This federal Project Grant award from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) under the Research Infrastructure Programs (CFDA 93.351) provides $392,500 to Mainehealth, a non-profit healthcare system based in Portland, Maine, to purchase a Bruker SkyScan1276 CMOS in vivo microCT imaging system. This new state-of-the-art preclinical microCT system will replace Mainehealth's aging imaging equipment and enable the organization's Small Animal Imaging Facility to continue providing high-resolution...
This Project Grant award from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) Office of Research Infrastructure Programs (CFDA 93.351 - Research Infrastructure Programs) provides $2,000,000 in funding to upgrade the University of Iowa's existing Siemens SOMATOM Force research CT scanner to a new Siemens NAEOTOM Alpha photon-counting CT scanner. The upgraded scanner will eliminate beam hardening artifacts, reduce electronic noise, and offer improved spatial resolution and material separation capabilities...
This $341,830 federal Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Integrative Activities program (CFDA 47.083) provides funding to Occidental College to acquire a Rigaku CT Lab HX130 microCT scanner. The microCT scanner will support a wide range of biological research and enable non-destructive sampling for Occidental College's natural history collections, which collectively house over one million specimens. Faculty and students will use the instrument across applications...
This $576,756 Project Grant awarded by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) under the Research Infrastructure Programs (CFDA 93.351) will fund the acquisition of a state-of-the-art MicroPET/CT small animal imaging scanner for the University of Wisconsin Small Animal Imaging and Radiotherapy Facility (SAIRF). The new scanner will replace the aging Siemens Inveon system and provide enhanced imaging capabilities to support numerous NIH-funded research projects at the university. Key goals of the...
The National Institutes of Health (NIH) Office of the Director awarded a $669,612 Project Grant under the Research Infrastructure Programs (CFDA 93.351) to the Augusta University Research Institute, Inc. (doing business as Georgia Health Sciences) in Augusta, Georgia. The grant will fund the acquisition of an in vivo micro-computed tomography (microCT) imaging system to enhance the precision, rigor, and reproducibility of NIH-funded research projects at the institution. The new high-resolution...
The federal Project Grant award from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) under the Research Infrastructure Programs (CFDA 93.351) provides $1,391,522.00 to the Sloan-Kettering Institute for Cancer Research located in New York, NY. The funding will support the acquisition of a Super Argus PET/CT 6R small-animal imaging system to replace the institute's aging Inveon MicroPET/MicroCT scanner. The new PET/CT system will enable longitudinal, non-invasive monitoring of cancer and other disease...
This $405,777 Project Grant award from the National Institutes of Health (CFDA 93.351 - Research Infrastructure Programs) will enable the University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (UTHealth) to acquire a state-of-the-art Nanowizard V Atomic Force Microscope. The new microscope will replace UTHealth's outdated and unreliable 17-year-old system, providing enhanced applications and capabilities to support the advanced biomedical research needs of over 11 NIH-funded investigators across...
This $827,060 Project Grant awarded by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) under the Research Infrastructure Programs (CFDA 93.351) will fund the acquisition of a new Mediso NanoScan preclinical SPECT-CT scanner at Case Western Reserve University (CWRU). The new scanner will restore SPECT-CT imaging capabilities in the Cleveland region that were lost prior to the COVID-19 pandemic, and will support a broad range of basic science research at CWRU and surrounding institutions. Key capabilities...
This National Science Foundation Project Grant award of $534,617 provides funding for Western Washington University to acquire a micro-computed tomography scanner to support interdisciplinary research and education. The scanner will be used by at least 10 faculty across five departments in fields such as geosciences, anthropology, and materials science to advance research projects exploring topics like volcano dynamics, primate evolution, and ocean acidification effects. It will also...
This $344,118 Project Grant awarded by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) under the Research Infrastructure Programs (CFDA 93.351) will fund the acquisition of an Asylum Research MFP-3D-BIO Atomic Force Microscope (AFM) integrated with an Olympus IX73 inverted fluorescent microscope at Michigan Technological University. This Bio-AFM system will enable Michigan Tech researchers to visualize and analyze cells, biomolecules, and viruses at the nanoscale, providing capabilities to study cell...
This federal Project Grant award from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) under the Research Infrastructure Programs (CFDA 93.351) provides $412,365.00 to Nova Southeastern University to acquire a new high-performance micro-computed tomography (micro-CT) system. The grant will enable the university to replace an aging micro-CT instrument that is near the end of its lifecycle, ensuring continuity of critical 3D imaging capabilities for ongoing biomedical research projects across multiple scientific disciplines at NSU and neighboring institutions. The new micro-CT system will facilitate a range of studies, including bone regeneration, cancer biology, oral/craniofacial skeletal biology, HIV, antibiotic resistance, and aging-associated bone diseases. The award will be executed over a 1-year period from Sep 1, 2024 to Aug 31, 2025, supporting the purchase, installation, and implementation of the advanced micro-CT instrument and analysis software to enhance the university's research infrastructure and accelerate scientific discoveries.