The National Science Foundation Division of Behavioral and Cognitive Sciences has awarded a $140,000 Project Grant to George Mason University, doing business as Mason, to conduct collaborative research on the relationship between the skeletal and immune systems. The grant, which runs from August 1, 2023 to July 31, 2025, is funded through the NSF's Social, Behavioral, and Economic Sciences (CFDA 47.075) program.
The research project will examine immune and inflammatory proteins in bone as markers of the "osteoimmune" system, combining traditional observations of skeletal pathology with proteomic analysis. This cross-disciplinary study aims to better understand how early-life biological stress and immune system activation can shape later-life inflammatory and hyperinflammatory phenotypes. The broader impacts include student training, curriculum expansion, international collaborations, and public engagement.
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