Project Grant N629092412072

This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Division of Emerging Frontiers, under the Biological Sciences program (CFDA 47.074), provides $428,994 to the University of Delaware to conduct collaborative research on how deep-sea animals adapt to extreme conditions in the ocean. The research team will use the comb jelly (ctenophore) as a model organism to investigate the molecular and cellular mechanisms that allow marine organisms to survive freezing temperatures and...

The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a $768,325 Project Grant under its Biological Sciences program (CFDA 47.074) to the University of California, San Diego (UCSD) to conduct collaborative research on the mechanisms underlying how animals specialize for life in the deep ocean. The project will focus on studying the cell membranes of deep-sea animals, particularly ctenophores (comb jellies), to uncover the genetic and physicochemical adaptations that enable survival under the extreme...

This federal Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's Biological Sciences (CFDA 47.074) program provides $1,013,589 to the University of Florida to study the environmental induction of a novel cell type, the amoebocyte, in the upside-down jellyfish Cassiopea xamachana and to investigate the molecular mechanisms behind the establishment of stable photosymbiosis between the host and photosynthetic dinoflagellate algae. The research aims to gain insights into how novel cell...

The National Science Foundation awarded a $138,000 Project Grant to support postdoctoral research on mechanisms of ammonia-rich, low density fluid formation in deep-sea squid and impacts of ocean acidification. The award period is from March 1, 2022 through February 29, 2024. The research will be conducted under 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 increased...

This $187,290 National Science Foundation (NSF) Geosciences program (CFDA 47.050) Project Grant awarded to Florida International University (FIU) on December 1, 2023 aims to assess the impacts of the unprecedented 2023 marine heatwave on sponge communities in the Florida Keys coral reef ecosystem. The project has three key components: (A) field surveys to evaluate changes in sponge community structure, (B) mesocosm experiments examining the effects of elevated seawater temperatures and low...

This Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's Biological Sciences program (CFDA 47.074) provides $767,109 to the University of Southern California from September 2022 through August 2025. The grant supports research into the role of adaptive plasticity in coral response to climate change. Specifically, the university will investigate the mechanistic basis and ecological consequences of morphological plasticity in the foundational Caribbean coral Acropora cervicornis. Researchers will...

This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation Division of Molecular and Cellular Biosciences, under the Biological Sciences program (CFDA 47.074), provides $792,490 to The Pennsylvania State University for a collaborative research project developing artificial coral-inspired cells and studying their interactions with living algae. The key goals are to: 1) capture and maintain living algal cells within artificial symbiosome vacuoles, 2) construct a mineralization-capable...

This National Science Foundation Project Grant of $615,796 will fund research at The Pennsylvania State University from August 2022 to July 2027 under the Engineering (47.041) federal grant program. The research aims to investigate the role of architecture in the fracture behavior of bio-inspired nested cylindrical structures made from brittle materials. Specifically, the grantee will examine the toughening effects of various geometries, roughness, and material properties in marine spicule...

NSF POSTDOCTORAL FELLOWSHIP IN BIOLOGY FY 2021: ADAPTATION ALONG A THERMAL GRADIENT IN THE HOLOPELAGIC CTENOPHORE, MNEMIOPSIS LEIDYI This $138,000 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Emerging Frontiers will fund research into adaptation along a thermal gradient in the holopelagic ctenophore, Mnemiopsis leidyi, as part of the NSF's Biological Sciences program (CFDA #47.074). The two-year award running from February 1, 2022 to January 31, 2024 will support the...

This $472,597 National Science Foundation project grant supports research on the photophysiology and bio-optics of mesophotic coral reef ecosystems in the Red Sea. Funded under the Biological Sciences program (CFDA 47.074), the research will employ an interdisciplinary approach including fieldwork, laboratory analysis, and advanced imaging to establish the light-harvesting properties of corals thriving at depths with extremely limited light availability. Specifically, the team will collect and...