Project Grant 2511947
- This $713,951 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's Biological Sciences program (CFDA 47.074) supports research into the adaptability of phytoplankton carbon dioxide concentrating mechanisms to changing climatic conditions. The grant to Columbia University will fund experiments to quantify the plastic and adaptive responses of carbon fixation in five key phytoplankton groups - diatoms, dinoflagellates, green algae, coccolithophores, and cyanobacteria - under climate change...
- This $218,479 project grant from the National Science Foundation's Division of Integrative Organismal Systems, under the Biological Sciences program (CFDA 47.074), will fund research on the adaptability of photosynthetic marine microorganisms' carbon dioxide concentrating mechanisms to changing climatic conditions. Specifically, the University of Colorado Boulder will experimentally evolve five phytoplankton groups with distinct CO2-concentrating mechanisms to quantify their plastic and adaptive...
- This $439,396 National Science Foundation Project Grant under the Biological Sciences program (CFDA 47.074) supports research at Duke University from September 2022 to August 2025 to develop a model microbial consortium for interrogating organic matter decomposition and carbon cycling in coastal systems under changing environmental conditions. Researchers will integrate field, laboratory, and modeling work to examine the functional roles and responses to temperature variation of diverse...
- This Project Grant award for $197,103, provided by the National Science Foundation's Geosciences Program (CFDA 47.050), supports a collaborative research effort to better understand the linkages between the oceanic cycles of iron and carbon. The project will integrate field observations from the Bermuda Atlantic Time-series Study (BATS) and Cape Verde Ocean Observatory regions with targeted experimental studies and advanced ocean biogeochemical modeling. Key areas of focus include examining...
- This $300,785 federal Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's Geosciences Program (CFDA 47.050) supports a research project to characterize the chemical composition and bioavailability of dissolved organic matter released by marine nitrifying microorganisms. The project aims to determine how this material contributes to carbon cycling in the deep ocean, which may help improve biogeochemical models and inform potential marine carbon dioxide removal activities. The research will...
- This Project Grant award of $291,764 from the National Science Foundation's Geosciences Program (CFDA 47.050) supports a postdoctoral fellowship at North Carolina State University to study a newly discovered adaptation in the marine phytoplankton Synechococcus. The project aims to: 1) Collect and culture Synechococcus strains from the iron-limited Northeast Subarctic Pacific that have lost the ability to utilize nitrate, 2) Determine the seasonal abundance and distribution of this nitrate...
- This $908,131 project grant from the National Science Foundation Division of Ocean Sciences, under the Geosciences program (CFDA 47.050), supports research to better understand how changing phytoplankton elemental use efficiencies may impact global ocean biogeochemistry as temperatures rise. A team of U.S. and U.K. researchers, led by the University of Southern California, will conduct laboratory experiments and field work to quantify the effects of temperature on nutrient elemental use...
- This $358,499 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation Division of Ocean Sciences, under the Geosciences program (CFDA 47.050), will fund research to understand the impact of warming on the structure and function of marine communities in the Northwest Atlantic Shelf region, including the Gulf of Maine and Mid-Atlantic Bight. The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, through its Office of Sponsored Research, will characterize the composition and features of plankton and fish...
- This $665,899 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's Geosciences Program (CFDA 47.050) will support a collaborative research project to study the interactions between plastic-derived dissolved organic carbon and the biological carbon pump in ocean ecosystems. The University of New Hampshire will conduct a combination of laboratory experiments, field sampling, and numerical modeling to test the hypothesis that bacteria consuming plastic-derived organic matter compete with...
- This $548,713 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's Geosciences Program (CFDA 47.050) supports research to understand the impacts of global warming and ocean acidification on Rocky Intertidal ecosystems. The project combines controlled laboratory studies, field experiments, and modeling to investigate how shifting environmental conditions and loss of foundation species affect ecosystem functioning in these communities. The research integrates opportunities for ecological and...
This $173,486 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's Geosciences Program (CFDA 47.050) will support a postdoctoral fellowship at the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) to investigate how climate change impacts the cycling of reactive oxygen species (ROS) and the interactions between phytoplankton and helper bacteria in marine microbial communities. The research aims to 1) determine shifts in ROS dynamics and 2) assess the plastic and evolutionary responses of co-cultures subjected to warming temperatures, elevated light stress, and ocean acidification. Through an evolution experiment, the postdoctoral fellow will explore how these climate change perturbations affect the biogeochemistry and relationships between phytoplankton and heterotrophic bacteria. The project will also develop educational resources to provide undergraduate students with hands-on research experiences and computational skills training. This research seeks to advance the understanding of how microscale phytoplankton-bacteria interactions may be impacted by future ocean conditions, with potential implications for global biogeochemical processes.
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Not listed | $173.5k | 8/5/25 |