Project Grant 2611606
- Federal Grant Award Summary The National Science Foundation's Division of Information and Intelligent Systems awarded $333,667 to the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) under the Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CISE) program (CFDA 47.070) on October 1, 2025, for a collaborative research project titled "Interpretable Scientific Discovery with Foundation Model Programs." This three-year project, concluding September 30, 2028, will develop a novel neurosymbolic...
- Federal Project Grant Summary The National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Molecular and Cellular Biosciences awarded $500,000 to the California Institute of Technology under the Biological Sciences program (CFDA 47.074) on May 15, 2025, for a collaborative research initiative extending through April 30, 2028. This project merges metabolomics and isotope biogeochemistry methodologies to develop and validate a novel algorithm for quantifying metabolic carbon fluxes in environmental...
- Federal Grant Award Summary California Institute of Technology (Caltech) received a $1.225 million 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, 2031. This CAREER award supports fundamental research investigating spatiotemporal coordination of growth and differentiation across plant tissues, utilizing Arabidopsis thaliana roots as a model system....
- Federal Grant Award Summary The National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Emerging Frontiers awarded California Institute of Technology (Caltech) a $554,742 Project Grant beginning October 1, 2025, and concluding January 31, 2027, under the Biological Sciences program (CFDA 47.074). This collaborative research initiative investigates the mechanisms by which mucus shapes and maintains microbiomes across diverse organisms. The research addresses three core scientific questions: what mucus...
- Federal Grant Award Summary The National Science Foundation's Division of Information and Intelligent Systems awarded California Institute of Technology (Caltech) a $128,920 Project Grant (CFDA 47.070: Computer and Information Science and Engineering) effective January 1, 2026, through December 31, 2028, to advance collaborative research at the intersection of artificial intelligence and mathematics. Under this collaborative initiative titled "AIMING: Synergistic Advancement of AI and...
- Federal Project Grant Award Summary The National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Emerging Frontiers awarded $700,000 to the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) on September 1, 2025, under the Biological Sciences program (CFDA 47.074) for a three-year collaborative research initiative titled "Elucidating and Manipulating Carbon Metabolic Niches in Soil Microbiomes Using Synthetic Communities for Sustainable Agriculture." The primary deliverables include scientific research...
- Federal Project Grant Award Summary MIT received $1,041,774 in funding from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Molecular and Cellular Biosciences under the Biological Sciences program (CFDA 47.074) for a collaborative research project running from August 1, 2025, through July 31, 2029. This project grant supports fundamental research investigating analog information storage in chromatin states, with the goal of understanding how cells encode and maintain their identity through...
- The California Institute of Technology (Caltech) received a $672,155 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation Division of Molecular and Cellular Biosciences on November 15, 2021 to complete the project by October 31, 2024. The grant falls under the Biological Sciences program (CFDA 47.074), which aims to promote progress in the biological sciences and strengthen the nation's scientific enterprise through increasing knowledge and understanding of major problems. Specifically,...
- Federal Project Grant Award Summary California Institute of Technology (Caltech) received a $134,761 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Integrative Organismal Systems under the Biological Sciences program (CFDA 47.074), effective July 1, 2026 through August 31, 2028. This collaborative research initiative aims to improve harmful algal bloom (HAB) forecasting by quantifying the genetic basis of cyanobacterial environmental niches. The project integrates molecular...
- Federal Grant Award Summary California Institute of Technology (Caltech) received a $300,000 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's Division of Mathematical Sciences under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049), effective July 1, 2026, through June 30, 2031. This CAREER award supports foundational research on random discrete systems, including random graphs and related probabilistic phenomena. The project will develop new mathematical techniques to address...
The National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Molecular and Cellular Biosciences has awarded California Institute of Technology (Caltech) a $1.3M Project Grant (CFDA 47.074, Biological Sciences) effective July 1, 2026, through June 30, 2029. This NSF-Binational Science Foundation (BSF) collaborative award, conducted in partnership with the Weizmann Institute of Science, funds research into predictive modeling of contextual, combinatorial signaling in cellular communication systems. The project will deliver mathematical models trained on experimental data measuring protein signal and receptor interactions, with validation through synthetic biology approaches that program cells to recognize different signal combinations. Deliverables include computational tools for analyzing combinatorial signaling in the bone morphogenetic protein (BMP) pathway and educational materials designed to train the next generation of scientists in quantitative and systems biology. The research advances NSF priorities in artificial intelligence, advanced manufacturing, and biotechnology, with potential applications in tissue engineering, regenerative medicine, and therapeutic development. By elucidating how cells achieve specificity in receiving and interpreting molecular signals through combinatorial codes, this project provides foundational capabilities for synthetic biology and cellular programming. The collaboration leverages complementary expertise in experimental biology, mathematical modeling, and synthetic biology, with research activities conducted at Caltech's Pasadena, California location.Federal Grant Award Summary
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
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| Not listed | $1.3m | 6/25/26 |