Project Grant 2105488

This National Science Foundation (NSF) Biological Sciences (CFDA 47.074) program grant in the amount of $465,089 awarded to the Chicago Botanic Garden will support a Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) site program from 2025-2028. The program will train 10 undergraduate students per summer for 10 weeks to conduct plant biology and conservation research at the Chicago Botanic Garden. Students will gain foundational knowledge and skills for careers in plant science through...

This $393,283 National Science Foundation Biological Sciences project grant will support the Chicago Botanic Garden's Research Experiences for Undergraduates Site program from 2022 to 2025. The program will provide research experiences and professional development to 30 undergraduate students over three summers, with the goal of increasing careers in plant conservation. Students will conduct 10-week research internships at the Garden's Negaunee Institute for Plant Conservation Science and Action...

This National Science Foundation (NSF) Biological Sciences (CFDA 47.074) Project Grant award of $464,957 to Purdue University will support the "Purdue Undergraduate Research Experiences for Plant Biology and Data Science (PURE-PD)" program. The 3-year program will provide hands-on research opportunities for 30 undergraduate students, primarily from schools with limited research options, in data-driven plant biology projects. Students will gain transferable skills applicable to STEM...

This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Biological Sciences program (CFDA 47.074) provides $432,891 to Washington University in St. Louis to support a Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) site focused on plant and microbial bioscience for sustainability. Over three summers from 2025-2027, the program will train 30 undergraduate students, primarily from institutions with limited research opportunities, in conducting research projects exploring topics such as...

This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Biological Sciences program (CFDA 47.074) provides $443,508 to Michigan State University to support a Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) site focused on plant genomics. The program will train 10 students per summer over 3 years (2025-2027) on conducting faculty-mentored research in areas such as plant genomics, molecular genetics, and computational biology. The goal is to develop the next generation of plant...

This Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's Division of Emerging Frontiers provides $374,498 to Michigan State University to operate a Research Experiences for Undergraduates Site focused on plant genomics from March 2022 to February 2025. The grant supports training for 30 undergraduate students over three summers through a 10-week research experience program integrating plant sciences and computational biology. Students will undertake a mentored research project in plant genomics...

The National Science Foundation (NSF) has awarded a $477,292 Project Grant under the Biological Sciences (CFDA 47.074) program to the Regents of the University of California at Riverside (UC Riverside). This three-year grant, active from May 1, 2025 to April 30, 2028, will support a Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) site focused on next-generation plant biology and plant-microbe interactions. The grant will enable UC Riverside to train approximately 30 students, primarily from schools...

This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's Biological Sciences program (CFDA 47.074) provides $300,000 in funding to Western University of Health Sciences to conduct collaborative research on the variability and regulation of the plant polyadenylation complex. The research aims to better understand how this complex mediates gene expression and plant responses to environmental and developmental cues, with the goal of improving our knowledge of crop plant growth,...

The National Science Foundation (NSF) Biological Sciences program (CFDA 47.074) awarded a $464,968 project grant to the Boyce Thompson Institute for Plant Research Inc. This 3-year REU site grant, effective April 15, 2024, will support the training of 30 undergraduate students from underrepresented backgrounds in plant genome research at the Boyce Thompson Institute on the Cornell University campus. The students will develop interdisciplinary skills in data analysis, bioinformatics, experimental...

This Project Grant award of $120,910 from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Biological Sciences program (CFDA 47.074) will support a hybrid conference on "MEE HUBS: A Hybrid Conference in Microbial Ecology and Evolution" to be held from September 1, 2024 to August 31, 2025. The conference will integrate microbiology, evolutionary ecology, physics, and mathematics to drive innovation in fundamental and applied research questions related to microbiomes. The project will develop a...