The Department of Energy's Office of Science Financial Assistance Program (CFDA 81.049) awarded a $999,036 Project Grant to the University of Mississippi on September 1, 2024 to investigate how plant-associated microbes mediate vegetation shifts in response to interactive global change factors in phosphorus-limited dry forest systems. The project will explore the role of plant-associated fungi in mediating vegetation and process shifts in these ecosystems under the influence of global change....
The University of Massachusetts was awarded a $565,223 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation Division of Integrative Organismal Systems. The grant supports the research project "COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: DYNAMIC ZONATION IN THE PLANT ROOT" from September 1, 2021 to August 31, 2024. The funding will enable researchers at the University of Massachusetts to study major problems confronting the nation related to the biological sciences, as outlined in the Biological Sciences...
The University of Massachusetts at Hadley was awarded a $907,295 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation Division of Emerging Frontiers under the Biological Sciences federal grant program (CFDA 47.074) for the period of January 1, 2022 through December 31, 2026. The grant will support collaborative research to better understand the interactions between plants, pollinators, and pathogens at molecular, cellular, organismal, and community levels. Specifically, the University of...
This $850,000 Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Science Financial Assistance Program (CFDA 81.049) supports research on "CATALYTIC ENZYMES AS ACTIVE MATTER" at the University of Massachusetts in Amherst, MA. The project will be conducted from September 1, 2024 to August 31, 2026. The Office of Science Financial Assistance Program funds fundamental scientific research across disciplines to advance U.S. energy, economic, and national security...
The University of Massachusetts will receive $368,508 from the National Science Foundation under a three-year Project Grant award to study stream corridor hydrologic controls on carbon dioxide fluxes. The research, to be conducted from July 2021 through June 2024 in Hadley, Massachusetts, aims to strengthen fundamental knowledge of the integrated Earth system through supporting basic research in atmospheric, earth, and ocean sciences. Specifically, the university will examine how hydrologic...
The National Science Foundation awarded a $812,614 project grant to the University of Massachusetts Office of Grant & Contract Administration on April 15, 2021 with a completion date of March 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, the grant will fund research into the...
The University of Massachusetts received a $950,000 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation Division of Integrative Organismal Systems. The grant supports research titled "POLLEN-STIGMA INTERACTIONS: EVENTS AND PLAYERS THAT SET OFF THE PATH TO REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS" from June 15, 2021 through May 31, 2025. The research funded under this award will investigate pollen-stigma interactions and the mechanisms that initiate plant reproduction. It aligns with the goals of...
The University of Montana was awarded a $326,520 Project Grant from the Department of Energy Office of Science under the Office of Science Financial Assistance Program (CFDA 81.049) to conduct research titled "Plant Carbohydrate Depletion, Mycorrhizal Networks, and Vulnerability to Drought: An Experimental Test in the Field" from August 2021 through August 2024. The grant funding will support experimental field research aimed at understanding how plant carbohydrate depletion and...
This federal Formula Grant award, with ID NI25MSCFRXXXG036, was provided by the United States Department of Agriculture's National Institute of Food and Agriculture (USDA NIFA) under the Cooperative Forestry Research Program (CFDA 10.202). The $877,168 award, effective from October 1, 2024 to September 30, 2026, supports forestry research and workforce development efforts at the University of Massachusetts (UMass). Specifically, the grant will fund projects focused on: 1) reforestation and...
This Project Grant award, totaling $724,878.00, was provided by the U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Science Financial Assistance Program (CFDA 81.049) to The Research Foundation For The State University Of New York, doing business as SUNY ESF. The grant supports a 1-year project focused on the "HIGH-DIMENSIONAL CHARACTERIZATION OF FOREST MESOPHICATION EFFECTS ON REACTIVE NITROGEN EMISSIONS BY SOIL MICROORGANISMS" from January 1, 2025 to December 31, 2025. The award will enable...