Project Grant R43GM128499

This Project Grant award from the National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS) under the Biomedical Research and Research Training program (CFDA 93.859) provides $306,675 to Doty Scientific Inc. to develop innovative low-loss bi-directional terahertz (THz) couplers. These couplers are critical components for enabling affordable high-field magic angle spinning dynamic nuclear polarization (MAS-DNP) nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) systems, which are crucial for advancing structural...

Professor Ramanathan's group at Dartmouth College was awarded a $772,936 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's Mathematical and Physical Sciences program to develop methods for improving the sensitivity of nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy. The group will work to enhance dynamic nuclear polarization signals through the use of substitutional nitrogen impurity centers in diamond, with the goals of enabling NMR studies of smaller sample volumes at the nano and microscale....

This Project Grant award for $298,000, provided by the National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Chemistry under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences (CFDA 47.049) program, supports collaborative research between professors at Southern Illinois University Carbondale and Wayne State University. The project aims to improve the sensitivity of nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) through the development of new, cost-effective means of enhancing nuclear...

The National Science Foundation (NSF), through its Integrative Activities program (CFDA 47.083), awarded a $1,815,774 project grant to Florida State University (FSU) to acquire a state-of-the-art pulsed electron paramagnetic resonance (EPR) spectrometer operating at 9 and 34 gigahertz frequencies. This advanced instrument will enable research and education in a wide range of fields, including chemistry, biochemistry, physics, materials science, and quantum information science. The spectrometer...

This federal Project Grant award from the National Institutes of Health Office of the Director (CFDA #93.351 - Research Infrastructure Programs) provides $456,827 to The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York to acquire a Bruker Biospin QCI-P cryoprobe and cryoplatform to be installed on an existing 600 MHz NMR magnet system. The requested instrumentation will enhance sensitivity and capabilities for modern NMR experiments, particularly those utilizing the 31P nucleus to study...

This $283,430 federal Project Grant awarded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Chemistry under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences (CFDA 47.049) program supports collaborative research between Southern Illinois University Carbondale (SIU) and Wayne State University to enhance the sensitivity and capabilities of nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) techniques. The key objectives of this 3-year project are to: (i) improve the understanding of...

The National Science Foundation awarded a $798,809 project grant to Tulane University under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) to acquire a 600 MHz nuclear magnetic resonance spectrometer. The spectrometer will support research in structural biology, supramolecular chemistry, polymer chemistry, and organic chemistry conducted by Professor Bruce Gibb and colleagues. It will enhance research and education efforts for over 16 research groups from Tulane University and...

This Project Grant award from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) under the Research Infrastructure Programs (CFDA 93.351) provides $378,171 to Michigan State University (MSU) to acquire an 800 MHz NMR spectrometer equipped with a 0.7 mm ultrafast magic-angle spinning (MAS) probe. The new instrument will enable cutting-edge NMR experiments with enhanced resolution and sensitivity for characterizing fully protonated and native cellular samples, reducing experimental time, and supporting...

This federal Project Grant award from the National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS) Biomedical Research and Research Training Program (CFDA 93.859) provides $1,899,160 to Northwestern University to acquire a state-of-the-art pulsed Q-band electron paramagnetic resonance (EPR) spectrometer. The instrument will be a multi-user shared resource at the university's Integrated Molecular Structure Education and Research Center (IMSERC) facility, accessible to all Northwestern researchers...

This $2,998,500 project grant from the National Institutes of Health's Office of the Director through the Research Infrastructure Programs (CFDA 93.351) will fund the purchase of a cryoprobe-enabled Bruker Avance NEO 500 MHz NMR spectrometer. The spectrometer will be installed at Boston College's Magnetic Resonance Center to replace aging equipment and enhance research capabilities. As the sole provider of high-field NMR services for Boston College faculty, 67% of whom conduct NIH-funded...