Project Grant 2319723
- Federal Grant Award Summary CAREER: Hidden Allies of Enteric Viruses and Bacteria in Water The National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Chemical, Bioengineering, Environmental, and Transport Systems awarded George Washington University $549,999 under the Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) to conduct research on the transmission mechanisms and health impacts of bacteria-associated enteric viruses in water environments. The five-year project, initiated August 1, 2025 and concluding July 31,...
- This National Science Foundation (NSF) Engineering program grant award, titled "CAREER: BACTERIAL EXTRACELLULAR VESICLES IN WASTEWATER SYSTEMS: PERSISTENCE AND PRODUCTION TO DISSEMINATE VIRULENCE PROTEINS", was provided to the Research Foundation for the State University of New York (RF SUNY), a non-profit organization, to conduct research on bacterial extracellular vesicles in wastewater systems. The $467,262 award, which began on May 1, 2024 and runs through April 30, 2029, aims to...
- This $216,478 National Science Foundation project grant through the Integrative Activities program (CFDA 47.083) will fund research at New Mexico State University in collaboration with the United States Environmental Protection Agency to investigate the pathogenicity of bacteria surviving water disinfection processes. The two-year project beginning February 1, 2023 will explore the impact of chlorine water treatment on bacterial pathogens using advanced cellular assays and metatranscriptomics....
- This National Science Foundation (NSF) Project Grant award under the Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) provides $398,481 to the University of South Carolina to quantify and predict how surface properties and airflow affect the attachment, transfer, and re-aerosolization of select enveloped and non-enveloped viruses in indoor environments. The key research objectives are to: 1) determine the significant parameters and dimensionless groups that encompass virus-surface interactions in indoor...
- Federal Project Grant Award Summary The University of Notre Dame DU Lac received a $419,999 project grant awarded May 1, 2025, through the National Science Foundation (NSF) Engineering program (CFDA 47.041), with completion expected April 30, 2028. The research addresses the characterization of viable norovirus fate during water and wastewater treatment operations. Primary deliverables include laboratory-based infectious norovirus measurements using human intestinal enteroid (HIE) cells and...
- This Project Grant award of $410,977 from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) to Case Western Reserve University (CWRU) will fund research to develop methods for designing effective bacteriophage cocktails to precisely control the growth of unwanted bacteria in water systems. The key objectives are to: Identify genetic and transcriptomic markers of synergistic and antagonistic interactions between bacteriophages to guide the rational design of safe and...
- Federal Project Grant Award Summary The Research Foundation of the City University of New York (RFCUNY) at Queens College received $498,069 in funding from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Division of Environmental Biology under the Biological Sciences program (CFDA 47.074) for a project grant awarded September 1, 2025, with completion targeted for August 31, 2028. The award supports research and educational activities investigating microvesicle-mediated rotavirus transmission—a newly...
- This $800,000 federal Project Grant award to George Washington University (The) was made by the USDA National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) under the Agriculture and Food Research Initiative (AFRI) program. The grant supports research to understand the horizontal transfer of antibiotic resistance genes (ARGs) mediated by membrane vesicles in water matrices relevant to agricultural water reuse. The research aims to elucidate the persistence and removal of vesicle-associated ARGs in...
- This $400,000 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Mathematical and Physical Sciences (CFDA 47.049) program supports research to model the complex dynamics of viruses and bacteria in ancient ocean-like environments. The project aims to identify "keystone" viruses that significantly influence microbial community structure and biogeochemistry in these stable, oxygen-free lake ecosystems. The research will develop innovative mathematical methods to predict...
- This National Science Foundation Project Grant of $263,392 awarded on October 1, 2021 will fund the development of a spatial-temporal predictive framework for the drinking water microbiome through June 30, 2023. Under the NSF Engineering Directorate's Engineering program (CFDA 47.041), the awardee Georgia Tech Research Corporation will establish a long-term observatory to monitor microbiome dynamics in Boston's water distribution system. They will develop novel econometric and ecological...
This $200,000 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) will fund research into the environmental fate and infectivity of rotavirus and norovirus vesicles in wastewater and natural aquatic systems. The George Washington University will investigate the presence, persistence, and inactivation of virus clusters enclosed in fluid-filled sacs called vesicles, which have been shown to be more persistent, infectious, and resistant to disinfection than free viral particles. Specifically, the University will (1) identify and quantify rotavirus and norovirus vesicles in wastewater, (2) examine their stability and infectivity in model water systems, and (3) evaluate their inactivation under sunlight exposure. Completion of this research in August 2023 will provide new knowledge to address gaps in understanding the public health risks posed by enteric virus vesicles in water resources.
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
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| Not listed | $200.0k | 2/22/23 |