Project Grant S10OD040129
- Federal Grant Award Summary The National Institutes of Health Office of the Director awarded $530,050 to The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center on May 15, 2026, under the Research Infrastructure Programs (CFDA 93.351) to acquire a JEOL JEM-120I (HC) 120 kilovolt Transmission Electron Microscope (TEM) for the institution's Electron Microscopy Core Facility (EMCF). This project grant supports the replacement of a 19-year-old TEM that is nearing end-of-life due to failing cameras and...
- Federal Project Grant Award Summary The National Institutes of Health Office of the Director awarded $1,022,134 to the University of Maryland, Baltimore under the Research Infrastructure Programs (CFDA 93.351) on September 25, 2025, for a one-year performance period ending September 24, 2026. This Project Grant supports the establishment and operation of advanced shared research infrastructure at UMB's newly constructed Health Science Facility III, specifically leveraging integrated Positron...
- Federal Grant Award Summary The University of Maryland, Baltimore (UMB) received a $699,000 Project Grant award from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) Office of the Director under the Research Infrastructure Programs (CFDA 93.351) to procure and install a state-of-the-art helium recovery system within the UMB Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR) Core Facility. The award, effective July 1, 2025, through June 30, 2027, will enable the institution to recover and recycle liquid helium used to...
- Federal Grant Award Summary The University of Maryland, Baltimore (UMB) received a $750,000 Project Grant award from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) Office of the Director under the Research Infrastructure Programs (CFDA 93.351) to acquire a Nanion Technologies Syncropatch 384 automated patch-clamp instrument. The award, obligated on May 1, 2026 with completion targeted for April 30, 2027, supports the purchase of specialized electrophysiology equipment that will enable high-throughput...
- Summary of Federal Project Grant Award Temple University received a $3.37 million Major Research Instrumentation (MRI) award from the National Science Foundation's Office of Integrative Activities (CFDA 47.083) on September 1, 2025, for the acquisition and implementation of a multiscale 3-dimensional imaging and analytics platform. The award supports procurement and installation of a cutting-edge 3-beam system integrating Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM), Focused Ion Beam (FIB), and...
- Federal Grant Award Summary Albert Einstein College of Medicine received a $750,000 Project Grant award from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) Office of the Director under the Research Infrastructure Programs (CFDA 93.351) on May 15, 2026, with a completion date of May 15, 2027. The award funds the acquisition of a new Schottky field emission scanning electron microscope (FE-SEM) with serial block-face imaging (SBF-SEM) capability for the Analytical Imaging Facility (AIF), a multi-user...
- Federal Grant Award Summary The University of Maryland, College Park received a $310,000 Project Grant award dated July 1, 2025, from the National Science Foundation's Office of Advanced Cyberinfrastructure under the Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CISE) program (CFDA 47.070). The three-year initiative, titled CITEAM (Cyberinfrastructure Training and Education for Leveraging Advanced Electron Microscopy in Materials Science), develops an innovative training program addressing...
- Federal Grant Award Summary The University of Maryland, Baltimore received a $418,255 Project Grant award from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) Office of the Director under the Research Infrastructure Programs (CFDA 93.351) for the period May 1, 2026 through April 30, 2027. The award funds the acquisition and installation of an X-RAD 320 irradiator equipped with OPTIMAX imaging technology to replace aging radiation delivery equipment at the Division of Translational Radiation Sciences...
- Federal Grant Award Summary The University of Miami received a $590,000 Project Grant award dated August 1, 2025, under the Research Infrastructure Programs (CFDA 93.351) administered by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) Office of the Director. The award funds the acquisition of a Leica Stellaris 5 upright confocal microscope to replace an obsolete 18-year-old Leica SP-5 confocal microscope dedicated to live animal imaging applications. The new instrument will provide high-resolution...
- Federal Project Grant Award Summary The Johns Hopkins University received a $740,044 Project Grant from the National Institutes of Health Office of the Director under the Research Infrastructure Programs (CFDA 93.351) on July 15, 2025, for the acquisition and deployment of an Olympus FV-4000 confocal microscope. This advanced imaging system addresses critical limitations in confocal microscopy research by integrating silicon photomultiplier (SiPM) technology, high-speed resonance scanning...
The University of Maryland, Baltimore (UMB) received a $674,156 Project Grant award from the National Institutes of Health Office of the Director under the Research Infrastructure Programs (CFDA 93.351) on May 15, 2026, with a completion date of May 14, 2027. The award funds the acquisition and installation of a Thermo Fisher Scientific Talos L120C G2 120 kilovolt transmission electron microscope (TEM) to replace a decommissioned 20-year-old instrument at UMB's Electron Microscopy Core Imaging Facility (EMCIF). The new TEM will serve 24 NIH-funded investigators conducting biomedical research across the institution and provide advanced imaging capabilities featuring high-contrast, high-resolution optics, a lanthanum hexaboride electron source, and 16-megapixel CMOS digital camera technology suitable for biological sample analysis. The acquired TEM will be administered by EMCIF, part of the Center for Innovative Biomedical Resources, and will be positioned in the existing pre-engineered microscope facility at UMB's Baltimore campus. The instrument includes user-friendly operational features such as motorized stage, automated apertures, alignment recall functions, and remote operation capabilities that enable staff training, fee-for-service offerings to external users, and efficient core facility management. EMCIF, jointly supported by UMB's School of Dentistry and School of Medicine, will provide sample preparation training and instrument operation guidance to users across the UMB campus and broader University of Maryland System, replacing critical research infrastructure capability lost following the previous TEM's decommissioning.Federal Project Grant Award Summary
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Not listed | $674.2k | 5/15/26 |