Invenio-R FTIR Spectrometer Hyperion Microscope

This purchase is exempt from the usual selection processes of the Procurement Code because the procurement expenditure is for performing sponsored research and other sponsored activities under grants and contracts funded by the sponsor or by sources other than State appropriations. (30 ILCS 500 / 1-13(b)(8)) The University has a grant that supports new research at the interface of chemistry, physics and materials science. This instrument will help the University deliver on the program that it outlined in its grant proposal. If the University does not purchase this instrument, the university will not be able to deliver on what it said that it would do in terms of its research and development objectives as approved by the sponsor. The instrument is critical for the University to make progress on these research objectives.