Project Grant R25OD010982

This National Science Foundation (NSF) Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CISE) federal grant award (CFDA 47.070) of $200,000 to the Trustees of the Stevens Institute of Technology will support the development of a flexible and open-resource medical knowledge base called FORMED. The goal is to create a comprehensive, public-oriented database covering a wide range of diseases, conditions, and medications with detailed information on symptoms, causes, and treatments. The project...

This Project Grant award from the National Human Genome Research Institute (CFDA Program 93.172 - Human Genome Research) provides $202,058 to The Leland Stanford Junior University to investigate the ethical challenges and perspectives of disability communities towards emerging precision medicine research focused on cerebral palsy. The key objectives are to: 1) Assess the values and priorities of precision medicine researchers, adults with cerebral palsy, their caregivers, and clinicians; 2)...

This $906,792 Project Grant award from the National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS) under CFDA 93.859 Biomedical Research and Research Training program aims to develop an interactive digital media (IDM) product called "ModelIT!" for afterschool programming that teaches computational modeling and simulation skills to 5th-8th grade students. The project will build on previous work to adapt a research-grade computational modeling and simulation technology called "Cell...

This Project Grant award from the National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS), under the Biomedical Research and Research Training program (CFDA 93.859), provides $271,544 to San Francisco State University (SFSU) from September 13, 2024 through August 31, 2029. The award aims to expand the successful Scientist Spotlights initiative by engaging high school students nationwide as authors of curriculum supplements that highlight diverse biomedical science role models. The project will...

This Project Grant from the United States Department of Agriculture's National Institute of Food and Agriculture (USDA NIFA) Agriculture and Food Research Initiative (AFRI) program, totaling $750,000, supports the development of educational outreach tools and experiences to introduce youth to careers in agricultural biotechnology through 2025. The University of Connecticut leads efforts to provide transformative STEM experiences for high school students in Connecticut and the surrounding...

This three-year, $750,000 project grant from the National Science Foundation's Biological Sciences program (CFDA 47.074) will fund research into the genetic architecture of exploration behavior in Drosophila. The grantee, University of Mississippi, will use novel arena exploration assays and integrated genetic approaches to identify genes and neurons responsible for neophilia, or attraction to novel stimuli. Researchers will determine dopamine signaling requirements for exploratory behavior...

This National Science Foundation (NSF) Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships (CFDA 47.084) Project Grant of $274,829 awarded to Rosebud Biosciences Inc. on August 15, 2023 aims to enable the development of new therapies for rare diseases in children. The project objectives are to: (1) Automate the derivation of heart, liver, and brain organoids from human stem cells, and (2) Develop automated machine learning models to detect disease phenotypes in these organoids derived from patients with...

This Project Grant award of $459,020 from the National Science Foundation's STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076) is for a collaborative research project aimed at improving the teaching of genetics in high school to avoid instilling misconceptions about gender differences. The project, led by researchers at Biological Sciences Curriculum Study, the University of Texas at Austin, and New York University, will: Study which specific aspects of genetics instruction affect students' beliefs in...

This National Science Foundation (NSF) Project Grant awarded under the STEM Education (CFDA 47.076) program aims to promote awareness and hands-on experience in biotechnology and biomanufacturing career pathways for diverse, underrepresented community college and high school students. The $649,986 award to MiraCosta Community College District will fund the BIOSCOPE (Bioscience Supply Chain Operations Projects for Education) model, which provides students with project-based activities to learn...

The National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS) awarded a 5-year, $431,714 Project Grant under the Biomedical Research and Research Training program (CFDA 93.859) to The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) and the University of Pennsylvania (UPenn) to develop the Academic Entrepreneurship Awareness to Action (AE2A) curriculum. This new educational program aims to train a diverse national biomedical research workforce in medical device innovation and entrepreneurship. Key...