The University of New Hampshire will receive $260,000 in funding from the National Science Foundation Division of Environmental Biology through the Biological Sciences federal grant program (CFDA 47.074) from September 1, 2021 to August 31, 2024. The funding will support collaborative research examining mineral-associated organic matter as an overlooked source and mediator of bioavailable nitrogen. The research aims to advance understanding of major problems confronting the nation in the...
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...
This three-year Project Grant from the National Science Foundation Division of Environmental Biology provides $150,235 to the University of New Hampshire from January 2022 through December 2025. The grant supports research titled "COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: MRA: DISTRIBUTIONS OF MACROFUNGI: QUANTIFYING ECOSYSTEM AND CLIMATE DRIVERS OF FUNGAL REPRODUCTION" under the Biological Sciences program (CFDA 47.074). The research aims to increase scientific understanding of major problems in...
The National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Environmental Biology awarded a $291,182 Project Grant to the University System of New Hampshire (UNH), through its University of New Hampshire division operating as the Office of Sponsored Research. The grant, part of NSF's Biological Sciences program (CFDA 47.074), will fund a collaborative research project to evaluate the potential for engineered synthetic microbial communities to help plant hosts, such as duckweed, adapt to the impacts of...
The University of New Hampshire will receive $117,425 under a three-year Project Grant from the National Science Foundation to support the "COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: DIGITIZATION TCN: EXTENDING ANTHOPHILA RESEARCH THROUGH IMAGE AND TRAIT DIGITIZATION (BIG-BEE)" effort. The grant was awarded on September 15, 2021 under the Biological Sciences program (CFDA 47.074) to promote progress in the biological sciences. Through this funding, the University will digitize images and trait data of...
The University of New Mexico will receive $651,450 in funding from the National Science Foundation under a three-year Project Grant award to conduct research on conformations and dynamics of modular redox enzymes via site-specific 2D infrared spectroscopy. The NSF Biological Sciences program (CFDA 47.074) aims to promote progress in the biological sciences and strengthen the nation's scientific enterprise through increasing scientific knowledge and understanding of major problems confronting the...
This $188,491 federal Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Biological Sciences program (CFDA 47.074) supports a long-term study on the impacts of microbial symbionts on host plants. The project is being conducted by the University of New Mexico and will run from January 1, 2025 through December 31, 2029. The research aims to investigate how the effects of microbial symbionts on their host plants fluctuate over time, potentially providing benefits in stressful years...
The University of New Mexico received a $687,031 project grant award from the National Science Foundation Division of Integrative Organismal Systems. The award is part of the Biological Sciences program (CFDA 47.074) and will fund research into "The Third Domain of T Cells: The Biology of Gamma Mu T Cells in Non-Eutherian Mammals" from August 1, 2021 through July 31, 2025. Through this funding, researchers at the University of New Mexico will investigate the biology of gamma mu T cells...
The University of New Mexico was awarded a $497,969 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation Division of Emerging Frontiers under the Biological Sciences federal grant program (CFDA 47.074) for the period of September 1, 2021 through August 31, 2026. The grant funds collaborative research titled "COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: MIM: THE IMPACT OF THE FUNGAL MICROBIOME IN METAL TOLERANCE AND SOIL BIOGEOCHEMICAL TRANSFORMATIONS." The research aims to advance understanding of major...
This National Science Foundation Project Grant of $581,720 awarded under the Biological Sciences program (CFDA 47.074) supports research to improve understanding of post-thaw permafrost microbiomes. The awardee, University of New Hampshire, will conduct a series of integrated research, education, and broader impacts activities from April 1, 2022 to March 31, 2027. Specifically, the university will synthesize DNA sequence data on post-thaw microbiomes, use ecological modeling to assess...