Craig Prater
Principal investigator.
Materials
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2018First federal award
$8.6MFederal grants as PI11 awards
9Patents grantedLatest Oct 28, 2025
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Federal awards and patents by year
AwardsPatents
11 awards · $8.6M
| Date | Agency | Award | Amount | Company |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 2, 2025 | NIH | SBIR Phase II Video Rate Photothermal Infrared Spectroscopy (VR-PTIR) | $959K | PHOTOTHERMAL SPECTROSCOPY CORP. |
| Jul 3, 2024 | NIH | SBIR Phase II Video Rate Photothermal Infrared Spectroscopy (VR-PTIR) | $968K | PHOTOTHERMAL SPECTROSCOPY CORP. |
| Aug 15, 2023 | NIH | SBIR Phase II Fluorescence Enhanced Photothermal Infrared Spectroscopy (FE-PTIR) - breakthrough for simultaneous fluorescence microscopy and sub-micron IR spectroscopy | $862K | PHOTOTHERMAL SPECTROSCOPY CORP. |
| Aug 30, 2022 | NIH | SBIR Phase II Fluorescence Enhanced Photothermal Infrared Spectroscopy (FE-PTIR) - breakthrough for simultaneous fluorescence microscopy and sub-micron IR spectroscopy | $865K | PHOTOTHERMAL SPECTROSCOPY CORP. |
| Jun 17, 2021 | DOE | SBIR Phase II Optical Photothermal Infrared (OPTIR) microscope for in-situ characterization of cellular metabolism and chemical processes in cells and tissue | $1.1M | PHOTOTHERMAL SPECTROSCOPY CORP. |
| Apr 19, 2021 | NIH | SBIR Phase II IRaman: Breakthrough biomedical microscope with simultaneous infrared and Raman spectroscopy at sub-micron spatial resolution | $807K | PHOTOTHERMAL SPECTROSCOPY CORP. |
| Apr 2, 2021 | NIH | SBIR Phase I Fluorescence Enhanced Photothermal Infrared Spectroscopy (FE-PTIR)-breakthrough for simultaneous fluorescence microscopy and sub-micron IR spectroscopy | $257K | PHOTOTHERMAL SPECTROSCOPY CORP. |
| Apr 7, 2020 | NIH | SBIR Phase II IRaman: Breakthrough biomedical microscope with simultaneous infrared and Raman spectroscopy at sub-micron spatial resolution | $817K | PHOTOTHERMAL SPECTROSCOPY CORP. |
| May 28, 2019 | DOE | SBIR Phase II Breakthrough Photo-thermal Modulation-based IR Microscope for Sub-micron Characterization of Cellular Metabolism and Chemical Processes within Cells | $1.5M | PHOTOTHERMAL SPECTROSCOPY CORP. |
| Sep 1, 2018 | NIH | SBIR Phase I ConProject-001 | $205K | PHOTOTHERMAL SPECTROSCOPY CORP. |
| Sep 1, 2018 | NIH | SBIR Phase I IRaman: Breakthrough biomedical microscope with simultaneous infrared and Raman spectroscopy at sub-micron spatial resolution | $219K | PHOTOTHERMAL SPECTROSCOPY CORP. |
10 patents as inventor
- US 11982621PHOTOTHERMAL SPECTROSCOPY CORP.May 14, 2024
- US 12209950PHOTOTHERMAL SPECTROSCOPY CORP.Jan 28, 2025
- US 12276603PHOTOTHERMAL SPECTROSCOPY CORP.Apr 15, 2025
- US 12332168PHOTOTHERMAL SPECTROSCOPY CORP.Jun 17, 2025
- US 12369778PHOTOTHERMAL SPECTROSCOPY CORP.Jul 29, 2025
- US 12399117PHOTOTHERMAL SPECTROSCOPY CORP.Aug 26, 2025
- US 12405215PHOTOTHERMAL SPECTROSCOPY CORP.Sep 2, 2025
- US 12416566PHOTOTHERMAL SPECTROSCOPY CORP.Sep 16, 2025
- US 12455242PHOTOTHERMAL SPECTROSCOPY CORP.Oct 28, 2025
- US PHOTOTHERMAL SPECTROSCOPY CORP.—
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Peer ranks
Federal funding#4
Awards as PI#14
Patents#1
Companies
- PHOTOTHERMAL SPECTROSCOPY CORP.Linked by awards · Materials
Federal awards through Oct 21, 2026 and patents through Oct 20, 2026. Awards come from NIH, NSF and other agency records that name a principal investigator; DoD and NASA contract awards do not, so they are not shown here. Researchers are matched by name and company.