Project Grant 2542558
- Federal Project Grant Award Summary Cornell University received a $1,010,190 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) 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 will deliver fundamental research examining how plants regulate the heat resistance of carbon fixation through differential expression of Rubisco (Ribulose-1,5-bisphosphate carboxylase/oxygenase) small...
- Federal Grant Award Summary Cornell University received a $291,491 Project Grant from the National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS) under the Biomedical Research and Research Training program (CFDA 93.859), effective April 1, 2026, through January 31, 2031. The award supports fundamental research focused on understanding autolysin function in gram-negative bacterial growth and morphogenesis. Specifically, the research aims to elucidate how endopeptidases (EPs) and lytic...
- Federal Grant Award Summary Award Details: Cornell University's Office of Sponsored Programs received a $305,208 Project Grant from the National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS) under the Biomedical Research and Research Training program (CFDA 93.859), effective August 1, 2025, through July 31, 2030. The award supports fundamental research into ubiquitin mechanisms in cellular health and pathogen-host interactions, a critical area of investigation given ubiquitination's central role...
- Federal Project Grant Award Summary Cornell University received a $429,108 Project Grant award dated May 15, 2026, from the National Science Foundation's Division of Environmental Biology under the Biological Sciences program (CFDA 47.074). The award supports collaborative research investigating interspecific variation in antibody immunity through comparative genomic and phylogenetic approaches. The project will generate high-quality genome assemblies and expressed antibody repertoires across 60...
- 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 Cornell University's Office of Sponsored Programs received a $397,022 Project Grant award from the National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS) under the Biomedical Research and Research Training program (CFDA 93.859), effective August 1, 2025, through May 31, 2030. The award funds research to establish culture conditions for uncultured microbes, with particular focus on developing the first axenic culture of Wolbachia, an intracellular bacterium...
- Federal Project Grant Summary Cornell University's Division of Integrative Organismal Systems received a $600,000 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) under the Biological Sciences program (CFDA 47.074), effective September 1, 2025, through August 31, 2028. This collaborative research initiative focuses on defining the roles of calcium efflux pumps in modulating calcium signaling mechanisms in plants. The primary deliverables include fundamental research outputs designed to...
- 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 Grant Award Summary The National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Molecular and Cellular Biosciences awarded $835,085 to Reed Institute under the Biological Sciences program (CFDA 47.074) on June 1, 2026, for a five-year CAREER project titled "Comprehensive Investigation of the Molecular Mechanisms of Bacterial Manganese Homeostasis." The project will deliver fundamental research outputs including detailed molecular structures of bacterial manganese transport and regulatory...
- Federal Project Grant Award Summary The Research Foundation for the State University of New York, doing business as Stony Brook University, received a $481,722 Project Grant awarded September 1, 2025, through the National Science Foundation's Division of Molecular and Cellular Biosciences under the Biological Sciences program (CFDA 47.074). The three-year research initiative, scheduled for completion by August 31, 2028, focuses on investigating the synthesis and enzymatic mechanisms of...
Cornell University received a $1.2 million National Science Foundation (NSF) Biological Sciences (CFDA 47.074) CAREER award effective June 1, 2026, through May 31, 2031, to investigate the causes and consequences of ribosome stalling in bacteria. The research will identify proteins that facilitate translation during stress conditions in the model organism Bacillus subtilis and determine how translation is regulated during bacterial sporulation—a survival mechanism allowing cells to remain dormant for extended periods. Key research outputs will include characterization of the functional protein networks interacting with ribosomes under stress, identification of ribosome rescue factors and alarmone production mechanisms, and investigation of quality control processes in sporulating cells. These findings are intended to advance understanding of protein synthesis regulation with applications for biotechnology, synthetic biology, and advanced materials manufacturing. The award includes an educational component designed to translate research findings into public scientific literacy. Cornell will develop and deliver protein-building workshops at a local science museum targeting elementary school students, utilizing 3D-printed ribosomes and free software tools for visualizing protein structures. This integrated research and education initiative positions the institution to contribute fundamental knowledge about cellular protein synthesis mechanisms while building science engagement among younger audiences in the Ithaca, New York region, where the research will be performed.Federal Project Grant Award Summary
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
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| Not listed | $1.2m | 5/13/26 |