Project Grant 2548778
- Federal Grant Award Summary This Project Grant award of $296,128, funded by the National Science Foundation's Division of Undergraduate Education under the STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076), was awarded to CAL Poly Corporation on July 15, 2025, with a completion date of June 30, 2028. The collaborative research initiative aims to enhance molecular bioscience education by developing learner-centered, data science–infused curricula and supporting faculty development. The project delivers...
- 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 The National Science Foundation's Division of Molecular and Cellular Biosciences awarded $967,237 to the University of California, Santa Barbara on June 15, 2026, under the Biological Sciences program (CFDA 47.074) to investigate the mesoscale biophysics of Arginine-Glycine-Glycine (RGG)/RNA interactions. This four-year project, extending through May 31, 2030, will deliver fundamental research establishing quantitative physical principles governing how RGG...
- Federal Project Grant Award Summary The University of California, San Diego received a $700,000 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, 2025, through July 31, 2028. This award funds fundamental research to elucidate the molecular mechanisms of riboswitch-based gene regulation in manganese ion transporters. The project will map the co-transcriptional folding...
- Federal Grant Award Summary CAL Poly Corporation received a $178,335 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Environmental Biology under the Biological Sciences program (CFDA 47.074), awarded June 15, 2026, with completion expected by May 31, 2031. This collaborative Long-Term Ecological Research (LTREB) renewal project delivers ongoing observational data collection and analysis of rocky intertidal ecosystem populations in the North Pacific Ocean. The research...
- Federal Grant Award Summary The National Science Foundation's Division of Molecular and Cellular Biosciences awarded UC Berkeley $87,250 under the Biological Sciences program (CFDA 47.074) beginning September 1, 2025, with completion by August 31, 2027. This Project Grant supports the development of genomic language models (GLMs) to predict optimal fungal genomes for enhanced commercial protein production. The primary deliverables include a hierarchical genome-to-phenotype model (G2PM) for...
- Federal Project Grant Award Summary The National Science Foundation's Division of Molecular and Cellular Biosciences awarded $767,880 to the Research Foundation of the City University of New York (RFCUNY), doing business as Brooklyn College, under the Biological Sciences program (CFDA 47.074) for a three-year project beginning September 1, 2025, and concluding August 31, 2028. This Research at Undergraduate Institutions (RUI) grant supports fundamental research investigating the molecular...
- Federal Grant Award Summary The University of California, San Diego received a $375,000 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Molecular and Cellular Biosciences under the Biological Sciences program (CFDA 47.074). The four-year award, active from August 1, 2025 through July 31, 2029, supports collaborative research investigating analog information storage in chromatin states—specifically how cells maintain identity information through gene expression regulation...
- Federal Project Grant Award Summary The National Science Foundation's Division of Molecular and Cellular Biosciences awarded $427,615 to the Regents of the University of Michigan (effective August 1, 2026, through July 31, 2029) under the Biological Sciences program (CFDA 47.074) to support collaborative research on epigenetic silencing mechanisms. The primary deliverable is fundamental scientific research investigating how intrinsically disordered regions (IDRs) of proteins regulate the...
- Grant Award Summary The National Science Foundation's Division of Molecular and Cellular Biosciences has awarded the University of California, Santa Barbara a $1.2 million Project Grant under the Biological Sciences program (CFDA 47.074) for the period of June 1, 2026 through May 31, 2031. The research investigates the mechanisms of peroxisomal membrane protein biogenesis across animal, plant, and fungal cells. The project will advance understanding of how cells synthesize, target, and...
Federal Project Grant Summary CAL Poly Corporation received a $310,099 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. This Research at Undergraduate Institutions (RUI) project will investigate multifunctional proteins known as "moonlighters" that operate at the intersection of threonine amino acid metabolism and chromatin silencing, with particular focus on how aspartate kinase (HOM3) and aspartic beta semi-aldehyde dehydrogenase (HOM2) function beyond their canonical roles in threonine biosynthesis. The research utilizes the budding yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae as a model system to understand how disruptions in ribosomal DNA silencing affect genomic stability and cellular lifespan, with potential implications for understanding aging and disease processes. The grant provides comprehensive research and educational outcomes, training undergraduate researchers in molecular biology and genetic techniques relevant to biotechnology. Students will engage in central roles in experimental design, data interpretation, and scientific communication while participating in local and national scientific community engagement opportunities. This project strengthens the Nation's scientific enterprise by advancing fundamental biological knowledge through the characterization of previously unidentified moonlighter proteins and their regulatory mechanisms, while simultaneously building capacity in the next generation of life science researchers.
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Not listed | $310.1k | 6/23/26 |