This federal Project Grant award from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) Research Infrastructure Programs (CFDA 93.351) provides $349,729 to the Research Foundation for Mental Hygiene, Inc. (RFMH) at the Nathan S. Kline Institute (NKI) to acquire specialized digital ventilated caging (DVC) systems for laboratory mouse housing. The DVC systems will enable 24-hour remote monitoring of the cage microenvironment, promoting animal health, reducing disturbance, and improving the accuracy of...
The U.S. National Institutes of Health (NIH) awarded a $350,000 Project Grant under the Research Infrastructure Programs (CFDA 93.351) to the Albert Einstein College of Medicine to modernize the specific pathogen-free (SPF) rodent housing facilities in the Chanin Building. The project will establish a specialized sub-facility to support basic and preclinical research involving highly immunodeficient mice used by researchers across several NIH-funded centers at the institution, including the...
The U.S. National Institutes of Health (NIH) awarded a $349,584 Project Grant under the NIH Research Infrastructure Programs (CFDA 93.351) to Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, New Brunswick Campus. The project will enable the conversion of the existing mouse caging system to an advanced system that uses machine learning and artificial intelligence to continuously monitor animal welfare and husbandry operations. The grant will fund the purchase and outfitting of 14 individually...
This $340,302 Project Grant award from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) Research Infrastructure Programs (CFDA 93.351) will support The Medical University of South Carolina (MUSC) in upgrading and modernizing its animal research facilities. Specifically, the funding will enable MUSC to:
Implement new animal housing and caging systems equipped with remote microenvironment monitoring capabilities. This will increase housing capacity by 50-100% in certain areas, supporting growing...
This Project Grant award from the Department of Health and Human Services' National Institutes of Health under the Research Infrastructure Programs (CFDA 93.351) provides $327,477 to St. Jude Children's Research Hospital Inc. to acquire four Techniplast Digital Ventilated Cage (DVC) Isocage Negative Systems. These state-of-the-art mouse housing systems will enhance operational efficiency and animal welfare in St. Jude's Shared Animal Biosafety Level 3 (ABSL3) Plus Select Agent Program, which...
This Project Grant award of $240,750 from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) Office of the Director under the Research Infrastructure Programs (CFDA 93.351) supports the development, validation, and broad dissemination of a new mouse model for targeting brown adipose tissue. The key objectives are to:
Generate a novel CRISPR/Cas9-engineered mouse line that expresses Cre-recombinase under the control of the Ucp1 promoter, allowing for targeted manipulation of mature brown...
The Project Grant award R21OD036471, provided by the Department of Health and Human Services National Institutes of Health (NIH) under the Research Infrastructure Programs (CFDA 93.351), will be used by Seattle Children's Research Institute, a non-profit organization, to develop multiple genetic tools and establish the Acomys rodent as an experimentally and genetically tractable model for mammalian non-fibrotic regenerative healing research. The $293,550 grant, awarded on July 1, 2024, will...
This Project Grant award from the National Institutes of Health (NIH), under the Research Infrastructure Programs (CFDA 93.351), provides $161,950.00 to Baylor College of Medicine to acquire TSE-Systems Climatic Control Chambers. These climate chambers will enable Baylor to precisely control the temperature and humidity of rodent housing environments, which is critical for conducting metabolic, physiological, and neurological research. The ability to maintain animals at specific temperatures,...
This federal Project Grant award from the Department of Health and Human Services, National Institutes of Health under the Research Infrastructure Programs (CFDA 93.351) provides $128,500 to the Lundquist Institute for Biomedical Innovation at Harbor-UCLA Medical Center to modernize their sterilizing equipment.
Specifically, the award will fund the purchase of a new efficient sterilizer with a water conservation vacuum system. This will enable the institute to reliably sterilize the increased...
This federal Project Grant award of $185,500 was provided by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) through the Research Infrastructure Programs (CFDA 93.351) to Idaho State University. The project aims to improve animal welfare, research outcomes, and facility operations in a shared animal research facility by detecting and monitoring extrinsic environmental factors such as temperature, humidity, light, noise, and vibration. The expected outcomes include enhancing the rigor and...