Project Grant 2524422
- This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076) provides $194,036 to the University of the Southwest to enhance undergraduate biology laboratories and learning experiences. The funding will be used to secure critical laboratory equipment and instrumentation, including a spectrophotometer, PCR workstation, gel imaging system, human physiology teaching kit, laminar air flow system, biological safety cabinets, an autoclave, and microscopes. These...
- This Project Grant award, funded by the National Science Foundation's STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076), will provide $196,873 to the Research Foundation of the City University of New York (RFCUNY) - Baruch College to enhance undergraduate education in the biological sciences. The funding will secure 49 networked digital compound microscopes that will be utilized by an estimated 1,400 biology students per year across multiple courses, including microbiology, genetics, animal behavior, and...
- 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 $200,000 project grant from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076) will strengthen undergraduate learning in molecular biology and cell biology at Regis University. The funding will be used to purchase critical laboratory equipment, including three thermocyclers, one qPCR machine, classroom sets of compound and stereo microscopes, and one confocal microscope. This equipment will enable an estimated 690 students and 12 faculty per year to conduct...
- 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...
- The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a $500,001 CAREER grant under the Biological Sciences (CFDA 47.074) program to the University of New Mexico (UNM) to support pioneering research in large-volume optical microscopy using pupil-matched remote focusing (PMRF) techniques. This 5-year project will develop advanced microscope systems capable of fast, high-resolution, and label-free imaging of large biological samples. Key research objectives include overcoming longstanding barriers in...
- This National Science Foundation (NSF) award under the STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076) provides $132,938 to St. Mary's University of San Antonio, Texas to acquire an Illumina MiSeq next-generation sequencing instrument. The project aims to increase access to cutting-edge laboratory equipment and provide high-quality undergraduate STEM education and research opportunities for underrepresented minority students at the resource-limited institution. The awarded funds will support curriculum...
- The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a $1,272,028 Project Grant under the Biological Sciences (CFDA 47.074) program to the University of Wyoming (UWyo) to support the acquisition of a Stellaris8 Falcon STED super-resolution fluorescence lifetime confocal microscope. This advanced imaging system will significantly enhance UWyo's research capacity, build on the university's $100 million investment in STEM research infrastructure, and play a transformative role in education and outreach....
- This $199,998 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's Division of Biological Infrastructure, under the Biological Sciences program (CFDA 47.074), will fund Montana Technological University to acquire, maintain, and operate an Hitachi HT7800 electron microscope. The microscope will advance interdisciplinary research, education, and outreach in biology, chemistry, geochemistry, mechanical engineering, environmental engineering, and geology. It will strengthen PhD programs in materials...
- The National Science Foundation awarded a Project Grant of $998,984.00 on October 1, 2025 to the University of Puerto Rico at Mayaguez under the STEM Education (CFDA 47.076) federal grant program. The goal of this 5-year project is to provide undergraduate biology students at the university with enhanced course-based research experiences (CURES). The project aims to redesign core biology laboratory courses to increase opportunities for student exploration and learning, and to transform...
This National Science Foundation Project Grant award, funded through the STEM Education (CFDA 47.076) program, will provide $165,248 to the Inter American University of Puerto Rico, Metropolitan Campus to secure an EVOS M7000 imaging system. This equipment will strengthen undergraduate learning in biology, microbiology, and natural sciences by enabling students to build skills in automated and quantitative fluorescence and brightfield microscopy across various courses. An estimated 80 students per year will utilize the project-funded equipment, which will also support faculty and undergraduate research. The goals of this project are to enrich the learning and experiences of undergraduate students by providing critical equipment in biology and training them in high-demand skills such as fluorescence microscopy and quantitative imaging analysis.
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Not listed | $165.2k | 7/17/25 |