Project Grant 2129209
- The National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Molecular and Cellular Biosciences and Division of Mathematical Sciences awarded a $550,000 Project Grant under the Biological Sciences program (CFDA 47.074) to the University of Texas at Austin. The grant, titled "COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: MODULUS: PROTEIN DROPLETS DRIVE MEMBRANE BENDING AND CYTOSKELETAL ORGANIZATION," seeks to improve understanding of how protein droplets interact with cellular membranes and the cytoskeleton. The...
- Federal Project Grant Award Summary The University of Texas at Austin received a $1,028,700 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's Division of Molecular and Cellular Biosciences under the Biological Sciences program (CFDA 47.074), effective September 1, 2025, with a completion date of August 31, 2028. This research project investigates the biophysical mechanisms of transbilayer coupling by protein condensates—a newly discovered cellular communication mechanism in which...
- The National Science Foundation Division of Molecular and Cellular Biosciences awarded $1,299,732 to the University of Texas at Austin under a Project Grant to support research titled "COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: SYNTHETIC AND SYSTEMS BIOLOGY APPROACHES TO SEMI-SYNTHETIC CELLS WITH EXPANDED DNA ALPHABETS." The three-year award beginning August 15, 2021 falls under the Biological Sciences program (CFDA 47.074) to promote progress in the biological sciences and strengthen the Nation's...
- The National Science Foundation Division of Molecular and Cellular Biosciences awarded Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University a $297,204 Project Grant under the Biological Sciences federal grant program (CFDA 47.074) for the period of August 1, 2021 through July 31, 2023. The grant funds research titled "EAGER: TOPOGRAPHICALLY INDUCED LATERAL ORGANIZATION IN BIOMIMETIC LIPID MEMBRANES" to promote progress in the biological sciences and increase understanding of major...
- The National Science Foundation Division of Molecular and Cellular Biosciences awarded a $488,204 Project Grant to the University of Texas at Austin under the Biological Sciences federal grant program (CFDA 47.074) with a completion date of June 30, 2025. The grant supports research using epitranscriptomics to study how chemically-induced changes in RNA molecules within biological cells in response to environmental stressors can be used to track and control stress responses. An interdisciplinary...
- This $383,799 National Science Foundation project grant supports collaborative research to map protein-membrane interactions across molecular to cellular scales. Funded under the Biological Sciences program (CFDA 47.074), the research aims to better understand how integral membrane proteins and surrounding phospholipid membranes work together to enable cellular processes. The University of Arizona will conduct multiscale modeling from molecular dynamics simulations of single protein-membrane...
- The National Science Foundation Division of Molecular and Cellular Biosciences awarded a $738,612 Project Grant to the University of Delaware under the Biological Sciences federal grant program (CFDA 47.074) for the period of August 1, 2021 through July 31, 2025. The grant funds research into membrane fluidity and its fundamental and functional roles. The University of Delaware will conduct theoretical and computational research, while the University of California San Diego will receive a...
- The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center in Dallas, TX will receive $950,000 in project grant funding from the National Science Foundation under the Biological Sciences program (CFDA 47.074) for research titled "ACTIN REGULATION OF CD36 RECEPTOR ORGANIZATION AND SIGNALING" from August 1, 2021 to July 31, 2025. The Biological Sciences program aims to promote advancement in the biological sciences and strengthen the nation's scientific enterprise through increasing...
- The National Science Foundation Division of Molecular and Cellular Biosciences awarded a $493,291 Project Grant to the University of Texas at Dallas to support research titled "COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: GENOME EDITING APPROACHES TO UNRAVEL MICRORNA ROLES IN STOCHASTIC MULTISTABLE NETWORKS." The grant was awarded on July 15, 2021 with a completion date of June 30, 2026 under the Biological Sciences program (CFDA 47.074). The research aims to advance understanding of major problems in...
- The National Science Foundation awarded a $409,795 Project Grant to the University of Houston System under the Engineering federal grant program (CFDA 47.041) to support fundamental research on the mechanics of active biological membranes from May 1, 2023 to April 30, 2026. The research aims to establish a rigorous theoretical framework integrating continuum mechanics and non-equilibrium statistical mechanics to model active membranes. Specifically, the university will focus on entropic...
The National Science Foundation Division of Molecular and Cellular Biosciences awarded a $757,389 Project Grant to the University of Texas at Austin to support research titled "Understanding Highly Heterogeneous Biological Membranes" from August 1, 2021 through July 31, 2024. This award will fund research into major problems confronting the nation through advancing the biological sciences, as outlined in the Biological Sciences program (CFDA 47.074). Specifically, the University of Texas at Austin will use the funding to gain scientific knowledge and enhance understanding of highly heterogeneous biological membranes over the three-year period. Given the program's goal of promoting progress in the biological sciences, this research has the potential to generate new insights with broad implications across the field.
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Not listed | $757.4k | 7/6/21 |