The National Science Foundation Division of Integrative Organismal Systems awarded Indiana University a $1.1 million Project Grant under the Biological Sciences federal grant program (CFDA 47.074) for the period April 1, 2022 through March 31, 2026. The grant funds collaborative research titled "Extracellular RNA Produced by Plants: What, Where, How, Who, and Why?" at Indiana University's Bloomington campus. The Biological Sciences program supports basic research to increase scientific...
The National Science Foundation awarded a $344,871 project grant to Indiana University under the Biological Sciences federal grant program (CFDA 47.074) for the period of March 1, 2021 through February 29, 2024. The grant funds an REU Site project titled "Animal Behavior in Context" at Indiana University in Bloomington, Indiana. The Biological Sciences program aims to promote progress in the biological sciences and strengthen the nation's scientific enterprise through increasing...
TRANSITIONS TO EXCELLENCE: STRUCTURAL CELL BIOLOGY OF KINESIN MOTOR PROTEINS The National Science Foundation Division of Molecular and Cellular Biosciences awarded $748,343 to Indiana University under the Biological Sciences program (CFDA 47.074) from January 1, 2022 to December 31, 2024. The award funds research into the structural cell biology of kinesin motor proteins to promote progress in the biological sciences and strengthen the nation's scientific enterprise through increased knowledge...
The National Science Foundation Division of Environmental Biology awarded a $229,332 project grant to Indiana University for collaborative research titled "ELUCIDATING PLANT AND MYCORRHIZAL FUNGAL RELATIONSHIPS AND CONSEQUENCES ACROSS SPACE AND TIME." The three-year award beginning September 1, 2021 will fund research under the Biological Sciences program (CFDA 47.074) to increase scientific knowledge and understanding of major problems confronting the nation. Specifically, the grant...
The National Science Foundation awarded a $181,090 Project Grant to IUP Research Institute under the Biological Sciences federal grant program (CFDA 47.074) for the period of January 1, 2022 through December 31, 2026. The grant will support collaborative research to design a sustainable agricultural production system through convergence research using a multi-scale ecosystems approach. The Biological Sciences program aims to promote advancement in the biological sciences and strengthen the...
The National Science Foundation awarded a $138,000 Project Grant to support a postdoctoral fellowship in biology from August 1, 2021 to July 31, 2023. The grant was awarded 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. The fellowship funding will support research exploring how trait regulation evolves from...
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 National Science Foundation awarded Indiana University a $892,463 project grant under the Biological Sciences program (CFDA 47.074) for the period of April 1, 2022 through March 31, 2025. The grant funds the CAGEE project to develop new computational methods and open-source software for analyzing gene expression evolution across phylogenetic trees. The software will enable researchers to study changes in gene expression levels between tissues and species, and how such changes are coordinated...
This Project Grant award of $977,252 from the National Science Foundation's Biological Sciences (CFDA 47.074) program supports research to investigate the mechanisms by which plants control the patterning of microtubule arrays, which template the deposition of cellulose fibers critical for cell expansion and plant morphology. The research, conducted by the Trustees of Indiana University (the awardee), will use advanced imaging and computational approaches to map temporal and spatial changes in...
The National Science Foundation Division of Environmental Biology awarded Indiana University a $182,486 Project Grant under the Biological Sciences federal grant program (CFDA 47.074) for the period of July 1, 2021 through June 30, 2022. The grant funds the project "RAPID: CICADAS AS CATALYSTS: QUANTIFYING THE POPULATION, COMMUNITY, AND EVOLUTIONARY EFFECTS OF A PERIODIC RESOURCE PULSE" which will quantify the population, community, and evolutionary effects of periodic resource...