Project Grant R43EY032002

Summary The California Institute of Technology received a $1.46M Project Grant from the National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering under the Discovery and Applied Research for Technological Innovations to Improve Human Health program (CFDA 93.286), awarded August 1, 2025, with a completion date of July 31, 2029. The grant funds research to miniaturize time-resolved fluorescence (TRF) and fluorescence lifetime imaging (FLIM) measurements using entangled photons and on-chip...

This $750,000 Project Grant award from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) Office of Research Infrastructure Programs (CFDA 93.351) will fund the acquisition of a Leica Stellaris 8 DIVE multiphoton microscope system for the UC San Diego School of Medicine Microscopy Core. The new multiphoton microscope will replace the previous inoperable system and provide cutting-edge imaging capabilities to support a broad range of NIH-funded biomedical research projects across the university. The...

Federal Project Grant Award Summary Kineolabs, Inc. received a $300,001 Project Grant from the National Eye Institute (NEI) under the Vision Research program (CFDA 93.867) to develop a portable, low-cost line-scan swept-source optical coherence tomography imaging system (LS-SS-OCT). The system is designed for early detection and monitoring of age-related macular degeneration (AMD), diabetic retinopathy, and other eye diseases. The one-year project, which commenced July 1, 2025 and concludes June...

Federal Project Grant Award Summary The Johns Hopkins University received a $740,044 Project Grant from the National Institutes of Health Office of the Director under the Research Infrastructure Programs (CFDA 93.351) on July 15, 2025, for the acquisition and deployment of an Olympus FV-4000 confocal microscope. This advanced imaging system addresses critical limitations in confocal microscopy research by integrating silicon photomultiplier (SiPM) technology, high-speed resonance scanning...

The University of Maryland, Baltimore was awarded a $1,799,728.98 Project Grant from the Department of Health and Human Services National Institutes of Health Office of the Director to purchase a state-of-the-art light sheet fluorescence microscope. The microscope will be situated in the university's established Confocal Core Facility, which will oversee use, training, and service of the instrument for nine NIH-funded research teams. Light sheet fluorescence microscopy is well-suited for...

Federal Cooperative Agreement Summary Panluminate Inc. received $583,247 in funding from the National Eye Institute (CFDA 93.867, Vision Research program) for a Cooperative Agreement awarded September 1, 2025, with an ultimate completion date of April 30, 2029. The company will develop Pan-Optix, an integrated multiplexed nanoscopy platform combining Pan-Expansion Microscopy (PAN-EXM) and FLASH-PAINT technologies to enable high-resolution, three-dimensional molecular imaging of biological...

This $307,754 National Science Foundation Engineering Directorate project grant will fund the acquisition of a Nikon CSU-W1-SORA super-resolution spinning disk confocal microscope for Boston University. The microscope will enable new spatially resolved transcriptomics and multi-scale connectomics research techniques to study gene expression within cells and neural connectivity in brain networks. As a shared resource housed in BU's Photonics Center, the microscope is expected to serve nine...

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...

Oregon Health & Science University (OHSU) received a $742,360 Project Grant award from the National Institutes of Health Office of the Director under the Research Infrastructure Programs (CFDA 93.351) on July 15, 2025, with a completion date of July 14, 2026. The award funds the acquisition of a VEVO F2 LAZR-X dual ultrasound-photoacoustic imaging system (FUJIFILM, VisualSonics) to support in vivo, non-invasive longitudinal imaging of small animal models. This advanced instrumentation...

Federal Project Grant Award Summary The National Eye Institute (NEI) awarded New York University School of Medicine a $673,747 Vision Research project grant (CFDA 93.867) commencing June 1, 2025, and concluding May 31, 2030, to develop advanced optical imaging technology for early detection of age-related macular degeneration (AMD). The research focuses on advancing visible-to-near-infrared spanning optical coherence tomography (OCT) to achieve half-micron axial resolution for retinal imaging,...