Project Grant R43AI155191

This National Science Foundation (NSF) Directorate for Mathematical and Physical Sciences (CFDA 47.049) Project Grant of $246,620 awarded to The University of Texas at San Antonio (UTSA) will fund the development of novel mathematical models for Wolbachia-based strategies to control mosquito-borne diseases like dengue fever, malaria, chikungunya, and Zika. The multi-stage models will account for the complex transmission dynamics, spatial and temporal heterogeneity, and Wolbachia's biological...

This federal Cooperative Agreement award from the U.S. Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service, under the Endangered Species Recovery Implementation program (CFDA 15.657), provides $5,258,783 in funding to The Nature Conservancy (TNC) to extend field validation of the Incompatible Insect Technique (IIT) method for mosquito suppression on Maui, and begin field validation of the technique on Kauai. The award supports a subcontract with Verily Life Sciences to ramp up production and...

This federal Cooperative Agreement award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) under the NSF Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships (CFDA 47.084) program provides $999,479 to Vectech, Inc., a small disadvantaged business, to develop advanced artificial intelligence (AI) methods for automated identification of mosquito species from high-resolution images. The goal is to enable more accessible and scalable vector surveillance data collection to support public health institutions in their...

Federal Grant Award Summary Texas A&M University System Health Science Center received a $423,125 Project Grant award dated July 17, 2025, from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases under the Allergy and Infectious Diseases Research program (CFDA 93.855) to support research extending through June 30, 2027. The project focuses on developing an intein-based QF2 (quinic acid-inducible) system for controllable protein expression in the nervous system of Aedes aegypti...

The University of California, San Diego (UCSD) was awarded a $500,000 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Integrative Organismal Systems under the Biological Sciences (CFDA 47.074) federal grant program. Through this three-year award beginning June 1, 2023, UCSD will investigate olfactory learning and neuromodulation in the Aedes aegypti mosquito vector. The research aims to elucidate the role of dopamine-mediated plasticity in early olfactory circuits and how...

Federal Project Grant Award Summary The National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) awarded the University of California, San Diego $588,514 under the Allergy and Infectious Diseases Research program (CFDA 93.855) on July 21, 2025, with a completion date of June 30, 2030. This project grant funds the development of novel mosquito control technologies targeting Aedes aegypti, a primary vector for disease transmission. The research will generate conditional and female-lethal gene...

This $521,993 federal Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Biological Sciences program (CFDA 47.074) supports research by North Carolina State University to determine the molecular mechanism by which the bacterial symbiont Cardinium causes cytoplasmic incompatibility in insects. The project aims to: Identify and study the Cardinium genes responsible for cytoplasmic incompatibility, including examining their localization, interaction with host proteins, and mutation...

The National Science Foundation awarded a $500,000 Project Grant to the University of Washington under the Biological Sciences federal grant program (CFDA 47.074) to investigate olfactory learning and neuromodulation in the Aedes aegypti mosquito from June 1, 2023 to May 31, 2026. The research aims to understand how odor learning modifies mosquitoes' biting behaviors through three objectives: testing whether mosquitoes only learn certain odors corresponding to antennal lobe glomeruli tuning;...

Federal Cooperative Agreement Summary The University of California, San Diego has been awarded $209,300 under a Cooperative Agreement from the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) to develop improved genetic strains for Sterile Insect Technique (SIT) programs targeting Mediterranean fruit flies (medflies) and Mexican fruit flies (mexflies). The project, which commenced September 30, 2025, and concludes September 29, 2026, is funded under the Plant and Animal Disease, Pest...

Farmsense, Inc. received a $275,000 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships (CFDA 47.084) program. The award supports the development of an automated, digital classification and counting system for mosquitoes to enable more effective vector control. The project aims to create an end-to-end digital platform for mosquito surveillance that can support the work of vector control districts. The platform will leverage real-time insect...