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| Grantee |
Amount |
Date |
 | Harvard University, Office of Sponsored Programs
Ann Pearson Investigator Award | $2,032,000 | May 2013 | | | | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 66 mo. | $2,032,000 | May 2013 |
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Purpose
In support of achieving a deeper understanding of the links between ecosystem structure, function, and long-term stability by using isotope-enabled methods to illuminate the availability of energy and nutrients to marine microbes. | | Max Planck Society, Institute for Marine Microbiology
Nicole Dubilier Investigator Award | $2,161,000 | May 2013 | | | | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 66 mo. | $2,161,000 | May 2013 |
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In support of obtaining a deeper understanding of the function and metabolism of the wide array of microbes that drive chemosynthetic primary production in marine environments through their symbioses with marine invertebrates. | | Rutgers University, Office of Research and Sponsored Programs
Kay Bidle Investigator Award | $1,720,000 | May 2013 | | | | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 66 mo. | $1,720,000 | May 2013 |
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In support of elucidating the fundamental principles that govern small-scale interactions between viruses and their microbial hosts, microbes and information-containing molecules, and microbes and the ocean environment—and the subsequent manifestation of these interactions on marine ecosystem processes. | | San Diego State University Research Foundation
Forest Rohwer Investigator Award | $2,225,000 | May 2013 | | | | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 66 mo. | $2,225,000 | May 2013 |
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In support of the development of functional genomic analyses of unknown viral genes and new technologies to measure small amounts of heat arising from virus-host interactions that will provide new insights into the roles of viruses in coral and marine snow ecosystems. | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 26 mo. | $447,698 | Oct. 2007 |
Purpose
This grant to the San Diego State University adds two new metagenomic datasets to CAMERA, and establishes procedures to integrate externally-developed analytical methods of broad utility to the marine microbiology community into CAMERA LABS, an open access experimental web-based environment for testing of new bioinformatics tools. Outputs include new tools to enhance the community's ability to interpret metagenomic data and new visualization capability to CAMERA to allow users to better represent and understand how microbial communities respond to environmental variations. | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 36 mo. | $1,003,100 | Nov. 2004 |
Purpose
This grant to San Diego State University supports research in the laboratory of Dr. Rohwer into the genomics and evolutionary relationships of viruses. The work includes the sequencing of viral metagenomes from environmental samples. Outcomes for this grant include completion of 25 to 50 viral metagenomes sequences, discovery of common viral ancestor and creation of viral metabolomes to serve as the metabolic "fingerprints" of viral communities, and construction of online genome analysis tools. | | University of Hawaii Foundation
David Karl Investigator Award | $2,102,000 | May 2013 | | | | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 66 mo. | $2,102,000 | May 2013 |
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In support of research to advance knowledge regarding the pathways, rates, and controls of the microbial phosphorus cycle and its inextricable linkages with the carbon and nitrogen cycles. | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 66 mo. | $2,135,000 | May 2013 |
Purpose
In support of research to advance knowledge of microbial dynamics in time and space using newly emerging robotic sampling technologies, and of nutrient transformations on particulate organic matter using genomics and cultivation techniques. | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 37 mo. | $1,137,029 | Nov. 2011 |
Purpose
This grant will support the design and development of a mobile science laboratory, a new learning environment that will stimulate science education across Hawaii. Funding will be used to design and construct the mobile science learning platform, develop curriculum, training and staffing plans, transport and implement the lab in a variety of communities, and evaluate the project’s effectiveness. | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 40 mo. | $453,578 | Apr. 2010 |
Purpose
For the Hawai'i Microbial Oceanography Summer Course, one of five coupled grants that will train the next generation of microbial ecologists in non-traditional, immersive academic environments that emphasize cross-disciplinary collaboration and cutting-edge analytical techniques. | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 24 mo. | $1,181,111 | Sep. 2008 |
Purpose
This grant to the University of Hawaii Foundation supports scientists at the University of Hawaii, Hilo to examine DNA sequence data from several endemic groups of plants and insects on Hawaii Island and neighboring islands to establish the parameters under which the DNA Barcoding method succeeds as a system of species identification for recently derived (young) species. The evolutionary age gradient of the Hawaiian Islands, anchored by the young and highly species-rich Hawaii Island, renders the archipelago an ideal location for testing the utility of DNA barcoding for species of a range of known ages. The project will focus on several well characterized, endemic groups of plants and insects that possess high species richness on Hawaii Island and representative species on older islands. | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 49 mo. | $3,796,946 | May 2008 |
Purpose
For continued research in the laboratory of Senior Investigator Dr. David M. Karl. The objectives of this grant are to quantify solar energy capture and transduction, and to improve understanding of essential bio-elemental cycles and sequestration of atmospheric carbon by the microbially-mediated oceanic biological carbon pump. | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 25 mo. | $670,789 | Apr. 2008 |
Purpose
