Project Grant 2538853
- Federal Project Grant Award Summary The University of Massachusetts Medical School (UMMS) received a $1.1 million CAREER award from the National Science Foundation's Division of Molecular and Cellular Biosciences under the Biological Sciences program (CFDA 47.074) to support fundamental research on novel bacterial immune systems for genome editing applications. Awarded August 1, 2025, with a completion date of July 31, 2030, this project will deliver scientific research outputs including...
- Federal Grant Award Summary Florida State University received a $864,959 CAREER (Faculty Early Career Development) Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Environmental Biology under the Biological Sciences program (CFDA 47.074) effective July 1, 2026 through June 30, 2031. The award supports fundamental research investigating causal relationships between epigenetic regulation, gene expression, and phenotypic diversity in Caenorhabditis elegans nematodes. The...
- Federal Project Grant Award Summary MIT received $1,041,774 in funding from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Molecular and Cellular Biosciences under the Biological Sciences program (CFDA 47.074) for a collaborative research project running from August 1, 2025, through July 31, 2029. This project grant supports fundamental research investigating analog information storage in chromatin states, with the goal of understanding how cells encode and maintain their identity through...
- Federal Grant Award Summary The University of California, San Diego received a $375,000 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Molecular and Cellular Biosciences under the Biological Sciences program (CFDA 47.074). The four-year award, active from August 1, 2025 through July 31, 2029, supports collaborative research investigating analog information storage in chromatin states—specifically how cells maintain identity information through gene expression regulation...
- Federal Project Grant Award Summary The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill received a $1,039,048 CAREER award from the National Science Foundation's Division of Molecular and Cellular Biosciences under the Biological Sciences program (CFDA 47.074) effective August 15, 2025, with a completion date of July 31, 2030. This project grant supports fundamental research investigating how animals allocate energy between maintaining their own cellular and organ systems versus investing in...
- Federal Grant Award Summary North Carolina State University received a $801,725 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's Division of Molecular and Cellular Biosciences under the Biological Sciences program (CFDA 47.074), effective June 1, 2026 through May 31, 2031. This CAREER award supports research to uncover the epigenetic grammar governing chromatin organization by integrating artificial intelligence (AI) with physics-based computational simulations. The project will...
- Federal Project Grant Award Summary The University of New Mexico received a $600,620 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's Division of Molecular and Cellular Biosciences under the Biological Sciences program (CFDA 47.074), effective June 1, 2026, through May 31, 2031. This CAREER award supports research investigating protein-RNA binding dynamics through advanced spectroscopy and computational modeling. The primary deliverables include quantitative mapping of biomolecular...
- Federal Grant Award Summary The Klocko Laboratory at the University of Colorado Colorado Springs (UCCS) received a Project Grant of $325,938 from the National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS) under the Biomedical Research and Research Training program (CFDA 93.859), effective June 1, 2026 through May 31, 2031. The award funds fundamental research into genome organization and function in fungi, specifically utilizing Neurospora crassa as a model organism to understand how...
- Federal Project Grant Award Summary Boston College received a $1.0M CAREER grant awarded August 15, 2025, through the National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Integrative Organismal Systems under the Biological Sciences program (CFDA 47.074). The award funds an integrated research and educational initiative investigating the interplay between polyploidy (cell growth through genome duplication) and innate immune responses during wound healing. Using fruit fly models, the research will...
- Federal Grant Award Summary This $347,628 CAREER (Faculty Early Career Development) Project Grant, awarded by the National Science Foundation's Division of Molecular and Cellular Biosciences under the Biological Sciences program (CFDA 47.074), commenced June 1, 2025, and extends through May 31, 2030. The award supports fundamental research conducted at Purdue University to elucidate the assembly, supramolecular organization, and functional mechanisms of bacterial microcompartments—specialized...
The University of Massachusetts Lowell received an $880,000 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's Division of Molecular and Cellular Biosciences (Biological Sciences program, CFDA 47.074) effective June 1, 2026, through May 31, 2031. This CAREER award supports fundamental research investigating transgenerational epigenetic inheritance and chromatin landscape dynamics using Caenorhabditis elegans as a model organism. The research will generate scientific data and methodologies to elucidate how heritable chromatin modifications regulate gene expression across generations, with particular focus on identifying which epigenetic information must be erased versus retained during development. Discoveries from this work are expected to advance understanding of epigenetic inheritance mechanisms that are highly conserved across eukaryotes and to inform biotechnology applications including tissue engineering and gene therapy. In addition to research outputs, the award emphasizes workforce development and broadened participation in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) fields. The project integrates research activities into required undergraduate biology courses through course-based research experiences specifically designed to support first-generation college students. This embedded research model removes traditional barriers to undergraduate research participation and increases access to STEM career pathways, including opportunities in biotechnology and computational biology. The award thus delivers both fundamental scientific knowledge regarding epigenetic inheritance and enhanced educational infrastructure to broaden participation in biological sciences research and training.Federal Grant Award Summary
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Not listed | $880.0k | 4/28/26 |