Project Grant 2610987
- Federal Project Grant Award Summary Miami University received a $763,232 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Molecular and Cellular Biosciences under the Biological Sciences program (CFDA 47.074), effective June 1, 2026 through May 31, 2029. The award supports research investigating the rules and constraints governing gene regulatory network evolution, using highly modified beetle wings as a model system to uncover principles that explain how gene interactions...
- FEDERAL PROJECT GRANT AWARD SUMMARY Princeton University received a $1.0 million Project Grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Molecular and Cellular Biosciences under the Biological Sciences program (CFDA 47.074), effective August 1, 2025 through July 31, 2029. The award funds fundamental research on quorum sensing—a bacterial cell-to-cell communication process that enables bacterial populations to synchronize behavior based on population density and species...
- Federal Grant Award Summary Harvey Mudd College received a $573,378 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's Division of Molecular and Cellular Biosciences under the Biological Sciences program (CFDA 47.074), awarded August 1, 2026, with completion targeted for July 31, 2029. The award supports fundamental research into the genetic mechanisms that regulate surface protein remodeling in Trypanosoma brucei, the African trypanosome parasite, during its life cycle transitions between...
- Federal Grant Award Summary The National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Molecular and Cellular Biosciences awarded a $692,207 Project Grant to the University of Florida (effective May 15, 2026, through April 30, 2029) under the Biological Sciences program (CFDA 47.074). The project develops recombinant globular protein vesicles (GPVs) with controlled membrane asymmetry and integrated signal transduction capabilities. The primary deliverables include engineered bolaamphiphilic fusion...
- Federal Grant Award Summary The University of Massachusetts received a $699,903 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 supports fundamental research to elucidate homoserine lactone-mediated interbacterial signaling within plant growth-promoting rhizobacterial consortia associated with sorghum root systems. The research will...
- Federal Grant Award Summary The National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Molecular and Cellular Biosciences awarded a $193,684 Project Grant to the University of Georgia Research Foundation effective September 1, 2025, through August 31, 2029, under the Biological Sciences program (CFDA 47.074). This collaborative research initiative investigates the mechanisms by which polo kinases maintain chiral asymmetry and support complex organizational patterning in Tetrahymena thermophila, a...
- Federal Grant Award Summary San Diego State University Research Foundation received an $855,892 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Emerging Frontiers under the Biological Sciences program (CFDA 47.074), effective June 1, 2026 through May 31, 2029. The grant funds fundamental research investigating how animals detect and respond to microbial signals to regulate developmental processes. Using the marine tubeworm Hydroides elegans as a model system,...
- Federal Project Grant Award Summary The National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Molecular and Cellular Biosciences awarded $360,000 to the University of Florida under the Biological Sciences program (CFDA 47.074) beginning July 1, 2026 and concluding June 30, 2029. This collaborative research project investigates the evolutionary origin of neurons by examining messenger ribonucleic acid (mRNA) regulation mechanisms across distant animal species, particularly ctenophores—ancient ocean...
- Federal Project Grant Award Summary Arizona State University received a $700,000 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Molecular and Cellular Biosciences under the Biological Sciences program (CFDA 47.074), effective August 1, 2025, through July 31, 2028. The award funds research to elucidate and understand "covert" or non-obligate metabolic interactions within synthetic microbial communities—interactions that are not essential to community survival but...
- Federal Project Grant Award Summary The National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Molecular and Cellular Biosciences awarded $440,000 to the University of Massachusetts Boston under the Biological Sciences program (CFDA 47.074) on July 1, 2026, for a three-year collaborative research project examining the evolution of neurons through messenger ribonucleic acid (mRNA) regulation. This project will deliver fundamental research outputs investigating whether regulatory mechanisms controlling...
The National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Molecular and Cellular Biosciences awarded a $1.55M Project Grant (CFDA 47.074, Biological Sciences program) to the University of Miami, effective September 1, 2026, through August 31, 2029. The award funds fundamental research investigating signaling mechanisms in the aphid-Buchnera endosymbiosis, specifically examining how the mechanistic target of rapamycin complex 1 (mTORC1) signaling pathway regulates the partnership between pea aphids and their bacterial symbiont Buchnera aphidicola. Research deliverables include characterization of mTORC1's role in controlling bacterial population size in post-embryonic aphids and determination of maternal transmission mechanisms across generations, utilizing genomics, advanced microscopy, and evolutionary biology methodologies. The grant supports workforce development and science education as co-deliverables, including training of graduate and undergraduate students in genomics and advanced microscopy techniques, and development of freely available classroom materials on symbiosis and cell biology aligned to Florida state science standards for middle school students. The research has potential applications for understanding host-microbe interactions relevant to agricultural productivity enhancement, national health advancement, and food security initiatives.Federal Grant Award Summary
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Not listed | $1.6m | 7/8/26 |