Project Grant 2618545
- Federal Grant Award Summary The National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Ocean Sciences awarded a $224,921 Project Grant to the University of Georgia Research Foundation on September 1, 2025, under the Geosciences program (CFDA 47.050) to conduct collaborative research on viral infections and sulfate-reducing microbial communities. The research will deliver fundamental scientific insights into virus-microbe interactions and their impact on biogeochemical cycling through a...
- Federal Grant Award Summary The National Science Foundation's Division of Ocean Sciences awarded a $350,000 Project Grant (CFDA 47.050, Geosciences Program) to Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences effective September 1, 2025, through August 31, 2028. The award supports fundamental research investigating the life-history patterns, systematics, and biogeography of Patescibacteria and Chloroflexota—abundant yet understudied bacterial lineages residing in marine sediments. The primary...
- Federal Grant Award Summary The National Science Foundation's Division of Ocean Sciences awarded $1.257 million under the Geosciences program (CFDA 47.050) to the University of Georgia Research Foundation, Inc., effective July 1, 2025, through June 30, 2031. This Project Grant supports the fifth phase of the Georgia Coastal Ecosystems Long-Term Ecological Research (LTER) program, which examines how environmental conditions (sea level, temperature, storms) and human activities (land use...
- Federal Project Grant Award Summary Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences received a $630,848 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's Division of Ocean Sciences under the Geosciences program (CFDA 47.050), awarded September 1, 2025, with completion targeted for August 31, 2028. This collaborative research initiative delivers fundamental scientific discoveries regarding RNA (ribonucleic acid) virus populations and their host dynamics within marine oxygen minimum zones—regions...
- Federal Project Grant Award Summary The National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Ocean Sciences awarded $320,866 to J. Craig Venter Institute, Inc. on August 1, 2026, under the Geosciences program (CFDA 47.050) to support collaborative research examining microbial composition and metabolite production associated with sinking particles in the California Current System. The research will be conducted through July 31, 2029, and leverages a multi-omics approach to characterize the...
- Federal Project Grant Award Summary The National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Ocean Sciences awarded $516,832 to the Scripps Institution of Oceanography at the University of California San Diego on August 1, 2026, for a collaborative research project examining microbial composition and metabolite production associated with sinking particles in the California Current System. Under this Project Grant (CFDA 47.050, Geosciences), the awardee will conduct an integrated multi-omics study...
- Federal Project Grant Award Summary The National Science Foundation (NSF) Office of Integrative Activities awarded $592,981 to the University of California Santa Cruz under the Geosciences program (CFDA 47.050) on October 1, 2025, for a collaborative research initiative spanning three years through September 30, 2028. This project delivers advanced machine learning and statistical methodologies for analyzing ocean microbial ecology through flow cytometry data. The primary deliverables include...
- This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Division of Environmental Biology (CFDA 47.074 - Biological Sciences) provides $200,249 to the University of Georgia Research Foundation (UGA Research Foundation) from September 1, 2023 to August 31, 2026. The funding will support the development of a new seafloor sensor/sampler array and advanced control systems to better understand how tidal pumping and subsurface currents influence seafloor oxygenation and sedimentary...
- Federal Grant Award Summary The National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Ocean Sciences awarded a $275,001 Project Grant to the University of Massachusetts Boston (award date: September 1, 2025; completion date: August 31, 2028) under the Geosciences program (CFDA 47.050). This collaborative research project will produce high-resolution reconstructions of ocean-atmospheric and biogeochemical variability spanning Earth's last deglaciation (approximately 20,000 to 11,700 years ago). The...
- This $300,785 federal Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's Geosciences Program (CFDA 47.050) supports a research project to characterize the chemical composition and bioavailability of dissolved organic matter released by marine nitrifying microorganisms. The project aims to determine how this material contributes to carbon cycling in the deep ocean, which may help improve biogeochemical models and inform potential marine carbon dioxide removal activities. The research will...
Federal Project Grant Award Summary The National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Ocean Sciences awarded $588,284 to the University of Georgia Research Foundation, Inc. under the Geosciences program (CFDA 47.050) for the period August 1, 2026, through July 31, 2028. This Project Grant supports research investigating microbial life and biogeochemical function in offshore freshened groundwater systems beneath the New England Shelf. The research leverages sediment and porewater samples collected during the International Ocean Discovery Program (IODP)-NSF Expedition 501 to examine how salinity gradients influence microbial community structure, metabolic potential, and ecosystem function in subseafloor environments using an integrated multi-omics framework that combines metagenomics, metabolomics, and viral ecology analyses. The project delivers fundamental scientific knowledge advancing understanding of Earth's subsurface microbial ecosystems and their role in nutrient cycling and biogeochemical processes. Key deliverables include characterization of microbial diversity and ecological roles across subsurface salinity gradients, assessment of microbial metabolic potential in extreme deep-sea environments, and publicly available datasets supporting future ocean sciences research. The grant also supports workforce development through training of undergraduate, graduate, and postdoctoral students, contributing to the nation's scientific workforce in marine and ocean sciences research.
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Not listed | $588.3k | 7/13/26 |