The University of Utah will receive $299,566 from the National Science Foundation Division of Environmental Biology under the Biological Sciences federal grant program (CFDA 47.074) from April 1, 2022 to March 31, 2024. The funding will support the OPUS: FOREST CANOPY COMMUNITIES AS ARENAS TO ADVANCE SYNTHESES AND UNDERSTANDING OF DISTURBANCE ECOLOGY project. The Biological Sciences program aims to promote advancement in the biological sciences and strengthen the nation's scientific enterprise...
The University of Utah will receive $492,516 from the National Science Foundation Division of Molecular and Cellular Biosciences under a three-year Project Grant award titled "Role of Electric Fields and a Dynamic Local Environment in Protein-RNA Molecular Recognition." The grant funds basic research from August 1, 2021 to July 31, 2024 to advance understanding of major problems in the biological sciences by investigating the role of electric fields and the local molecular...
The University of Utah will receive $812,067 in funding from the National Science Foundation under the Biological Sciences federal grant program (CFDA 47.074) for the project "SAXOPHONE: A GLUCOSE-SENSITIVE TYPE I DPP/BMP RECEPTOR" from January 15, 2022 through December 31, 2024. The funding will support research exploring major problems confronting the nation through increasing scientific knowledge and enhancing understanding of the biological sciences. Specifically, the University of...
The University of Utah will receive $217,254 in funding from the National Science Foundation Division of Molecular and Cellular Biosciences through a three-year Project Grant award to support research titled "Collaborative Research: Bromoform Production and ROS Response to Stress in Seaweeds." The grant's CFDA-listed program, Biological Sciences, aims to advance biological knowledge and understanding of major national issues. Under this award beginning August 1, 2021, the University...
The National Science Foundation awarded a $138,000 Project Grant to support research under the Biological Sciences program (CFDA 47.074) from August 1, 2021 to July 31, 2023. The grant funds postdoctoral research at Utah State University in Logan, Utah to study the evolution of extended floral phenotypes. The Biological Sciences program aims to advance the field and strengthen the national scientific enterprise through basic research on major problems. This award will further those goals by...
The National Science Foundation awarded a $207,000 Project Grant to support research investigating pulmonary adaptations among marine mammals from March 1, 2021 to February 29, 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, this award will broaden participation of Native Americans in...
The National Science Foundation awarded an $827,312 project grant to the University of Nebraska under the Biological Sciences program (CFDA 47.074) to support research titled "Physiology of Hypoxia Adaptation in the World's Highest-Dwelling Mammal" from August 1, 2021 through July 31, 2024. The University will conduct basic research to increase scientific knowledge and understanding of how mammals physiologically adapt to life at high altitudes. Subawards were provided to Universidad...
The University of Utah will receive $829,999 from the National Science Foundation under the Biological Sciences federal grant program (CFDA 47.074) for the project "Molecular Evolution of Cellular Condensates" from August 15, 2022 to July 31, 2025. The university will analyze condensate constituents in the model organism Caenorhabditis elegans to understand how these membrane-less organelles form and evolve at the molecular level. Researchers will conduct phylogenetic analysis of...
The University of Utah will conduct a $658,500 biomechanics study of SARS-CoV-2 virus-like particles under a three-year Project Grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Physics. The grant was awarded on September 1, 2021 under the NSF's Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049), which aims to strengthen the nation's scientific enterprise through advancing knowledge and understanding of major problems. As the place of performance, the University will leverage...
This two-year Project Grant from the National Science Foundation Division of Integrative Organismal Systems provides $149,951 to the University of Utah for research titled "COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: EAGER: CHARACTERIZING A NOVEL TURBULENCE-GENERATING SYSTEM TO FACILITATE EXPLORATION OF INSECT ORIENTATION BEHAVIOR UNDER REAL-WORLD CONDITIONS." The research is part of NSF's Biological Sciences program (CFDA 47.074), which supports basic research to advance understanding of major problems...