Project Grant 2508535
- This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's Biological Sciences program (CFDA 47.074) supports research to characterize the contact network between vampire bats and livestock, and map the transmission of common pathogens across this network. The $241,549 award to The Trustees of Princeton University will fund the use of animal-borne proximity sensors to track bat-livestock interactions, and genetic sequencing to identify shared pathogens. The goal is to develop a better...
- The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a $611,022 Project Grant under the Biological Sciences program (CFDA 47.074) to the University of Oklahoma. The grant is for a collaborative research project titled "Tracking Pathogen Sharing Across a Vampire Bat-Cattle Contact Network". The project aims to characterize dynamic, multi-species contact networks between vampire bats and livestock, and map pathogen-sharing networks by analyzing genetic similarity among common viral,...
- This federal Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's Biological Sciences (CFDA 47.074) program provides $392,839.00 in funding to the University of Minnesota to characterize dynamic, multi-species contact networks between vampire bats and livestock, and to map pathogen-sharing networks by analyzing genetic similarity among common viral, bacterial, and protozoan pathogens. The goal is to better understand and predict cross-species transmission dynamics of pathogens...
- This $814,512 National Science Foundation award under the Biological Sciences (47.074) program will fund collaborative research on integrated mechanisms of environment-host-virome interactions in Egyptian fruit bats. The University of California, Davis will lead the project to study how factors like food access, animal health, and immune responses influence viral infection levels in bat populations experiencing variable human exposure. Researchers will use integrative approaches to illuminate...
- This three-year, $581,244 project grant from the National Science Foundation's Division of Emerging Frontiers will fund research into integrated mechanisms of environment-host-virome interactions in Egyptian fruit bats. The grant was awarded to Texas Tech University on August 1, 2022 under the Biological Sciences program (CFDA 47.074), which supports basic biological research to strengthen the nation's scientific enterprise and increase knowledge of major problems. Specifically, the grant will...
- This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Biological Sciences program (CFDA 47.074) provides $309,184 to the Research Foundation of the City University of New York (RFCUNY) - Medgar Evers College to support a 3-year research project aimed at understanding how bats defend against the rabies virus. The project, led by Dr. William Carr, an expert in human innate immunity, will utilize advanced computational biology tools such as explainable artificial intelligence and...
- This National Science Foundation project grant of $739,197 supports collaborative research on environment-host-virome interactions among Egyptian fruit bat populations from August 2022 to July 2025. Funded under the Biological Sciences program (CFDA 47.074), the award aims to examine how factors like food access, health, and immune responses influence viral burdens in bat colonies experiencing variable human exposure. Researchers will assess relationships between landscape resources,...
- The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a $2,212,841 Project Grant under its Biological Sciences (CFDA 47.074) federal grant program to the University of Montana. The primary goals of this 4-year grant, which commenced on September 1, 2024, are to: Study three North American bat species affected by white-nose syndrome to understand how they adapt to changes in climate and disease threats. Develop a new disease modeling framework that incorporates wildlife movement, connectivity, and...
- The National Science Foundation awarded a two-year, $138,000 Project Grant to support research titled "Ecological and Genetic Structuring of a Pathogen Microbiome and Its Effect on Virulence" from July 1, 2021 to June 30, 2023. The grant was awarded under the 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 enhancing understanding of major problems...
- This $486,332 Project Grant awarded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) Biological Sciences program (CFDA 47.074) supports a multi-year research effort at James Madison University (JMU) to characterize the metabolomes of bacteria associated with bats and identify antifungal molecules that could help protect bats against White-Nose Syndrome. The project leverages natural products chemistry, metabolomics, and synthetic microbial communities to understand how bacterial metabolites protect bats...
This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's Biological Sciences (CFDA 47.074) Federal Grant Program provides $594,617.00 to the University of Tennessee for a 3-year collaborative research project from October 2025 to September 2028. The project aims to characterize the dynamic contact networks between vampire bats and livestock to better understand and predict the transmission of pathogens, including rabies virus and coronaviruses, across these species. The research integrates animal tracking data, pathogen genetic sequencing, and mathematical modeling to identify patterns of contact and transmission that can inform more effective disease surveillance and control strategies. The project also includes efforts to broaden participation by mentoring trainees, strengthening scientific capacity in the study areas, and engaging communities through outreach on infectious disease prevention.
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
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| Not listed | $594.6k | 8/14/25 |