Project Grant 2553535
- The National Science Foundation Division of Environmental Biology awarded Oregon State University $963,118 on September 1, 2026, under the Biological Sciences program (CFDA 47.074) to conduct collaborative research on oxygenase enzymes and microbial metabolic limitation by hypoxia. The project examines how oxygen consumption during organic matter degradation creates low-oxygen environments that exclude most animal life—a phenomenon with documented economic impact on marine fisheries through...
- Federal Grant Award Summary The University of California at Riverside received a $609,183 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's Division of Environmental Biology (Biological Sciences, CFDA 47.074) effective August 1, 2025, through July 31, 2028. This collaborative research initiative investigates phosphorus (P) biogeochemical cycling paradigms in ecosystems developing on phosphorus-poor parent materials, with particular emphasis on atmospheric phosphorus as a nutrient...
- The National Science Foundation awarded a $211,210 Project Grant to the Regents of the University of California at Riverside under the Biological Sciences federal grant program (CFDA 47.074) for the period of August 1, 2021 through July 31, 2024. The grant will support collaborative research examining the role of soil microbiome resilience in ecosystem recovery following severe wildfire. As part of the Biological Sciences program's goal of strengthening the nation's biological research...
- The University of California San Diego received a $297,994 National Science Foundation Division of Ocean Sciences Project Grant under the Geosciences federal grant program (CFDA 47.050) to conduct research predicting oxygen minimum zone and seasonal microbial activity from community structure using machine learning and novel measurements of ATP turnover. The two-year award beginning September 1, 2021 will support development of new techniques to analyze relationships between microbial...
- Federal Project Grant Award Summary UC Riverside received $551,633 in funding from the National Science Foundation's Division of Integrative Organismal Systems under the Biological Sciences program (CFDA 47.074) for a three-year project period (September 1, 2025 – August 31, 2028). The research will elucidate the cellular and molecular mechanisms enabling symbiotic dinoflagellates to recover and proliferate within cnidarian hosts following thermal stress-induced bleaching. Using a...
- Federal Grant Award Summary The National Science Foundation's Division of Integrative Organismal Systems awarded $613,292 under the Biological Sciences program (CFDA 47.074) to the Regents of the University of California at Riverside for the TRILATERAL FPP 2023 project titled "FLORESENG - Engineering Endogenous Oxygen Sensing for Improved Flood Resilience in Cereals." The three-year project, effective from July 1, 2025 through June 30, 2028, delivers fundamental research aimed at...
- The Regents of the University of California at Riverside received a $1.56M Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation Division of Integrative Organismal Systems. The award is part of the NSF's Biological Sciences program (CFDA 47.074) and will fund research from September 2021 through August 2025 to decipher the robustness mechanisms of the stem promoting transcription factor gradient. The Biological Sciences program aims to advance the field and strengthen the national...
- The National Science Foundation awarded a $381,493 Project Grant to the Regents of the University of California at Riverside under the Biological Sciences federal grant program (CFDA 47.074) to support a Research Experiences for Undergraduates Site focused on next-generation cell biology of plants and plant pathogens. The three-year award, which runs from March 2021 through February 2024, will fund research experiences and training for undergraduate students in major problems related to plant...
- The Regents of the University of California at Riverside received a three-year, $450,000 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation Division of Chemistry under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049). The grant will fund research on "The Crotonyl-CoA-Dependent NADH:Ferredoxin Oxidoreductase from M. elsdenii" from August 2021 through July 2024. As part of the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program's goals of advancing scientific knowledge and...
- 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...
The National Science Foundation Division of Environmental Biology awarded The Regents of the University of California at Riverside $308,334 on September 1, 2026, under the Biological Sciences program (CFDA 47.074) to investigate how oxygenase enzymes limit microbial metabolism during hypoxic conditions. The research examines oxygen consumption during organic matter degradation and how microbial communities adapt to stepwise metabolic inhibition as oxygen becomes depleted. The project uses artificial intelligence to predict relationships between oxygen availability and organic matter type, validated through controlled laboratory experiments with cultured cells and specific organic compounds. Findings will enable more accurate predictions of oxygen loss and molecular stability—including drugs and pollutants—in low-oxygen environments, with applications to wastewater treatment and natural ecosystem management including coastal upwelling zones and marine sediments. The work addresses marine deoxygenation linked to economic losses in fisheries and spans broader cellular metabolism across environments where oxygen availability fluctuates. The award supports graduate and undergraduate student training in STEM. Performance occurs at UC Riverside in Riverside, California, with a period of performance from September 1, 2026, through August 31, 2029. This is a project grant, a standard NSF research assistance type. UC Riverside, a Hispanic-serving Land Grant institution, holds 777 recent NSF awards concentrated in fundamental research across biological sciences, engineering, and related disciplines.
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
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| Not listed | $308.3k | 7/27/26 |