Project Grant 2539529
- Federal Grant Award Summary The University of Arkansas, Fayetteville received a $500,000 CAREER (Faculty Early Career Development) award from the National Science Foundation's Division of Chemical, Bioengineering, Environmental, and Transport Systems under the Engineering program (CFDA 47.041), effective July 15, 2025 through June 30, 2030. The project will generate fundamental research findings and experimental data regarding liquid-liquid crystal phase separation in rod-shaped particles and...
- Federal Project Grant Award Summary The Division of Agriculture of the University of Arkansas received a $399,831 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's Division of Emerging Frontiers under the Biological Sciences program (CFDA 47.074), effective August 1, 2025 through July 31, 2028. Titled "Modeling the Phylogenetic Architecture of Biodiversity," this research initiative will develop novel statistical methods and computational tools to link observed biological...
- Federal Grant Award Summary The National Science Foundation's Division of Environmental Biology awarded $500,656 to the University of Arkansas under the Biological Sciences program (CFDA 47.074) for a collaborative research project examining terrestrial biodiversity dynamics during the Cretaceous Thermal Maximum (KTM), approximately 95 million years ago. The five-year project, initiated July 1, 2025 and concluding June 30, 2030, addresses critical gaps in understanding how rapid global warming...
- Federal Grant Award Summary The University of Arkansas received a $550,000 Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) award from the National Science Foundation's Division of Civil, Mechanical, and Manufacturing Innovation under the Engineering program (CFDA 47.041), effective April 1, 2026 through March 31, 2031. This award supports fundamental research to advance high-resolution selective laser printing technology capable of fabricating metal and other inorganic structures at the micro- and...
- Federal Grant Award Summary Arizona State University received a $783,649 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's Division of Environmental Biology under the Biological Sciences program (CFDA 47.074), effective June 1, 2026, through May 31, 2031. This CAREER award supports fundamental research investigating how subtle environmental changes influence evolutionary outcomes in organisms, with particular relevance to understanding adaptive responses in drug-resistant pathogens,...
- 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...
- Federal Project Grant Award Summary The National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Environmental Biology awarded a CAREER (Biological Sciences, CFDA 47.074) Project Grant of $718,324 to the University of Wyoming effective September 1, 2025, through August 31, 2030. This award funds fundamental research investigating how environmental filtering and species interactions affect ecological persistence and coexistence in response to changing temperature regimes. The research combines global change...
- Federal Project Grant Award Summary The University of Arkansas received a $249,947 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Emerging Frontiers under the Biological Sciences program (CFDA 47.074), awarded September 1, 2026, with a completion date of August 31, 2030. This collaborative research initiative develops non-lethal monitoring technologies to detect and track native bee pollinator species in managed forest environments. The project delivers an artificial...
- Federal Grant Award Summary The National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Environmental Biology awarded $739,821 to the University of Florida under the Biological Sciences program (CFDA 47.074) for a five-year CAREER project commencing June 1, 2025, and concluding May 31, 2030. This Project Grant supports an integrated research and educational initiative investigating heterogeneity in lizard-malaria transmission through the combination of mathematical modeling and ecological experimentation....
- Federal Project Grant Award Summary The Division of Agriculture of the University of Arkansas received a $785,872 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's Division of Emerging Frontiers under the Biological Sciences program (CFDA 47.074) for collaborative research on a human-in-the-loop Artificial Intelligence (AI) system for automated identification of ground-dwelling arthropods. The award, initiated October 1, 2025, with completion targeted for September 30, 2028, will deliver...
The University of Arkansas, Fayetteville received a $1,079,060 CAREER Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's Division of Environmental Biology (CFDA 47.074—Biological Sciences) for a five-year project spanning July 1, 2026 through June 30, 2031. The award supports fundamental research investigating the genetic origins, regulatory mechanisms, and evolutionary trajectories of fish antifreeze proteins (AFP), which enable certain fish species to survive in icy seawater. The research employs comparative genomics, transcriptomics, epigenomics, and phylogenetic analyses to elucidate how new genes with novel biological functions arise and become integrated into complex gene regulatory networks, with particular emphasis on Type I AFP evolution across four distantly related fish lineages that independently evolved similar proteins. Beyond research outputs, this CAREER award delivers substantial workforce development and educational products to advance the national interest in STEM education. Deliverables include annual hands-on evolution outreach events at Arkansas museums serving K–12 students and families; integration of project-generated multi-omic datasets into classroom research experiences for more than 100 college students; and mentoring and research training for students and postdoctoral scholars in genomics and evolutionary biology. These integrated research and educational activities are designed to expand public scientific literacy, broaden participation in genomics research, and prepare future scientists to analyze complex biological data.Federal Grant Award Summary
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
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| Not listed | $1.1m | 5/7/26 |