Project Grant 2449561
- The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a $450,000 Project Grant under the Geosciences program (CFDA 47.050) to the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) for a collaborative research project on developing biohybrid jellyfish as a novel, low-cost platform for oceanographic measurement. The project aims to leverage the natural propulsion and pressure tolerance of four jellyfish species to enable low-energy, scalable ocean monitoring in vast midwater regions away from the surface and...
- This $1,000,000 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Biological Sciences program (CFDA 47.074) supports research led by the University of Florida (UF) to investigate the origins and evolution of neural systems in ctenophores (comb jellies). The 5-year project aims to uncover novel signaling molecules and neural specification mechanisms in these enigmatic marine organisms, which are the sister group to all other animals. By leveraging advanced multi-omics,...
- This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Biological Sciences program (CFDA 47.074) provides $535,465 to Trustees of Tufts College (Tufts University) for a collaborative research project titled "Biodesign: A Deep Dive into Dynamic Damping in Extreme Underwater Maneuvering". The primary goal is to investigate how fish achieve rapid maneuvers that exceed the capabilities of advanced robotic systems, focusing on the hypothesis that fish can dynamically modulate...
- This $241,274 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's Geosciences Program (CFDA 47.050) supports a collaborative research project to develop biohybrid jellyfish instrumented with sensors for low-cost, energy-efficient oceanographic measurement. The University of South Florida is leading this multidisciplinary effort, which focuses on four distinct jellyfish species to investigate microelectronic control, locomotion efficiency, and environmental monitoring capabilities of these...
- This Project Grant from the National Science Foundation Division of Integrative Organismal Systems, under the Biological Sciences federal grant program (CFDA 47.074), provides $468,934 to the University of Massachusetts Boston from April 1, 2023 through March 31, 2026. The funding will support research into collective timing decisions in schooling fish, with a focus on how leadership emerges and consensus is reached within groups. Specifically, the award will develop two tracking systems to...
- This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's Geosciences Program (CFDA 47.050) is for a collaborative research project to develop biohybrid jellyfish instrumented with sensors for oceanographic measurement. The $209,113 award to Providence College will fund a 3-year study focusing on four species of jellyfish to investigate their neurophysiology, locomotion efficiency, and potential for ocean monitoring. The research aims to leverage the natural pressure tolerance and...
- This federal Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's Geosciences Program (CFDA 47.050) provides $212,587 to Roger Williams University to conduct a collaborative research project on the development of biohybrid jellyfish instrumented with sensors for ocean measurement. The key objectives of this three-year project, with an end date of September 30, 2028, are to: 1) investigate the neurophysiology and microelectronic control of jellyfish movement, 2) measure the energy...
- This Project Grant award for $426,300.00 was provided by the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Biological Sciences (CFDA 47.074) Federal Grant Program. The funding supports a collaborative research project titled "INTBIO: Exploring New Ground--Development, Elaboration, and Evolution of Vertebrate Anterior Lateral Lines - Fishes and Amphibians". The research, conducted by the Marine Biological Laboratory (MBL) located in Woods Hole, Massachusetts, will investigate the evolution and...
- This National Science Foundation (NSF) Biological Sciences (CFDA 47.074) Project Grant award provides $295,661 to Roger Williams University to investigate the predation mechanisms used by ctenophores, commonly called comb jellies, in marine ecosystems. The project aims to quantify how neurotoxic chemicals produced by ctenophores incapacitate prey, how common these chemicals are across different ctenophore species, and how effective they are against various prey types. This research is expected...
- This federal Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Biological Sciences program (CFDA 47.074) provides $385,312 to the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) to conduct research on understanding the feasible energy limits in ecological communities. The goal is to use mathematical models to examine how ecological and evolutionary processes drive energy intake, requirements, productivity, efficiency, storage, and distribution within sustainable and unsustainable...
This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Biological Sciences (CFDA 47.074) Federal Grant Program provides $500,000.00 to the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) from September 1, 2025 to August 31, 2028. The award will support a systematic study of the neural control of larval settlement in the genetically tractable jellyfish species Clytia. This research aims to gain a deeper understanding of the underlying neural mechanisms that govern the free-swimming larval stage and metamorphosis process in many marine organisms. The findings could have important societal implications for promoting growth of desired species and protecting against invasive species and biofouling. Additionally, the project will expose numerous undergraduate students to research experience using Clytia as a model organism, and work to establish it as a widely used model for neuroscience research on neural evolution, development, regeneration, and the neural control of behavior.
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
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| Not listed | $500.0k | 7/30/25 |