The National Institutes of Health (NIH) awarded a $749,854 Project Grant under the Research Infrastructure Programs (CFDA 93.351) to Albany Medical College to acquire an Olympus FVMPE-RS multiphoton microscope. This specialized microscope will enable intravital imaging capabilities to support advanced biomedical research across multiple NIH-funded investigators at Albany Medical College and other institutions in the Albany Capital District. The instrument will allow for high-resolution,...
The National Institutes of Health (NIH) awarded a $170,675 Project Grant under the Research Infrastructure Programs (CFDA 93.351) to The McLaughlin Research Institute for Biomedical Sciences, Inc. in Great Falls, Montana. The grant funding will be used to purchase an APX100 benchtop fluorescence microscope and slide scanner to enhance the institute's imaging capabilities and support ongoing NIH-funded research projects. The new system will provide automated full slide workflow, advanced...
The National Institutes of Health (NIH) awarded a $738,752 Project Grant under the Research Infrastructure Programs (CFDA 93.351) to The Regents of the University of Colorado (CU) to purchase an Evident Scientific (Olympus) SPINSR super-resolution spinning disk confocal microscope. This high-performance shared resource microscope will replace CU's obsolete technology and provide advanced live-cell and fixed-sample imaging capabilities not available on their current structured illumination...
This Project Grant award from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) under the Research Infrastructure Programs (CFDA 93.351) provides $1,964,800.00 to The Research Foundation For The State University Of New York (Stony Brook University) to upgrade the X-ray area detector for the Frontier Microfocusing Macromolecular Crystallography (FMX) beamline at the National Synchrotron Light Source-II (NSLS-II). The new Eiger2 XE 9M detector with a 450 mm silicon sensor will enable higher frame rates,...
This $635,689 Project Grant award from the National Institutes of Health (CFDA 93.351 - Research Infrastructure Programs) will provide funding to The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio (UTHSCSA) to acquire a state-of-the-art ZEISS LSM 980 confocal microscope with Airyscan 2 technology. This new advanced imaging instrument will upgrade UTHSCSA's Optical Imaging Core Facility, which supports over 80 NIH-funded research projects across diverse biomedical disciplines. The...
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...
This Project Grant award from the National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering (NIBIB), under the Discovery and Applied Research for Technological Innovations to Improve Human Health program (CFDA 93.286), will fund the development of two fiber-based amplifier and detection systems (F-BADS) to enhance laser scanning microscopy (LSM) capabilities. The first F-BADS will employ Raman amplification in multi-mode fibers to provide gain in the visible spectrum, while the second will use...
This $505,387 Project Grant award from the National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS) under the Biomedical Research and Research Training Program (CFDA 93.859) will enable the Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York to acquire a ZEISS LSM 900 with Airyscan 2 microscope system. This advanced imaging system will be incorporated into the university's existing Advanced Tissue Pathology and Imaging (ATPI) Core facilities to support a wide range of biomedical research...
This Project Grant award from the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA) under the Alcohol Research Programs (CFDA 93.273) provides $248,443 to San Jose State University Research Foundation to acquire an Andor BC43 spinning disk confocal microscope. This new instrument will complement the university's existing line-scanning confocal microscope, which is outdated, and enable enhanced visualization of dynamic biological processes in live mammalian cells. The award will expand...
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 from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) Research Infrastructure Programs (CFDA 93.351) will provide $277,529 to the Research Foundation for the State University of New York (RF-SUNY) at the University at Albany for the acquisition of an Evident SlideView VS200 research slide scanner. This advanced microscope automates image acquisition using multiple observation methods and allows for rapid and safe loading/unloading of up to 210 slides. The award, which has an ultimate completion date of May 14, 2026, will enable streamlined workflows and support diverse research programs in the Capital District region across fields such as cellular neuroscience, stem cell biology, and microbial communities. The slide scanner will be the first of its kind available for shared use in the region, enhancing interdisciplinary collaborative research capabilities at the University at Albany and neighboring institutions like Albany Medical Center and Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute.