Project Grant 2546044
- Federal Project Grant Award Summary The University of Texas at Austin received a $1,028,700 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's Division of Molecular and Cellular Biosciences under the Biological Sciences program (CFDA 47.074), effective September 1, 2025, with a completion date of August 31, 2028. This research project investigates the biophysical mechanisms of transbilayer coupling by protein condensates—a newly discovered cellular communication mechanism in which...
- Federal Project Grant Award Summary The National Science Foundation (NSF), Division of Molecular and Cellular Biosciences, awarded $807,759 to the University of Texas at Austin (awarded August 1, 2026; completion July 31, 2029) under the Biological Sciences program (CFDA 47.074) to investigate the spatial regulation of thermomorphogenic development in Arabidopsis through the HY5 and SPAS genes. The project will elucidate the molecular mechanisms by which environmental temperature signals...
- Federal Grant Award Summary The National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Molecular and Cellular Biosciences awarded a Project Grant of $993,620 to the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill effective August 1, 2026, with completion targeted for July 31, 2030, under the Biological Sciences program (CFDA 47.074). The project delivers fundamental research investigating molecular and cellular mechanisms that enable tardigrades to survive extreme environmental stresses including severe...
- The National Science Foundation Division of Molecular and Cellular Biosciences awarded a $488,204 Project Grant to the University of Texas at Austin under the Biological Sciences federal grant program (CFDA 47.074) with a completion date of June 30, 2025. The grant supports research using epitranscriptomics to study how chemically-induced changes in RNA molecules within biological cells in response to environmental stressors can be used to track and control stress responses. An interdisciplinary...
- Federal Project Grant Award Summary Duke University's Office of Research Administration received a $1.597M Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's Division of Molecular and Cellular Biosciences under the Biological Sciences program (CFDA 47.074), effective August 1, 2026 through July 31, 2029. The award funds fundamental research to characterize the archaeal cell division regulatory network and understand how archaeal extremophiles continue to grow under extreme environmental stress...
- 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 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 University of Texas at Arlington received a $412,433 Project Grant from the National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS) under the Biomedical Research and Research Training program (CFDA 93.859), effective March 1, 2026 through January 31, 2031. This award funds foundational research investigating bacterial stress response mechanisms mediated by cyclic di-adenosine monophosphate (c-di-AMP), a critical second messenger produced by more than 11,000...
- Federal Project Grant Award Summary Texas State University received a $471,066 Project Grant awarded on September 15, 2025, from the National Science Foundation's Division of Integrative Organismal Systems under the Biological Sciences program (CFDA 47.074). The award supports collaborative research to develop biotechnological tools enabling genome editing and functional genomics in poeciliid fishes (guppies, mollies, and swordtails)—model organisms previously limited by the absence of DNA...
- 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...
The National Science Foundation's Division of Molecular and Cellular Biosciences awarded a $1.14M Project Grant (CFDA 47.074, Biological Sciences program) to the University of Texas at Austin, effective July 1, 2026 through June 30, 2029. The research project investigates novel mechanisms linking nucleoid condensation and stress survival in Deinococcus radiodurans, a model extremophile bacterium capable of withstanding extreme environmental conditions lethal to most organisms. The primary deliverables include scientific research elucidating the molecular mechanisms by which RNA-binding proteins regulate genome organization and gene expression in response to oxidative stress and nutrient limitation, with the central hypothesis that coordinated control of DNA architecture enables cellular stress survival. The research outcomes will establish fundamental scientific knowledge applicable to advancing biomanufacturing resilience, providing the scientific foundation for engineering more robust microorganisms capable of maintaining function in harsh industrial environments. Additionally, the award supports capacity-building deliverables including workforce development through training of graduate students and postdoctoral researchers in interdisciplinary approaches spanning molecular biology, engineering, and data science, with opportunities for industry engagement and career development to support the U.S. bioeconomy.Federal Project Grant Award Summary
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
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| Not listed | $1.1m | 6/23/26 |