Project Grant 2452072
- This $630,848 federal Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's Geosciences Program (CFDA 47.050) supports collaborative research conducted by Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences to uncover previously undiscovered RNA virus populations within marine oxygen-depleted systems. The research aims to connect these viruses to their microbial hosts and characterize their role in exacerbating ocean deoxygenation and the production of greenhouse gases. The project incorporates...
- The National Science Foundation (NSF) Geosciences program (CFDA 47.050) awarded a $454,006 project grant to the University of Tennessee to conduct collaborative research on constraining virus loss and carbon and nitrogen flow through virovory (virus grazing) in temperate marine ecosystems. The research project utilizes isotope tracing and microbial food web models to provide a quantitative understanding of the flow of nutrients and energy in marine environments, which is critical for...
- 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 Project Grant award, valued at $1,153,105.00, was provided by the National Science Foundation's Geosciences Program (CFDA 47.050) to the University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science (UMCES). The award, titled "COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: CONSTRAINING VIRUS LOSS AND CARBON AND NITROGEN FLOW THROUGH VIROVORY IN TEMPERATE MARINE ECOSYSTEMS WITH ISOTOPE TRACING AND MICROBIAL FOOD WEB MODELS", aims to investigate how virus grazing (virovory) impacts the cycling of organic matter...
- The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a $815,899 Project Grant under the Geosciences (CFDA 47.050) program to the University of Miami's Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science (RSMAS) for a project titled "Unraveling the Ecological and Evolutionary Drivers of Marine Giant Virus Community Dynamics". The project aims to elucidate the ecological and evolutionary determinants of marine nucleocytoplasmic large DNA viruses (NCLDVs), commonly known as "giant...
- This $408,738 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's Geosciences Program (CFDA 47.050) supports collaborative research to investigate the effects of SUP05 bacterial cells and the viruses that infect them (phages) on nitrogen cycling in marine oxygen minimum zones. The project is led by the University of Washington, and aims to detail the combined impact of SUP05 cells and their associated phages on nitrogen transformation and loss processes in these ocean regions. Through a...
- The National Science Foundation awarded a $207,000 Project Grant to support research titled "Elucidating the Diversity, Prevalence, and Stability of Deep-Sea RNA Viruses" from February 1, 2021 through January 31, 2024. This funding was provided through 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 understanding of major problems....
- This Project Grant award for $699,493.00 from the National Science Foundation's Geosciences program (CFDA 47.050) supports research at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte to study the role of viruses in microbial carbon cycling at deep-sea hydrothermal vents. The key objectives are to identify the diversity, mechanisms, and rates of virus-induced carbon cycling in this deep ocean ecosystem. The research combines metagenomics, stable isotope probing, and microscopy techniques to...
- The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a $449,462 Project Grant under the Geosciences Program (CFDA 47.050) to the University of South Florida (USF) to study the effects of SUP05 cells and viruses on nitrogen cycling in marine oxygen minimum zones. The project is evaluating how the interactions between SUP05 bacteria and the viruses that infect them impact nitrogen transformations and loss processes in these ocean regions. Through a combination of in situ measurements, DNA/RNA sequencing,...
- The National Science Foundation Division of Ocean Sciences awarded a $1,176,227 Project Grant to the University of Hawaii at Manoa to support research titled "Giant Viruses in the Open Ocean: Is Large Size Adaptive Where Cells are Scarce?" from January 15, 2022 through December 31, 2024. The grant funds basic research within the Geosciences program (CFDA 47.050) to expand understanding of the integrated Earth system through atmospheric, earth, and ocean science studies. Specifically,...
This federal Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's Geosciences Program (CFDA 47.050) is for a collaborative research project titled "Revealing RNA Virus and Host Population Dynamics Across Marine Oxygen Minimum Zones." The $630,389 award, effective September 1, 2025 through August 31, 2028, will enable researchers at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) to uncover previously unknown RNA virus populations within oxygen-depleted marine systems and connect them to host organisms. The project will leverage WHOI's expertise and unique sample collection to apply state-of-the-art computational workflows and develop new techniques to discover and characterize these viruses. The research aims to improve understanding of microbial processes that exacerbate ocean deoxygenation and produce greenhouse gases, critical information for forecasting the impacts of expanding ocean dead zones. The project also incorporates educational components, providing undergraduate internships that lead to co-authorship on scientific publications and conference presentations.
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Not listed | $630.4k | 7/30/25 |