Federal Grant Award Summary

The National Institutes of Health (NIH) Office of the Director awarded Massachusetts General Hospital's Athinoula A. Martinos Center for Biomedical Imaging a $1,989,130 Project Grant on July 15, 2026, under the Research Infrastructure Programs (CFDA 93.351) to procure and deploy a state-of-the-art GPU compute cluster for biomedical foundational models. The award, which extends through July 14, 2027, funds the acquisition and implementation of high-performance computing (HPC) infrastructure designed to address computational bottlenecks that currently impede advanced research at the Martinos Center. This facility serves as a regional hub providing cutting-edge imaging technologies and computational resources to investigators from MIT, Harvard University, Boston University, Tufts University, and affiliated research hospitals throughout the Boston and Northeastern United States region.

The GPU compute cluster will enable accelerated development and deployment of advanced computational tools for image processing, machine learning, and data visualization critical to analyzing the vast volume of daily biomedical imaging data generated across multiple modalities—including structural and functional MRI, MEG, EEG, NIRS, DOT, and PET—supported by numerous NIH-funded projects. The infrastructure investment addresses aging computational resources that have become a performance and reliability constraint, positioning the Martinos Center to continue its leadership in structural and functional imaging research while advancing both foundational methodologies and translational applications that improve clinical care.