Project Grant 2421715
Award Date
9/15/24
Completion Date
8/31/28
Dollars Obligated
$995K
Funding Federal Agency
National Science Foundation
Awarding Federal Agency
Division of Integrative Organismal Systems
Federal Grant Program
47.074
Assistance Type
Project Grant
Place of Performance
Newark, DE 19716, USA
Similar Awards
This $410,762 federal Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Biological Sciences program (CFDA 47.074) supports a collaborative research project led by Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University (Virginia Tech). The project aims to broaden understanding of myogenesis (muscle formation) in birds and mammals, utilizing the chicken as a model organism. The research will employ advanced genomics, imaging, and single-cell transcriptomics techniques to reveal the...
The University of Delaware was awarded a $950,000 project grant from the National Science Foundation Division of Molecular and Cellular Biosciences. The grant is part of the NSF's Biological Sciences program (CFDA 47.074) and will fund research into post-transcriptional regulation during mitosis from July 2021 through June 2025. As part of the Biological Sciences program's goal of strengthening the nation's biological research enterprise, this project aims to increase scientific understanding of...
This $1,220,400 Project Grant awarded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Molecular and Cellular Biosciences supports a collaborative research project between investigators in the U.S. and U.K. to better understand the regulatory mechanisms controlling mammalian gene expression. The project, funded through NSF's Biological Sciences program (CFDA 47.074), aims to define the roles of different DNA regulatory elements and how they work together to precisely control gene expression....
This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's Biological Sciences (CFDA 47.074) program will fund research at Scripps College to explore the functional significance of rudimentary locomotor structures in birds. The $327,738 award from October 1, 2024 to July 31, 2025 will support field observations, biomechanical analyses, and musculoskeletal modeling to investigate the roles of underdeveloped wings in developing birds, flightless birds, and extinct dinosaurs. The research aims...
This two-year Project Grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Biological Infrastructure provides $138,000 in funding to support research contributions to variation in fitness in a wild bird population. The award period is from July 2021 through June 2023. The grant was awarded under the NSF's 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...
This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Biological Sciences program (CFDA 47.074) provides $240,000 in funding over 3 years starting September 1, 2024. The award supports a postdoctoral research fellowship to investigate the genomic basis and evolutionary implications of long-distance migration in shorebirds. The research aims to: 1) identify genome regions involved in adaptation for extreme migratory behaviors, and 2) evaluate how the demands of long-distance...
This $240,000 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Biological Sciences program (CFDA 47.074) funds a postdoctoral research fellowship to investigate the role of genome organization on de novo gene origination. The research aims to test a new theoretical model explaining the process of new gene evolution, by examining how the genome's structural features influence the birth of genes that arise from non-coding regions. The key components of the research include: 1)...
This National Science Foundation Project Grant of $973,030 supports research into the rapid phenotypic evolution of pigmentation genes in South American seed-eating birds (genus Sporophila) through 2025. Funded under the Biological Sciences program (CFDA 47.074), the award enables detailed study of the chemical, structural, and genetic mechanisms underlying color production and patterning in avian feathers. Researchers from Cornell University will analyze pigment composition, nano- and...
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...
This is a $1,200,000 Project Grant awarded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) Biological Sciences program (CFDA 47.074) to the Texas A&M Engineering Experiment Station (Tees) for the period of September 1, 2024 to August 31, 2028. The grant supports research to understand how common biological signaling pathways like the Bone Morphogenetic Protein (BMP) pathway can be both widely used and flexible to meet the needs of different tissues across the animal kingdom. The project involves...