Project Grant 2511682
- The National Science Foundation Office of Integrative Activities awarded Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi $625,954 on August 1, 2026, under the Integrative Activities program (CFDA 47.083) to acquire a state-of-the-art confocal microscope imaging system for shared-use research and education across the South Texas region. The recipient will install a Nikon AX NSPARC confocal microscope imaging system at its Corpus Christi campus to support multidisciplinary research and undergraduate and...
- 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...
- The National Science Foundation Office of Integrative Activities awarded the Donald Danforth Plant Science Center $783,491 on March 15, 2026, to acquire a Zeiss LSM 990 Airyscan confocal microscope for plant research. The award funds equipment under the Integrative Activities program (CFDA 47.083). The microscope will be integrated into the Center's Advanced Bioimaging Laboratory and will support more than twenty federally and privately funded research initiatives led by thirteen principal...
- The National Science Foundation Office of Integrative Activities awarded Central Michigan University $723,992 on February 1, 2026, to acquire an advanced confocal microscope for multidisciplinary research and training. The confocal microscope is a high-resolution imaging tool enabling three-dimensional visualization of living tissues at cellular and subcellular scales. Research applications include investigation of cell membrane dynamics, intracellular protein movement and reorganization, cell...
- The National Science Foundation awarded a $270,000 Project Grant under the Integrative Activities program (CFDA 47.083) to the University of New Mexico to develop an advanced optical microscopy system with unprecedented spatial and temporal precision. The research aims to dramatically improve the study of protein clustering and interactions on living cell membranes, which is crucial for understanding cell signaling processes and their relation to diseases like cancer. The highly...
- The National Science Foundation (NSF) Office of Integrative Activities awarded a $884,934 Project Grant to Vassar College to acquire a confocal microscope to enhance research and teaching in the New York Mid-Hudson Valley region, including at Marist College and the State University of New York at New Paltz. This high-resolution 3D imaging microscope will create new STEM research opportunities for undergraduates, especially those from underrepresented groups, by facilitating interdisciplinary...
- 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...
- The National Science Foundation awarded New Mexico State University a $475,685 Project Grant under the Biological Sciences federal grant program (CFDA 47.074) to acquire a bio-atomic force microscope for life science and soft matter research and research training in New Mexico. The three-year award, made on October 1, 2021 with a completion date of September 30, 2024, will support the purchase of a bio-AFM that will be used to advance the university's research and training activities in areas...
- The National Science Foundation Office of Integrative Activities awarded the University of Massachusetts $788,409 on July 15, 2026, under the Integrative Activities program (CFDA 47.083) to acquire a Zeiss Lattice Lightsheet 7 microscope for shared use at Amherst, Massachusetts. The instrument will enable a research community of more than 100 users across more than 20 research groups spanning 15 departments and five institutions in and around the University of Massachusetts Amherst to observe...
- The National Science Foundation awarded a $499,553 Project Grant to Grinnell College under the Integrative Activities program (CFDA 47.083) to acquire a laser scanning confocal microscope. The microscope will support research and teaching activities in biology, biochemistry, chemistry, and physics at Grinnell College from October 1, 2022 to September 30, 2025. Specifically, the microscope will be used to study synaptic plasticity, detect microtubule formation below the diffraction limit of...
The National Science Foundation Office of Integrative Activities awarded New Mexico State University $1,014,360 on August 1, 2026, to acquire a white-laser confocal microscope for multidisciplinary research. The funding supports the Integrative Activities program (CFDA 47.083), which enhances research competitiveness through capacity-building and infrastructure development for the nation's STEM enterprise. NMSU will establish the white-laser confocal system as a shared microscopy core facility available on a fee basis to researchers and companies across the university and the broader New Mexico region. The microscope's primary advantage lies in cleanly separating signal from noise through both its light source and enhanced detector sensitivity, enabling simultaneous acquisition of multiple fluorescent signals that would be difficult to separate with conventional equipment. The system's pulsed laser offers regional imaging capabilities unavailable on competing microscopes, particularly the ability to optimally excite fluorophores at peak excitation wavelengths and to deconvolve fluorescent signal using temporal information. The instrument will support research programs in cell biology, neuroscience, biosciences, and environmental science, fields currently limited by the lack of advanced fluorescence imaging and analysis systems at NMSU. The acquisition will also embed hands-on training in cutting-edge microscopy within STEM courses and free public workshops, developing regional workforce capability in advanced image capture. Performance of work occurs in Las Cruces, New Mexico. The award period runs from August 1, 2026, through July 31, 2029.
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Not listed | $1.0m | 8/4/26 |