This grant to the University of Hawaii Foundation supports the work of the Imiloa Astronomy Center of Hawaii, to teach the culture, history, and scientific wisdom of Hawaii’s people and its connection to Western science, especially astronomy on Mauna Kea. It provides funds for 50% of K-12 students on the island of Hawaii to participate in school field trips to Imiloa. | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 12 mo. | $1,995,400 | Oct. 2007 |
Purpose
This grant to the University of Hawaii Foundation will provide support for some of the University’s most high priority equipment needs and the development of a new facility for ocean science. This facility, within the School of Ocean and Earth Science and Technology (SOEST) will not only benefit the University of Hawaii but will provide the necessary research infrastructure for many visiting scientists. | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 12 mo. | $450,000 | Sep. 2006 |
Purpose
To cover the cost of 4 gliders to be used for remote monitoring of marine ecosystems. | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 60 mo. | $3,850,000 | May 2004 |
Purpose
This grant to the University of Hawaii's Department of Oceanography supports the research of Dr. Karl into the genetic diversity and physiological capacity of microbes in the ocean. Outcomes for this grant include construction of rDNA tools to track dynamic populations, descriptions of short-time population dynamics, definition of community composition factors, and a refined ocean ecosystem model. | | University of Hawaii Foundation
Edward DeLong Investigator Award | $2,135,000 | May 2013 | | | | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 66 mo. | $2,135,000 | May 2013 |
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Purpose
In support of research to advance knowledge of microbial dynamics in time and space using newly emerging robotic sampling technologies, and of nutrient transformations on particulate organic matter using genomics and cultivation techniques. | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 66 mo. | $2,102,000 | May 2013 |
Purpose
In support of research to advance knowledge regarding the pathways, rates, and controls of the microbial phosphorus cycle and its inextricable linkages with the carbon and nitrogen cycles. | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 37 mo. | $1,137,029 | Nov. 2011 |
Purpose
This grant will support the design and development of a mobile science laboratory, a new learning environment that will stimulate science education across Hawaii. Funding will be used to design and construct the mobile science learning platform, develop curriculum, training and staffing plans, transport and implement the lab in a variety of communities, and evaluate the project’s effectiveness. | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 40 mo. | $453,578 | Apr. 2010 |
Purpose
For the Hawai'i Microbial Oceanography Summer Course, one of five coupled grants that will train the next generation of microbial ecologists in non-traditional, immersive academic environments that emphasize cross-disciplinary collaboration and cutting-edge analytical techniques. | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 24 mo. | $1,181,111 | Sep. 2008 |
Purpose
This grant to the University of Hawaii Foundation supports scientists at the University of Hawaii, Hilo to examine DNA sequence data from several endemic groups of plants and insects on Hawaii Island and neighboring islands to establish the parameters under which the DNA Barcoding method succeeds as a system of species identification for recently derived (young) species. The evolutionary age gradient of the Hawaiian Islands, anchored by the young and highly species-rich Hawaii Island, renders the archipelago an ideal location for testing the utility of DNA barcoding for species of a range of known ages. The project will focus on several well characterized, endemic groups of plants and insects that possess high species richness on Hawaii Island and representative species on older islands. | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 49 mo. | $3,796,946 | May 2008 |
Purpose
For continued research in the laboratory of Senior Investigator Dr. David M. Karl. The objectives of this grant are to quantify solar energy capture and transduction, and to improve understanding of essential bio-elemental cycles and sequestration of atmospheric carbon by the microbially-mediated oceanic biological carbon pump. | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 25 mo. | $670,789 | Apr. 2008 |
Purpose
This grant to the University of Hawaii Foundation supports the work of the Imiloa Astronomy Center of Hawaii, to teach the culture, history, and scientific wisdom of Hawaii’s people and its connection to Western science, especially astronomy on Mauna Kea. It provides funds for 50% of K-12 students on the island of Hawaii to participate in school field trips to Imiloa. | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 12 mo. | $1,995,400 | Oct. 2007 |
Purpose
This grant to the University of Hawaii Foundation will provide support for some of the University’s most high priority equipment needs and the development of a new facility for ocean science. This facility, within the School of Ocean and Earth Science and Technology (SOEST) will not only benefit the University of Hawaii but will provide the necessary research infrastructure for many visiting scientists. | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 12 mo. | $450,000 | Sep. 2006 |
Purpose
To cover the cost of 4 gliders to be used for remote monitoring of marine ecosystems. | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 60 mo. | $3,850,000 | May 2004 |
Purpose
This grant to the University of Hawaii's Department of Oceanography supports the research of Dr. Karl into the genetic diversity and physiological capacity of microbes in the ocean. Outcomes for this grant include construction of rDNA tools to track dynamic populations, descriptions of short-time population dynamics, definition of community composition factors, and a refined ocean ecosystem model. | | University of Southern California, Office of Research
Jed Fuhrman Investigator Award | $2,093,000 | May 2013 | | | | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 66 mo. | $2,093,000 | May 2013 |
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In support of research to investigate how nutrient inputs, predators, and viral infection simultaneously work control microbial communities and their activities. | | University of Washington, Office of Sponsored Programs
E. Virginia Armbrust Investigator Award | $2,126,000 | May 2013 | | | | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 66 mo. | $2,126,000 | May 2013 |
