Project Grant S15OD039797
- The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a $431,976 Project Grant under the Integrative Activities (CFDA 47.083) program to the University of Texas at Austin (UT Austin) to acquire helium recovery equipment for quantum materials research and nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) facilities. The equipment establishes a helium recycling system to recapture and recondense exhaust helium gas, ensuring the continuation of critical low-temperature research in physics, chemistry, and engineering at...
- This Project Grant award for $280,987 was provided by the National Science Foundation (NSF) under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences Program (CFDA 47.049) to Stony Brook University. The funds are supporting the acquisition of a helium recovery system to capture and reliquefy helium from five nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectrometers at the university. This equipment will address challenges posed by global helium supply instability, ensuring continued operation of the critical NMR...
- The U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a $185,156 Project Grant under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences (CFDA 47.049) program to the University of Oklahoma (OU) to acquire a helium recovery and liquefier system. This equipment will support the operation of five nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectrometers used by eight tenure-track faculty and their research teams in the OU Chemistry and Biochemistry Department. The helium recovery system will collect and re-liquefy helium...
- The University of Maryland, Baltimore (UMB) was awarded a $349,500 Project Grant under the National Institutes of Health (NIH) Office of Research Infrastructure Programs (CFDA 93.351) to install a state-of-the-art helium recovery system within the UMB NMR Core Facility. This system will benefit the UMB scientific community by providing significant cost savings, protecting their NIH-funded NMR spectrometers from liquid helium shortages, and supporting the university's sustainability initiatives...
- This $298,422 federal Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Integrative Activities program (CFDA 47.083) supports Baylor University's acquisition of a helium recovery system for their NMR core research facility. The project enables Baylor to capture and reliquefy approximately 90% of the 1,000 liters of liquid helium used annually by their five NMR spectrometers, providing a sustainable and cost-effective supply of high-purity helium to support a wide range of...
- The National Science Foundation (NSF) Office of Integrative Activities awarded a $287,576 Project Grant to the University of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB) to acquire a helium recovery system for its magnetic resonance research facilities. The award will enable UCSB to mitigate the impacts of the global helium supply crisis on their state-of-the-art materials characterization capabilities, which support over 50 research groups across disciplines like chemistry, physics, materials science,...
- This $320,810 National Science Foundation project grant supports the acquisition of a helium recovery and liquefaction system by Indiana University Bloomington. Funded under the NSF's Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049), the system will capture helium gas evaporating from eight nuclear magnetic resonance spectrometers in the university's NMR facility. By recycling this helium into liquid form for reuse, the facility expects to substantially reduce its annual purchases of...
- This $322,300 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation Division of Molecular and Cellular Biosciences, under the Biological Sciences federal grant program (CFDA 47.074), will support Brown University's acquisition of helium recovery equipment. The equipment will recapture and reliquefy the helium released from three nuclear magnetic resonance spectrometers in Brown University's Structural Biology Core Facility. Recycling the approximately 2,200 liters of liquid helium used per year...
- The National Science Foundation (NSF) Biological Sciences (CFDA 47.074) Federal Grant Program has awarded $415,580 to the University of Florida (UF) to install a helium liquefaction system in the Advanced Magnetic Resonance Imaging and Spectroscopy (AMRIS) facility. This equipment grant will improve the ability to preserve helium, a critical and limited resource, and ensure a reliable supply of liquid helium to support the operation of superconducting magnets used for magnetic resonance...
- This $2,000,000 Project Grant awarded by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) Office of Research Infrastructure Programs (CFDA 93.351) supports the upgrade and maintenance of a 14T/600 MHz high-field nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectrometer and microimager at Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH). This cutting-edge biomedical research instrument has made significant contributions to diverse fields, including contrast agent development, tissue pathology, and the study of conditions like...
This federal Project Grant award from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) Office of Research Infrastructure Programs (ORIP) under CFDA 93.351 for $346,350 will fund the installation of a helium capture and reliquefaction system at the University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio (UTHSA) to support the operation of their nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) facility. The system will enable UTHSA to recycle and reuse helium gas used to maintain the superconducting magnets in their NMR spectrometers, reducing the facility's reliance on increasingly scarce and expensive liquid helium. This will enhance the NMR facility's operations, lower costs for researchers, and support the growing user base that relies on these advanced characterization capabilities for their NIH-funded biomedical research projects. The award has a project period from August 1, 2025 to July 31, 2026.
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Not listed | $346.4k | 8/1/25 |