Project Grant 2612552
- Federal Grant Award Summary The University of Virginia, under funding from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Division of Molecular and Cellular Biosciences through the Biological Sciences program (CFDA 47.074), received a $741,544 Project Grant awarded August 1, 2025, with completion targeted for July 31, 2028. Led by Dr. Ahmad Jomaa at the University of Virginia in collaboration with Dr. Simone Mattei at the EMBL Imaging Center in Germany, this research project investigates ribosome...
- Federal Project Grant Award Summary The Johns Hopkins University received a $999,993 Project Grant awarded August 1, 2025, through the National Science Foundation's Division of Molecular and Cellular Biosciences under the Biological Sciences program (CFDA 47.074). The award supports fundamental research investigating the assembly and regulation mechanisms of filamentous signaling platforms—large supramolecular protein structures that coordinate cellular signaling responses and regulate complex...
- The National Science Foundation awarded a $507,184 Project Grant to James Madison University under the Biological Sciences federal grant program (CFDA 47.074) for the period of February 15, 2021 through January 31, 2025. The grant funds an Research Experiences for Undergraduates Site project titled "Biological Data Science for Community College Students: Transition to Academic and Research Independence." The project aims to promote progress in the biological sciences by increasing...
- Federal Grant Award Summary Rutgers, The State University has received a $805,374 CAREER (Careers in Research, Teaching, and Personal Services) award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Molecular and Cellular Biosciences under the Biological Sciences program (CFDA 47.074), effective July 1, 2025 through June 30, 2030. This project grant supports fundamental research investigating mechanical signaling at the cell membrane, specifically examining how cells sense and respond to...
- Federal Grant Award Summary The Johns Hopkins University received a $856,135 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's Division of Molecular and Cellular Biosciences under the Biological Sciences program (CFDA 47.074), effective September 1, 2025 through August 31, 2029. The award supports the development and application of advanced single-molecule tracking (SMT) methods to measure protein production regulation in individual live cells. The research team will develop techniques to...
- Federal Grant Award Summary Augusta University Research Institute, Inc. received a $576,411 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, 2025 through June 30, 2030. This CAREER award supports fundamental research investigating proteolytic cleavage mechanisms in contact-dependent cell signaling, specifically examining how ADAM (A Disintegrin and Metalloproteinase)...
- Federal Grant Award Summary The National Science Foundation's Division of Molecular and Cellular Biosciences awarded Reinhardt University a $332,976 Project Grant (CFDA 47.074, Biological Sciences) on June 15, 2026, with completion scheduled for May 31, 2029. This Research at Undergraduate Institutions (RUI) award supports fundamental research to identify and characterize gene regulatory networks controlled by metalloregulatory transcription factors in Thermus thermophilus HB8, an extremophile...
- Federal Grant Award Summary The University of Virginia received a $1,092,610 Project Grant award from the National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS) under the Biomedical Research and Research Training program (CFDA 93.859), effective March 15, 2026 through February 28, 2030. The award funds development of an Impedance-Activated Recognition, Tracking, and Sorting (IARTS) system—a label-free, high-throughput technology designed to identify and isolate phenotypically distinct cell...
- Federal Grant Award Summary Elon University received a $500,138 Research at Undergraduate Institutions (RUI) Project Grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Mathematical Sciences under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049), effective September 1, 2026 through August 31, 2029. The award funds development and experimental validation of a mathematical model characterizing innate antiviral and inflammatory responses during viral myocarditis. The research...
- Federal Project Grant Award Summary The National Science Foundation's Division of Molecular and Cellular Biosciences awarded $967,237 to the University of California, Santa Barbara on June 15, 2026, under the Biological Sciences program (CFDA 47.074) to investigate the mesoscale biophysics of Arginine-Glycine-Glycine (RGG)/RNA interactions. This four-year project, extending through May 31, 2030, will deliver fundamental research establishing quantitative physical principles governing how RGG...
James Madison University received a $870,218 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Molecular and Cellular Biosciences under the Biological Sciences program (CFDA 47.074), effective September 1, 2026 through August 31, 2030. This Research at Undergraduate Institutions (RUI) award supports basic research investigating obscurin's role as a mechanotransducer—a protein that regulates cellular migration in response to physical environmental conditions. The research will test the hypothesis that obscurin's conformational state, determined by tension and cellular surroundings, controls cell motility through three integrated research aims: measuring obscurin tension using fluorescence-based sensors under varying substrate conditions, characterizing obscurin's activation mechanism, and evaluating how physical environment and tension jointly regulate cellular migration. The project deliverables include peer-reviewed scientific publications documenting research findings and public outreach activities at local farmers' markets and festivals to engage community members with the research. The work will be conducted primarily by undergraduate students at James Madison University's Harrisonburg, Virginia campus, aligning with NSF's emphasis on integrating research and education at primarily undergraduate institutions. Results will advance understanding of cellular mechanotransduction mechanisms with potential implications for cancer biology and metastasis prevention.Federal Grant Award Summary
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Not listed | $870.2k | 7/9/26 |