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In support of research to identify key interactions within microbial communities that influence the distribution and abundance of diatoms with impact on biogeochemical cycles. | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 66 mo. | $1,123,000 | May 2013 |
Purpose
In support of obtaining an improved understanding of microbe–particle–chemical interactions in the dark ocean and their impact on biogeochemical cycles based on novel models that cross the ocean’s spatial and temporal scales. | | University of Washington, Office of Sponsored Programs
Curtis Deutsch Investigator Award | $1,123,000 | May 2013 | | | | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 66 mo. | $1,123,000 | May 2013 |
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In support of obtaining an improved understanding of microbe–particle–chemical interactions in the dark ocean and their impact on biogeochemical cycles based on novel models that cross the ocean’s spatial and temporal scales. | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 66 mo. | $2,126,000 | May 2013 |
Purpose
In support of research to identify key interactions within microbial communities that influence the distribution and abundance of diatoms with impact on biogeochemical cycles. | | Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
Makoto Saito Investigator Award | $2,161,000 | May 2013 | | | | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 66 mo. | $2,161,000 | May 2013 |
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In support of obtaining deeper knowledge of major biogeochemically relevant proteins to inform a mechanistic understanding of global marine biogeochemical cycles. | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 42 mo. | $2,423,000 | Sep. 2012 |
Purpose
In support of investigating how certain molecules that microbes use to communicate with one another influence microbial interactions and nutrient cycling in the North Atlantic Ocean. The effort focuses on how "signaling" molecules influence the dynamics of laboratory cultures and natural blooms of microeukaryotic phytoplankton (diatoms and coccolithophores) in the ocean and thus how these molecules may have profound effects on the ocean’s elemental cycles in ways previously not imagined by the scientific community. | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 36 mo. | $883,441 | Aug. 2012 |
Purpose
In support of developing new protocols to detect the products of microbial metabolism in seawater to understand the influence of marine microbial communities and their activities on the chemical composition of their surroundings. The new procedures will enable researchers to quantify the abundance of these molecules that serve as the currency of nutrient flow among the studied microbes. The project also includes a needs assessment to define the nature and scope of a community resource database for storing and comparing profiles of metabolism products. | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 40 mo. | $1,923,758 | Jul. 2012 |
Purpose
In support of the development of laboratory and field-based experimental systems for characterizing the roles of microbial physiology, ecology and biogeochemistry in the cycling of dissolved organic matter in the oligotrophic ocean. | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 36 mo. | $1,125,081 | Nov. 2010 |
Purpose
To enable a greater understanding of trace metals and metalloenzymes in oceanic biogeochemical cycles. By combining cutting-edge proteomic tools with trace metal analysis techniques, this project aims to advance the understanding of biogeochemical cycles by identifying and quantifying the abundance of key microbial metalloenzymes in oxygen minimum zones concurrently with trace metal analyses. | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 26 mo. | $252,165 | Oct. 2010 |
Purpose
In support of engineering, testing, and deploying a novel sampling system for mineral particles and microbial cells that preserves the delicate chemical and genetic features of the samples at the time of collection. This equipment will enable high precision spatial and temporal observations in a range of aquatic environments to further the research community's understanding of complex microbial and geochemical interactions. | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 31 mo. | $2,170,431 | Sep. 2010 |
Purpose
In support of advances in imaging informatics in the field of oceanography. Funding supports new knowledge about marine ecosystems through innovative informatics approaches, which infuse data integration capabilities into ocean sensor systems and are designed via scientist-informaticist partnerships. | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 37 mo. | $927,412 | May 2008 |
Purpose
In support of identifying dissolved organic compounds produced by one group of marine microbes (photoautotrophs) and consumed by other groups of marine microbes (heterotrophs) to better understand the links between marine microbial diversity, metabolism, and biogeochemical cycles. Dissolved organic compounds from controlled laboratory culture experiments will provide proof of concept and support for later environmental field sample compound identification with the ultimate goal of linking dissolved organic material composition to marine microbial metabolism and diversity in the environment. | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 36 mo. | $1,556,735 | Oct. 2006 |
Purpose
To develop in situ sorting and observational technologies of individual phytoplankton cells. Outputs include time-series deployments of the FlowCytobot and Imaging FlowCytobot instruments and enhancements to the technologies that automate their ability to identify, sort, and assess the physiological status of phytoplankton cells. These flow cytometry tools will provide a deeper understanding of the regulation of phytoplankton species composition and their photosynthetic productivity. | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 12 mo. | $500,000 | Oct. 2006 |
Purpose
To cover the cost of 2 mass spectrometry instruments for the analysis of oceanic dissolved organic carbon. | | Science Friday Initiative
Informing and Educating the Public through Science Friday innovations | $900,000 | Apr. 2013 | | | | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 36 mo. | $900,000 | Apr. 2013 |
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Increase public knowledge and engagement with scientific information through expansions to the radio program Science Friday, its Science-Technology-Engineering-Math (STEM) content, and accompanying online and social media resources. | | Life Sciences Research Foundation
