Project Grant 2533822
- Federal Project Grant Award Summary The Board of Regents of the University of Nebraska received a $769,792 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's Division of Integrative Organismal Systems under the Biological Sciences program (CFDA 47.074), effective August 15, 2025, with a completion date of July 31, 2028. This research initiative will produce scientific knowledge and methodologies to identify and characterize pathogen effector proteins—secreted molecules deployed by...
- Federal Grant Award Summary The Board of Regents of the University of Nebraska received a $1,087,895 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's Division of Emerging Frontiers under the Biological Sciences program (CFDA 47.074), effective September 1, 2025, through August 31, 2028. This research initiative will generate fundamental scientific knowledge regarding the dynamics of carbon and energy fluxes in methanogenic archaea—microorganisms capable of converting low-energy substrates...
- This federal Project Grant award, valued at $1,153,105.00 and running from May 1, 2025 to April 30, 2028, was provided by the National Science Foundation's Geosciences program (CFDA 47.050) to the University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science (UMCES). The grant funds a collaborative research project investigating the impacts of virovory, or the grazing of viruses, on the cycling of organic matter and energy flow within temperate marine ecosystems. The research aims to provide a...
- The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a $454,006 Geosciences program (CFDA 47.050) Project Grant to the University of Tennessee to conduct collaborative research on the role of viruses in the cycling of organic matter and energy flow within temperate marine ecosystems. The project aims to quantify the impact of "virovory" (grazing on virus particles) on carbon and nutrient dynamics, using isotope tracing and microbial food web models. This research is intended to improve the...
- The Board of Regents of the University of Nebraska received a $649,999 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation Division of Molecular and Cellular Biosciences on August 15, 2021 to support research titled "Nanoscale Structure and Dynamics of Nucleosome Arrays Assembled on DNA Templates with Physiologically Relevant Sequences." The award is part of the NSF's Biological Sciences program (CFDA #47.074), which aims to promote progress in the biological sciences and...
- This $400,000 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Mathematical and Physical Sciences (CFDA 47.049) program supports research to model the complex dynamics of viruses and bacteria in ancient ocean-like environments. The project aims to identify "keystone" viruses that significantly influence microbial community structure and biogeochemistry in these stable, oxygen-free lake ecosystems. The research will develop innovative mathematical methods to predict...
- The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a Project Grant under the Integrative Activities (IA) program (CFDA 47.083) to the Board of Regents of the University of Nebraska, doing business as the University of Nebraska, in the amount of $145,150 on April 15, 2024. This 2-year project will provide a fellowship to an Assistant Research Professor at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln to conduct collaborative research with the University of Washington. The project aims to determine how...
- This Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's Division of Molecular and Cellular Biosciences, under the Biological Sciences federal grant program (CFDA 47.074), provides $794,803 to the University of Nebraska from July 1, 2022 to June 30, 2025. The funding supports research into the "Mechanisms of Small RNA-Mediated Silencing in Chlamydomonas" being conducted by the University of Nebraska. As part of the Biological Sciences program's goal of increasing scientific...
- This $408,738 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's Geosciences Program (CFDA 47.050) supports collaborative research to investigate the effects of SUP05 bacterial cells and the viruses that infect them (phages) on nitrogen cycling in marine oxygen minimum zones. The project is led by the University of Washington, and aims to detail the combined impact of SUP05 cells and their associated phages on nitrogen transformation and loss processes in these ocean regions. Through a...
- This National Science Foundation (NSF) Project Grant award, funded under the Integrative Activities program (CFDA 47.083), supports research on the structural mechanisms of bacterial extracellular DNA-recognition. The $216,149 award to the Board of Regents of the University of Nebraska, from July 1, 2023 to June 30, 2026, aims to identify and characterize novel DNA receptor subunits incorporated into bacterial surface appendages. The project will purify soluble protein constructs, measure...
The Board of Regents of the University of Nebraska received a $1,085,162 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's Division of Environmental Biology under the Biological Sciences program (CFDA 47.074), awarded June 1, 2026, with completion targeted for May 31, 2029. This research project investigates how virovory—the consumption of viruses by microorganisms—influences phosphorus and nitrogen bioavailability and nutrient cycling in freshwater lakes. The research will deliver scientific insights through a combination of manipulative experiments, observational data collection, and theoretical modeling, utilizing isotopic tracers (15N and 32P) to quantify nutrient movement through aquatic food webs across multiple lake types. The project will produce fundamental scientific outputs including experimental data on viral community dynamics, mathematical frameworks modeling nutrient cycling processes influenced by virovorous interactions, and knowledge applicable to understanding how viruses regulate microbial nutrient cycling in America's lakes. These deliverables are expected to advance understanding of freshwater ecosystem function and nutrient dynamics with potential applications in biotechnology and lake management strategies. Research activities will be conducted at the University of Nebraska's Lincoln campus location.
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
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| Not listed | $1.1m | 4/22/26 |