Project Grant 2543276
- Federal Project Grant Award Summary The Johns Hopkins University received a $900,000 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's Division of Integrative Organismal Systems under the Biological Sciences program (CFDA 47.074), effective September 1, 2025 through August 31, 2028. This award supports research examining the mechanistic roles of hyper-divergent genomic regions in gene-by-environment interactions using nematode species as model organisms. The research employs advanced genomics...
- Federal Grant Award Summary The Johns Hopkins University received a $898,939 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Biological Infrastructure under the Biological Sciences program (CFDA 47.074), effective August 1, 2026 through July 31, 2029. This award supports critical expansions and improvements to the Caenorhabditis Natural Strain Resource (CaeNSR), a centralized repository and research portal for wild nematode strains used in fundamental biological research....
- The University of Richmond received a $360,225 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's Division of Biological Infrastructure under the Biological Sciences program (CFDA 47.074), awarded December 1, 2025, with completion by December 31, 2026. This research project delivers scientific knowledge on nutritional ecology in songbird predators by assessing macronutrient composition (protein, carbohydrate, and lipid) in insect prey, identifying optimal macronutrient ratios for nestling...
- Federal Grant Award Summary The University of Maryland, College Park received a $348,145 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's Division of Information and Intelligent Systems under the Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CISE) program (CFDA 47.070), effective May 1, 2025 through April 30, 2030. This CAREER award supports the development of computational infrastructure and methods for retrophylogenomics—an emerging field that leverages retrotransposon data to...
- Federal Grant Award Summary The National Science Foundation's Division of Biological Infrastructure awarded $465,000 to the University of North Dakota on November 1, 2025, to establish a Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) Site program focused on genes and the environment. The program will provide ten-week summer research training experiences to 10 undergraduate students annually over three years (2026-2028), with an anticipated total of 30 students primarily recruited from institutions...
- Federal Grant Award Summary The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill received a $598,807 CAREER (Faculty Early Career Development) award from the National Science Foundation's Division of Biological Infrastructure under the Biological Sciences program (CFDA 47.074), effective June 1, 2026 through May 31, 2031. The award supports development of artificial intelligence (AI) and computational tools designed to decode gene regulatory mechanisms by integrating protein structure information...
- Federal Grant Award Summary Augusta University Research Institute, Inc. received a $576,411 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Molecular and Cellular Biosciences under the Biological Sciences program (CFDA 47.074), effective July 1, 2025 through June 30, 2030. This CAREER award supports fundamental research investigating proteolytic cleavage mechanisms in contact-dependent cell signaling, specifically examining how ADAM (A Disintegrin and Metalloproteinase)...
- Federal Grant Award Summary Fayetteville State University received a $393,641 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's Division of Human Resource Development under the STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076) for the period August 1, 2025 through July 31, 2028. The award supports the development and implementation of course-based undergraduate research experiences (CUREs) that integrate genetic engineering and computational biology tools into the curriculum at the institution's...
- Federal Grant Award Summary The University of New Hampshire has received a $507,706 CAREER (NSF Early Career Development Program) award from the National Science Foundation's Division of Biological Infrastructure under the Biological Sciences program (CFDA 47.074), effective September 1, 2025, through August 31, 2030. This project addresses critical gaps in ecological monitoring program design by developing research capacity, educational infrastructure, and analytical tools. The primary...
- Federal Project Grant Award Summary The University of Virginia received $952,820 in federal funding from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Emerging Frontiers under the Biological Sciences program (CFDA 47.074) for a collaborative research project spanning May 1, 2026, through April 30, 2030. The project will deliver fundamental research investigating how population age structure influences the evolution of social behavior, using the forked fungus beetle as a model organism...
The University of Richmond received a $847,878 Project Grant award dated June 15, 2026, from the National Science Foundation's Division of Biological Infrastructure under the Biological Sciences program (CFDA 47.074). The grant supports a CAREER (Faculty Early Career Development) project that will develop and deploy software infrastructure and bioinformatic tools enabling researchers with limited computational expertise to analyze ancient and modern human genomes for signatures of directional selection and human adaptations. The deliverables include a user-accessible genomic analysis pipeline, refined demographic models applicable to diverse human populations, and implementation of these tools within course-based undergraduate research experiences (CUREs) to facilitate detection of positive selection patterns across worldwide populations. The project's educational and workforce development components extend through May 31, 2031, and will train one postdoctoral fellow, two post-baccalaureate students, and ten undergraduate research students directly engaged in the research. Additionally, the project will provide applied computing training and professional development to approximately 60 undergraduate students and 30 higher education biology faculty members through data science short courses and genomics workshops. These integrated research and educational activities address the documented gap between the expanding availability of human genomic datasets and the limited number of researchers with requisite bioinformatic expertise to effectively utilize selection detection methodologies.Federal Project Grant Award Summary
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
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| Not listed | $847.9k | 6/16/26 |