The National Science Foundation awarded a $565,000 Project Grant to Princeton University from May 2021 through April 2024 under the Biological Sciences federal grant program (CFDA 47.074). This funding supports comparative analysis of endocytic trafficking during cell division through collaborative research. The goal of the Biological Sciences program is to promote progress in the biological sciences and strengthen the nation's scientific enterprise by increasing knowledge and understanding of...
The University of California, San Diego will collaborate on research integrating theory and experiment to unravel protein transport in the endoplasmic reticulum under a $551,789 project grant from the National Science Foundation. The grant was awarded January 15, 2021 under the Biological Sciences program (CFDA 47.074) to further the progress of the biological sciences and enhance understanding of major problems confronting the nation. Over a three-year period ending December 31, 2024, UC San...
Campbellsville University Inc. was awarded a three-year, $297,000 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation under the Biological Sciences program (CFDA 47.074) beginning March 1, 2021 through February 29, 2024. The grant will support research investigating the structure and dynamic properties of the potassium channel accessory protein KCNE3. As part of its mission to promote progress in the biological sciences and strengthen the national scientific enterprise, the NSF Biological...
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 $700,000 Project Grant to Colby College under the Biological Sciences federal grant program (CFDA 47.074) for the period of May 1, 2021 through April 30, 2024. The grant funding supports collaborative research titled "Comparative Analysis of Endocytic Trafficking During Cell Division." The research aims to advance scientific understanding of major problems in biology by increasing knowledge of endocytic trafficking processes during cell...
The National Science Foundation awarded a $335,720 project grant to the University of Denver under the Biological Sciences federal grant program (CFDA 47.074) for work beginning August 1, 2021 through July 31, 2024. The grant will support research applying quantitative imaging methods to identify molecular components of multi-vesicular body fusion sites. The Biological Sciences program aims to advance biological knowledge and understanding of major problems through basic research, consistent...
The California Institute of Technology (Caltech) received a $672,155 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation Division of Molecular and Cellular Biosciences on November 15, 2021 to complete the project by October 31, 2024. The grant falls under the Biological Sciences program (CFDA 47.074), which aims to promote progress in the biological sciences and strengthen the nation's scientific enterprise through increasing knowledge and understanding of major problems. Specifically,...
Duke University was awarded a three-year, $750,000 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation Division of Molecular and Cellular Biosciences under the Biological Sciences federal grant program (CFDA 47.074). The grant aims to support research transitioning from single-molecule force spectroscopy to single-particle cryogenic electron microscopy. The Biological Sciences program seeks to promote advancement in the biological sciences and strengthen the national scientific enterprise through...
The National Science Foundation awarded an $848,771 project grant to Michigan State University under the Biological Sciences federal grant program (CFDA 47.074) for the period of March 1, 2021 through February 28, 2025. The grant funds collaborative research to improve plant productivity and carbon exchange models by resolving mechanisms of excess carbon release in photorespiration. The Biological Sciences program supports basic research to increase scientific knowledge and understanding of...
The National Science Foundation awarded a $138,000 Project Grant to support research from September 2021 to August 2023 under the Biological Sciences federal grant program (CFDA 47.074). The grant funds postdoctoral fellowship research at Decatur, Georgia aimed at maximizing the power to uncover molecular mechanisms between genotype and phenotype in biology. The Biological Sciences program seeks to advance the field and strengthen the national scientific enterprise through basic biological...