Project Grant 2050850
- This National Science Foundation project grant award of $220,000 supports research into RNA-encoded molecular memory at The Trustees of Mount Holyoke College from May 1, 2023 through April 30, 2026. The research will explore the potential roles of non-coding RNAs in encoding memory, building on prior evidence that some forms of simple memory may be stored as changes in RNA molecules. The principal investigators and their team will conduct differential RNA sequencing on trained and untrained...
- The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a $208,090 Project Grant to Purdue University under the Social, Behavioral, and Economic Sciences (CFDA 47.075) program. The grant is for a 3-year project from August 2024 to July 2027 focused on building a conceptual framework for understanding the "engram" - the neural mechanisms underlying memory retention and recall. The project will employ methods from biology, history, and philosophy of science to develop an updated, expanded...
- This $850,000 Project Grant award, funded jointly by the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Division of Integrative Organismal Systems and Division of Information and Intelligent Systems under CFDA 47.070 Computer and Information Science and Engineering, supports research to understand how sleep and memory are connected in the brain. The project will use long-duration, high-resolution recordings of neuronal activity to observe changes in synaptic connections during sleep and memory tasks,...
- Federal Grant Award Summary The National Science Foundation (NSF), Division of Behavioral and Cognitive Sciences, awarded a Project Grant of $604,425 to the University of California, Berkeley under the Social, Behavioral, and Economic Sciences program (CFDA 47.075) beginning September 1, 2025, with a completion date of August 31, 2028. This research initiative investigates how the brain's memory systems, particularly the hippocampus, minimize interference between similar memories to enable...
- This $660,000 federal Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Biological Sciences program (CFDA 47.074) supports research at the University of Southern California (USC) on how RNA editing regulates synaptic plasticity and behavioral adaptations in the fruit fly Drosophila melanogaster. The project aims to investigate how RNA editing of glutamate-gated chloride and voltage-gated calcium channels impacts neural circuit function, synaptic plasticity, and organismal behaviors....
- This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's Biological Sciences Program (CFDA 47.074) will provide $502,981 to the University of Richmond to explore the molecular mechanisms underlying the delivery of AMPA neurotransmitter receptors during the formation of memories. The project aims to identify novel proteins involved in this receptor trafficking process and describe key steps in the membrane fusion events that facilitate receptor insertion at neuronal synapses. This work...
- The National Science Foundation awarded $500,000 under the Social, Behavioral, and Economic Sciences program (CFDA 47.075) to the University of California, San Francisco for a project grant titled "Understanding Mechanisms of Semantic Memory through Intracranial Recording and Stimulation." The three-year project, running from September 1, 2022 to August 31, 2025, will utilize intracranial electroencephalography recordings from awake epilepsy patients to decipher how neural...
- Federal Grant Award Summary The University of California, San Diego received a $375,000 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Molecular and Cellular Biosciences under the Biological Sciences program (CFDA 47.074). The four-year award, active from August 1, 2025 through July 31, 2029, supports collaborative research investigating analog information storage in chromatin states—specifically how cells maintain identity information through gene expression regulation...
- This Project Grant award of $346,803, provided by the National Science Foundation's Social, Behavioral, and Economic Sciences program (CFDA 47.075), supports research at the University of Chicago to test theories underlying what makes certain stimuli more memorable than others. The project aims to understand the underlying brain mechanisms that determine what information is prioritized for storage in human memory. The research utilizes behavioral experiments, brain imaging, and artificial...
- Federal Grant Award Summary The National Science Foundation's Division of Behavioral and Cognitive Sciences awarded a $562,170 CAREER grant (CFDA 47.075: Social, Behavioral, and Economic Sciences) to the University of California, Irvine on May 1, 2025, to investigate memory consolidation across multiple nights of sleep. The project will deliver empirical research findings, behavioral datasets, and computational analyses examining whether sleep provides sustained memory benefits over prolonged...
This National Science Foundation project grant award of $600,000 supports research into the mechanisms underlying long-term memory storage at the University of California, Los Angeles from February 1, 2022 to January 31, 2025. The award is made under the Biological Sciences program (CFDA 47.074) to promote progress in the biological sciences. Specifically, the grant funds research investigating whether memories are stored through nuclear modifications in neurons rather than changes in connections between neurons. The project will test if retrotransposition, or the insertion of genetic material from one part of the genome to another, is required for long-term facilitation in Aplysia sensorimotor synapses grown in dissociated cell culture. It will also identify non-coding RNAs that trigger nuclear changes encoding long-term sensitization in Aplysia and assess their memory-inducing potential through bioassays on dissociated neurons. Results of this research have the potential to significantly alter understanding of memory encoding in the brain.
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
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| Not listed | $600.0k | 1/28/22 |