Project Grant 2448091
Award Date
6/1/25
Completion Date
5/31/28
Dollars Obligated
$885K
Federal Agency
Division of Environmental Biology
Federal Grant Program
47.074
Assistance Type
Project Grant
Place of Performance
Bloomington, IN 47405, USA
Similar Awards
This $824,293 Project Grant awarded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) Biological Sciences program (CFDA 47.074) will support research on the convergent evolution of inflated calyces (outer protective flower structures) and insecticidal acylsugars in the tomatillo plant tribe (Physalideae). The 3-year project, running from June 2025 to May 2028, will be conducted by the University of Colorado. The research aims to build a comprehensive phylogenetic tree of the over 310 tomatillo species...
The National Science Foundation awarded a $216,000 Project Grant to support research titled "Defining the Genetic Basis of Tomato Reproductive Heat Tolerance through Phenotyping, Genome-Wide Association, & Predictive Modeling" from July 1, 2021 to June 30, 2024. The grant was awarded under the Biological Sciences program (CFDA 47.074) to promote progress in the biological sciences and enhance understanding of major problems confronting the nation. The three-year grant will fund...
This $228,454 Project Grant award was provided by the National Science Foundation (NSF) Biological Sciences program (CFDA 47.074) to the University of Missouri System to investigate the convergent evolution of inflated calyces and chemical defenses in the tomatillo plant tribe (Physalideae). The research aims to build the first comprehensive phylogenetic tree for the 310 tomatillo species, tracing the coordinated evolution of inflated fruiting calyces and acylsugar chemical defenses. The project...
This $1,100,000 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Biological Sciences program (CFDA 47.074) supports research to study the genetic and chemical processes that facilitate the diversity of specialized metabolites, such as glucosinolates, across plant species in the Brassicales order. The 5-year project at the University of California, Davis aims to identify key biosynthetic genes and understand how genetic diversity drives the creation of unique plant compounds that...
This $419,230 five-year project grant from the National Science Foundation Division of Environmental Biology, under the Biological Sciences program (CFDA 47.074), will evaluate the contribution of sensory drive to the divergence of flower color in plant species. Led by Clemson University researchers, the project aims to understand how flower color may evolve differently between populations without major shifts in pollinator species by studying populations of Phacelia dubia, a bee-pollinated...
This three-year National Science Foundation project grant of $207,000 supports research on color polymorphism in nature as a model for predicting phenotypic evolution. Funded under the Biological Sciences program (CFDA 47.074), the award will allow the grantee at San Francisco State University to investigate color variation in organisms and its implications for evolution from July 2021 through June 2024. The overarching goal of the Biological Sciences program is to advance the field and...
The National Science Foundation awarded a $216,000 Project Grant to an individual located in East Lansing, Michigan from January 1, 2022 through December 31, 2024. The grant is part of NSF's Biological Sciences program (CFDA 47.074) to promote progress in the biological sciences and strengthen the Nation's scientific enterprise through increasing scientific knowledge and enhancing understanding of major problems. Under this award, the grantee will conduct research to uncover the regulatory...
This $1,467,127 federal Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's Biological Sciences program (CFDA 47.074) supports research at the University of Wisconsin-Madison to examine how genetic components in tomato plants influence their interactions with parasitic nematodes under varying environmental conditions, particularly warmer nighttime temperatures. The research leverages a tomato-nematode system to identify DNA variants in the host plant genome that affect the plant's and the...
This National Science Foundation (NSF) Project Grant award under the Biological Sciences program (CFDA 47.074) provides $396,000 to the Regents of the University of California at Riverside to study the evolutionary adaptations that allow the fly species Drosophila sechellia to feed exclusively on the toxic noni fruit. The research aims to identify the specific genes responsible for D. sechellia's unique taste preferences and reduced sensitivity to the bitter chemicals in noni fruit compared to...
The National Science Foundation awarded a $307,400 Project Grant under its Biological Sciences program (CFDA 47.074) to the University of Missouri System to develop epigenetic editing tools for improving crop plants. The project aims to expand the capabilities of genome editing by enabling targeted changes in gene expression, rather than just DNA sequence, to generate novel traits in important crops like rice and tomato. Key objectives include adapting the epigenetic editing approach...