Project Grant 2445894
- Federal Project Grant Award Summary The National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Molecular and Cellular Biosciences awarded $360,000 to the University of Florida under the Biological Sciences program (CFDA 47.074) beginning July 1, 2026 and concluding June 30, 2029. This collaborative research project investigates the evolutionary origin of neurons by examining messenger ribonucleic acid (mRNA) regulation mechanisms across distant animal species, particularly ctenophores—ancient ocean...
- Federal Project Grant Award Summary The Trustees of Boston University received a $885,642 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's Division of Molecular and Cellular Biosciences (Biological Sciences Program, CFDA 47.074) effective September 1, 2025, through August 31, 2028. The award supports research to characterize signal propagation and control within gene regulatory networks using optogenetic techniques. The primary deliverables include foundational scientific knowledge regarding...
- Federal Project Grant Award Summary Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) received a $500,000 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's Division of Integrative Organismal Systems under the Biological Sciences program (CFDA 47.074) effective September 1, 2025, through August 31, 2028. The award supports fundamental neuroscience research investigating the neural control mechanisms governing larval settlement behavior in the jellyfish Clytia, a genetically tractable model...
- Federal Project Grant Award Summary The Johns Hopkins University received a $900,000 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's Division of Integrative Organismal Systems under the Biological Sciences program (CFDA 47.074), effective September 1, 2025 through August 31, 2028. This award supports research examining the mechanistic roles of hyper-divergent genomic regions in gene-by-environment interactions using nematode species as model organisms. The research employs advanced genomics...
- Federal Project Grant Award Summary The National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Molecular and Cellular Biosciences awarded a $900,000 Project Grant to the University of Pennsylvania on September 15, 2025, with completion targeted for August 31, 2028. This collaborative research initiative, funded under the Biological Sciences program (CFDA 47.074), investigates the mechanism of transcription factor (TF) functional divergence through "differential usage of shared binding sites"...
- Federal Grant Award Summary The National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Molecular and Cellular Biosciences awarded a Project Grant of $799,892 to the University of Maryland, College Park, effective June 1, 2026 through May 31, 2029, under the Biological Sciences program (CFDA 47.074). The award funds basic research investigating the mechanistic insights into cellular and molecular regulation of trigeminal ganglion development using the chick as a model system. The research will employ a...
- Federal Grant Award Summary The National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Molecular and Cellular Biosciences awarded a $193,684 Project Grant to the University of Georgia Research Foundation effective September 1, 2025, through August 31, 2029, under the Biological Sciences program (CFDA 47.074). This collaborative research initiative investigates the mechanisms by which polo kinases maintain chiral asymmetry and support complex organizational patterning in Tetrahymena thermophila, a...
- Federal Project Grant Award Summary The National Science Foundation's Division of Molecular and Cellular Biosciences awarded a CAREER grant of $1,035,226 to Boston University (awarded August 1, 2026; completion date July 31, 2031) under the Biological Sciences program (CFDA 47.074). This project will investigate how populations of neurons across four clinically relevant brain areas coordinate to mediate flexible decision-making—the process of combining sensory evidence and context to select...
- Federal Project Grant Award Summary The National Science Foundation's Division of Molecular and Cellular Biosciences awarded Massachusetts General Hospital $298,662 on June 15, 2026, under the Biological Sciences program (CFDA 47.074) to conduct collaborative research on long-range signaling and computation in microtubules. The research project, scheduled for completion by May 31, 2029, will deliver fundamental scientific findings and methodologies challenging the conventional understanding of...
- Federal Project Grant Award Summary The University of Massachusetts Boston received a $422,173 Project Grant from the National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS) under the Biomedical Research and Research Training program (CFDA 93.859), effective July 1, 2025 through June 30, 2030. The award funds fundamental basic research investigating cellular signaling networks that control organism development and tissue patterning. The research employs the fruit fly Drosophila as a model...
The National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Molecular and Cellular Biosciences awarded $440,000 to the University of Massachusetts Boston under the Biological Sciences program (CFDA 47.074) on July 1, 2026, for a three-year collaborative research project examining the evolution of neurons through messenger ribonucleic acid (mRNA) regulation. This project will deliver fundamental research outputs investigating whether regulatory mechanisms controlling protein generation in response to neuronal activity exist in ctenophores—ocean invertebrates that diverged from other animal lineages over 800 million years ago—thereby advancing understanding of neuronal system conservation across distant species and informing whether all animal neurons share a common evolutionary ancestor or arose independently. The collaborative research team, comprising expertise in molecular biology, bioinformatics, evolutionary biology, and neurobiology, will generate research findings identifying conserved genes and mechanisms across neuronal systems while producing trained scientists at undergraduate, doctoral, and postdoctoral levels at both University of Massachusetts Boston and the University of Florida. Additionally, the award supports educational outreach activities through the University of Florida's Center for Precollegiate Education, delivering bioinformatics and molecular biology training to high school students from the broader community. The project is scheduled for completion by June 30, 2029.Federal Project Grant Award Summary
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
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| Not listed | $440.0k | 6/24/26 |