Project Grant R13ES024650

This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's Office of International Science and Engineering (CFDA 47.079) provides $268,066 from September 1, 2024 to August 31, 2027 to support collaborative research on tropical plant-pollinator interactions. The project will engage 15 U.S. students, particularly from underrepresented groups, in an 8-week international research program in Colombia to investigate the impacts of climate and landscape changes on plant-pollinator relationships....

This Project Grant from the National Science Foundation, under the Biological Sciences program (CFDA 47.074), provides $2,999,552 to the University of Nevada, Reno to quantify the phytochemical landscape of indigenous communities through knowledge integration, interaction diversity genomics, and network dynamics from 2022-2026. Key products include the development of an accessible website compiling edited video interviews with Kichwa and Waorani elders on plant-animal networks and interspecies...

This $599,444 National Science Foundation Office of International Science and Engineering project grant supports the International Research Experiences for Students (IRES) Track I program between Washington State University and Germany's Cluster of Excellence on Plant Sciences (CEPLAS) program. Over three years, 24 graduate and undergraduate students will complete 10-week research experiences in Germany, working on fundamental plant biology research with CEPLAS scientists. This research aims...

Federal Project Grant Award Summary New York University received a $350,000 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's Division of Integrative Organismal Systems under the Biological Sciences program (CFDA 47.074) to develop an advanced microfluidic platform for plant cell biology research. The primary deliverable is an improved prototype of a "plant-on-chip" device that automates plant growth hormone delivery and generates variable biochemical gradients to mimic the...

This Cooperative Agreement from the United States Department of Agriculture Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) provides $617,046 to North Carolina State University to continue developing in-field volatile organic compound and microneedle patch-supported loop-mediated isothermal amplification sensors that can differentiate two important plant pathogens, Phytophthora ramorum and Phytophthora kernoviae. The award period is from August 1, 2022 to July 31, 2023. These innovations...

Federal Grant Award Summary Award Overview and Funding The National Science Foundation's Office of International Science and Engineering (CFDA 47.079) awarded $2.298M to the University of Illinois (with a sub-award to Stony Brook University) on May 1, 2025, to establish the Global Center for Alliance for Socially-Acceptable & Actionable Plants (ASAP). This 48-month project, which concludes April 30, 2029, represents an innovative international partnership involving funding agencies from...

The National Science Foundation awarded a $300,000 EAGER grant titled "ENHANCING PLANT IMMUNITY AND GROWTH WITH CELL-PENETRATING PEPTIDES FOR ORGANIC AGRICULTURE" to The Ohio State University under the agency's Biological Sciences (CFDA 47.074) program. This two-year project aims to improve the efficiency of plant biologics, such as defense activators and biostimulants, by leveraging membrane translocation domain (MTD) technology to enhance their cellular delivery and efficacy. Key...

This $393,283 National Science Foundation Biological Sciences project grant will support the Chicago Botanic Garden's Research Experiences for Undergraduates Site program from 2022 to 2025. The program will provide research experiences and professional development to 30 undergraduate students over three summers, with the goal of increasing careers in plant conservation. Students will conduct 10-week research internships at the Garden's Negaunee Institute for Plant Conservation Science and Action...

The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) awarded a $100,971 Cooperative Agreement to Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University (Virginia Tech) under the Plant and Animal Disease, Pest Control, and Animal Care Federal Grant Program (CFDA 10.025). The purpose of this 1-year award, effective July 1, 2024, is to develop high-throughput sequencing methods to rapidly detect and identify members of the Ralstonia solanacearum species complex...

This $988,130 project grant awarded by the National Science Foundation's Biological Sciences program focuses on advancing understanding of the evolutionary history and ecological adaptations of the Montiaceae plant family. Led by researchers at Yale University, the project will construct a comprehensive phylogeny (evolutionary tree) for the Montiaceae, which contains ~250 species of annual and perennial herbs found across diverse environments like deserts, mountains, and Mediterranean regions....