Project Grant 2508324
- The National Science Foundation awarded a $934,613 project grant to Princeton University on July 1, 2021, with a completion date of June 30, 2024. The grant supports research under the Biological Sciences program (CFDA 47.074) to study quorum sensing control of bacterial biofilm formation and dispersal. The funding will allow Princeton University researchers to advance scientific understanding of how bacteria communicate to form biofilms and disperse, with the goal of gaining fundamental...
- This $600,000 Project Grant awarded by the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Division of Chemistry, under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences (CFDA 47.049) federal grant program, supports Professor Helen Blackwell at the University of Wisconsin-Madison to investigate the chemical signals bacteria use to communicate and coordinate group behaviors. The research aims to better understand the structures and functions of these bacterial signaling molecules, known as autoinducing peptides, and to...
- This federal Project Grant award of $294,060 from the National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS) under the Biomedical Research and Research Training program (CFDA 93.859) supports research to understand biophysical principles of cellular organization at two scales: bacterial communities and intracellular biomolecular condensates. The research aims to elucidate how bacterial quorum sensing operates in natural environments, including the influence of other species, and to investigate...
- The National Science Foundation Division of Molecular and Cellular Biosciences awarded a $668,913 Project Grant to the University of Massachusetts Office of Grant & Contract Administration to support research titled "Collaborative Research: Model-Guided Design of Bacterial Interspecies Interactions and Trans-Organismic Communication in Living Intercellular Circuits." The award aims to advance understanding of interspecies biochemical cell-cell communication in natural microbial...
- This $160,000 federal Project Grant award, funded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences (CFDA 47.049) program, supports collaborative research on the spatiotemporal dynamics of intercellular signaling in growing bacterial populations. The research aims to develop mathematical modeling techniques to better understand and predict the behavior of engineered multicellular bacterial systems, which have potential applications in areas like gut microbiome...
- The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a $599,999 Project Grant to the University of Southern California (USC) under the Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CFDA #47.070) federal grant program. The grant supports research and graduate student training focused on modeling, optimization, and analysis of biologically-inspired microbial community networks. Key areas of investigation include understanding the phenomenon of quorum sensing, which enables collective behaviors in...
- The Trustees of Princeton University were awarded a $799,999 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation Division of Emerging Frontiers under the Biological Sciences federal grant program (CFDA 47.074). The grant will fund collaborative research from September 2021 to August 2026 titled "COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: MIM: LEARNING HOW MUCUS SHAPES AND MAINTAINS MICROBIOMES." The Biological Sciences program aims to promote advancement in the biological sciences and strengthen the...
- This federal Project Grant award of $339,999, provided by the National Science Foundation (NSF) under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences (CFDA 47.049) program, supports collaborative research to study the spatiotemporal dynamics of intercellular signaling in engineered multicellular bacterial systems. The research aims to develop novel mathematical modeling techniques that can better predict the behavior of spatially extended synthetic bacterial populations, which have potential applications...
- The National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS) awarded a 5-year, $433,459 Project Grant under CFDA 93.859 (Biomedical Research and Research Training) to the University of Kansas Center for Research Inc. The grant supports fundamental research to expand the understanding of quorum sensing - a type of cell-cell communication used by bacteria, including many pathogens, to coordinate group behaviors. The research will combine laboratory models with molecular genetic and genomic...
- This National Science Foundation (NSF) Biological Sciences (CFDA 47.074) Project Grant award of $944,832 to The Trustees of Princeton University will investigate how the composition and characteristics of root-associated microbial communities shape plant development and health. The project aims to identify bacterial strains that, when assembled into communities, can promote plant growth and help protect against disease. This work will support the development of beneficial microbial products to...
This federal Project Grant award of $1,000,000.00 from the National Science Foundation's Biological Sciences program (CFDA 47.074) was provided to The Trustees of Princeton University to study "Quorum Sensing Across Scales and Between Domains". The project aims to investigate bacterial communication processes, known as quorum sensing, to better understand how bacteria can synchronize behavior and potentially control harmful pathogens or promote beneficial bacteria. Key objectives include exploring how quorum sensing impacts phage-phage and phage-host interactions, as well as examining quorum sensing at the cellular and community levels. The research is expected to yield insights that could lead to novel interventions to manage undesirable bacterial communities or foster beneficial bacterial growth in medical, industrial, and environmental applications. The award period runs from August 1, 2025 to July 31, 2029 and includes student training, STEM education, and public outreach activities.
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
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| Not listed | $1.0m | 7/28/25 |