The Department of Energy's Office of Science has awarded a $999,990 Project Grant under the Office of Science Financial Assistance Program (CFDA 81.049) to the University of Massachusetts in Amherst, MA. The grant, titled "FROM RHIZOSPHERE TO FOREST: SCALING SHIFTS IN PLANT-MICROBE INTERACTIONS IN INFECTED EASTERN HEMLOCKS TO PREDICT CHANGES IN ECOSYSTEM CARBON AND NITROGEN CYCLING," will fund research to investigate how changes in plant-microbe interactions in infected eastern hemlock...
This federal Project Grant award, valued at $706,641.00 and made by the National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Environmental Biology (CFDA 47.074 Biological Sciences), is supporting collaborative research to investigate the role of plant-soil feedbacks in sustaining the resilience of piñon woodlands to severe drought. The research aims to determine how beneficial soil microbes, particularly ectomycorrhizal fungi, can aid the recruitment and growth of piñon pine seedlings in areas affected...
This $188,491 federal Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's Biological Sciences program (CFDA 47.074) supports a 5-year collaborative research study on the symbiotic relationships between microbes and their host plants. The research team at the University of New Mexico is exploring how the effects of microbial symbionts on host plants fluctuate over time, potentially providing stability and buffering against environmental stressors. The project utilizes a unique long-term...
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 $300,000 Project Grant award, provided by the National Science Foundation (NSF) under the Office of International Science and Engineering (CFDA 47.079) program, supports the "MICROBENET-NET: MULTI-INSTITUTE COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH ON BELOWGROUND PLANT-MICROBIAL INTERACTIONS NETWORK OF NETWORKS" project. The primary objective is to unite global research networks focused on mapping plant-fungal interactions to enhance predictions of plant functions, particularly under environmental...
This federal Project Grant award from the Department of Energy's Office of Science Financial Assistance Program (CFDA 81.049) provides $991,094.00 to the University of California, Irvine to study the role of plant-mycorrhizal relationships in forest loss following wildfire. The research project aims to advance U.S. energy, economic, and national security priorities through transformative scientific discoveries related to environmental science and emerging technologies. The award period runs from...
This $812,787 federal Project Grant award, funded by the National Science Foundation's Biological Sciences program (CFDA 47.074), supports a collaborative research initiative titled "MRA: PANAM PEAT: Understanding Water and Carbon Cycling Across the Pan-American Tropical Peatland Biome." The project, led by the University of Nevada, Reno, aims to gain new insights into the structure and function of tropical peatlands across the Americas, from 20 degrees North to 20 degrees South. The...
This $1,083,670 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's Biological Sciences (CFDA 47.074) program will fund research on the spatiotemporal dynamics of plant-mycorrhizal fungal symbioses across the eastern United States. The primary awardee, the University of Tennessee, will investigate how changing global conditions impact the interactions between plants and mycorrhizal fungi, which provide critical nutrient and water exchange. The research will examine spatial and temporal...
The National Science Foundation awarded a $2,010,368 Project Grant to Columbia University under the Biological Sciences federal grant program (CFDA 47.074) from July 1, 2022 to June 30, 2026. The grant funds collaborative research on the impacts of severe drought on tropical forest recovery after hurricanes. Researchers are conducting a large-scale rainfall manipulation experiment in a forest in Puerto Rico recovering from Hurricane Maria to characterize forest resilience to climate change. Nine...
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...