Biological Sciences Post-Doctoral Fellowships | $915,000 | Mar. 2013 | | | | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 40 mo. | $915,000 | Mar. 2013 |
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In support of prestigious three-year post-doctoral fellowships for five top researchers in non-biomedical biological science disciplines typically underfunded by other sources. | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 40 mo. | $908,000 | May 2012 |
Purpose
In support of prestigious three-year post-doctoral fellowships for five top researchers in biological science disciplines typically underfunded by other sources. | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 40 mo. | $855,000 | Apr. 2011 |
Purpose
This grant to the Life Sciences Research Foundation is a renewal grant and will support prestigious post-doctoral fellowships for five top researchers in biological science disciplines typically underfunded by other granting sources. The fellowships will last three years. | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 39 mo. | $684,000 | Jun. 2010 |
Purpose
In support of a prestigious post-doctoral fellowship opportunity for four top researchers in biological science disciplines typically underfunded by other granting sources. The fellowships will last three years. | | California Institute of Technology, Division of Geology and Planetary Sciences
Cracking open the microbial sulfur cycle using novel stable isotope approaches | $2,260,000 | Mar. 2013 | | | | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 42 mo. | $2,260,000 | Mar. 2013 |
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To support the development of novel and innovative methods to crack open the black box of the microbial sulfur cycle using isotopic tracers. The new microanalytical methods developed will allow for unprecedented levels of inquiry into near seafloor cycling of sulfur by microbial communities using high-precision, high sensitivity measurements of sulfur-containing metabolic products. | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 41 mo. | $2,000,000 | Oct. 2011 |
Purpose
The California Institute of Technology, in collaboration with the University of Washington and the University of California at Berkeley, will analyze the past 80 years of earthquakes in southern California to improve rupture forecasts, and develop both ground-level and building-specific shaking algorithms to determine when automatic shutdown of industrial processes could mitigate serious damage or injury. The knowledge gained will contribute to the development of a west coast prototype earthquake early warning system capable of providing robust advance warning—ranging from tens of seconds to minutes—of the size, extent and timing of imminent earthquakes. | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 38 mo. | $725,325 | Jun. 2011 |
Purpose
This grant to the California Institute of Technology is to develop new techniques to characterize images taken from space to monitor long term changes in the Earth’s surface at fine spatial and temporal scales. Funding will support a core team to develop the technique, analyze large image datasets acquired by a suite of instruments over multiple decades, and apply them to two case studies to detect very small changes in the Earth’s surface due to seismic-volcanic and landslide processes. | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 36 mo. | $650,000 | Mar. 2005 |
Purpose
This grant supports research in the Caltech laboratory of Dr. Orphan. Her interests include microbial community structure and function in deep subsurface habitats, marine sediments, oil and gas seeps, and early Earth analog environments. Outcomes for this grant include documentation of the flow of carbon and nitrogen through microbial assemblages using novel methods, detection of metabolic gene expression in uncultured archaea and bacteria, and analysis of complex microbial communities using state-of-the-art, high-resolution technologies. | | University of Wisconsin-Madison, School of Medicine and Public Health
New technologies to query the behavior of individual microbial cells that form a symbiosis with an animal host | $2,468,000 | Feb. 2013 | | | | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 42 mo. | $2,468,000 | Feb. 2013 |
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In support of developing technologies to visualize, manipulate, and explore the behavior of individual bacterial cells that form a mutually beneficial symbiosis with a squid. Funds will be used to create a high sensitivity sequencing instrument prototype and to develop new gene expression and microscopy methods to allow tracking how symbiotic bacteria change their behavior when transitioning from a seawater ecosystem to become an integral part of the squid host’s tissues. | | Smithsonian Institution, Astrophysical Observatory
Imaging supermassive black holes with an Earth-sized radio telescope | $1,777,000 | Feb. 2013 | | | | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 36 mo. | $1,777,000 | Feb. 2013 |
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In support of the development of a next-generation high-speed digital data acquisition system for the Event Horizon Telescope—-a worldwide network of millimeter-wave telescopes that will have the greatest resolving power of any astronomical instrument ever assembled, and allow imaging of the "surface" (event horizon) of a supermassive black hole. | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 24 mo. | $2,601,290 | Nov. 2008 |
Purpose
In support of acquiring new knowledge about many astrophysical puzzles, including dark matter, dark energy, the origin and evolution of galaxies and clusters of galaxies, and black holes by developing, designing, testing, and manufacturing adjustable grazing incidence optics and developing a CMOS-based detector for the next generation of satellite-based X-ray telescopes. | | University of California, San Francisco Office of Sponsored Research
Piloting Graduate Student Internships for Career Exploration (GSICE) | $684,000 | Jan. 2013 | | | | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 36 mo. | $684,000 | Jan. 2013 |
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This grant to the University of California, San Francisco is in support of a scalable and externally evaluated program to address current gaps in graduate training by preparing doctoral students with the professional skills necessary for non-academic careers, dedicated mentorship for exploring nonacademic science careers and hands-on internship experiences in relevant environments. | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 38 mo. | $1,588,000 | Oct. 2012 |
