Project Grant NNA13AA90A

This $262,588 National Science Foundation Project Grant under the Geosciences program (CFDA 47.050) will support research into prebiotic chemistry processes relevant to the origin of life on Earth. The Foundation For Applied Molecular Evolution, Inc. will use the funding to advance scientific understanding of geological environments on Earth 4.35 billion years ago that could have facilitated the emergence of the first genetic molecules. Key deliverables include completing structural analysis...

This Project Grant, awarded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Environmental Biology under the Biological Sciences program (CFDA 47.074) on July 15, 2025, supports a collaborative research initiative totaling $411,079 through June 30, 2030. The primary deliverable is a multi-scale, multi-proxy investigation examining how marine nutrient availability during the Tonian Period (1000-720 million years ago) may have driven eukaryotic diversification and ecosystem transformation. The...

The National Science Foundation Division of Environmental Biology awarded a $1,126,538 project grant to the University of Wisconsin-Madison under the Biological Sciences federal grant program (CFDA 47.074) to support research exploring the origin of life through ecological dynamics and adaptive evolution. Over a three-year period from August 2022 to July 2025, the university will conduct both theoretical and laboratory research to test the hypothesis that the earliest adaptive evolution occurred...

Federal Grant Award Summary The National Science Foundation's Division of Environmental Biology (CFDA 47.074, Biological Sciences) awarded a $420,286 Project Grant to Utah State University, effective July 15, 2025, through June 30, 2030. This collaborative research initiative involves seven principal investigators, one postdoctoral fellow, five graduate students, and two undergraduate students across five U.S. universities. The project delivers comprehensive paleontological, geochemical,...

Federal Grant Award Summary Georgia TECH Research Corp received a $596,940 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Environmental Biology under the Biological Sciences program (CFDA 47.074), awarded June 15, 2025, with completion targeted for May 31, 2030. The project, titled "LTREB: The Multicellularity Long Term Evolution Experiment (MULTEE)," will investigate the genetic, molecular, and physiological mechanisms underlying the evolutionary transition...

The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded Purdue University a Project Grant of $216,786 under the Biological Sciences program (CFDA 47.074) for a scoping event focused on "Leveraging Innovations from Evolution" (LIFE). The in-person session, held from August 14-16, 2023 in Indianapolis, Indiana, will bring together experts across evolutionary biology, systematics, development, molecular biology, biochemistry, and genomics. The goals are to: 1) bridge disciplinary gaps, 2)...

Federal Project Grant Award Summary The National Science Foundation's Division of Earth Sciences awarded $709,830 to Tufts College under the Geosciences program (CFDA 47.050) on September 1, 2025, for a three-year collaborative research project focused on understanding Earth's Great Oxidation Event (GOE). The research will deliver a comprehensive scientific analysis of rock cores from Gabon's Francevillian Sub-basins to determine whether geochemical shifts approximately 2.4 to 2.0 billion...

Federal Project Grant Award Summary The National Science Foundation's Division of Molecular and Cellular Biosciences awarded $193,684 to the University of Georgia Research Foundation on September 1, 2025, under the Biological Sciences program (CFDA 47.074) for a collaborative research project investigating polo kinase function in maintaining chiral asymmetry within Tetrahymena thermophila, a ciliated protozoan. The project, which extends through August 31, 2029, delivers fundamental research...

Federal Grant Award Summary This $606,871 Project Grant, awarded July 15, 2025, by the National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Environmental Biology under the Biological Sciences program (CFDA 47.074), supports collaborative research examining how nutrient availability drove eukaryotic diversification during the Tonian Period (1000–720 million years ago). The research initiative brings together seven principal investigators, one postdoctoral fellow, five graduate students, and two...

Federal Grant Award Summary Georgia Tech Research Corporation received a $584,898 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Physics under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049), effective September 1, 2025 through August 31, 2028. The award supports laboratory evolution research examining the biophysical basis of multicellular adaptation in specially engineered yeast organisms. The primary deliverable is fundamental scientific research combining...