The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill received a $800,000 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation on May 1, 2021 to fund research exploring the interaction of cholinergic and dopaminergic modulation underlying associative learning. The research is being conducted under the NSF's Biological Sciences program (CFDA 47.074), which supports basic scientific research to advance understanding of major problems and strengthen the nation's biological research enterprise....
The National Science Foundation Division of Emerging Frontiers awarded the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill a $382,770 Project Grant under the Biological Sciences (47.074) federal grant program to conduct research titled "Functional Genomics of Spatial Memory" from January 1, 2022 to December 31, 2024. The Biological Sciences program aims to promote progress in the biological sciences and strengthen the nation's scientific enterprise through increasing knowledge and...
North Carolina State University will receive $560,000 from the National Science Foundation under the Biological Sciences federal grant program (CFDA 47.074) for the project "IMAGINE: DISSECTING NEURONAL AND SYSTEMIC RESPONSES TO INTERACTING ENVIRONMENTAL STRESSORS" from August 15, 2021 through July 31, 2025. The university will conduct research to increase scientific knowledge and enhance understanding of major problems confronting the nation by investigating neuronal and systemic...
The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill will conduct collaborative research on projecting insect responses to climate change under a $506,253 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation Division of Emerging Frontiers. The research supports the Biological Sciences program (CFDA 47.074) to promote progress in the biological sciences and strengthen understanding of major problems confronting the nation. Through December 2025, UNC-Chapel Hill researchers will take an integrative...
The National Science Foundation awarded $665,786 under the Biological Sciences federal grant program (CFDA 47.074) to the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill from March 2023 through February 2027. The project aims to advance understanding of long noncoding RNAs (lncRNAs) and their potential for epigenetic regulation through rational design and engineering of synthetic lncRNAs. Researchers will define the minimal features required for large-scale silencing mediated by lncRNAs, building...
The National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Molecular and Cellular Biosciences awarded a $206,912 Project Grant under the Biological Sciences (CFDA 47.074) program to the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. The three-year grant, effective August 1, 2023 through July 31, 2026, supports collaborative research to enhance the understanding of protein structures and behaviors at extreme temperature and pressure conditions. The research aims to develop rules for predicting protein...
This $425,486 federal Project Grant award to the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (UNC-CH) was made by the National Science Foundation (NSF) under the Biological Sciences (CFDA 47.074) program. The project aims to study the evolutionary history and functional diversification of the CD300 gene family, which encodes immune receptors implicated in human health issues like cancer, inflammation, and viral infections. Using a multi-omic approach, the research will map the molecular and...
North Carolina State University will receive $323,984 over five years from the National Science Foundation to conduct research on plant-pollinator-pathogen dynamics under the Biological Sciences program (CFDA 47.074). The research aims to integrate molecular, cellular, organismal and community scales to better understand how plants structure pollinator and pathogen interactions. The Biological Sciences program supports basic research to advance knowledge in biology and strengthen the nation's...
The National Science Foundation Division of Chemistry awarded a $480,000 Project Grant to the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill from July 1, 2021 to June 30, 2024. The grant supports the "COOPERATIVITY DRIVEN COMMUNICATION THROUGH NONCOVALENT NETWORKS IN BIOMIMETIC SYSTEMS" project under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049). The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill will conduct research exploring cooperativity and noncovalent interactions in...
The National Science Foundation awarded a $817,970 project grant to The University of North Carolina at Charlotte under the Biological Sciences federal grant program (CFDA 47.074) for a three-year period from May 1, 2021 to April 30, 2024. The grant will support research studying the evolution of the antiviral pathway in a cnidarian model interacting with diverse viral communities. The Biological Sciences program aims to promote progress in the biological sciences and strengthen the nation's...