Project Grant 2614582
- Federal Grant Award Summary The National Science Foundation's Office of Integrative Activities (CFDA 47.083) awarded $1.89M in Project Grant funding to the University of Nebraska, with performance at Lincoln, Nebraska, from August 1, 2026 through July 31, 2030. This collaborative research initiative, led by Arkansas State University in partnership with the University of Kansas, University of Nebraska, and Kansas State University, develops fungal-based agricultural technology to enhance drought...
- Federal Project Grant Award Summary Award Overview Arkansas State University received a $2.21 million Project Grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Office of Integrative Activities (CFDA 47.083), awarded August 1, 2026, with completion targeted for July 31, 2030. This collaborative research initiative, led by Arkansas State University in partnership with the University of Kansas, University of Nebraska, and Kansas State University, develops fungal-based technological solutions to...
- Federal Project Grant Award Summary The Pennsylvania State University received an $800,000 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Integrative Organismal Systems under the Biological Sciences program (CFDA 47.074), effective July 1, 2025, through June 30, 2028. This trilateral collaborative project develops climate-resilient crop varieties with enhanced phosphorus efficiency through optimized interactions with beneficial soil fungi. The research employs natural plant...
- Federal Grant Award Summary The National Science Foundation's Division of Integrative Organismal Systems awarded $613,292 under the Biological Sciences program (CFDA 47.074) to the Regents of the University of California at Riverside for the TRILATERAL FPP 2023 project titled "FLORESENG - Engineering Endogenous Oxygen Sensing for Improved Flood Resilience in Cereals." The three-year project, effective from July 1, 2025 through June 30, 2028, delivers fundamental research aimed at...
- Federal Grant Award Summary Purdue University received an $800,000 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Integrative Organismal Systems under the Biological Sciences program (CFDA 47.074), awarded July 1, 2025, with completion scheduled for June 30, 2028. The grant supports the "Trilateral FPP 2023: Future Proofing Plants Through Enhancement of Yield Stability in Water-Limited Environments" project, which aims to identify genetic and physiological...
- Federal Project Grant Award Summary Kansas State University received a $278,344 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's Office of Integrative Activities (CFDA 47.083) awarded September 1, 2025, with completion scheduled for August 31, 2028. The grant supports research into "The Role of Heterochromatin in Regulating Fungal Infection and Evolution," which seeks to advance understanding of genome organization and epigenetic regulation in filamentous fungal pathogens. The...
- This $185,453 federal Project Grant award, provided by the National Science Foundation's Geosciences Program (CFDA 47.050), supports collaborative research to quantify shifts in maize production in North America over the past 1,200 years. The research leverages paleoclimate data, weather modeling, and crop simulation techniques to understand the impacts of historical megadroughts and climate change on food production. Key activities include developing open-source software for climate field...
- The National Science Foundation awarded a $138,000 Project Grant to support research titled "The Buried Solution for Agricultural Resilience: Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungi" from September 1, 2021 to August 31, 2023. This award 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 enhancing understanding of major problems confronting the...
- Federal Project Grant Award Summary The Board of Regents of the University of Nebraska received a $769,792 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's Division of Integrative Organismal Systems under the Biological Sciences program (CFDA 47.074), effective August 15, 2025, with a completion date of July 31, 2028. This research initiative will produce scientific knowledge and methodologies to identify and characterize pathogen effector proteins—secreted molecules deployed by...
- Summary of Federal Project Grant Award Kansas State University 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), effective August 1, 2026, through July 31, 2029. The award supports research to elucidate the mechanisms of horizontal chromosome transfer (HCT) among Pyricularia fungi, specifically investigating how supernumerary chromosomes transfer between fungal strains....
The National Science Foundation (NSF) Office of Integrative Activities awarded $1.84M under the Integrative Activities program (CFDA 47.083) to develop fungal-based agricultural technology designed to enhance drought tolerance in rice and wheat crops. Led by Arkansas State University in collaboration with the University of Kansas, University of Nebraska, and Kansas State University, this collaborative research project will develop crop-specific consortia of arbuscular mycorrhizal (AM) fungal inoculants to maximize food production during water-stressed conditions. The research combines plant-fungal experimentation, plant physiology, and genomics to identify optimal fungal-plant genotype combinations, with field testing to validate effectiveness on crop yields under manipulated water availability conditions. The award period extends from August 1, 2026, through July 31, 2030. Beyond core research deliverables, the project will assess farmer adoption of AM fungal inoculants by evaluating socioeconomic factors influencing implementation decisions, perceived benefits, and adoption barriers. The initiative also strengthens STEM workforce development infrastructure across Arkansas, Kansas, and Nebraska by advancing agro-based solutions to address agricultural productivity challenges. As an Integrative Activities-funded initiative focused on capacity-building across multiple EPSCoR (Established Program to Stimulate Competitive Research) jurisdictions, this award supports both scientific innovation in agricultural resilience and regional research infrastructure development.Federal Grant Award Summary
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
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| Not listed | $1.8m | 7/9/26 |