Purpose
In support of the University of California, San Francisco to develop the first-of-its-kind super-resolution cryo-microscope that will allow researchers to co-localize protein and structure within cells in their native state. | | University of Colorado at Boulder, Department of Physics
Probing quantum effects of gravity in a table-top experiment | $1,153,000 | Dec. 2012 | | | | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 48 mo. | $1,153,000 | Dec. 2012 |
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In support of laboratory experiments aimed to detect quantum-mechanical effects of gravity through precise quantum control of a micro-mechanical oscillator by microwaves. | | University of New South Wales, Centre for Marine Bio-Innovation
Molecular mechanisms of a bacteria-sponge symbiosis | $1,292,000 | Dec. 2012 | | | | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 38 mo. | $1,292,000 | Dec. 2012 |
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In support of research to determine if microbial symbionts that live in close association with their hosts have acquired proteins from their host over the course of evolution and if they use these eukaryotic-like proteins to facilitate the symbiotic relationship. | | University of Colorado Foundation
Matching Grant for CU Teach: Sustaining a Pathway for Science and Engineering Majors to Pursue Science and Math Teaching | $200,000 | Dec. 2012 | | | | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 12 mo. | $200,000 | Dec. 2012 |
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In support of a sustainable model of a national exemplar program for discipline-based teacher education. Funds will used to meet a matching grant opportunity that will enable long-term support to increase the number and quality of science and math teachers. | | California Institute of Technology
Energy and sustainability science laboratory renovations | $400,000 | Nov. 2012 | | | | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 12 mo. | $400,000 | Nov. 2012 |
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This grant will provide support towards state-of-the-art renovation of laboratory facilities which will house researchers participating in leading edge renewable and scalable energy projects. | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 13 mo. | $7,500,000 | Nov. 2012 |
Purpose
This grant supports progress towards completion of the Early Construction Phase of the Thirty Meter Telescope. The Thirty Meter Telescope, to be built on Mauna Kea, will be the first of the next-generation giant optical/infrared ground-based telescopes capable of peering into the beginning of the universe. | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 60 mo. | $7,500,000 | May 2012 |
Purpose
For the development of the Programmable Molecular Technology Initiative to establish a center with capabilities for programming molecular function. The initiative will initially exploit these capabilities to pioneer high-impact technologies in three areas: molecular instruments for readout and regulation of cell state, efficient microbial synthesis of biofuels from non-food renewable resources, and principles and foundations for programming molecular function. | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 15 mo. | $7,500,000 | Dec. 2011 |
Purpose
This grant supports progress toward completion of the Early Construction Phase of the Thirty Meter Telescope. The Thirty Meter Telescope, to be built on Mauna Kea, will be the first of the next-generation giant optical/infrared ground-based telescopes capable of peering into the beginning of the universe. This grant is paired with an identical award to the University of California. | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 60 mo. | $6,000,000 | Nov. 2011 |
Purpose
This grant supports six research groups within the Chemistry of Cellular Signaling Center to reveal, on a chemical scale, the interactions that control complex signaling pathways in cells. These pathways govern the structure and function of every living cell and are at the forefront of research at the chemistry-biology-physics interface. | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 60 mo. | $5,000,000 | Oct. 2010 |
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To support new experiments designed to understand the causal link between gene functions, the brain, and behavior. Funding will be used to develop automated methods for measuring behaviors in rodents and to integrate these new methods with electrophysiological recording, functional imaging, and genetically based manipulations of neuronal activity. | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 35 mo. | $1,500,000 | Oct. 2010 |
Purpose
For developing a dense, affordable Community Seismic Network for use in potential earthquake regions and demonstration of its capability in the Pasadena region. The network will employ large numbers of heterogeneous sensors, including sensors attached to desktop computers and in cell phones, which will be capable of sending data to a distributed "cloud computing" system and producing detailed maps of ground and building shaking intensity soon after a significant earthquake. | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 64 mo. | $5,000,000 | Oct. 2010 |
Purpose
To establish the Center for Exotic Quantum Systems to unite a diverse on-campus community of scientists who will be able to expand their leading-edge research on quantum matter, quantum light, quantum nano-mechanics, and quantum information science. The Center will become an internationally recognized entity that substantially enhances Caltech's ability to recruit the very best students, postdocs, and faculty in this important field. | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 60 mo. | $6,000,000 | Sep. 2010 |
Purpose
To establish a Center for Bio-inspired Wind Energy, with facilities on the main campus of Caltech and at the recently established Caltech Field Laboratory for Optimized Wind Energy in northern Los Angeles County. The Center will carry out research, development, and field testing of novel wind energy technologies inspired by engineering solutions found in nature. | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 14 mo. | $1,000,000 | Nov. 2009 |
Purpose
