Project Grant N629090711027

This $2,963,428 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's Biological Sciences program (CFDA 47.074) aims to develop critical infrastructure and tools for interpreting genomic data. The project will create high-quality genome assembly workflows, comprehensive documentation, and interactive training materials to make these advanced genomic analysis capabilities accessible to a wide audience of biology researchers. This will enable downstream discoveries in areas such as...

The Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences will develop a novel microencapsulation-based technology for whole genome sequencing of RNA viruses from ocean environments under a two-year, $599,048 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation Division of Ocean Sciences' Geosciences program (CFDA 47.050). The laboratory aims to address the pressing need for direct quantification methods for small RNA viruses in marine samples, which play a major role in microbial ecology and evolution but are...

This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Biological Sciences program (CFDA 47.074) provides $240,000 in funding to support a postdoctoral research fellowship investigating the genetic basis of heat tolerance in the ecologically important giant kelp species (Macrocystis pyrifera). The 3-year project aims to: (1) determine if warming events are associated with genetic signatures of population decline in giant kelp, (2) identify adaptive genetic variants that contribute...

This Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's Integrative Activities program ($749,255) supports the development of genomic and artificial intelligence tools to address fishery management challenges from harvest to market. Led by Michigan State University from October 2021 to September 2022, the award aims to design CRISPR-Cas9 SHERLOCK assays enabling rapid, inexpensive species identification without specialized expertise. Initial work focuses on scalloped and Carolina hammerhead...

Grant Award Summary The University of California Santa Cruz received a $335,016 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Biological Sciences program (CFDA 47.074) awarded October 1, 2025, with a completion date of June 30, 2027. This collaborative research initiative, titled "The Albatross Re-Collection Project for a Century of Genomic Change in the Tropics," delivers comparative genomic and morphological analysis services utilizing historical fish specimens collected...

The National Science Foundation's Division of Integrative Organismal Systems awarded $1,526,917 to Stanford University on September 15, 2025, under the Biological Sciences (CFDA 47.074) program to develop genome editing tools and genomic resources for poeciliid fishes (guppies, mollies, and swordtails). The project will establish immortalized cell lines from multiple species, optimize CRISPR-based DNA editing protocols for both in vitro and in vivo applications, and generate high-quality,...

This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's Biological Sciences program (CFDA 47.074) provides $415,682 to the California State University Long Beach Research Foundation to conduct research on the effects of ocean warming on a coastal fish species. The key objectives are to: 1) quantify genetic variation in temperature response, 2) determine if local adaptation to temperature exists, and 3) assess whether evolutionary changes can occur quickly enough to impact population...

This three-year, $627,543 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's Biological Sciences program (CFDA 47.074) will support research at the Marine Biological Laboratory to elucidate the mechanisms underlying circatidal rhythms in the coastal crustacean Parhyale hawaiensis. The researchers will investigate how P. hawaiensis uses environmental cues like water levels and turbulence to synchronize its behavior with tidal cycles. They will identify genes controlling the organism's...

The National Science Foundation awarded a $299,178 project grant to Bigelow Laboratory For Ocean Sciences for work titled "EAGER: ENCAPSULATION AND SEQUENCING OF EXTRACELLULAR DNA." The two-year grant running from April 2021 through March 2023 is funded through the NSF's Geosciences program (CFDA 47.050). Under the award, Bigelow Laboratory will conduct research to encapsulate and sequence extracellular DNA found in ocean environments. The NSF's Geosciences program supports basic...

This Cooperative Agreement award from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) under the Sea Grant Support program (CFDA 11.417) provides $416,369 to the Gloucester Marine Genomics Institute Incorporated (GMGI) to conduct a genomic population structure evaluation on the American lobster. The project aims to assemble an improved lobster genome, collect 550 lobster tissue samples from 22 locations in New England and Canada, assess the genetic population structure and...