Project Grant 2541778
- 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 Harvard College, through its Office for Sponsored Programs, received a $463,375 Project Grant from the National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS) under the Biomedical Research and Research Training program (CFDA 93.859), awarded on May 15, 2026, with completion targeted for January 31, 2031. The award supports fundamental research on evolution and population genetics in microbial populations, utilizing mathematical modeling and laboratory evolution...
- Federal Project Grant Award Summary The National Science Foundation's Division of Molecular and Cellular Biosciences awarded a $1.14 million CAREER grant to Harvard College (award date: June 1, 2026; completion date: May 31, 2031) under the Biological Sciences program (CFDA 47.074) to advance fundamental research on insect pheromone communication and develop practical pest management applications. The research will elucidate the structural and cellular mechanisms underlying chemical...
- Federal Grant Award Summary Purdue University received a $1.2 million Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's Division of Molecular and Cellular Biosciences under the Biological Sciences program (CFDA 47.074) for the period June 1, 2026 through May 31, 2029. The award supports fundamental research investigating how small-molecule metabolites regulate gene activity in plant cells, using petunia flowers as a model system. The project examines the hypothesis that a biosynthetic...
- Federal Project Grant Award Summary The National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS) awarded President and Fellows of Harvard College a Project Grant of $463,375 under the Biomedical Research and Research Training program (CFDA 93.859), effective April 1, 2026, with completion targeted for February 28, 2031. This research initiative investigates the mechanisms by which the fungus Entomophthora muscae manipulates the behavior of its host organism, the fruit fly Drosophila...
- 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....
- Federal Project Grant Award Summary The Trustees of Boston University received a $885,642 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's Division of Molecular and Cellular Biosciences (Biological Sciences Program, CFDA 47.074) effective September 1, 2025, through August 31, 2028. The award supports research to characterize signal propagation and control within gene regulatory networks using optogenetic techniques. The primary deliverables include foundational scientific knowledge regarding...
- FEDERAL PROJECT GRANT AWARD SUMMARY Princeton University received a $1.0 million Project Grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Molecular and Cellular Biosciences under the Biological Sciences program (CFDA 47.074), effective August 1, 2025 through July 31, 2029. The award funds fundamental research on quorum sensing—a bacterial cell-to-cell communication process that enables bacterial populations to synchronize behavior based on population density and species...
- Federal Project Grant Award Summary The National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Earth Sciences awarded $300,000 to Harvard College under the Geosciences program (CFDA 47.050) on July 1, 2026, for a three-year project investigating the relationship between body size and locomotor ecology in temnospondyls—extinct amphibian relatives that dominated freshwater ecosystems for over 200 million years. The research integrates paleontological data, comparative anatomy of modern salamanders...
- The National Science Foundation Division of Integrative Organismal Systems awarded a $314,715 Project Grant to President And Fellows Of Harvard College from September 1, 2021 to August 31, 2024. The grant supports collaborative research titled "EDGE FGT: Transformation and Genomic Resources to Advance Diverse, Emerging Model Angiosperms" under the Biological Sciences program (CFDA 47.074). The research aims to promote progress in the biological sciences by increasing scientific...
Harvard College's President and Fellows received a $1.275M project grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Molecular and Cellular Biosciences under the Biological Sciences program (CFDA 47.074), awarded July 15, 2026, with completion targeted for June 30, 2031. The primary deliverable is fundamental research into lycopodium alkaloid biosynthesis from medicinal clubmoss plants, with the objective of developing engineering strategies to produce bioactive molecules with therapeutic potential for Alzheimer's disease, diabetes, and depression. The research will characterize biosynthetic enzymes, metabolic organization within plant cells, cellular transporters, and auxiliary proteins that optimize alkaloid pathway flux, leveraging comparative transcriptomic analyses across evolutionarily conserved clubmoss species to build systems-level understanding of plant alkaloid metabolism. Beyond research outputs, the project will generate educational and outreach products through STEM engagement initiatives targeting high school students, undergraduate researchers, and academic scientists. The research findings are expected to contribute broader principles applicable to plant metabolic engineering and biotechnology applications within the U.S. bioeconomy, positioning the results for potential adoption across multiple research and commercial entities working on plant-derived bioactive molecules and synthetic biology applications in plants.Summary of Federal Project Grant Award
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
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| Not listed | $1.3m | 7/14/26 |