Project Grant 2541288
- This federal Project Grant award, valued at $541,574.00 and awarded on January 15, 2025, is funded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) under the Biological Sciences (CFDA 47.074) Federal Grant Program. The project, titled "COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: NSF/MCB-BSF: THE EFFECT OF TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR BINDING ON UV LESION ACCUMULATION", aims to determine whether transcription factor binding to DNA makes it more susceptible to damage or impedes DNA repair, leading to increased genomic...
- Federal Project Grant Award Summary The National Science Foundation's Division of Molecular and Cellular Biosciences awarded a CAREER grant totaling $886,687 to the Stowers Institute for Medical Research on July 15, 2026, under the Biological Sciences program (CFDA 47.074). This five-year project, with completion targeted for June 30, 2031, focuses on elucidating the molecular mechanisms of the Ribosome Assembly Surveillance Pathway (RASP), through which cells detect and eliminate defective...
- Federal Grant Award Summary The National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Molecular and Cellular Biosciences awarded the University of Washington a $836,598 Project Grant (CFDA 47.074, Biological Sciences) effective September 1, 2025, through August 31, 2030. This CAREER award funds research to develop tools and methodologies for reading and sequencing expanded genetic alphabets (XNA) containing synthetic nucleotide bases beyond the standard adenine, thymine, guanine, and cytosine. The...
- Federal Project Grant Award Summary The National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Molecular and Cellular Biosciences awarded $1.2 million to the University of California, Davis under the Biological Sciences program (CFDA 47.074) on July 15, 2026, with a completion date of June 30, 2030. This Project Grant supports fundamental research into gene-specific nuclear messenger ribonucleoprotein (mRNP) assembly and quality control mechanisms. The research focuses on understanding how genetic...
- 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 Project Grant Award Summary The National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Environmental Biology awarded $758,938 to The University of Mississippi under the Biological Sciences program (CFDA 47.074) for collaborative research on evolutionary repeatability and co-evolution dynamics. The four-year project, initiated August 1, 2026 and concluding July 31, 2030, delivers two primary products: (1) empirical research characterizing evolutionary changes in a two-species microbial system...
- Federal Grant Award Summary The National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Molecular and Cellular Biosciences awarded $880,000 to the University of Massachusetts Lowell under the Biological Sciences program (CFDA 47.074) for a five-year CAREER grant (June 1, 2026 – May 31, 2031). The project investigates how transgenerational chromatin landscapes regulate cell fate and gene expression in Caenorhabditis elegans, focusing on the mechanisms of epigenetic inheritance—specifically, which histone...
- Federal Project Grant Award Summary The National Science Foundation's Division of Molecular and Cellular Biosciences awarded $427,615 to the Regents of the University of Michigan (effective August 1, 2026, through July 31, 2029) under the Biological Sciences program (CFDA 47.074) to support collaborative research on epigenetic silencing mechanisms. The primary deliverable is fundamental scientific research investigating how intrinsically disordered regions (IDRs) of proteins regulate the...
- Federal Grant Award Summary The National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Molecular and Cellular Biosciences awarded $1.3 million to the University of Pennsylvania under the Biological Sciences program (CFDA 47.074) for the project "Dissecting the HIRA/HIR Chaperone Complex in the Chromatin Landscape." The award, effective July 1, 2026 through June 30, 2029, funds fundamental research into the structural and biochemical mechanisms of the HIRA/HIR (histone regulatory A/histone...
- Federal Project Grant Award Summary The National Science Foundation's Division of Molecular and Cellular Biosciences awarded a $600,620 CAREER (Faculty Early Career Development Program) Project Grant to the University of New Mexico, effective June 1, 2026 through May 31, 2031, under the Biological Sciences program (CFDA 47.074). The project delivers advanced spectroscopic and computational research mapping protein-RNA binding dynamics with unprecedented sensitivity and temporal resolution. The...
The National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Molecular and Cellular Biosciences awarded Mississippi State University a $669,055 Project Grant (CFDA 47.074, Biological Sciences) on July 15, 2026, to support a CAREER award investigating the interplay between DNA replication and transcription fidelity through June 30, 2031. The project will deliver fundamental research outputs examining how unrepaired or incorrectly repaired DNA damage impacts cellular function and human health outcomes, with applications toward developing new DNA damage detection technologies. Primary research deliverables include identification of the role of DNA and RNA damage on transcript fidelity using rolling-circle RNA sequencing (RCS) across knockout yeast strains and template DNA fragments carrying specific damage, and determination of the interplay between transcription and replication fidelity through mutation accumulation experiments in yeast and nematode models. In addition to research outputs, the award supports educational and workforce development products. Mississippi State University will deliver a course-based research experience program for undergraduate students to enhance computational skills, and will develop computational training resources and professional development programming for high school teachers to build their capacity and enable knowledge transfer to secondary students. These integrated research and educational components align with NSF's mission to advance biological sciences and strengthen the Nation's scientific enterprise through basic research that expands understanding of fundamental biological processes.Federal Project Grant Award Summary
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Not listed | $669.1k | 7/15/26 |