# National Biomedical Center for Advanced ESR Technology (ACERT)

> **NIH NIH P41** · CORNELL UNIVERSITY · 2020 · $1,014,666

## Abstract

PROJECT SUMMARY/ABSTRACT:
This is a P41 renewal proposal to continue the National Biomedical Center for Advance ESR Technology
(ACERT). Four principal areas of Technology Research and Development (TR&D) will be emphasized. They
consist of 1) High-Sensitivity Pulse Dipolar ESR Spectroscopy and 2D-FT ESR from X to Ka Band; 2) Electron
Spin Resonance with Ultra-High Sensitivity for Very Small Biological Samples; 3) Developments in High
Frequency ESR, and 4) Improved Computational Methods for ESR Analysis and Spectral Processing.
Extensive Driven Biomedical Projects and other collaborations with biomedical researchers will greatly benefit
from these TR&Ds, which in turn are driven by the DBP needs for the new and improved ESR technologies.
Thus, there is an important synergism amongst the TR&Ds and the DBPs. The technologies being developed
at ACERT are in many respects unique in the world. The extensive DBP's and collaborative/service projects at
ACERT will continue to bring these modern ESR methods to the forefront of biomedical research, especially as
the additional challenges are addressed in the TR&D's. This includes our plans to increase spectral sensitivity
in our ACERT spectrometers, for which the demands continue to grow. The plans for dissemination and
training address the need to bring these new technologies to other laboratories in the USA and elsewhere in
addition to making the facilities available to outside scientists, publishing and advertising the results of the
Center and running workshops on the new methodologies.

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 9897567
- **Project number:** 5P41GM103521-19
- **Recipient organization:** CORNELL UNIVERSITY
- **Principal Investigator:** Jack H Freed
- **Activity code:** P41 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** NIH
- **Fiscal year:** 2020
- **Award amount:** $1,014,666
- **Award type:** 5
- **Project period:** 2012-09-01 → 2022-03-31

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/9897567

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 9897567, National Biomedical Center for Advanced ESR Technology (ACERT) (5P41GM103521-19). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-23 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/9897567. Licensed CC0.

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