This grant will help fund the initial operation of the Resnick Institute for the Science of Energy (RISE), a newly endowed program at Caltech, with a strategic focus on energy science and technology. Foundation funds will support the postdoctoral and graduate student fellowships, communications programs, and facility development for the Institute during the initial year, when RISE endowment funds are not yet available. | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 60 mo. | $13,000,000 | Sep. 2008 |
Purpose
To support Caltech's Technology Tectonics Observatory in the second phase of developing a multidisciplinary facility that combines state-of-the-art monitoring networks and innovative observations at key tectonics boundaries with modeling of tectonic forces over a wide range of spatial and temporal scales. The goal of the project is to understand and eventually predict the earth's behavior near the intersection of key tectonic plates and provide strategic insights into a variety of destructive phenomena such as earthquakes, volcanic eruptions, tsunamis, landslides, and other geochemical and geophysical processes. | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 21 mo. | $7,500,000 | Jul. 2007 |
Purpose
This grant to the California Institute of Technology provides $7.5 million of additional funds to complete the Design Development Phase (DDP) of the Thirty Meter Telescope (TMT) by March 2009. The TMT goal is to construct the first of the next-generation giant optical/infrared ground-based telescopes. This grant is paired with an identical award to the University of California. | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 60 mo. | $11,260,000 | Nov. 2006 |
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In support of establishing the Center for Catalysis and Chemical Synthesis to accelerate the discovery of powerful new catalytic chemical reactions and novel chemical architectures. | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 120 mo. | $6,000,000 | Oct. 2006 |
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In support of developing the molecular basis for driving the photo-oxidation of water to enable fuel production directly from sunlight. | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 60 mo. | $6,500,000 | Sep. 2006 |
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In support of research in reliable generation, storage, and use of renewable energy with the establishment of the Center for Sustainable Energy Research. | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 60 mo. | $5,943,114 | Jul. 2006 |
Purpose
In support of experimentation with large, diverse, and interconnected socio-economic systems. | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 72 mo. | $12,020,300 | Jun. 2006 |
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In support of Revolutionizing Detectors for Cosmology. | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 60 mo. | $5,998,512 | Jun. 2006 |
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In support of research that will lead to an understanding of the effects of reward and punishment at numerous levels of human brain organization. | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 60 mo. | $5,611,266 | Jun. 2006 |
Purpose
In support of establishing the Center for Integrative Study of Cell Regulation, and postdoctoral fellowships. | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 60 mo. | $7,979,578 | Nov. 2005 |
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For creation of the Proteome Exploration Laboratory (CaPel). Research at CaPel is expected to generate new knowledge of how the proteins specified by a genome give rise to an organism. Outcomes for this grant include installation of equipment and maintenance of the Proteome Exploration Laboratory. | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 120 mo. | $5,631,000 | Nov. 2005 |
Purpose
To establish the Center for Cosmochemical and Geochemical Microanalysis. The Center will sustain a program of theoretical research aimed at attacking the problems posed by dark matter, dark energy, and the early universe. Outcomes for this grant include the addition of two senior scientists (cosmology theorists), establishment of a distinguished visiting scholars program and postdoctoral fellowships, and maintenance of the Center. | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 60 mo. | $8,799,000 | Sep. 2005 |
Purpose
For establishment of the Center for Cosmochemical and Geochemical Microanalysis. Outcomes for this grant include installation of two ion microprobes, development of novel geochemical instrumentation, and maintenance of the Center. | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 96 mo. | $17,537,100 | Apr. 2005 |
Purpose
For establishing Caltech's center for Ultrafast Science and Technology, focusing on fundamental studies of molecular complexity, the development of the technology of ultrafast imaging, and its applications to real systems of physical, chemical, and biological function. Outcomes for this grant include creation and maintenance of the ultrafast imaging facility. | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 60 mo. | $5,000,000 | Apr. 2005 |
Purpose
To support and expand Caltech's diversity programs. Outcomes for this grant include increased participation of women and underrepresented minorities in science and engineering, recruitment of non-Caltech and Caltech undergraduate and graduate students every year, support for postdoctoral students, and assessment of the diversity recruitment program. | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 12 mo. | $2,510,000 | Nov. 2004 |
Purpose
This grant to Caltech partially funds construction costs for the Combined Array for Research in Millimeter-wave Astronomy (CARMA). Caltech, University of California at Berkeley, University of Illinois at Urbana Campaign, and University of Maryland are collaborating to build CARMA, which merges six 10-meter telescopes from Caltech's Owens Valley Radio Observatory array with nine six-meter telescopes from the Berkeley-Illinois-Maryland Association array on one site at Cedar Flat near Bishop, California. The CARMA Association (made up of the four partner universities) will operate the new array. Outcomes for this grant include relocation of six ten-meter telescopes, completion of the observatory, upgraded telescope electronics, development and deployment of an array computing system, and establishment of the array infrastructure. | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 60 mo. | $22,222,222 | Oct. 2004 |
