# Administrative Supplement to Purchase an FT-IR Spectrometer

> **NIH NIH R35** · UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO · 2024 · $20,702

## Abstract

Funds are requested to replace a broken FT-IR spectrometer’s base unit. The old instrument was used
for every study conducted under the parent award due to the necessity of characterizing synthesized
compounds by FT-IR spectroscopy and disseminating that data in the literature. The proposed purchase
is of a Bruker ALPHA II base unit with a compact footprint that allows it to be housed inside a nitrogen-
filled glovebox, thus enabling measurements to be done under inert atmosphere for air-sensitive samples.
This setup matches the one used with the old instrument, a Bruker ALPHA I, whose diamond ATR and
transmittance sampling modules are fully compatible with the ALPHA II and do not need replacing.
Procuring the instrument and restoring the FT-IR experimental setup is critical to continuation of research
in the parent award. Examples in the Research Strategy illustrate the importance of FT-IR in case studies.

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 11100857
- **Project number:** 3R35GM140850-04S1
- **Recipient organization:** UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO
- **Principal Investigator:** Neal P Mankad
- **Activity code:** R35 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** NIH
- **Fiscal year:** 2024
- **Award amount:** $20,702
- **Award type:** 3
- **Project period:** 2021-06-01 → 2026-05-31

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/11100857

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 11100857, Administrative Supplement to Purchase an FT-IR Spectrometer (3R35GM140850-04S1). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-27 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/11100857. Licensed CC0.

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