Project Grant 2305735
- This National Science Foundation (NSF) Project Grant award under the Biological Sciences program (CFDA 47.074) provides USD 270,000 in funding from August 1, 2025 to July 31, 2028. The award supports a Postdoctoral Research Fellowship focused on deciphering the role of pyrazine biosynthetic enzymes in host-colonization dynamics and gut chemical diversity within the gut microbiome. The research aims to increase understanding of how microbial communication influences colonization of the host gut...
- The National Science Foundation awarded a $276,000 Project Grant under the Biological Sciences federal grant program (CFDA 47.074) to support a postdoctoral fellowship in biology from September 1, 2022 to August 31, 2024. The fellowship will fund the collection and analysis of gut microbiome samples from over 3,300 animal species, representing the most comprehensive dataset to date. This will allow for improved understanding of the origins and ecological controls of gut microbiomes across the...
- The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a $270,000 Project Grant under its Biological Sciences (CFDA 47.074) program to support a postdoctoral fellowship to elucidate the chemical potential of the small intestinal microbiome. The research aims to characterize how individual small intestine (SI) microbes and microbial communities respond to host factors and protect against pathogens, which could aid in developing microbiome-targeted therapies. The postdoctoral fellow will use a novel...
- This National Science Foundation project grant award of $276,000 provides funding from September 1, 2022 to August 31, 2024 to support research investigating the effects of microbiome ecological and evolutionary origin on plant-microbiome coevolution. Funded under the Biological Sciences program (CFDA 47.074), the fellowship will support a postdoctoral fellow's integrative research exploring how a microbiome's previous associations with plant hosts influence community adaptation and the...
- The National Science Foundation awarded a two-year, $138,000 Project Grant to support research titled "Extremes in the Interplay: The Development and Effects of Gut Microorganisms within Earth's Largest Terrestrial Species." The grant was awarded on August 1, 2021 under the Biological Sciences program (CFDA 47.074) to be conducted in Fort Collins, Colorado through July 31, 2023. The $138k grant will fund research examining the gut microbiomes of large terrestrial species and how...
- This NSF Postdoctoral Research Fellowship in Biology (PRFB) FY 2023 award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Biological Infrastructure provides $137,000 to support research and training for an early-career scientist. The project aims to investigate the role of gut microbiomes in helping herbivorous hosts, such as snowshoe hares and greater sage-grouse, tolerate toxins found in their plant-based diets. The research will use multi-omics approaches to determine the microbial...
- The National Science Foundation awarded a $207,000 Project Grant to support research titled "Diet and the Microbiome as Drivers of Host Tolerance and Resistance to Parasites" from February 1, 2021 through January 31, 2024. The grant was awarded under the Biological Sciences program (CFDA 47.074) to conduct basic research promoting advancement in the biological sciences. Funding will support the grantee's investigation into how diet and the gut microbiome influence an organism's...
- This National Science Foundation (NSF) Biological Sciences (CFDA 47.074) federal project grant award of $270,000.00 funds a postdoctoral research fellowship from September 1, 2025 through August 31, 2028. The project aims to study the evolution of cyanide tolerance in the gut microbiome of bamboo lemurs in Madagascar. The research will examine how the gut microbiome of these herbivores responds and potentially adapts to dietary cyanide exposure, a critical plant defense mechanism. The fellow...
- The National Science Foundation (NSF) has awarded Rutgers, The State University a Project Grant under the Biological Sciences program (CFDA 47.074) to establish a new model system to study the relationship between gut microbiome and host niche specialization. The $497,916 project, awarded on September 15, 2023, will examine the gut microbiomes of honeypot ants, which can store food through specialized gut morphology. The research aims to understand how gut microbiomes may help with long-term...
- The National Science Foundation awarded a $240,000 Project Grant under the Biological Sciences program (CFDA 47.074) to support a postdoctoral research fellowship exploring the rules of life governing interactions between genomes, environments, and phenotypes. The fellowship will fund integrative research from November 1, 2023 to October 31, 2026 investigating how genetics, environments, and microbiomes contribute to emergent host phenotypes in green frog tadpoles. Specifically, the fellow...
The National Science Foundation awarded a $240,000 Project Grant under the Biological Sciences program (CFDA 47.074) to support research on understanding the role of dietary toxins in shaping microbial community dynamics in the gut. The three-year award beginning January 1, 2024 will fund a postdoctoral fellowship conducting observational and experimental studies to better comprehend the interactions between gut microbiomes, dietary toxins like caffeine, and their insect host—the coffee berry borer beetle—and how these dynamics impact community structure and function. Insights gained from characterizing the beetle's gut microbiome using metagenomics and culturing techniques, as well as experimental evolution work examining the independent and combined influences of microbial communities, toxins, and host, aim to advance the field's ecological and evolutionary understanding of microbiome interactions. The award also seeks to broaden participation of underrepresented groups in biology through scientific training, professional development, and conflict resolution instruction for early career scientists.
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Not listed | $240.0k | 5/12/23 |