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In support of Caltech's institute-wide intellectual, educational, and outreach initiative called Information Science and Technology. Outcomes for this grant include establishment of (including staff and equipment) four Information Science and Technology centers: Biology, Physics, Social Science, and Math. | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 60 mo. | $13,254,000 | Jul. 2004 |
Purpose
Caltech is using this grant to build the Tectonics Observatory, which is part of a ten-year initiative aimed at revolutionizing earth sciences research. As part of this initiative, Caltech will utilize the latest technologies and multi-disciplinary research methods to study the tectonic plate boundaries. Outcomes for this grant include creation of a Tectonics Observatory infrastructure, increased pool of tectonics researchers, and improved tectonics data. | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 72 mo. | $25,426,741 | May 2004 |
Purpose
In support of Caltech's Nanoscale Systems Initiative and the operation of the initiative's laboratories and facilities. Outcomes for this grant include renovation and relocation of labs, recruitment of faculty, and the launch of the Nanoscale Systems Initiative's laboratories and facilities. | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 96 mo. | $30,822,486 | Feb. 2004 |
Purpose
This administrative grant is part of the Foundation's $300 million commitment to Caltech. The outcome for this grant is reimbursement of all program-related indirect costs. | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 108 mo. | $14,206,289 | Nov. 2003 |
Purpose
To establish an observatory for structural molecular biology. The new observatory, called a beam line, will make use of the extremely bright X-rays produced by a newly installed advanced electron accelerator at Stanford's Synchrotron Radiation Laboratory. Outcomes for this grant include creation of a macromolecular crystallography facility for studying complicated biological systems. | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 22 mo. | $17,500,000 | Sep. 2003 |
Purpose
Caltech received this grant to initiate a detailed design study of the Thirty-Meter Telescope. This giant optical/infrared telescope is larger than any ground-based telescope in operation. Caltech and the University of California will collaborate with the Association of Universities for Research in Astronomy and the Association of Canadian Universities for Research in Astronomy for the detailed design phase of the telescope. Outcomes for this grant include development of a preliminary design for the telescope. | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 24 mo. | $4,000,000 | Nov. 2002 |
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Caltech used this grant to establish a Cryoelectron Microscopy Laboratory and equip it with two cryoelectron microscopes capable of helping scientists "see" biological structures that are too small for conventional electron microscopy, and too large to be resolved by X-ray crystallography. | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 96 mo. | $27,745,260 | Apr. 2002 |
Purpose
In support of creation and deployment of a magnetic resonance imaging center for higher-brain research in a facility designed to give researchers an opportunity for deeper understanding of neural function through noninvasive studies. | | University of California, San Diego Scripps Institution of Oceanography
Development of new technology to study zooplankton | $1,370,000 | Nov. 2012 | | | | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 50 mo. | $1,370,000 | Nov. 2012 |
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In support of designing and building a new autonomous underwater vehicle with new capabilities for identifying and quantifying the abundance of the tiny marine animals – zooplankton – using pictures and sound. The instrument will observe zooplankton using cutting-edge optical imaging and acoustic sensors while simultaneously measuring the physical and biological properties of the ocean to collectively provide new insights into the distribution and behavior of these animals that form a critical component of the marine food web. | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 38 mo. | $867,414 | Jun. 2011 |
Purpose
The grant to the Scripps Institution of Oceanography supports investigating how closely coupled marine microorganisms interact physically and exchange nutrient molecules. By combining new microscopy tools with molecular and isotope techniques, this project aims to advance understanding of the mechanisms that drive biogeochemical cycles in the surface ocean. | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 16 mo. | $261,847 | Nov. 2010 |
Purpose
In support of enhancing communication and collaboration between managers, shellfish industry representatives, and scientists to respond to the evolving threats posed by ocean acidification along the U.S. West Coast. Funding will be used to design an effective and sustainable ocean acidification monitoring system that builds upon current efforts and addresses pressing needs of the shellfish industry and the scientific community. | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 33 mo. | $768,674 | Oct. 2010 |
Purpose
To support a multi-institution effort to assess the impacts of ocean acidification at Palmyra Atoll. The funding will be used to determine how numerous species respond to natural variability in ocean pH and temperature present across the Atoll, an environment with few other local stressors. | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 12 mo. | $730,000 | Oct. 2010 |
Purpose
To procure leading-edge, next-generation microscopes to enable new science through technology. The new instruments will enable investigations of microbial interactions and associations that influence biogeochemical processes. | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 12 mo. | $660,446 | Oct. 2007 |
Purpose
This grant supports the University of California, San Diego, Scripps Institute of Oceanography to purchase and install a multi-frequency acoustic system and single-warp mid-water trawl to assess and sample mid- to higher-trophic levels during research cruises within the U.S. West Coast Ecosystem to inform fisheries management. | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 36 mo. | $842,058 | Nov. 2005 |
Purpose
Scripps Institution is using this grant for two related marine microbe projects. Outcomes for this grant include performance of field and lab studies on the microbial ecology of coral mucus layers and application of imaging to determine the sources, composition, and distribution of marine organic particles. | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 36 mo. | $1,408,850 | Dec. 2004 |
