Project Grant 2532425
- This National Science Foundation (NSF) Project Grant award under the Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) provides $413,342 to Yale University to develop a three-dimensional computational model of leaf development that can be used to design and build multi-functional, mechanically robust materials inspired by plant leaves. The project aims to: 1) develop new image analysis methods to characterize the 3D structural diversity of leaves, 2) create a 3D computational model of leaf development, and 3)...
- Federal Project Grant Award Summary New York University received a $350,000 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's Division of Integrative Organismal Systems under the Biological Sciences program (CFDA 47.074), effective September 1, 2025 through August 31, 2027. The award funds development of an innovative microfluidic platform called "Crowd-on-Chip" designed to miniaturize plant cell biology research. The primary deliverable is an enhanced prototype microfluidic...
- Federal Grant Award Summary The National Science Foundation's Division of Biological Infrastructure awarded $668,777 to New York University on August 1, 2026, under the Biological Sciences program (CFDA 47.074) to conduct collaborative research on cis-regulatory dynamics in maize domestication and improvement. The three-year project, concluding July 31, 2029, will employ innovative genomic, epigenomic, and computational approaches to identify and characterize regulatory regions that control...
- Federal Grant Award Summary Fairleigh Dickinson University received a $199,844 Engineering Research Initiation (ERI) award from the National Science Foundation's Directorate for Engineering, Civil, Mechanical, and Manufacturing Innovation Division (CFDA 47.041) for a two-year project running from June 1, 2026 through May 31, 2028. The research program delivers a systematic engineering investigation into plant biomechanics and lodging resistance, addressing a critical agricultural challenge...
- Federal Project Grant Award Summary The National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Biological Infrastructure awarded $686,065 to the Boyce Thompson Institute for Plant Research Inc. on July 15, 2026, through the Biological Sciences program (CFDA 47.074) to support collaborative research investigating dihydrouridine (DHU), an RNA covalent modification, and its role in maintaining photosynthesis and metabolism under environmental stress in plants. The three-year project, scheduled for...
- Federal Project Grant Award Summary The National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Environmental Biology awarded $1.195 million to the University of Florida under the Biological Sciences program (CFDA 47.074) for a five-year CAREER grant beginning September 1, 2026 and concluding August 31, 2031. This award funds basic research investigating the physiological and anatomical mechanisms that determine whether plant leaves recover from drought-induced wilting or experience irreversible damage....
- Federal Project Grant Award Summary The National Science Foundation's Division of Environmental Biology awarded Columbia University a Project Grant of $327,495 under the Biological Sciences program (CFDA 47.074) effective September 1, 2026, with completion targeted for August 31, 2031. This collaborative research initiative develops improved methodologies for predicting tree growth responses to natural environmental variability, including temperature and moisture fluctuations, at...
- Federal Project Grant Award Summary The National Science Foundation's Division of Molecular and Cellular Biosciences awarded $750,000 on April 15, 2025, under the Biological Sciences program (CFDA 47.074) to The Research Foundation For The State University Of New York at the University at Albany to develop manufacturable three-dimensional (3D) mammalian cell culture systems with integrated sensing technologies, with completion targeted for March 31, 2029. The primary research deliverables...
- Federal Project Grant Award Summary The National Science Foundation's Division of Emerging Frontiers awarded $250,086 to the Regents of the University of Minnesota (University of Minnesota Duluth) on May 1, 2026, under the Biological Sciences program (CFDA 47.074) to conduct collaborative research on xylem and phloem integration in plant physiology. The project, with a completion date of April 30, 2029, will measure water and carbon transport functions across diverse plant species—including...
- Federal Project Grant Award Summary The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded Dartmouth College $850,435 under the Biological Sciences program (CFDA 47.074) for collaborative research addressing plant organ development through genome-wide characterization of evolutionarily conserved signaling modules. The five-year project, which commenced June 1, 2025 and concludes May 31, 2030, investigates how sulfated peptides and their receptor-like kinase interactions orchestrate plant organ formation....
The National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Civil, Mechanical, and Manufacturing Innovation awarded New York University a $336,380 Project Grant on July 1, 2025, under the Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) to develop a three-dimensional (3D) computational model of plant leaf development. The primary deliverable is a virtual leaf platform that will recapitulate the structural diversity observed in real leaves and enable researchers to test how structural variation influences leaf performance. The research will develop new image analysis methods to characterize three-dimensional cell and tissue structural diversity in leaves and create computational tools to model leaf development from undifferentiated cells through tissue formation. This work has dual applications in advancing fundamental understanding of biological self-assembly processes and informing the development of self-assembling, biomimetic materials in materials science and engineering. The project extends through December 31, 2027, and incorporates significant educational and mentoring components targeting high school, undergraduate, and graduate students. By using the plant leaf as a model system for understanding how multiple tissues with varying properties—from confluent to highly porous structures—can develop in concert from identical cells, this research provides a template for designing stable, porous engineering materials with tunable properties. The virtual leaf platform will serve as infrastructure for future studies of leaf function and carbon fixation processes while contributing to workforce development in biomimetic material design and computational biology.Federal Grant Award Summary
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
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| Not listed | $336.4k | 7/19/25 |