Project Grant 80NSSC26K0497

Federal Project Grant Award Summary The National Academy of Sciences received a $200,000 Project Grant from the Department of Energy Office of Science (CFDA 81.049) awarded on April 1, 2026, with a completion date of March 31, 2027. The award supports the development of "On Being a Scientist: An Updated and Online Guide to the Responsible Conduct of Research." This project delivers an updated digital resource designed to educate and guide researchers on best practices and ethical...

This $399,994 National Science Foundation project grant through the Biological Sciences program (CFDA 47.074) supports research at the University of California Santa Cruz from October 1, 2022 to September 30, 2024. The research aims to evaluate past efforts integrating initiatives focused on Ethical, Legal and Social Implications and Diversity, Equity and Inclusion issues into science and engineering research projects in genomics, neuroscience and artificial intelligence. Through content...

This National Science Foundation (NSF) CAREER grant, awarded through the Biological Sciences program (CFDA 47.074) to Tulane University, funds a five-year research initiative spanning June 1, 2026 through May 31, 2031 with $504,681 in obligated federal funding. The project will develop a quantitative biophysical framework linking intramolecular energy flow to enzyme function, with the central research objective of understanding how energy redistribution following ligand binding regulates...

The University of California, San Diego will receive $1.5 million over five years from the National Science Foundation under its Biological Sciences program (CFDA 47.074) to conduct a project titled "CHEMOENZYMATIC CONSTRUCTION OF A PROGRAMMABLE SYNTHETIC ENDOPLASMIC RETICULUM." From August 2021 through July 2026, UCSD researchers will work to develop new techniques for engineering the endoplasmic reticulum, a cellular organelle, using enzymatic and chemical methods. The Biological...

Federal Cooperative Agreement Summary Arizona State University's Office of Research and Sponsored Projects Administration (Orspa) received a $249,903 Cooperative Agreement from NASA's Science Mission Directorate (CFDA 43.001) effective January 1, 2026, through December 31, 2026. The award supports the advancement of NASA's vision for Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) learning by strengthening the capacity of the Science Activation (SciAct) program to purposefully and...

The National Science Foundation awarded a $306,449 Cooperative Agreement to The Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania under the Integrative Activities program (CFDA 47.083) on November 1, 2022 for development of a research security training module focused on risk management and mitigation. The module will be developed in consultation with experts from NSF, NIH, DOE, DOD and FBI, and will provide standardized content while allowing institutions flexibility to incorporate local practices....

Federal Project Grant Award Summary Award Overview The National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR), operating under the University Corporation for Atmospheric Research, received a Project Grant of $202,883 from NASA's Science Mission Directorate (CFDA 43.001) effective May 1, 2026, with a completion date of April 30, 2029. The award supports the execution of a balanced science program guided by discipline-specific recommendations from the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and...

This $644,900 Project Grant, awarded July 1, 2025, through the National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS) Biomedical Research and Research Training program (CFDA 93.859), supports fundamental research on PAS (Period-Arnt-Singleminded) domain proteins and their signaling mechanisms. The award, administered by the Research Foundation of the City University of New York's Advanced Science Research Center and scheduled for completion by June 30, 2030, will deliver structural, biophysical,...

Federal Grant Award Summary Baylor College of Medicine received a $1.44 million Project Grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) Office of the Director under the Trans-NIH Research Support program (CFDA 93.310), effective September 1, 2025, through August 31, 2028. The award supports the development of novel classes of small, cell-permeable genome regulators based on pyrrole-imidazole polyamides—synthetic DNA-binding ligands designed to target specific genomic sequences, including...

Federal Cooperative Agreement Summary The Johns Hopkins University received a Cooperative Agreement award of $5.8 million from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) Office of the Director under the Trans-NIH Research Support program (CFDA 93.310), effective March 15, 2026, through December 31, 2030. The award funds the Drug Research Organoid-Integrated Development Platform (DROIDP), an in vitro neural research system designed to develop novel methodologies for assessing learning and memory...