Project Grant 2609479
- Federal Project Grant Award Summary The University of Chicago received a $1,038,104 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Integrative Organismal Systems under the Biological Sciences program (CFDA 47.074), effective October 1, 2025, through June 30, 2028. This award funds research investigating the evolutionary and neurogenomic mechanisms underlying species discrimination during character displacement and speciation. The project integrates transcriptomic and...
- Federal Project Grant Award Summary The University of Chicago received a $342,196 CAREER Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's Division of Computing and Communication Foundations (CFDA 47.070: Computer and Information Science and Engineering) effective August 1, 2026, with a completion date of July 31, 2031. The award funds research on active representation learning for adaptive experimental design, developing a unified machine learning framework that integrates data...
- Federal Project Grant Award Summary The National Science Foundation (NSF) Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) awarded $600,000 to the University of Illinois, effective September 1, 2025, through August 31, 2030. This CAREER award supports research focused on developing methods to optically reprogram and replicate neural circuits in zebrafish larvae as a model system for understanding and treating brain disorders. The core deliverable involves demonstrating signal transfer from healthy brains to...
- 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 Project Grant Award Summary The University of Chicago received a $409,638 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's Division of Information and Intelligent Systems under the Computer and Information Science and Engineering program (CFDA 47.070), awarded October 1, 2025, with completion targeted for October 31, 2026. This award supports collaborative research between Columbia University and the University of Pittsburgh to investigate traveling waves in the human cortex—rhythmic...
- Federal Project Grant Award Summary Northwestern University 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. This collaborative, multilateral research initiative, titled "Ensemble Modeling of a Visual System Connectome," combines mathematical modeling, neuronal activity measurements, and synapse-resolution...
- Federal Grant Award Summary The University of Chicago received a $300,000 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Chemical, Bioengineering, Environmental, and Transport Systems under the Engineering program (CFDA 47.041), effective October 1, 2025, through September 30, 2027. The award funds research to develop a novel class of dynamic molecules based on intrinsically disordered proteins (IDPs) that can sense environmental cues and trigger rapid, gated cellular...
- 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 South Carolina received a $370,687 CAREER award from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Division of Information and Intelligent Systems under the Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CFDA 47.070) program, effective July 1, 2025 through June 30, 2030. This project grant supports the development of a novel multiscale modeling framework designed to integrate heterogeneous sources of neuroscience data across cellular, mesoscale, and...
- Federal Project Grant Award Summary The National Science Foundation's Division of Molecular and Cellular Biosciences awarded a CAREER grant of $1,035,226 to Boston University (awarded August 1, 2026; completion date July 31, 2031) under the Biological Sciences program (CFDA 47.074). This project will investigate how populations of neurons across four clinically relevant brain areas coordinate to mediate flexible decision-making—the process of combining sensory evidence and context to select...
The University of Chicago received a $715,655 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Integrative Organismal Systems under the Biological Sciences program (CFDA 47.074), effective October 1, 2025, through February 28, 2029. This CAREER award funds basic neuroscience research investigating how multiple brain regions work in concert to enable cognitive flexibility and task switching behavior. The research employs mouse models to contrast competing neurobiological models of how the brain reorganizes activity patterns in response to changing cognitive demands, with particular focus on the prefrontal cortex-basal forebrain loop. The project aims to elucidate fundamental mechanisms of functional brain reorganization that could inform future therapeutic interventions for cognitive inflexibility associated with autism, schizophrenia, and dementia. Beyond the core research objectives, the award supports significant educational and outreach components designed to strengthen the scientific workforce and public understanding of neuroscience. Deliverables include undergraduate and graduate education in neuroscience at the University of Chicago, as well as community outreach initiatives targeting schoolteachers and children to raise awareness about the cognitive impacts of excessive task switching in the digital age. These broader impacts align with NSF's mission to strengthen the Nation's scientific enterprise through basic research that advances biological understanding while fostering STEM education and public engagement.Federal Project Grant Award Summary
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
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| Not listed | $715.7k | 12/8/25 |