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...
Montana State University received a three-year, $486,782 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation Division of Ocean Sciences under the Geosciences federal grant program (CFDA 47.050). The grant will fund collaborative research titled "Microdiversity Drives Ecosystem Function: SAR11 Bacteria as Models for Oceanic Nitrogen Loss." The research aims to strengthen understanding of the integrated Earth system and expand knowledge of atmospheric, earth, and ocean sciences by...
This federal Project Grant award from the Department of Energy's Office of Science Financial Assistance Program (CFDA 81.049) in the amount of $999,603.00 will fund research on the effects of shifting temperate conifer forest vegetation regimes on above- and belowground carbon and nitrogen cycling. The award, effective September 1, 2024 through August 31, 2025, will be performed by the University of Wisconsin System, specifically the University of Wisconsin - Madison. This research aims to...
Montana State University was awarded a $1,191,654 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 September 1, 2021 through August 31, 2026. The grant will support research to decipher and optimize cross-domain interactions within high pH-high alkalinity microalgae communities in order to increase productivity. As the Biological Sciences program aims to promote progress in the...
The Department of the Army Materiel Command Research Development and Engineering Command awarded Montana State University a $248,147.50 Project Grant under the Basic Scientific Research program (CFDA 12.431) for the period of February 1, 2021 through January 31, 2022. The grant funding enables Montana State University to enhance biofilm imaging capabilities for Department of Defense-related research in the Northwest region of the United States. Specifically, the university will utilize the...
This federal Project Grant award from the Department of Energy's Office of Science Financial Assistance Program (CFDA 81.049) provides $365,410.67 to Michigan State University to conduct research on the "Catalytic Interconversion of Ammonia and Dinitrogen at Base Metals." The award commenced on September 1, 2024 and is scheduled for completion by August 31, 2025. This grant supports fundamental scientific research aimed at advancing U.S. energy, economic, and national security...
Montana State University was awarded a $395,476 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation Division of Ocean Sciences under the Geosciences federal grant program (CFDA 47.050) to conduct research titled "COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: NITROUS OXIDE REDUCTION IN OXYGEN MINIMUM ZONES: AN UNDERSTUDIED BUT CRITICAL LOSS TERM IN OCEAN GREENHOUSE GAS CYCLING." The three-year project beginning March 1, 2021 will fund research into nitrous oxide reduction processes in oxygen minimum zones, an...
Montana State University was awarded a $436,510 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation Division of Biological Infrastructure under the Biological Sciences federal grant program (CFDA 47.074). The grant funds the REU SITE: MICROBIOLOGY OF LOW OXYGEN ECOSYSTEMS (MLOXE) project at Montana State University from February 15, 2021 through January 31, 2024. The Biological Sciences program aims to promote progress in the biological sciences and strengthen the nation's scientific enterprise...
The University of Montana was awarded a $1,000,000 Project Grant from the Department of Energy's Office of Science Financial Assistance Program (CFDA 81.049) to conduct research on the "Identification of the Chlorophyll D Synthase: Implications for Far-Red Light Photosynthesis by Crops." This 1-year grant, commencing on September 1, 2024, will support the university's efforts to advance scientific understanding of far-red light photosynthesis in crops, which has the potential to...
The National Science Foundation awarded a $207,000 Project Grant to Bozeman, Montana for a research project titled "Assessing Changes in Microbial Metabolisms Across Environmental Gradients in the Deep Biosphere" under the Biological Sciences program (CFDA 47.074). The three-year award beginning March 2021 will support research examining microbial metabolisms across environmental conditions deep below Earth's surface. The Biological Sciences program aims to advance biological science...