Project Grant 2128272
- This collaborative research project grant, awarded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Emerging Frontiers under the Biological Sciences program (CFDA 47.074), totaling $562,591, will be conducted at the University of Delaware from September 1, 2025, through August 31, 2028. The project will deliver fundamental research findings and practical tools for precision microbiome engineering in agricultural systems by investigating how carbon metabolism shapes soil microbial community...
- The National Science Foundation awarded a $478,844 project grant to the University of Delaware from September 2021 through August 2025 under the Biological Sciences federal grant program (CFDA 47.074). The grant will fund collaborative research to link brace root development and function in maize. The research aims to advance understanding of a major problem in biological sciences by increasing scientific knowledge of how brace roots develop and support the growth of maize plants. The University...
- The University of Delaware received a $1,106,498 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation Division of Integrative Organismal Systems. The grant was awarded under the Biological Sciences program (CFDA 47.074) on July 1, 2021 for a period of performance through June 30, 2024. The grant will fund research examining the role of plasmodesmata and chloroplasts in integrative defense signaling. As the stated goal of the Biological Sciences program is to advance the field and...
- The University of California, Santa Barbara will establish functional genomics capabilities in anaerobic fungi under a $480,000 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation Division of Integrative Organismal Systems. The three-year award, made under the Biological Sciences program (CFDA 47.074), will support collaborative research to develop genomic tools and resources for anaerobic fungi. These fungi play important roles in agriculture and carbon cycling but their genetics are not well...
- Federal Grant Award Summary The University of Delaware received a $159,006 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's Office of Integrative Activities (CFDA 47.083) beginning September 1, 2025, and extending through August 31, 2028. This collaborative research initiative addresses fundamental mechanisms of mechanical stress sensing in plant tissues through the study of actin-related protein (ARP2/3) complex-dependent control of the actin cytoskeleton. The project integrates expertise...
- The University of Delaware was awarded a $950,000 project grant from the National Science Foundation Division of Molecular and Cellular Biosciences. The grant is part of the NSF's Biological Sciences program (CFDA 47.074) and will fund research into post-transcriptional regulation during mitosis from July 2021 through June 2025. As part of the Biological Sciences program's goal of strengthening the nation's biological research enterprise, this project aims to increase scientific understanding of...
- The National Science Foundation (NSF) has awarded a $1,000,000 Project Grant under the Biological Sciences (CFDA 47.074) program to the University of Delaware. The objective of this 3-year grant, which runs from August 2024 to July 2027, is to develop a new strategy for real-time metabolite sensing and metabolon formation using biomolecular condensates. The research aims to create synthetic ligand-responsive transcription factor-based protein devices that can translate metabolite-induced DNA...
- The National Science Foundation awarded a $244,878 project grant to the University of Delaware to support collaborative research titled "New Roles for Reactive Oxygen Species in Mediating Carbon Fluxes at the Terrestrial-Aquatic Interface." The three-year award runs from July 1, 2021 to June 30, 2024 under the NSF's Geosciences program (CFDA 47.050). This program aims to strengthen the national scientific enterprise through expanded fundamental knowledge and understanding of Earth's...
- This National Science Foundation (NSF) Project Grant award, under the Biological Sciences program (CFDA 47.074), will provide $382,727 to The Pennsylvania State University (Penn State) from August 15, 2023 to July 31, 2026. The project will develop a comprehensive "gene annotation pipeline" toolbox to rapidly identify the functions of unknown genes, especially in non-model organisms. This will involve creating a library of microbial strains that can select for key metabolic reactions...
- This federal Project Grant award of $820,000 from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Biological Sciences program (CFDA 47.074) supports research conducted by the University of Delaware to control the spatial arrangement and function of synthetic microbial communities. The key products and services to be delivered under this 3-year award include: Repurposing innovative biological containment tools to direct the self-assembly of specific microbes within a larger synthetic microbial community....
The University of Delaware was awarded a $520,000 project grant from the National Science Foundation Division of Integrative Organismal Systems to conduct research titled "COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: EDGE FGT: ESTABLISHING FUNCTIONAL GENOMICS IN ANAEROBIC FUNGI FOR APPLICATIONS IN AGRICULTURE, SUSTAINABILITY, AND CARBON CYCLING" from August 15, 2021 to July 31, 2024. The grant supports research under the NSF's Biological Sciences program (CFDA 47.074), which aims to promote advancement in the biological sciences and strengthen the national scientific enterprise through increased knowledge and understanding of major issues. Specifically, the University of Delaware will work to establish functional genomics in anaerobic fungi to enable applications in agriculture, sustainability, and carbon cycling through collaborative research. The award amount of $520,000 will support this research effort over a three year period ending in July 2024.
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
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| Not listed | $520.0k | 7/27/21 |