Project Grant 2609743
- Federal Grant Award Summary North Carolina State University received a $801,725 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Molecular and Cellular Biosciences under the Biological Sciences program (CFDA 47.074), awarded June 1, 2026, with a completion date of May 31, 2031. This CAREER award supports fundamental research to uncover the epigenetic grammar—the molecular rules governing how specific combinations of epigenetic modifications collectively organize chromatin...
- Federal Grant Award Summary North Carolina State University received a $350,000 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Undergraduate Education under the STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076), effective September 1, 2025 through August 31, 2028. Through this award, the institution will develop and deliver expertise in discipline-based education research focused on integrating artificial intelligence (AI) and computational competencies into undergraduate biochemistry...
- Federal Project Grant Award Summary North Carolina State University received a $431,987 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's Division of Biological Infrastructure under the Biological Sciences program (CFDA 47.074) beginning September 1, 2026 and concluding August 31, 2028. The award funds the development of advanced statistical software and analytical tools within the open-source Ecoverse software ecosystem to address challenges in processing artificial intelligence (AI)-derived...
- Federal Grant Award Summary The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill received a $598,807 CAREER (Faculty Early Career Development) award from the National Science Foundation's Division of Biological Infrastructure under the Biological Sciences program (CFDA 47.074), effective June 1, 2026 through May 31, 2031. The award supports development of artificial intelligence (AI) and computational tools designed to decode gene regulatory mechanisms by integrating protein structure information...
- Federal Grant Award Summary North Carolina State University received a $1.9M Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's Division of Research on Learning in Formal and Informal Settings under the STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076), effective September 1, 2025, through August 31, 2029. The award funds the PRIMARY AI Scale-Up Project, which develops and implements an artificial intelligence (AI) education curriculum leveraging immersive problem-based learning pedagogies for upper...
- Federal Grant Award Summary North Carolina State University received a $853,932 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Molecular and Cellular Biosciences under the Biological Sciences program (CFDA 47.074), effective July 1, 2026 through June 30, 2029. The award funds development of SCRIBE, a programmable reversible transcriptional switch designed to provide researchers with enhanced control over gene expression in plants. This synthetic biology tool combines the...
- Federal Project Grant Award Summary North Carolina State University received a $307,266 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences (CFDA 47.049) program, effective September 1, 2025 through August 31, 2028. The award funds research to develop effective computational methods for training neural networks through an innovative Exploration-Exploitation-Determination (EED) framework that combines local and nonlocal information to overcome...
- Federal Project Grant Award Summary North Carolina State University received a $399,074 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's Division of Environmental Biology (Biological Sciences Program, CFDA 47.074) awarded January 1, 2027, through December 31, 2030. The project delivers improved computational methods and tools for identifying natural selection in bacterial protein-coding genes. Specifically, the awardee will develop enhanced statistical tests that move beyond current...
- Federal Grant Award Summary The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill received an $800,000 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Molecular and Cellular Biosciences under the Biological Sciences program (CFDA 47.074), awarded June 15, 2026, with completion targeted for May 31, 2029. This collaborative research initiative delivers systematic discovery, characterization, and high-resolution structural determination of RNA tertiary structures in human cells using...
- Federal Grant Award Summary North Carolina State University received a $1.64 million Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's Division of Materials Research under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049), effective October 1, 2025, through September 30, 2029. This collaborative research initiative focuses on developing designer doped semiconductors for neuromorphic bioelectronics, specifically organic mixed ionic-electronic conductors (OMIECs) capable of...
North Carolina State University received a $1,013,194 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Biological Infrastructure under the Biological Sciences program (CFDA 47.074), awarded August 15, 2026, with completion targeted for July 31, 2029. The primary deliverable is artificial intelligence (AI)-enabled software that predicts protein binding to deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) and ribonucleic acid (RNA) by integrating sequence analysis, structural characterization, and molecular dynamics modeling with biophysical principles. The software will be made available to the public and informed by experimental measurements conducted throughout the project period. In addition to the predictive tools, the project includes educational components designed to introduce AI methodologies to students across K-12, undergraduate, and graduate levels, preparing the workforce for emerging computational biology applications. The collaborative initiative aims to advance mechanistic understanding of protein-nucleic acid interactions fundamental to transcription, translation, DNA repair, and gene regulation, with potential applications for biotechnology-driven improvements in gene expression and responses to environmental stressors and developmental conditions.Federal Grant Award Summary
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
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| Not listed | $1.0m | 7/10/26 |