Project Grant 2526903
- This Project Grant award of $533,020 from the National Science Foundation's Biological Sciences program (CFDA 47.074) supports a collaborative research project between ecologists and microbiologists at Florida Atlantic University (FAU) to study the role of soil microbes in improving the resistance of drylands to climate change-driven soil degradation. The key research activities include: 1) characterizing the heat and drought resistance of common dryland microbe species, 2) discovering how to...
- This $178,508 federal Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Integrative Activities (IA) program supports collaborative research to investigate how soil microbes in dryland ecosystems can maximize resistance to climate change impacts. The project, titled "ORCC: From Organisms to Ecosystems: Can Soil Microbes Maximize Dryland Resistance to Climate Disruption?", aims to characterize the climate resistance of common dryland microbe species, discover how to assemble...
- This $706,641 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's Biological Sciences (CFDA 47.074) Federal Grant Program supports collaborative research to investigate the role of plant-soil feedbacks in promoting the resilience of pinon woodlands in the western United States to severe drought conditions. The research involves field inoculations of pinon pine seedlings with beneficial soil microbes, laboratory assays, and greenhouse experiments to understand how plant-microbe...
- This $202,001 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's Biological Sciences program (CFDA 47.074) supports a collaborative research project at Northern Arizona University (NAU) to investigate plant-soil feedbacks and their role in the resilience of pinon woodlands to severe drought. The key objectives are to: Test the hypothesis that adding beneficial soil microbes can aid the recovery of pinon pine seedlings in areas impacted by experimental severe drought. DNA sequencing...
- This National Science Foundation (NSF) Biological Sciences (CFDA 47.074) Project Grant award of $277,703 provides funding to The Pennsylvania State University to investigate how microbial communities in desert soils adapt and respond to environmental stress from changing climate conditions. The research will examine soils in the Sonoran Desert over several years, using advanced genetic tools to study the microbes and their functions. The project aims to develop practical tools for monitoring...
- This $763,538 federal Project Grant was awarded to the University of Chicago on July 15, 2024 by the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Biological Sciences program (CFDA 47.074). The project aims to understand the mechanistic basis of functional robustness in the soil microbiome, connecting detailed microbial processes to broader ecological and environmental outcomes like soil fertility and greenhouse gas emissions. The research objectives include elucidating how soil microbiomes respond to...
- This $164,793 Project Grant awarded by the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Integrative Activities (IA) program aims to discover microbial solutions that promote soil health in drylands under climate change. The research activities focus on characterizing the climate resistance of common dryland microbe species, assembling microbial communities that maximize resistance to heat and drought, and field-testing the application of climate-ready microbial assemblages to reverse long-term soil...
- This National Science Foundation (NSF) Biological Sciences (CFDA 47.074) federal Project Grant award of $798,450 supports a trilateral research project to study the role of microbiomes in enhancing plant resilience to multiple environmental stresses. The project, titled "TRILATERAL FPP 2023: THE ROLE OF THE MICROBIOME IN PROVIDING RESILIENCE TO MULTI-STRESS ENVIRONMENTS", will use duckweed as a model organism to investigate how bacteria communities can impart stress resilience, with...
- This National Science Foundation Postdoctoral Fellowship in Biology award for $138,000 provides funding from August 1, 2023 through July 31, 2025 to support research investigating the role of host-associated microbes in plant responses to global environmental stressors such as drought. Funded under the Biological Sciences program (CFDA 47.074), the fellowship will advance understanding of microbial influences on host acclimation, adaptation, and population persistence under changing...
- This Project Grant award of $270,000.00 from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Biological Sciences (CFDA 47.074) program will fund a Postdoctoral Fellowship titled "Grounded in Volatility: Using Volatile Organic Compounds to Illuminate Plant-Influenced Microbial Phenotypes in Desert Soils." The fellowship will support research and training aimed at advancing methods for measuring microbes in soil and revealing new ways that plant roots shape soil ecosystems. The research will...
This $348,691 federal Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's Biological Sciences program (CFDA 47.074) will support research by the University of Houston System to uncover the mechanisms underlying how drought impacts plant-microbe interactions and influences plant community structure. The study will use metatranscriptomics, a new molecular tool, to analyze changes in active microbial communities and functions in the soil during drought conditions. This work aims to provide insights into how plant-soil feedbacks mediated by microbes respond to drought, with potential applications for predicting and mitigating the effects of drought on Texas grasslands. The award will also provide training opportunities for graduate students. The project is scheduled to run from January 1, 2026 through December 31, 2028.
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Not listed | $348.7k | 7/29/25 |