The University of Washington was awarded a $335,005 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation Division of Integrative Organismal Systems. The grant supports the research project "COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: RUI: IMPLICATIONS OF BACTERIALLY DRIVEN CROSS-KINGDOM CHEMICAL INTERACTIONS" from May 15, 2021 through April 30, 2024. The grant funds basic research to increase scientific understanding of major problems in biological sciences, as described in the Biological Sciences program...
The Georgia Tech Research Corporation was awarded a $1,077,799 project grant from the National Science Foundation Division of Molecular and Cellular Biosciences on September 1, 2021 to complete work by August 31, 2025. 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 enhancing understanding of major problems. Specifically, the grant will...
This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Division of Molecular and Cellular Biosciences, under the Biological Sciences program (CFDA 47.074), provides $833,999.00 to Georgia Tech Research Corporation (Georgia TECH) to investigate how defined microbiomes respond to viruses over short and long timescales. The project aims to test the hypothesis that robust microbiome functions are promoted by microbial communication systems and costs of virus resistance. This...
The University of New Hampshire received a $265,685 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation Division of Integrative Organismal Systems. The grant supports collaborative research titled "Implications of Bacterially Driven Cross-Kingdom Chemical Interactions" under the Biological Sciences program (CFDA 47.074). The three-year project explores the implications of chemical interactions between bacteria and other organisms across kingdoms. It will advance understanding of...
The National Science Foundation Division of Ocean Sciences awarded a $436,628 Project Grant to the Georgia Tech Research Corporation from December 2021 through November 2024. The grant supports collaborative research titled "Microdiversity Drives Ecosystem Function: SAR11 Bacteria as Models for Oceanic Nitrogen Loss." The research aims to strengthen fundamental understanding of the integrated Earth system through basic research in ocean sciences, as outlined in the Geosciences...
The National Science Foundation Division of Integrative Organismal Systems awarded a $999,844 Project Grant to the Georgia Tech Research Corporation from August 1, 2021 to July 31, 2025. The grant supports the "RAISE: SPRING & WINGS: RESONANCE IN INSECT AND ENGINEERED FLIGHT WITH SYNCHRONOUS AND STRETCH-ACTIVATED ACTUATION" project under the Biological Sciences (CFDA 47.074) federal grant program. The project aims to advance understanding of major problems in biological sciences by...
This $469,407 project grant from the National Science Foundation Division of Molecular and Cellular Biosciences, under the Biological Sciences federal grant program (CFDA 47.074), will fund research to discover novel functional RNA classes through computational integration of massively parallel RNA-binding protein binding and structure data. The awardee, Georgia Tech Research Corporation, will conduct this research from March 2023 through February 2028. Specifically, the organization will...
The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a $2,814,550 Project Grant under the Biological Sciences program (CFDA 47.074) to the Georgia Tech Research Corporation to develop next-generation biological security systems. This 5-year research effort aims to transition biological security from an operational technology platform to a biologically intrinsic informational technology platform. The project will involve the convergence of biological engineering, cybersecurity principles, and chemical...
This $231,141 federal Project Grant, awarded on August 1, 2024 by the National Science Foundation (NSF) Biological Sciences program (CFDA 47.074), seeks to understand the process by which virus-derived genetic material can be integrated into host organisms such as insects and then utilized for the benefit of the host. The research will focus on multiple examples of these evolutionary processes, with the goal of discerning physiological and genetic patterns that lead to new traits and increased...
The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a $2,668,807 Project Grant under the Biological Sciences program (CFDA 47.074) to the Georgia Tech Research Corporation (Georgia Tech) to develop "biopebbles" - natural polymer particles that can enhance nitrogen fixation by soil bacteria, thereby reducing dependency on synthetic fertilizers and their harmful environmental effects. The project will utilize principles of materials science and bioengineering to create the biopebbles, which...