Project Grant 2611237
- Federal Project Grant Award Summary The National Science Foundation's Division of Environmental Biology awarded a $1,274,370 Project Grant to the University of California, Berkeley, effective September 1, 2025 through August 31, 2028, under the Biological Sciences program (CFDA 47.074). This collaborative research initiative investigates how rapidly changing ocean conditions impact lanternfishes and bristlemouths—the most abundant vertebrates on Earth, collectively comprising nearly half of...
- Federal Project Grant Award Summary The University of California, Berkeley received a $951,106 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's Division of Molecular and Cellular Biosciences under the Biological Sciences program (CFDA 47.074), effective June 1, 2026 through May 31, 2029. This award supports fundamental research investigating the regulation of kinesin motors by microtubule-associated proteins (MAPs), with the primary deliverable being scientific knowledge and experimental...
- Federal Grant Award Summary The National Science Foundation's Division of Molecular and Cellular Biosciences awarded UC Berkeley $87,250 under the Biological Sciences program (CFDA 47.074) beginning September 1, 2025, with completion by August 31, 2027. This Project Grant supports the development of genomic language models (GLMs) to predict optimal fungal genomes for enhanced commercial protein production. The primary deliverables include a hierarchical genome-to-phenotype model (G2PM) for...
- Federal Project Grant Award Summary The University of California, Berkeley received a $468,683 Project Grant awarded January 15, 2026, by the National Science Foundation's Division of Integrative Organismal Systems under the Biological Sciences program (CFDA 47.074). This collaborative research initiative will deliver comprehensive mechanistic distribution models for grass species by integrating physiological, phenological, and phylogenetic data. The project will generate critical scientific...
- Federal Grant Award Summary The American Museum of Natural History received a $751,513 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's Division of Environmental Biology (Biological Sciences, CFDA 47.074) effective July 1, 2026 through June 30, 2029. This collaborative research project investigates kleptocnidy—the biological process by which nudibranch sea slugs steal and store stinging structures (nematocysts) from cnidarian prey—to understand how evolutionary novelty arises through...
- Federal Grant Award Summary The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded $335,016 to the University of California Santa Cruz under the Biological Sciences program (CFDA 47.074) for the Albatross Re-Collection Project, effective October 1, 2025, with completion by June 30, 2027. This collaborative research initiative will generate high-quality genome assemblies and annotations for blue sprat (Spratelloides delicatulus), a commercially important coastal fish species, by sequencing approximately...
- Federal Grant Award Summary The University of California, Berkeley received a $1,278,729 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's Division of Environmental Biology (Biological Sciences program, CFDA 47.074) effective September 1, 2025, through August 31, 2028. The award funds research investigating how cofactor exchange—specifically micronutrient sharing such as vitamins—influences microbial community dynamics, carbon use efficiency (CUE), and soil ecosystem processes in the...
- Federal Project Grant Award Summary The National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS) awarded the University of California, Berkeley a Project Grant totaling $441,375 under the Biomedical Research and Research Training program (CFDA 93.859) effective April 1, 2026 through March 31, 2031. The award funds fundamental research investigating the cellular and developmental mechanisms by which animals respond to intracellular beneficial microorganisms. The research utilizes the small sea...
- Federal Grant Award Summary This $606,871 Project Grant, awarded July 15, 2025, by the National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Environmental Biology under the Biological Sciences program (CFDA 47.074), supports collaborative research examining how nutrient availability drove eukaryotic diversification during the Tonian Period (1000–720 million years ago). The research initiative brings together seven principal investigators, one postdoctoral fellow, five graduate students, and two...
- Federal Grant Award Summary Award Details: The National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Environmental Biology awarded $496,049 under the Biological Sciences program (CFDA 47.074) to the Scripps Institution of Oceanography at the University of California San Diego for the period September 1, 2025 through August 31, 2028. This collaborative research project investigates adaptation mechanisms in lanternfishes and bristlemouths—the most abundant vertebrates on Earth—in response to rapidly...
The University of California, Berkeley received a $630,979 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's Division of Environmental Biology (Biological Sciences, CFDA 47.074) awarded July 1, 2026, with completion scheduled for June 30, 2029. This collaborative research project investigates kleptocnidy—the process by which nudibranch sea slugs steal and store nematocysts (stinging structures) from cnidarian prey—to understand how novel biological traits arise through modification or loss of existing cellular pathways. The research will generate high-quality genomic, transcriptomic, and single-cell data resources for marine invertebrates, determining whether kleptocnidy evolved through specialization of phagocytosis, an ancient cellular process. These biological data assets will be made available to the broader scientific community for biotechnology applications and advancement of knowledge across evolutionary biology, comparative immunology, and cell biology disciplines. Beyond research outputs, this award supports workforce development through training of graduate students, undergraduate researchers, and postdoctoral scientists in genomics and computational analysis methodologies. The project includes public engagement activities designed to broaden participation in science and strengthen the competitive STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics) workforce in molecular tools and biotechnology innovation.Summary of Federal Project Grant Award
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
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| Not listed | $631.0k | 6/1/26 |