Project Grant 2114797
- The National Science Foundation Division of Molecular and Cellular Biosciences awarded $300,000 under the Biological Sciences federal grant program (CFDA 47.074) to the University of Georgia Research Foundation, Inc. from June 1, 2022 to May 31, 2024. The award will fund research investigating the function of DNA glycosylases in regulating gene expression within maize pollen vegetative cells and sperm cells. Specifically, the project aims to identify genetic regions targeted for demethylation by...
- The University of Georgia Research Foundation, Inc. received a $880,000 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation Division of Molecular and Cellular Biosciences under the Biological Sciences federal grant program (CFDA 47.074). The three-year award running from July 1, 2023 to June 30, 2026 will support research investigating the mechanistic origins and evolution of gene body DNA methylation in plant models. Specifically, the grantee will explore the roles of histone...
- The National Science Foundation awarded the University of Georgia Research Foundation, Inc. a $299,072 project grant under the Biological Sciences federal grant program (CFDA 47.074). The grant will support comparative single cell transcriptomics and regulomics research from June 2023 to May 2025. Specifically, the foundation will utilize cutting-edge omics techniques to discover the regulatory components of monoterpene indole alkaloid biosynthesis in two plant species. Researchers will...
- The University of Georgia Research Foundation, Inc. was awarded a $2,325,396 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation on April 1, 2021 to complete work by March 31, 2025. The grant is part of the NSF's Biological Sciences program (CFDA 47.074), which aims to promote progress in the biological sciences and strengthen the nation's scientific enterprise through increasing knowledge and understanding of major problems. Specifically, the grant will fund research to manipulate plant...
- The National Science Foundation awarded a $138,000 Project Grant to support research from September 2021 to August 2023 under the Biological Sciences federal grant program (CFDA 47.074). The grant funds postdoctoral fellowship research at Decatur, Georgia aimed at maximizing the power to uncover molecular mechanisms between genotype and phenotype in biology. The Biological Sciences program seeks to advance the field and strengthen the national scientific enterprise through basic biological...
- This $452,399 federal Project Grant awarded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) Biological Sciences program (CFDA 47.074) supports research at Hofstra University to investigate the epigenetic regulation of transposable elements in maize. The research aims to study the RNA-directed DNA methylation (RDDM) induced by naturally occurring maize "killer" alleles and explore the dynamic regulation of transposable element silencing in response to developmental cues. The project will...
- Federal Grant Award Summary The National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Molecular and Cellular Biosciences awarded a $193,684 Project Grant to the University of Georgia Research Foundation effective September 1, 2025, through August 31, 2029, under the Biological Sciences program (CFDA 47.074). This collaborative research initiative investigates the mechanisms by which polo kinases maintain chiral asymmetry and support complex organizational patterning in Tetrahymena thermophila, a...
- The National Science Foundation Division of Molecular and Cellular Biosciences awarded a $949,997 Project Grant to the University of Wisconsin-Madison under the Biological Sciences federal grant program (CFDA 47.074). The grant will fund research from July 2021 through June 2025 to advance understanding of plant endosomal sorting mechanisms and ESCRT function in plants. As the stated purpose of the Biological Sciences program is to promote progress in biology and strengthen the national...
- The University of Georgia Research Foundation, Inc. was awarded a $630,572 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." The award, made under the Biological Sciences program (CFDA 47.074), will fund research from June 2021 through May 2025 aimed at increasing scientific...
- This Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's Division of Molecular and Cellular Biosciences, under the Biological Sciences program (CFDA 47.074), provides $300,000 to the University of Kansas Center for Research Inc. from February 1, 2023 to January 31, 2025. The award will support research investigating delivery and trafficking of DNA introduced to cells from environmental sources using the genetically tractable organism Caenorhabditis elegans. The project aims to gain new...
The National Science Foundation Division of Molecular and Cellular Biosciences awarded a $936,153 Project Grant to the University of Georgia Research Foundation under the Biological Sciences federal grant program (CFDA 47.074) on July 15, 2021 for the project "DNA DEMETHYLATION IN MAIZE ENDOSPERM GENE REGULATION." The three-year project aims to advance understanding of major problems confronting the nation by promoting progress in the biological sciences. Specifically, the University of Georgia will investigate DNA demethylation mechanisms in maize endosperm, with Iowa State University serving as a sub-awardee to further the research goals. The Biological Sciences program supports basic research to strengthen the nation's scientific enterprise, consistent with the goals of this award.
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
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| Not listed | $191.7k | 7/22/22 | ||
| Not listed | $744.4k | 7/10/21 |