell and molecular biology research and undergraduate teaching and training at UP and Lewis & Clark College. The award supports research programs investigating biological mechanisms such as developmental asymmetry, cardiac development, and the...
This federal Project Grant award from the Department of the Army Materiel Command Research Development and Engineering Command (CFDA 12.431 - Basic Scientific Research) provides $155,511.00 to the University of California, Irvine to develop a specialized "MICROSCOPE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL EXTREMES". The award period runs from January 6, 2025 to January 5, 2026. This grant supports fundamental and exploratory research focused on advancing scientific knowledge and technological capabilities...
This federal Project Grant award, provided by the National Institutes of Health's Office of Research Infrastructure Programs (CFDA 93.351), will fund the acquisition of a Leica Stellaris 8 (LS8) confocal microscope for the University of California, Santa Cruz (UCSC). The $884,837 award, granted on May 15, 2025, will enable UCSC to replace a 16-year-old confocal microscope and expand its imaging capabilities for NIH-funded biomedical research projects across 7 NIH institutes. The new LS8...
This National Science Foundation (NSF) Integrative Activities (CFDA 47.083) Project Grant award of $848,348 provides funding to the University of Iowa to acquire a Nikon CSU W1 SORA super-resolution spinning disc confocal microscope system. This advanced imaging system will enable long-term, high-resolution live imaging to support critical biological research across multiple disciplines, including evolution, development, cell biology, neurobiology, and genetics. The SORA microscope will serve...
This $573,147 National Science Foundation Project Grant through the Integrative Activities program (CFDA 47.083) will fund the acquisition of a Zeiss LSM 900 confocal microscope with Airyscan for Queens College of the City University of New York's Core Facility for Imaging, Cell, and Molecular Biology. The microscope will enhance multidisciplinary research and training at the minority-serving institution by enabling new microscopy courses and outreach activities promoting STEM access for...