Project Grant 2045658

The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a 5-year, $433,247 CAREER grant to the Research Foundation for the State University of New York (SUNY ESF) to conduct research aimed at mitigating the transmission of antibiotic resistance genes (ARGs) in agricultural soils. The project, titled "CAREER: SYSTEMS MICROBIOLOGY AND INTERDISCIPLINARY EDUCATION FOR HALTING ENVIRONMENTAL ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE TRANSMISSION (SMILE HEART)", will investigate how non-antibiotic micropollutants in...

This National Science Foundation (NSF) Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) Project Grant award of $439,974 to the Texas A&M Engineering Experiment Station (Tees) focuses on advancing the fundamental understanding of how the infiltration of antibiotic-polluted irrigation water impacts antibiotic resistance (AR) in agricultural soils. The key products and services to be delivered through this 5-year CAREER project include: Identifying the factors controlling the persistence of antibiotics and...

This $650,000 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation (CFDA 47.074 - Biological Sciences) to Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University (Virginia Tech) supports research to investigate the role of environmental factors in the development of antibiotic resistance among bacteria in municipal wastewater treatment plants. The key products and services to be delivered under this 5-year award include: Conducting integrated field, laboratory, and computational studies to...

The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a $949,997 Project Grant to Iowa State University of Science and Technology under the Biological Sciences program (CFDA 47.074) to investigate the role of environmental factors in the development of antimicrobial resistance (AMR) in municipal wastewater treatment plants. The five-year research project, starting November 1, 2023, will conduct field, laboratory, and computational studies to determine how susceptible bacterial strains are replaced by...

This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation (CFDA 47.041, Engineering) provides $280,000 to Temple University-Of The Commonwealth System Of Higher Education for a collaborative research project focused on mitigating antibiotic resistance. The key objectives are to: Understand the interactions between antibiotic resistance genes and carbon nanomaterials using reduced graphene oxide membranes; Enhance the electrostatic adsorption of antibiotic resistance genes on the modified...

This $220,000 Project Grant, awarded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) under the Engineering program (CFDA 47.041), aims to develop a mechanistic understanding of the interactions between antibiotic resistance genes and carbon nanomaterials. The primary objectives are to: 1) understand the interactions with membranes coated in reduced graphene oxide; 2) enhance the electrostatic adsorption of antibiotic resistance genes on the modified membranes; and 3) enhance the electrochemical...

The National Science Foundation Division of Emerging Frontiers awarded a $1,400,000 Project Grant under the Biological Sciences program (CFDA 47.074) to The Research Foundation For The State University Of New York, also known as Sponsored Projects Services, a non-profit research administration organization. This 5-year grant will fund collaborative research to investigate the role of environmental factors like temperature, heavy metals, and other contaminants in the development of...

The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a 5-year, $477,883 Project Grant under the Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) to the University of Massachusetts (UMass) Amherst. The goal of this CAREER award is to test the hypothesis that local water storage can be designed to preserve or improve water quality following contamination events while achieving resiliency through interruptions to water supplies. The key objectives are to: 1) quantify the effects of contamination on the accumulation,...

The National Science Foundation (NSF), through its Mathematical and Physical Sciences (MPS) program (CFDA 47.049), awarded a $582,994 project grant to The Research Foundation for the State University of New York (RF SUNY). The grant, titled "CAREER: Understanding Molecular Mechanisms Underlying Chemical Behavior of Pollutants in Heterogeneous Environmental Systems," will support Emanuela Gionfriddo and her team at the University of Toledo in studying the partitioning of organic...

The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a $1,500,000 Project Grant under the Biological Sciences (CFDA 47.074) program to the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) to study the spread of antibiotic resistance genes in microbial communities affected by heavy metal pollution. The project aims to investigate how environmental pollution, specifically elevated levels of heavy metals like lead and manganese in a historically contaminated area of Birmingham, Alabama, may contribute to the...