Project Grant 2544926
- Federal Grant Award Summary The Marine Biological Laboratory (MBL) received a $426,300 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's Division of Integrative Organismal Systems under the Biological Sciences program (CFDA 47.074), effective July 15, 2025, with completion targeted for June 30, 2028. This collaborative research initiative investigates the development, evolution, and specialization of anterior lateral line systems in fishes and amphibians—sensory mechanisms that enable...
- Federal Grant Award Summary Montclair State University received a $423,626 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's Division of Biological Infrastructure under the Biological Sciences program (CFDA 47.074), effective August 1, 2025 through July 31, 2028. The project focuses on developing research tools and infrastructure to map neural mechanisms underlying cognition and emotion in teleost fish, with particular emphasis on identifying teleostean forebrain counterparts to mammalian...
- Federal Grant Award Summary Award Overview: Columbia University received a $250,700 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's Division of Social, Behavioral and Economic Science (CFDA 47.075) effective August 1, 2025, through July 31, 2026. The project, titled "Scholars: Scientific Outcomes from AI Tools and Models," will deliver comparative research and analytical findings examining how artificial intelligence (AI)-based behavioral tracking tools shape neuroscientific...
- The National Science Foundation awarded a $138,000 Project Grant to support research titled "The Social Brain: Behavioral, Neural, and Transcriptomic Modulation of the Brain" from July 1, 2021 to June 30, 2023. This funding was provided under the Biological Sciences program (CFDA 47.074) to promote progress in the biological sciences and increase understanding of major issues facing the nation. Over the two year period of performance in Columbia, Missouri, this award will allow the...
- Federal Grant Award Summary The University of Chicago received a $1.225 million Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's Division of Integrative Organismal Systems under the Biological Sciences program (CFDA 47.074) on July 15, 2025, with performance completion scheduled for June 30, 2028. This collaborative research initiative will investigate the development, evolution, and elaboration of anterior lateral line systems in vertebrate fishes and amphibians. The project will...
- Federal Grant Award Summary This CAREER (Computer and Information Science and Engineering) Project Grant, awarded on July 1, 2025, by the National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Information and Intelligent Systems under CFDA 47.070, provides $438,719 in federal funding to Columbia University through June 30, 2030. The award supports the development of theoretical methods and analytical approaches for analyzing connectome datasets—detailed neural connectivity diagrams derived from...
- Federal Grant Award Summary The University of Southern California received a $396,865 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Environmental Biology under the Biological Sciences program (CFDA 47.074), awarded August 1, 2026, with completion targeted for July 31, 2029. This collaborative research award investigates the evolution and mechanical underpinnings of schooling behavior in Neotropical tetras, a diverse fish group exhibiting a spectrum of coordinated behaviors...
- Federal Project Grant Award Summary The National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Molecular and Cellular Biosciences awarded $440,000 to the University of Massachusetts Boston under the Biological Sciences program (CFDA 47.074) on July 1, 2026, for a three-year collaborative research project examining the evolution of neurons through messenger ribonucleic acid (mRNA) regulation. This project will deliver fundamental research outputs investigating whether regulatory mechanisms controlling...
- Federal Project Grant Award Summary Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) received a $500,000 Project Grant award 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. The award supports fundamental neuroscience research investigating the neural control mechanisms governing larval settlement behavior in the jellyfish Clytia, a genetically tractable model...
- Federal Project Grant Award Summary The National Science Foundation's Division of Environmental Biology awarded a $1,274,370 Project Grant to the University of California, Berkeley, effective September 1, 2025 through August 31, 2028, under the Biological Sciences program (CFDA 47.074). This collaborative research initiative investigates how rapidly changing ocean conditions impact lanternfishes and bristlemouths—the most abundant vertebrates on Earth, collectively comprising nearly half of...
The National Science Foundation's Division of Molecular and Cellular Biosciences awarded a $1.197 million Project Grant to The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York on June 1, 2026, under the Biological Sciences program (CFDA 47.074). The award funds a three-year research initiative (through May 31, 2029) to investigate the neural basis of social prediction in weakly electric mormyrid fish. The research will experimentally test the hypothesis that a brain region functionally similar to the human cerebellum generates learned predictions of signals produced by other individuals, utilizing computational modeling at the neuronal level. By studying how the fish nervous system processes and predicts electrical signals from other fish during natural social interactions, this project addresses fundamental questions in social and cognitive neuroscience regarding how brains model the actions of others—research with potential applications to artificial intelligence development. Beyond its core research objectives, the award includes outreach components designed to translate findings into educational materials for K-8 students through curriculum development for electric fish recordings and behavior at the Zuckerman Education Lab. The project leverages a simplified biological model system that offers rare experimental control and measurability, enabling concrete scientific answers to questions that remain difficult to address in mammalian neuroscience due to circuit complexity.Federal Project Grant Award Summary
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
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| Not listed | $1.2m | 6/23/26 |