The University of New Mexico was awarded a $970,175 project grant from the National Science Foundation Division of Environmental Biology under the Biological Sciences federal grant program (CFDA 47.074). The grant will fund research from September 2021 through August 2024 to study the determinants of amphibian genomic diversity by integrating traits, phylogeny, and geography. As part of the Biological Sciences program's goal to strengthen the nation's biological research enterprise and...
The University of New Mexico was awarded a $414,071 project grant from the National Science Foundation Division of Molecular and Cellular Biosciences under the Biological Sciences federal grant program (CFDA 47.074). The grant will support collaborative research toward developing lifelike synthetic cells through engineered control of DNA replication from August 15, 2021 to July 31, 2024. The Biological Sciences program aims to promote advancement in the biological sciences and strengthen the...
The University of New Mexico will receive $651,450 in funding from the National Science Foundation under a three-year Project Grant award to conduct research on conformations and dynamics of modular redox enzymes via site-specific 2D infrared spectroscopy. The NSF Biological Sciences program (CFDA 47.074) aims to promote progress in the biological sciences and strengthen the nation's scientific enterprise through increasing scientific knowledge and understanding of major problems confronting the...
The University of New Mexico received a $687,031 project grant award from the National Science Foundation Division of Integrative Organismal Systems. The award is part of the Biological Sciences program (CFDA 47.074) and will fund research into "The Third Domain of T Cells: The Biology of Gamma Mu T Cells in Non-Eutherian Mammals" from August 1, 2021 through July 31, 2025. Through this funding, researchers at the University of New Mexico will investigate the biology of gamma mu T cells...
The University of New Mexico was awarded a $307,495 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation Division of Environmental Biology to support research titled "COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: UNDERSTANDING SPATIOTEMPORAL DYNAMICS OF PLANT-SOIL FEEDBACKS: CONSEQUENCES FOR SHRUB-GRASS INTERACTIONS IN A DRYLAND ECOTONE" under the Biological Sciences program (CFDA 47.074). The four-year award beginning June 1, 2021 will fund research to increase scientific understanding of major problems...
The University of New Mexico was awarded a $1,415,347 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation Division of Integrative Organismal Systems. The grant was awarded under the Biological Sciences federal grant program (CFDA 47.074) to support the project "CAREER: MECHANISMS REGULATING NEURAL IDENTITY, CONNECTIVITY AND FUNCTION- FROM STEM CELLS TO CIRCUITS" from September 1, 2021 through August 31, 2026. The Biological Sciences program aims to promote advancement in the...
The University of New Hampshire will receive $260,000 in funding from the National Science Foundation Division of Environmental Biology through the Biological Sciences federal grant program (CFDA 47.074) from September 1, 2021 to August 31, 2024. The funding will support collaborative research examining mineral-associated organic matter as an overlooked source and mediator of bioavailable nitrogen. The research aims to advance understanding of major problems confronting the nation in the...
This three-year, $992,280 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's Biological Sciences program (CFDA 47.074) supports research into "Synthetic P-Bodies: Coupling Gene Expression and Ribonucleoprotein Granules in Synthetic Cell Vesicles for Sensing and Response" being conducted by The University of New Mexico from August 2021 through July 2024. The University will design and test genetic circuits, optimize lyophilization protocols, and develop cell-free protein expression...
The University of Texas at Arlington received a three-year, $1,102,014 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation Division of Environmental Biology under the Biological Sciences federal grant program (CFDA 47.074). The grant will fund collaborative research titled "COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: BEE: NICHE EVOLUTION AND THE ASSEMBLY OF REPLICATE ISLAND LIZARD FAUNAS" from November 2021 through October 2024. The Biological Sciences program supports basic research to increase...
The University of New Mexico was awarded a $497,969 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation Division of Emerging Frontiers under the Biological Sciences federal grant program (CFDA 47.074) for the period of September 1, 2021 through August 31, 2026. The grant funds collaborative research titled "COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: MIM: THE IMPACT OF THE FUNGAL MICROBIOME IN METAL TOLERANCE AND SOIL BIOGEOCHEMICAL TRANSFORMATIONS." The research aims to advance understanding of major...