Project Grant 2049388

North Carolina State University will receive $574,051 in funding from the National Science Foundation over a three-year period to conduct research on vitamin B1 limitation and advantageous use of B1-related compounds by marine bacterioplankton. This Project Grant was awarded on August 1, 2021 with a completion date of July 31, 2024. The funding supports basic research within the NSF's Geosciences program (CFDA #47.050), which aims to strengthen understanding of the integrated Earth system through atmospheric, earth, and ocean sciences. Specifically, the university will investigate how availability of vitamin B1, also known as thiamine, impacts marine microbes and how those microbes utilize related biochemical compounds. The research findings could provide new insights into biogeochemical cycles in the ocean environment.