The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) awarded a $963,000 Project Grant under the Congressionally-Identified Projects program (CFDA 11.617) to the University of Maryland, Baltimore (UMB) for the period of October 1, 2024 to September 30, 2026. The purpose of this grant is to accelerate structure-based drug and vaccine design programs that benefit human health by implementing state-of-the-art electron detection hardware to determine 3D structures of various biological compounds...
This $1,195,000 Project Grant awarded by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) under the Congressionally-Identified Projects program (CFDA 11.617) is intended to increase research capacity at the Texas Tech University School of Veterinary Medicine. The grant will fund the procurement and installation of four key measurement technologies, including histology, phenotyping, point-of-care ultrasound, and metabolic analysis equipment. These technologies will be used by faculty...
This $1,920,000 federal Project Grant award, funded by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) under the Congressionally-Identified Projects program (CFDA 11.617), supports Ferris State University in Big Rapids, Michigan. The primary objectives are to purchase and integrate critical equipment, including a 500 MHz NMR spectrometer, generator(s), benchtop LCMS, flow cytometer, and other laboratory instruments. Additionally, the university will hire a lab technician to develop...
This Project Grant award from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) under the Research Infrastructure Programs (CFDA 93.351) provides $593,598 to the University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston (UTMB) to acquire a Waters Desorption Electrospray Ionization (DESI) XS Xevo TQ Absolute Mass Spectrometry Imaging (MSI) system. This advanced instrument will enable enhanced metabolite detection and high-resolution imaging to support drug discovery and development research at UTMB's Sealy Institute...
This $963,000 Project Grant award from the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) under the Congressionally-Identified Projects program (CFDA 11.617) will fund the acquisition of four pieces of specialized research equipment at Nova Southeastern University in Fort Lauderdale, FL. The instruments, including a Seahorse XF24 and Oroboros Oxygraph 2K, a fluorescence microscope, a NanoString nCounter and prep station, and a CODEX digital spatial profiler, will be used to advance new...
This $1,170,000 New Research Project Grant award from the National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS) Biomedical Research and Research Training Program (CFDA 93.859) supports the University of Texas at Dallas (UTD) in developing new synthetic methods and strategies to enable the scalable production of complex bioactive molecules. The key objectives are to: a) devise new catalytic stereoselective techniques for generating polycyclic building blocks, b) design innovative synthesis...
This $278,104 Project Grant award from the National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS) under the Biomedical Research and Research Training program (CFDA 93.859) supports the development of novel machine learning-based predictive models for identifying cured and uncured patients across various diseases. The key products and services to be delivered under this 5-year grant, which runs from May 1, 2025 to April 30, 2030, include: Development of biologically motivated machine learning...
This $151,080 Project Grant award from the National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS) Biomedical Research and Research Training Program (CFDA 93.859) will be used to acquire a circular dichroism (CD) spectropolarimeter instrument by the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth. The instrument will enhance the university's biomedical research and education capabilities in areas such as investigating the structures of chiral nanoparticles and biomolecules. This specialized equipment...
This $7,250,000 federal Project Grant award, funded by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) under the Congressionally-Identified Projects program (CFDA 11.617), will enable the University of Delaware to procure biopharmaceutical manufacturing equipment at the pilot/clinical scale. The purpose is to establish a testbed for benchmarking current and future biopharmaceutical manufacturing innovations, as well as to support workforce development training activities, within the...
This $294,147 Project Grant award from the National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS) Biomedical Research and Research Training Program (CFDA 93.859) aims to advance modeling and simulation capabilities for characterizing macromolecular interactions within living cells. The key objectives are to: Characterize the intermolecular energy landscapes for different types of macromolecules through efficient all-atom simulation protocols integrated with docking methods. Develop new...