The University of Miami received a $537,475 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation Division of Integrative Organismal Systems. The grant falls under the Biological Sciences federal grant program (CFDA 47.074) and will support collaborative research on polygenic traits of heat stress phenome in coral dark genes from genome to functional applications. The research funded through this award from December 2021 to November 2025 aims to advance scientific understanding of major...
The University of Miami (UM) has been awarded a $1,459,657 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Ocean Sciences under the Geosciences CFDA program. The 3-year grant will fund research to determine the metabolic carbon incorporation rate in fish carbonates and its implications for the global carbon cycle. Key objectives include refining production rate estimates and conducting detailed compositional analyses of carbonate minerals produced by marine fish species. The...
The University of Miami received a $481,510 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation Division of Ocean Sciences on August 1, 2021 to complete work by July 31, 2024. The grant supports collaborative research titled "Isotopic Indicators for Mechanisms of Organic Matter Degradation under High Productivity and High Carbon Flux Conditions (EXPORTS)" through the agency's Geosciences program (CFDA 47.050). The Geosciences program aims to strengthen understanding of the...
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration Shared Services Center awarded a $260,138.62 Project Grant to the University of Miami Rosenstiel Marine under the Science (CFDA 43.001) federal grant program. The three-year award, issued May 3, 2022 and concluding May 2, 2025, will support the Marineverse the Marine Biodiversity and Scaling Project. This project aims to advance scientific discoveries through research utilizing aircraft, balloon, and spaceflight programs to expand knowledge of...
The University of Miami received a three-year $449,544 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation Division of Chemistry to develop bio-inspired catalysts for hydrolysis through theoretical studies from June 2021 to May 2024. The grant supports research under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049), which aims to advance scientific knowledge and understanding of major problems through projects promoting progress in mathematical and physical sciences. Specifically, the...
Florida International University was awarded a $192,011 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation Division of Environmental Biology on May 1, 2021 for research to be completed by April 30, 2024. The grant is part of 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 scientific knowledge and enhancing understanding of major problems confronting the Nation. Under...
The University of Miami was awarded a $350,000 Project Grant from the Department of the Navy's Office of Naval Research under the Basic and Applied Scientific Research program (CFDA 12.300). The grant will support a research project titled "Reconciling the Surface Drag and Enthalpy Coefficients Using In-Situ and Tank Measurements" from September 1, 2024 to August 31, 2029. The University of Miami's Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science (RSMAS) will conduct this...
The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a $815,899 Project Grant under the Geosciences (CFDA 47.050) program to the University of Miami's Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science (RSMAS) for a project titled "Unraveling the Ecological and Evolutionary Drivers of Marine Giant Virus Community Dynamics". The project aims to elucidate the ecological and evolutionary determinants of marine nucleocytoplasmic large DNA viruses (NCLDVs), commonly known as "giant...
This $228,683 National Science Foundation award under the Geosciences program (CFDA 47.050) supports research examining the role of cleaning symbiosis in transferring microbes on coral reefs. Specifically, the University of Miami will study how cleanerfish may serve as keystone regulators of microbial communities, enhancing diversity and transferring key species between clients. Researchers will also assess if cleanerfish facilitate reef resilience by aiding microbial recovery after...
The University of Miami was awarded a $287,776 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation Division of Earth Sciences to support research entitled "Collaborative Research: Probing Feedbacks Between Thermal Structure, Petrologic Transformation, and Rheologic Evolution within Dynamically Evolving Subduction Zones." The three-year award, issued on August 1, 2021 with a completion date of July 31, 2024, will fund basic research activities through the NSF's Geosciences program...