Project Grant 80NSSC25K0014

This $399,994 National Science Foundation project grant through the Biological Sciences program (CFDA 47.074) supports research at the University of California Santa Cruz from October 1, 2022 to September 30, 2024. The research aims to evaluate past efforts integrating initiatives focused on Ethical, Legal and Social Implications and Diversity, Equity and Inclusion issues into science and engineering research projects in genomics, neuroscience and artificial intelligence. Through content...

This National Science Foundation (NSF) CAREER grant, awarded through the Biological Sciences program (CFDA 47.074) to Tulane University, funds a five-year research initiative spanning June 1, 2026 through May 31, 2031 with $504,681 in obligated federal funding. The project will develop a quantitative biophysical framework linking intramolecular energy flow to enzyme function, with the central research objective of understanding how energy redistribution following ligand binding regulates...

This federal Project Grant award of $430,257 from the National Science Foundation's STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076) supports a project to examine the current state of Discipline-Based Education Research (DBER) and its application to improving undergraduate STEM education. The project aims to convene a planning committee and host a public workshop in Washington, D.C. to systematically review progress in DBER since a previous National Academies report in 2012, identify gaps in research and...

The University of California, San Diego will receive $1.5 million over five years from the National Science Foundation under its Biological Sciences program (CFDA 47.074) to conduct a project titled "CHEMOENZYMATIC CONSTRUCTION OF A PROGRAMMABLE SYNTHETIC ENDOPLASMIC RETICULUM." From August 2021 through July 2026, UCSD researchers will work to develop new techniques for engineering the endoplasmic reticulum, a cellular organelle, using enzymatic and chemical methods. The Biological...

The National Science Foundation awarded a $306,449 Cooperative Agreement to The Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania under the Integrative Activities program (CFDA 47.083) on November 1, 2022 for development of a research security training module focused on risk management and mitigation. The module will be developed in consultation with experts from NSF, NIH, DOE, DOD and FBI, and will provide standardized content while allowing institutions flexibility to incorporate local practices....

Federal Grant Award Summary The University of Florida Division of Sponsored Research received a $299,662 Project Grant from NASA's Science Mission Directorate (CFDA 43.001) awarded October 1, 2025, with a completion date of September 30, 2028. Under the program title "Execute a Balanced Science Program Based on Discipline-Specific Guidance from the National Academies of Sciences Engineering and Medicine Administration Priorities and Direction from Congress," the awardee will...

Federal Cooperative Agreement Summary The Johns Hopkins University received a Cooperative Agreement award of $5.8 million from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) Office of the Director under the Trans-NIH Research Support program (CFDA 93.310), effective March 15, 2026, through December 31, 2030. The award funds the Drug Research Organoid-Integrated Development Platform (DROIDP), an in vitro neural research system designed to develop novel methodologies for assessing learning and memory...

This National Science Foundation (NSF) Project Grant awarded under the STEM Education (CFDA 47.076) program aims to promote awareness and hands-on experience in biotechnology and biomanufacturing career pathways for diverse, underrepresented community college and high school students. The $649,986 award to MiraCosta Community College District will fund the BIOSCOPE (Bioscience Supply Chain Operations Projects for Education) model, which provides students with project-based activities to learn...

The National Science Foundation awarded a $945,996 project grant to the University of Florida's Division of Sponsored Research under the Biological Sciences program (CFDA 47.074). The grant supports research into intramembrane proteolysis in regulation of the rice receptor kinase XA21 from August 1, 2021 through July 31, 2025. The Biological Sciences program aims to advance biological knowledge and understanding of major problems through basic research. This award will fund basic research into...

The National Science Foundation Office of Integrative Activities awarded $187,214 to the National Academy of Sciences under a Project Grant to support the "RAPID: Leading Practices for Improving Accessibility and Inclusion in Field and Laboratory Science – A Conversation Series" effort from July 1, 2021 to June 30, 2022. This funding supports the Geosciences program (CFDA #47.050), which aims to strengthen the national scientific enterprise through expanding fundamental knowledge and...