Project Grant 2552066
- Federal Project Grant Award Summary Mississippi State University received a $703,995 CAREER (Faculty Early Career Development Program) Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's Division of Environmental Biology (CFDA 47.074 – Biological Sciences) awarded August 1, 2026, with completion targeted for July 31, 2031. The project will develop genomic resources for two invasive slug genera (Arion and Deroceras) widespread in North America, utilizing phylogenetics, population genetics,...
- Mississippi State University was awarded a $487,275 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation Division of Environmental Biology. The grant falls under the Biological Sciences federal grant program (CFDA 47.074), which aims to promote progress in the biological sciences and strengthen the nation's scientific enterprise through increased knowledge and understanding of major problems. Specifically, from September 1, 2021 to August 31, 2025, Mississippi State University will test hypotheses...
- Federal Grant Award Summary Mississippi State University received a $797,762 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Biological Sciences program (CFDA 47.074) awarded September 1, 2026, with a completion date of August 31, 2030. The grant supports collaborative research to develop, test, and implement non-lethal monitoring methods for pollinators in regenerating forests using artificial intelligence (AI)-powered acoustic and camera-based technologies. The primary deliverable...
- Federal Grant Award Summary The University of Mississippi received a $758,938 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's Division of Environmental Biology (CFDA 47.074 - Biological Sciences program) on August 1, 2026, for a collaborative research initiative examining the repeatability of evolution and co-evolution in microbial species interactions. The primary research deliverable involves conducting a long-term evolution experiment using two microbial species—the yeast...
- Mississippi State University received a $1.13 million project grant award from the National Science Foundation Division of Environmental Biology on April 15, 2021 to support research titled "COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: PURSUIT: SAMPLING AMOEBOID PROTISTS AS A RESERVOIR OF UNKNOWN/UNDESCRIBED EUKARYOTIC DIVERSITY." The award will fund research through March 31, 2024 under the NSF's Biological Sciences program (CFDA 47.074), which aims to promote progress in the biological sciences and...
- Federal Project Grant Award Summary Mississippi State University received a $999,973 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076), effective October 1, 2025, through September 30, 2028. The "BEGINNINGS: XAI" project delivers a structured continuum of experiential learning activities designed to prepare early-career students with foundational and applied skills in Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning (AI/ML). The program consists of...
- Federal Grant Award Summary Michigan State University received a $952,091 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's Division of Environmental Biology (CFDA 47.074 - Biological Sciences program) awarded September 1, 2025, through August 31, 2030. This CAREER award, titled "Synthesizing Experiments and Education in Dispersal Science (SEEDS) to Understand How Seed Arrival Maintains Biodiversity," will produce experimental data and research infrastructure addressing seed...
- Federal Grant Award Summary Mississippi State University received a $299,697 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's Division of Chemical, Bioengineering, Environmental, and Transport Systems (Engineering program, CFDA 47.041) effective August 1, 2025, through July 31, 2028. The primary deliverable is the development of machine-learned interatomic potentials (ML-IAPs) that accurately predict atomic interactions within zeolite nanopores while maintaining computational efficiency...
- Federal Grant Award Summary The National Science Foundation's Division of Environmental Biology awarded a $360,044 Project Grant to Indiana University (Trustees of Indiana University) on August 1, 2025, for collaborative research investigating how populations evolve in complex and changing environments. Under the Biological Sciences program (CFDA 47.074), the research combines genetics and behavioral biology to examine the relationship between individual environmental choices and developmental...
- Federal Grant Award Summary Michigan State University received a $443,508 Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) Site award from the National Science Foundation's Division of Biological Infrastructure under the Biological Sciences program (CFDA 47.074), effective June 1, 2025, through May 31, 2028. This project grant funds the training and mentorship of 10 undergraduate students annually for 10-week summer sessions across three consecutive years (2025–2027). The program delivers...
Federal Grant Award Summary Mississippi State University received a $400,000 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's Division of Environmental Biology (CFDA 47.074 – Biological Sciences program) beginning August 1, 2026 and concluding July 31, 2029. The award funds the development of robust, user-friendly machine learning (ML) tools designed to improve demographic inference and population genetic analysis across diverse organisms. The primary deliverables include computational software tools that will enable evolutionary biologists to more accurately assess population divergence, migration patterns, and adaptation signatures encoded in genomic data—capabilities currently limited by existing methods in efficiency, accuracy, and accessibility. Beyond tool development, the award supports applied research utilizing the developed ML approaches to illuminate the evolutionary histories of several empirical biological systems, including fruit flies, mosquitoes, plants, snails, and slugs. The project also emphasizes workforce development and community engagement through hosting of virtual and in-person workshops, training of a postdoctoral researcher, graduate student, undergraduates, and high school students in machine learning and software development. These outputs position the research to provide significant value to the broader evolutionary biology research community while addressing the National Science Foundation's objective of developing a globally competitive scientific workforce.
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Not listed | $400.0k | 5/22/26 |