Cooperative Agreement NA20NOS4780181

This $829,608 Project Grant award, funded by the National Science Foundation's Geosciences Program (CFDA 47.050), supports a five-year effort to address key unknowns surrounding paralytic shellfish poisoning (PSP) in Alaska. The award establishes the "Knowledge Warding Against Toxin Levels Center for Oceans and Human Health," which will be directed by the Sitka Tribe of Alaska's Resource Protection Division and co-directed by a public health academic. The center will conduct three...

This $406,843 Project Grant awarded by the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS) under the Environmental Health program (CFDA 93.113) supports research at the University of South Florida (USF) to investigate the role of G protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs) in the bioluminescence signaling of the red tide dinoflagellate Lingulodinium polyedra. The key objectives are to: 1) evaluate the mRNA levels of a target GPCR candidate (RC3) and its effectors using RT-qPCR and...

Adelphi Technology Inc. received a $400,000 Project Grant award from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration to develop a portable analyzer for ultra-sensitive detection and quantification of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in shellfish. The funding was provided through the NOAA Small Business Innovation Research Program under Assistance Listing 11.021, which seeks to stimulate technological innovation in the private sector and strengthen the role of small businesses in meeting...

This $138,784 Cooperative Agreement awarded by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) under the FDA Research program (CFDA 93.103) will fund the development and validation of an HPLC-FLD (High-Performance Liquid Chromatography with Fluorescence Detection) quantification method for measuring thiamine, thiamine pyrophosphate, and thiamine monophosphate levels in animal feeds, tissues, and blood. The primary objective is to create a standardized method that can be implemented across the...

This Project Grant from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's Small Business Innovation Research Program totaling $150,000 will support the development of rapid diagnostic tests for the parasitic infection Amyloodinium ocellatum in fish. Live Advantage Bait, LLC dba Totally Pelagic will utilize next generation approaches to produce highly specific monoclonal antibodies for A. ocellatum dinospores and develop a lateral flow-based rapid diagnostic test. The NOAA SBIR program...

The Pacific States Marine Fisheries Commission (PSMFC) was awarded a $600,000 Cooperative Agreement from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) under the Unallied Science Program (CFDA 11.472). The purpose of this multi-year program is to promote access to data and related products that inform species status assessments, management processes, and critical fisheries research questions. This will be accomplished by developing a web-based tool to facilitate discovery,...

This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's Geosciences program provides $199,722 to Oregon State University (OSU) to investigate the cause of an unusual mussel mortality event observed along the Oregon and northern California coasts in 2023. The research aims to determine if the mortality, which involves scattered single dead mussels rather than mass die-offs, is linked to a harmful algal bloom. The project involves monthly water sampling to identify dinoflagellate...

This Project Grant award from the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS) under the Environmental Health (CFDA 93.113) program provides $292,368 to the Regents of the University of Michigan to study the production of toxic metabolites by cyanobacterial harmful algal blooms (cyanohabs) and their impacts on human health. The key products and services to be delivered under this 20-month award include: 1) identifying the effects of cyanopeptide mixtures on human cell lines, 2)...

This $332,857 federal Project Grant award from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service under the Fish and Aquatic Conservation - Aquatic Invasive Species (CFDA 15.608) program will support a collaborative research project to evaluate characteristics of prey biochemistry and predator foraging that contribute to thiamine deficiency complex (TDC) in lake trout populations in the Great Lakes region. The key objectives of the project are to: 1) compare the nutritional quality of prey fishes in Lakes...

The National Science Foundation awarded Aqua Science LLC a $255,751 Project Grant under the NSF Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships program to develop new enzyme-linked immunosorbent assays (ELISAs) for detecting per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) in soil and water. The grant period runs from April 15, 2022 through March 31, 2023. Under this award, Aqua Science will develop novel ELISAs to detect perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA) and perfluorooctane sulfonic acid (PFOS), two prevalent...