Project Grant S15OD042589
- The National Institutes of Health Office of the Director awarded the Regents of the University of Michigan $348,594 on September 1, 2026, to acquire a Beckman Biomek I7 automated liquid-handling workstation equipped with a HEPA-filtered hood for the Center for Chemical Genomics high-throughput screening core facility. The Center for Chemical Genomics, located within the Life Sciences Institute at the University of Michigan, operates a high-throughput screening facility serving U-M faculty and...
- The Department of Health and Human Services National Institutes of Health Office of the Director awarded Northwestern University $527,651 on June 1, 2026, under the Research Infrastructure Programs (CFDA 93.351) to acquire a 96-channel high-throughput biolayer interferometry instrument (RH96 OCTET). The instrument enables quantitative measurements of protein-protein and protein-small molecule interactions of up to 96 samples simultaneously, using small sample volumes and requiring minimal...
- The Department of Health and Human Services National Institutes of Health Office of the Director awarded Yale University $345,676 on September 1, 2026, under the Research Infrastructure Programs (CFDA 93.351) to acquire a Biomek I7 Hybrid automated liquid handler for the Yale Center for Molecular Discovery. The Biomek I7 Hybrid is a state-of-the-art liquid handling platform that automates high- and medium-throughput laboratory workflows with precision, flexibility, and efficiency. YCMD, a...
- The Department of Health and Human Services National Institutes of Health Office of the Director awarded Vanderbilt University $250,000 on September 1, 2026, under the Research Infrastructure Programs (CFDA 93.351) to acquire an ASFA Spotter V6.7 HE automated liquid handling system for the Vanderbilt Institute of Chemical Biology High-Throughput Screening Core Facility. The equipment addresses a critical bottleneck in scaling organoid and other three-dimensional culture models for...
- The National Institute of General Medical Sciences awarded The University of Chicago $2.506 million on June 1, 2026, under the Biomedical Research and Research Training program (CFDA 93.859) to advance electric-field-stimulated X-ray crystallography (EFX) as a method for observing protein dynamics at atomic resolution. The research develops hardware, software, and computational capabilities to broaden EFX application and accessibility. Specific deliverables include installation and testing of...
- The National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute awarded The University of Chicago $817,976 on August 1, 2026, under the Cardiovascular Diseases Research program (CFDA 93.837) to develop single molecule footprinting methods for studying gene regulation in cardiac differentiation and disease. The recipient will combine methyltransferase-based chromatin measurement with native long-read sequencing to assess chromatin accessibility, nucleosome positioning, transcription factor binding, and DNA...
- The Department of Health and Human Services National Institutes of Health Office of the Director awarded Northwestern University $436,640 on May 15, 2026, under the Research Infrastructure Programs (CFDA 93.351) to purchase an AXL Cleared Tissue Lightsheet microscope system for the Center for Advanced Microscopy. The Center for Advanced Microscopy, the only microscopy-based core facility on Northwestern's Chicago campus, serves approximately 750 users from 300 laboratories annually. The facility...
- The National Institute of General Medical Sciences, a component of the Department of Health and Human Services National Institutes of Health, awarded 37Degrees, Inc. $360,247 on September 1, 2026, under the Biomedical Research and Research Training program (CFDA 93.859, assistance type: Project Grant). The award funds development of photoacoustic microscopy systems for non-destructive, three-dimensional imaging of live and incubated engineered tissue. The project addresses a critical gap in...
- The National Institute of General Medical Sciences awarded the Trustees of Indiana University $727,263 on September 10, 2025, under CFDA 93.859 (Biomedical Research and Research Training) to develop an intelligent droplet acoustofluidic platform for automated liquid-liquid handling and monitoring in biomedical research. The award funds design, fabrication, integration, and validation of an acoustofluidics-based system that combines digital acoustofluidics with artificial intelligence-driven...
- The National Institutes of Health Office of the Director awarded The University of Chicago $137,760 under the Trans-NIH Research Support program (CFDA 93.310) on September 1, 2026, to develop and translate statistical software tools for genomics research. The award funds development of high-quality statistical software addressing three areas where existing tools are lacking: fine-mapping of health- and disease-related quantitative trait loci (QTLs), including molecular QTLs; gene set...
The Department of Health and Human Services National Institutes of Health Office of the Director awarded The University of Chicago $350,000 on September 1, 2026, under the Research Infrastructure Programs (CFDA 93.351) to acquire and integrate an ECHO 650 acoustic liquid handler for the Cellular Screening Center. The ECHO 650 employs acoustic droplet ejection technology to enable contactless, tip-free dispensing at nanoliter scales, supporting one-to-one, one-to-many, and many-to-many drug dispensing configurations. The system will enable transition to 1536-well plate formats, increasing screening throughput and compound library capacity by an order of magnitude beyond current capabilities. The equipment will support assay designs including large-scale parallel IC50 measurement and orthogonal hit validation for NIH-funded research programs spanning cancer immunotherapy, infectious disease, genetics, cell biology, and multi-omics studies. Core facilities including Proteomics, Metabolomics, Genomics, Cytometry, Organoid and Primary Culture Research Cores, and the Center for Chemical Biology and Therapeutics will benefit from increased throughput, reproducibility, and assay miniaturization. The University of Chicago will provide institutional funding for integration of the ECHO 650 into the Cellular Screening Center automation deck to ensure long-term sustainability. Performance occurs in Chicago, Illinois, with a period of performance from September 1, 2026, through August 31, 2027. This is a Project Grant assistance type.
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Not listed | $350.0k | 8/20/26 |