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 Project Grant under its Integrative Activities program (CFDA 47.083) for $940,303 to the University of California, Merced (UC Merced) to acquire an ultra-high resolution TIMSTOF mass spectrometry system coupled with a nano-UHPLC liquid chromatography system. This state-of-the-art instrument will enable advanced biomolecular research into host-microbe interactions at UC Merced, which is a Hispanic-serving institution where over 75% of students are...
The National Science Foundation's Integrative Activities (CFDA 47.083) program has awarded a $350,000 Project Grant to the College of Charleston to acquire a MALDI-TOF/TOF mass spectrometer instrument. This state-of-the-art equipment will enable new research directions, encourage cross-disciplinary collaborations, and provide hands-on training for a diverse population of undergraduate students and researchers at the college and across the Lowcountry region of South Carolina. The mass...
The National Science Foundation awarded a $260,000 Project Grant to Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, Camden under the Integrative Activities program (CFDA 47.083) to acquire a MALDI-TOF mass spectrometer. The mass spectrometer will be used to support multidisciplinary research and student education in fields including biomimetic self-assembly, cellular biochemistry, protein chemistry, novel biomaterials, nanomaterials, forensic analysis and molecular sensing. Specifically, it will...
This $188,000 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Office of Integrative Activities (CFDA 47.083) will support the acquisition of a Matrix-Assisted Laser Desorption/Ionization Time-of-Flight Mass Spectrometer (MALDI-TOF MS) at Tulane University in New Orleans. The new high-resolution, tandem mass spectrometry instrument will be utilized by researchers across the departments of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering, and Physics at Tulane, as well as at the participating...
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) Office of Integrative Activities awarded a $349,549 Project Grant to the University of Houston - Clear Lake (UHCL), a Hispanic Serving Institution, to acquire an integrated Matrix-Assisted Laser Desorption - Time of Flight Mass Spectrometry (MALDI-TOF MS) and Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy (FTIRSPEC) system. This state-of-the-art instrumentation will establish a shared user laboratory for UHCL, the Lunar Planetary Institute, Texas Tech University,...
The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a $460,000 Project Grant under its Integrative Activities program (CFDA 47.083) to Central Michigan University (CMU) to acquire a Liquid Chromatography-Electrospray Ionization-Quadrupole Time of Flight Mass Spectrometer (LC-ESI-QTOF MS). This state-of-the-art instrument will facilitate advanced research and training in areas including synthetic chemistry, biochemistry, polymer science, and materials science at CMU. The LC-ESI-QTOF MS will enable...
The University of Akron received a $525,000 project grant award from the National Science Foundation under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program to acquire a MALDI-TOF mass spectrometer. The mass spectrometer will enable research and education in polymer science and engineering by allowing for the precise determination of molecular properties, sizes, and compositions of synthetic polymers. This will support the discovery and development of new recyclable, degradable, and renewable...
The National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Chemistry awarded a $348,737 Project Grant to Mississippi State University to acquire a high-resolution quadrupole time-of-flight mass spectrometer with diverse inlet and ionization capabilities for chemical analyses. This award is jointly funded through the Major Research Instrumentation Program, Chemistry Research Instrumentation Program, and Established Program to Stimulate Competitive Research. The new instrument will strengthen the...