The CAFNR Office of Research has awarded its most recent Equipment Matching Grants, which provide matching support for the purchase of major equipment that will advance the infrastructure available for research and will help improve research metrics identified in the CAFNR Strategic Plan. The equipment must be shared by several faculty members.
In total, this funding period saw matching grants of $114,000 from CAFNR, with a total acquisition cost of $551,000 for all equipment. Recipients included:
- Stephanie Gates, MicroCal PEAQ-iTC
- Feng Lin, Perten DA 7250 GP NIR Analyzer
- Thiago Martins, Ovum pick-up (OPU) equipment
- Jasmine Neupane, Portable X-ray Fluorescence Analyzer
- Cecilia Rocha, Cell culture equipment
- Gurbir Singh, John Deer 6R 120 Precision Tractor
- Peng Tian, Maxwell RSC 48 for Plant Diagnostic Clinic
Applications are due September 30 of each year. Find more information on the CAFNR Research website.