Project Grant 2128484
- The University of Missouri System was awarded a $790,842 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 fund research from August 1, 2021 to July 31, 2025 to characterize interactions at the protein-lipid bilayer interface via single-molecule force spectroscopy techniques. The Biological Sciences program aims to advance biological knowledge and understanding...
- The University of Missouri System was awarded a $624,059 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation Division of Integrative Organismal Systems. The grant falls under the Biological Sciences program (CFDA 47.074) to support research elucidating the mechanisms of nematode disease resistance mediated by serine hydroxymethyltransferase from November 1, 2021 to October 31, 2025. The Biological Sciences program aims to advance the field and strengthen the national scientific enterprise by...
- The University of Missouri System was awarded a $344,278 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation Division of Undergraduate Education to support the REU SITE: Summer Research Projects in Neuroscience program. The grant period runs from January 15, 2021 through December 31, 2023. The funding supports undergraduate summer research projects in neuroscience through the Biological Sciences program (CFDA 47.074). The program aims to promote progress in the biological sciences and...
- The University of Missouri System was awarded a three-year, $140,559 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation to conduct research titled "Collaborative Research: Dynamic Zonation in the Plant Root" under the Biological Sciences federal grant program (CFDA 47.074). The research, to be performed in Columbia, Missouri from September 2021 through August 2024, aims to advance understanding of major problems in the biological sciences by increasing scientific knowledge of dynamic...
- Federal Project Grant Award Summary The University of Missouri System received a $471,311 Project Grant award, effective September 1, 2025 through August 31, 2028, from the National Science Foundation's Division of Molecular and Cellular Biosciences under the Biological Sciences program (CFDA 47.074). The award supports fundamental research analyzing Barbara McClintock's discovery of the "tiny fragment" chromosome and its "X component," which catalyzes dramatic genomic...
- The University of Missouri System was awarded a five-year, $759,888 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation Division of Molecular and Cellular Biosciences to conduct research on the biosynthesis of lipid monolayer membranes in bacteria. The grant falls under the 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....
- The University of Missouri System was awarded a $193,884 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Mathematical Sciences under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049). The grant will support research into the topics of convexity and stochastic isoperimetry from December 2021 through November 2024. As part of the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program's goal of strengthening the nation's scientific enterprise through advancing mathematical and...
- Federal Grant Award Summary The University of Missouri System received a $486,982 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's Division of Biological Infrastructure under the Biological Sciences program (CFDA 47.074), awarded August 15, 2025, with a completion date of July 31, 2028. The grant supports research investigating character displacement in cooperatively nesting Polistes paper wasps, examining whether this evolutionary process drives speciation and enables multiple wasp...
- This federal Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Biological Sciences program (CFDA 47.074) provides $796,823 to the University of Missouri System to conduct research on the genetic and molecular mechanisms behind meiotic silencing by unpaired DNA. The research aims to better understand how organisms use RNA-based gene silencing systems to identify and suppress the expression of DNA segments lacking a pairing partner, which can indicate the presence of viruses or...
- Federal Project Grant Award Summary The University of Missouri System received a $228,454 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's Division of Environmental Biology (CFDA 47.074 – Biological Sciences) awarded June 1, 2025, with a completion date of May 31, 2028. This collaborative research initiative investigates the convergent evolution of inflated calyces and acylsugar chemical defenses in the tomatillo tribe (Physalideae). The project will produce a comprehensive phylogenetic tree...
The University of Missouri System was awarded a $353,378 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation Division of Emerging Frontiers under the Biological Sciences federal grant program (CFDA 47.074). The grant will support collaborative research from April 2021 to August 2023 titled "COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: DIVERSITY OF MODULATION AND FUNCTIONAL FLEXIBILITY IN SMALL NEURONAL NETWORKS: AN EVOLUTIONARY AND MECHANISTIC APPROACH." The research aims to advance understanding of major problems in the biological sciences by increasing scientific knowledge of the evolution and mechanisms underlying modulation and functional flexibility in small neuronal networks. The University of Missouri System will deliver the funded research services from its location in Columbia, Missouri.
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
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| Not listed | $55.3k | 7/22/21 | ||
| Not listed | $298.1k | 3/30/21 |