Minus K Technology to give away negative-stiffness vibration isolators to US colleges

With more than 30 years in business, Minus K Technology has had the privilege of working with businesses, universities, and laboratories all over the world, supplying superior passive mechanical vibration isolation products for research within universities, aerospace, audio reproduction, crystal growth, neuroscience, biology, chemistry, quantum computing/research, physics, and many other fields. 

In acknowledgement that academia is the key to these industries, Minus K is giving away $25,000* worth of its patented superior-performing passive mechanical negative-stiffness low-frequency vibration isolators to colleges in the United States. 

These vibration isolators are used with AFMs, electron microscopes, interferometers, laser optical systems, micro hardness testers, and other special equipment that would be assisted by passive mechanical vibration isolation.

Recipients of a Minus K isolator will be chosen based on the proposed use and applicability of the isolators. Winners will be notified via email and will also be posted on Minus K’s website.

The deadline to apply is February 28, 2026.

Entry form and application details are available on Minus K’s website.

Past giveaway winners include: Arizona State University, California Polytechnic State University San Luis Obispo, University of Michigan, City University of New York, Irvine Valley College, Northwestern University, Purdue University, Saint Louis University, Saint Olaf College, Spokane Community College, Stanford University, University of California, Berkeley, University of California Davis, University of California Merced, University of Rochester, University of Tennessee, University of Texas at Dallas, Washington University in Saint Louis, Willamette University, Wabash College, Kent University, Texas Christian University, Indiana University, University of North Texas, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology, Cornell University, Rutgers University, Sam Houston State University, and Wellesley College.

* $25,000 of retail products will consist of at least one each of the following models of negative-stiffness vibration isolators: WS-4, BM-1, BM-4, BM-8, BM-10, and CM-1. Based on the information provided within grant forms Minus K may substitute different models to best accommodate the application and payload needs.

For more information, please contact Steve Varma, Operations Manager, Minus K Technology, Inc.; 460 Hindry Ave., Unit C, Inglewood, CA 90301; Phone 310-348-9656.