# Machine Shop Module

> **NIH NIH P30** · HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL · 2020 · $349,187

## Abstract

Project Summary
While the Neuroengineering Module focuses on fine-scale electronic and optical solutions to investigator needs,
investigators often also require the fabrication and/or modification of large-scale machinery and equipment. The
Machine Shop fills this vital role by closely collaborating with investigators on the design, fabrication, and
optimization of custom equipment, as well as working to disseminate relevant designs to the wider research
community. Machine Shop services have been extensively utilized by area investigators, enabling the production
of wide array of custom experimental equipment, including, but not limited to, virtual reality displays for mouse
visual behavior, an automatic primate-training chair, and 3D printed skulls to guide the targeted implantation of
recording electrodes. Under the guidance of Module Director Dr. Margaret Livingstone, the Machine Shop will
thus continue to provide easily accessible expertise and resources to allow for the rapid prototyping and exploring
of new experimental techniques and approaches, thereby catalyzing innovation across the wider Harvard vision
research community.

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 9968239
- **Project number:** 5P30EY012196-23
- **Recipient organization:** HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL
- **Principal Investigator:** MARGARET S LIVINGSTONE
- **Activity code:** P30 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** NIH
- **Fiscal year:** 2020
- **Award amount:** $349,187
- **Award type:** 5
- **Project period:** — → —

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/9968239

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 9968239, Machine Shop Module (5P30EY012196-23). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-23 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/9968239. Licensed CC0.

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