Project Grant DESC0025995
- This federal Project Grant award of $1,915,000.00 from the U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Science Financial Assistance Program (CFDA 81.049) supports research at the University of Georgia Research Foundation to decode the function of glycosyltransferases in the sorghum plant. The research will utilize high-throughput biochemical, nuclear magnetic resonance, and computational biology methods to better understand the biological role of these enzymes in sorghum, an important bioenergy and...
- The Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Science awarded a $399,795 Project Grant under the Office of Science Financial Assistance Program (CFDA 81.049) to the University of Georgia Research Foundation, Inc. to study the "Compound Impacts on Forest Carbon Uptake and Storage from Wind, Heat, and Drought". The project period runs from September 1, 2024 to August 31, 2026. The DOE Office of Science's mission is to deliver scientific discoveries and major scientific tools to transform...
- The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Science awarded a $1,652,504 Project Grant to Kansas State University (KSU) under the Office of Science Financial Assistance Program (CFDA 81.049) to develop a high-throughput, regeneration step-free bioenergy crop genome editing system. The project aims to advance scientific discovery and technological innovation in the field of bioenergy. KSU, a comprehensive research institution, will leverage its expertise in areas such as agriculture,...
- This $7,767,979 federal Project Grant award was provided by the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Office of Science Financial Assistance Program (CFDA 81.049) to the University of Texas at Austin. The grant supports a 1-year research project titled "Systems Biology and Adaptation in Switchgrass: Discovering Mechanisms Underlying Plant-Microbe-Soil Interactions and Abiotic Stress Tolerance". The project aims to advance scientific understanding of complex plant, microbial, and soil...
- The National Science Foundation awarded the University of Georgia Research Foundation, Inc. a $299,072 project grant under the Biological Sciences federal grant program (CFDA 47.074). The grant will support comparative single cell transcriptomics and regulomics research from June 2023 to May 2025. Specifically, the foundation will utilize cutting-edge omics techniques to discover the regulatory components of monoterpene indole alkaloid biosynthesis in two plant species. Researchers will...
- This $636,422 project grant from the National Science Foundation's Biological Sciences program (CFDA 47.074) will fund research comparing the genomics of capitulum development across sunflower, daisy and related plant lineages. Over a four-year period from November 2022 to October 2026, the University of Georgia Research Foundation will generate high-quality genomes and curated gene expression data for multiple plant species. Researchers will use comparative genomic and evolutionary analyses...
- The National Science Foundation Division of Molecular and Cellular Biosciences awarded $300,000 under the Biological Sciences federal grant program (CFDA 47.074) to the University of Georgia Research Foundation, Inc. from June 1, 2022 to May 31, 2024. The award will fund research investigating the function of DNA glycosylases in regulating gene expression within maize pollen vegetative cells and sperm cells. Specifically, the project aims to identify genetic regions targeted for demethylation by...
- The University of Georgia Research Foundation, Inc. was awarded a $2,325,396 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation on April 1, 2021 to complete work by March 31, 2025. The grant is part of the NSF's 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 to manipulate plant...
- The National Science Foundation Division of Molecular and Cellular Biosciences awarded a $936,153 Project Grant to the University of Georgia Research Foundation under the Biological Sciences federal grant program (CFDA 47.074) on July 15, 2021 for the project "DNA DEMETHYLATION IN MAIZE ENDOSPERM GENE REGULATION." The three-year project aims to advance understanding of major problems confronting the nation by promoting progress in the biological sciences. Specifically, the University...
- This Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Science Financial Assistance Program (CFDA 81.049) provides $499,999.00 in funding to the Georgia Tech Research Corporation, doing business as the Office of Sponsored Programs, to conduct research on "FROM GENERATION ACCURACY AND GENERALIZABILITY OF DIFFUSION MODELS TO QUANTITATIVE GENERATIVE MODELING OF MULTIMODAL SCIENTIFIC DATA." The project will run from Sep 15, 2025 to Sep 14, 2026 and aims to advance...
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Science awarded a $2,183,886 Project Grant under the Office of Science Financial Assistance Program (CFDA 81.049) to the University of Georgia (UGA) for the project "ADVANCING GENE FUNCTIONAL ANALYSES, ADAPTATION, AND REGENERATION IN UPLAND AND LOWLAND SWITCHGRASS VIA SINGLE-CELL GENOMICS". The award period is from September 1, 2025 to August 31, 2026. Under this grant, UGA will conduct advanced scientific research to analyze gene function, adaptation, and regeneration in upland and lowland switchgrass using single-cell genomics techniques. The project aims to advance fundamental understanding of complex plant systems and support technological innovation in areas such as bioenergy and environmental sciences. As a leading public research university, UGA has extensive capabilities in agricultural, biological, and environmental sciences research that it will leverage to deliver the objectives of this DOE-funded project.
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
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| Not listed | $2.2m | 9/8/25 |