Project Grant 2511003
- The National Science Foundation awarded a $336,514 Project Grant to the University of Idaho under the Biological Sciences federal grant program (CFDA 47.074) for the period of March 1, 2021 through February 29, 2024. The grant funds collaborative research on multidimensional single-cell phenotyping to elucidate relationships between genomes and phenotypes. The Biological Sciences program aims to advance biological knowledge and understanding of major problems through basic research support. This...
- The National Science Foundation (NSF) Biological Sciences (CFDA 47.074) Federal Grant Program has awarded $1,040,107 to the University of Idaho to engineer an instrument that uses advances in artificial intelligence to identify small mammal species, discriminate among individuals, and measure body weight and morphological traits in real-time. This project aims to enable automated monitoring of wild animals, which will reduce research costs, enhance research efficiency and scope, and facilitate...
- This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Office of Integrative Activities (CFDA 47.083) provides $744,396 to Idaho State University to acquire a Laser Ablation - Inductively Coupled Plasma - Triple Quadrupole - Mass Spectrometer (LA-ICP-QQQ-MS) system. The instrument will enable advanced materials analysis and diverse multidisciplinary research in areas such as archaeology, biological sciences, environmental sciences, forensic anthropology, and geosciences. It will...
- This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation provides $262,971 to Idaho State University to acquire a fluorescence-activated cell sorter (FACS) flow cytometer. The instrument will be housed in a multi-user core facility to support research and education across multiple departments and colleges at Idaho State University and nearby Brigham Young University-Idaho under the Biological Sciences program (CFDA 47.074). Researchers and students in biological sciences, pharmaceutical...
- The University of Idaho received a three-year $677,575 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation Division of Environmental Biology under the Biological Sciences federal grant program (CFDA 47.074). The grant will support collaborative research examining the effects of declines in top scavengers from microbes to ecosystems. The Biological Sciences program aims to advance biological knowledge and understanding of major problems facing the nation through basic research. Over the three-year...
- This $2,963,428 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's Biological Sciences program (CFDA 47.074) aims to develop critical infrastructure and tools for interpreting genomic data. The project will create high-quality genome assembly workflows, comprehensive documentation, and interactive training materials to make these advanced genomic analysis capabilities accessible to a wide audience of biology researchers. This will enable downstream discoveries in areas such as...
- This federal Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Integrative Activities program (CFDA 47.083) provides $178,506 to the University of Idaho to support a research infrastructure improvement project. The project aims to develop data science expertise to support evidence-based policymaking for public lands counties. The principal investigator will collaborate with researchers at the University of California, Davis to learn how to create and maintain a program for...
- This $836,598 Project Grant, awarded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) under the Biological Sciences Federal Grant Program (CFDA 47.074), supports research to develop tools for sequencing expanded genetic alphabets and studying how natural biological systems interact with these unnatural DNA letters. The research aims to improve the generalizability and accuracy of next-generation sequencing for unnatural base pairs, develop new methods for measuring polymerase replication fidelity, and...
- The University of Tennessee was awarded a $692,495 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation to support the acquisition of an Illumina NovaSeq 6000 to support high-throughput sequencing collaborative research and integrated training. The grant was awarded on October 1, 2021 with a completion date of September 30, 2024. The grant falls under the National Science Foundation's Biological Sciences program (CFDA #47.074), which aims to promote progress in the biological sciences and...
- The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a $934,500 Project Grant to Texas Tech University under the Integrative Activities program (CFDA 47.083) to acquire a state-of-the-art PacBio Revio long-read sequencing system. This advanced technology will significantly benefit researchers across multiple disciplines at Texas Tech University, the Texas Tech Health Sciences Center, and the USDA Stress Laboratory, as well as national and international collaborators. The Revio system's high...
This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Biological Sciences (CFDA 47.074) program provides $584,845 to the University of Idaho (UI) to acquire an Element Biosciences AVITI24 sequencing platform. This advanced multi-omics technology will enable transformative research with direct societal impact, including efforts to improve agricultural resilience, protect endangered species, and advance biomedical discoveries related to infectious diseases. As the first platform of its kind in Idaho and the Inland Pacific Northwest, the AVITI24 will strengthen regional scientific infrastructure, foster new collaborations, and expand access to high-quality genomics tools across institutions. The award will also support training initiatives that equip students and early-career scientists with hands-on experience in cutting-edge genomics and bioinformatics, helping build a skilled STEM workforce. This investment will elevate research competitiveness at UI and broaden the region's contribution to national scientific priorities. The award period runs from September 15, 2025, to August 31, 2028.
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Not listed | $584.8k | 8/18/25 |