Project Grant 20226701438607

This $506,900 project grant from the National Science Foundation's Biological Sciences program (CFDA 47.074) supports research at the University of California, Davis to understand the molecular mechanisms of plant immune response to herbivore-associated peptide elicitors. The three-year award beginning June 1, 2022 will leverage a newly discovered pattern recognition receptor in common beans, INR, to quantify its contribution to overall herbivore defense against caterpillars. Researchers will...

This three-year $1,404,082 National Science Foundation Project Grant under the Biological Sciences program (CFDA 47.074) supports collaborative research at the University of Washington to understand the molecular mechanisms of plant immune responses to herbivore-associated elicitors. The research will leverage a newly discovered pattern recognition receptor in common beans, INR, which detects inceptin found in caterpillar oral secretions. The project will quantify INR's contribution to herbivore...

This National Science Foundation (NSF) Integrative Activities (CFDA 47.083) Program Project Grant award to the Board of Regents of the University of Nebraska, doing business as the University of Nebraska, will investigate how chloroplast retrograde signaling in living plant cells operates during plant immunity and how pathogens interfere with this process. The $135,322 award, effective October 1, 2023 through October 31, 2024, will leverage advanced live-imaging microscopy technologies at the...

This National Science Foundation (NSF) Biological Sciences Program (CFDA 47.074) grant award to the University of California, Davis (UC Davis) aims to advance the understanding of how plants recognize and respond to infection by plant parasitic nematodes, one of the most destructive plant pathogens causing an estimated $78 billion in global annual losses. The $796,385 project, running from July 1, 2023 to June 30, 2027, will identify nematode-derived molecules that activate plant innate immunity...

The National Science Foundation (NSF) Biological Sciences program (CFDA 47.074) awarded a $810,001 project grant to The Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania to study the role of N6-methyladenosine (m6A) modifications in regulating plant gene expression and response to bacterial pathogens. The 4-year project aims to characterize the addition and removal of m6A on plant RNAs and investigate how these epitranscriptomic processes impact a plant's ability to recognize and respond to...

Federal Grant Award Summary The National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Biological Infrastructure awarded $270,000 under the Biological Sciences program (CFDA 47.074) on August 15, 2026, to support a postdoctoral research fellowship investigating the role of plant immunity in maize microbe-dependent heterosis. The fellow will conduct research examining how immune responses to microbes differ between maize pure lines and hybrids, with particular focus on microbe-triggered immunity (MTI)...

Federal Project Grant Award Summary The Salk Institute for Biological Studies received a $943,750 Project Grant award from the National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS) under the Biomedical Research and Research Training program (CFDA 93.859), effective September 5, 2025, with a completion date of July 31, 2030. The award supports fundamental research into peptide-receptor signaling in plant-microbe interactions, specifically examining cellular decision-making mechanisms and...

Federal Grant Award Summary UC Berkeley received a $225,000 Project Grant from the USDA's National Institute of Food and Agriculture under the Agriculture and Food Research Initiative (AFRI) Foundational and Applied Science Program (CFDA 10.310), awarded August 1, 2025, with completion targeted for July 31, 2027. The grant funds research to advance understanding of plant immune receptor diversity and evolution, specifically examining how CSP22 receptor diversity affects plant immune responses to...

This $816,954 National Science Foundation project grant supports research at Purdue University from April 1, 2023 through March 31, 2026 under the Biological Sciences program (CFDA 47.074). The research aims to understand how plant cells perceive signals from their environment and scale responses to promote beneficial interactions and discourage harmful interactions. Specifically, the project will test the conservation of the Feronia/MLO signaling module in plant-biotic interactions and...

This Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's Division of Integrative Organismal Systems and Plant Genome Research Program and Plant Biotic Interactions Program, totaling $856,318, will fund research from March 1, 2023 to February 28, 2027. The grant supports a collaborative project between seven laboratories to further understanding of the role of extracellular RNA (exRNA) in intercellular and interkingdom communication. Specifically, the researchers aim to test the hypothesis...