Project Grant R43OD023029

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...

This $769,749 Project Grant from the National Institutes of Health's National Institute of General Medical Sciences will support the development of Fluorescence Enhanced Photothermal Infrared Spectroscopy (FE-PTIR) technology by Photothermal Spectroscopy Corp. The FE-PTIR technique aims to provide simultaneous fluorescence microscopy and sub-micron infrared spectroscopy to map the distribution of fluorescently labeled biomolecules within cells and tissues while also analyzing their chemical...

The University of California Irvine received a $1.207 million Project Grant from the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute under the Cardiovascular Diseases Research program (CFDA 93.837) to develop an integrated multimodal intravascular imaging system combining Optical Coherence Tomography (OCT), Intravascular Ultrasound (IVUS), and Photoacoustic Tomography (PAT). The award, dated August 15, 2025, with completion targeted for May 31, 2029, funds development of a confocal imaging probe and...

Federal Project Grant Award Summary The National Institutes of Health (NIH) Office of the Director awarded Massachusetts General Hospital $1,061,520 under the Research Infrastructure Programs (CFDA 93.351) on May 1, 2026, to procure a VisuaSonics VEVO F2 LAZR-X20 photoacoustic and ultrasound imaging system. This multi-modal imaging platform will replace an outdated VEVO 2100 LAZR system and serve as a shared research resource for eight major users, five minor users, and four early-career...

The University of Michigan was awarded a $1.8 million project grant from the National Institutes of Health Office of the Director under the Research Infrastructure Programs federal grant program to purchase a Leica SP8 confocal microscope. The microscope will support over 30 investigators at the University engaged in diabetes, vision, and retinal research by replacing two aging microscopes in the university's shared imaging facility. The new microscope will provide high-speed resonant scanning...

The University of Chicago received a $725,545 Project Grant award dated June 1, 2026, from the National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS) under the Biomedical Research and Research Training program (CFDA 93.859) to procure a high-end laser scanning confocal microscope for the Integrated Light Microscopy Facility (ILMF). The award funds the purchase of an Evident FluoView 4000 confocal microscope system, a 2024-released instrument equipped with advanced silicon photomultiplier...

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 $573,147 National Science Foundation Project Grant through the Integrative Activities program (CFDA 47.083) will fund the acquisition of a Zeiss LSM 900 confocal microscope with Airyscan for Queens College of the City University of New York's Core Facility for Imaging, Cell, and Molecular Biology. The microscope will enhance multidisciplinary research and training at the minority-serving institution by enabling new microscopy courses and outreach activities promoting STEM access for...

This Project Grant award of $1,249,099 from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) Trans-NIH Research Support program (CFDA 93.310) supports the development of a new class of small, bright, tunable, and biocompatible near-infrared (NIR-II) fluorescent probes for deep tissue molecular imaging. The University of California, Irvine (UC Irvine) will create a palette of DNA-stabilized silver nanoclusters (AgN-DNA) that emit in the NIR-II tissue transparency window (1,000-1,700 nm). These new...

Federal Project Grant Award Summary The University of Pennsylvania received $749,993.00 in Project Grant funding from the National Institutes of Health Office of the Director under the Research Infrastructure Programs (CFDA 93.351) to procure an Olympus FV4000-MPE multiphoton laser scanning microscope equipped with a Spectra-Physics tunable infrared Ti:Sapphire pulsed laser. The award, dated July 15, 2025, with a completion date of July 14, 2026, establishes the first multiphoton intravital...