Purpose
This grant to the Scripps Institution of Oceanography funds the purchase of instruments and equipment for research and monitoring of the U.S. West Coast ecosystem off Southern California. The research conducted by Scripps will lead to a better understanding of the hydrographic structure and variability of the system and the dynamics of plankton communities there. Outcomes for this grant include deployment of four Spray gliders, Moving Vessel Profiler, and SeaSoar (autonomous devices for measuring and recording oceanographic data) in California waters. | | Gulf of Maine Research Institute
Designing, Implementing, and Evaluating Efforts that Support Public Understanding of and Engagement with Marine Environmental Science and Decision-Making | $900,000 | Nov. 2012 | | | | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 24 mo. | $900,000 | Nov. 2012 |
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This grant is in support of the development of models of productive public engagement in science, sustainability and decision making. This will be accomplished through design, implementation, and evaluation of educational material and pilots that engage communities around local marine environmental issues with the goal of better understanding the underlying science and consequences of decision-making on marine resources and ecosystems. | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 24 mo. | $1,567,880 | Oct. 2010 |
Purpose
In support of work to improve the sector management system for New England's groundfish industry, provide convening and technical assistance to the monkfish fishery as it develops a new catch share system, assist groundfish sectors to adopt cleaner fishing technology, and provide region-wide outreach and education to the region's fishing industry, fisheries management agencies, and policy makers. | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 36 mo. | $1,065,058 | Nov. 2007 |
Purpose
To support a Sector Extension Program at the Gulf of Maine Research Institute, to provide technical and scientific expertise to fishing sectors in the New England region. | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 36 mo. | $467,000 | Oct. 2006 |
Purpose
Through this grant, Gulf of Marine Research Institute will build communication within the New England commercial fishing community and build support for new forms of management, including DAPs. As a result of this grant, collaboration is strengthened and a common understanding of alternative management approaches is shared among members of the commercial fishing community who participate in FishTank, and sustainable and viable groundfish management options are brought before the New England Fishery Management Council (NEFMC). | | University of California, Berkeley Department of Physics
Novel instrumentation to measure dark energy | $2,100,000 | Nov. 2012 | | | | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 24 mo. | $2,100,000 | Nov. 2012 |
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This grant supports the acquisition of first-of-a-kind optical instruments (wide field optics and massively parallel spectrographs) to measure dark energy and its effects on the Universe’s expansion using the recently proven technique of Baryon Acoustic Oscillations. | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 12 mo. | $157,500 | Aug. 2008 |
Purpose
The purpose of this grant to the University of California, Berkeley Department of Physics is to undertake further detailed studies of stellar characteristics by interferometry, which are challenging our current understanding of many stars. Use of the Infrared Spatial Interferometer has already made preliminary discoveries of a class of non-spherical stars, a quite unexpected result that may elucidate unanticipated and previously unknown stellar evolution processes. | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 12 mo. | $166,125 | Oct. 2006 |
Purpose
To continue the studies in interferometry, atmospheric fluctuations, and stellar asymmetries. | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 36 mo. | $450,000 | Jan. 2004 |
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This grant to UC Berkeley's Department of Physics supports scientific observations at the Mt. Wilson Infrared Spatial Interferometer three telescope system. Outcomes include the continuation of studies in interferometry, atmospheric fluctuations, and stellar asymmetries. | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 12 mo. | $200,000 | Jul. 2001 |
Purpose
UC Berkeley's Department of Physics used this grant to complete the installation and integration of Mt. Wilson's third telescope. | | J. Craig Venter Institute
A new community resource for comparing complex microbial gene expression patterns | $374,000 | Nov. 2012 | | | | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 18 mo. | $374,000 | Nov. 2012 |
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In support of completing the integration of a new tool (PhyloMetarep) into the Community Cyberinfrastructure for Advanced Microbial Ecology Research and Analysis (CAMERA) to allow the marine microbial ecology research community to quantify and compare the gene expression patterns of marine microeukaryotes. | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 25 mo. | $2,035,789 | Aug. 2007 |
Purpose
The sequences produced through this grant will give insight into new genes and proteins, novel life forms, and how life is possible under unique environmental conditions. The data will be released into the public domain as part of the Community Cyberinfrastructure for Advanced Microbial Ecology Research and Analysis (CAMERA). | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 36 mo. | $900,000 | Oct. 2006 |
Purpose
The J. Craig Venter Institute will use this grant to perform metagenomic surveys of biofilm microbial communities and associated planktonic populations in Botany Bay, Australia. Grant outputs include the generation and annotation of over 1.2 million sequencing lanes of DNA sequence data, and the prompt public release of these data to a public DNA sequence data repository. This effort is expected to assess the microbial diversity in biofilm communities that inhabit the surfaces of sponges and macroalgae and may lead to the discovery of novel bioactive compounds. | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 24 mo. | $1,750,000 | Oct. 2006 |
Purpose
The J. Craig Venter Institute will use this grant to survey the metagenomes of 17 marine environments stretching across the Indian Ocean and two sites in French Polynesia. Grant outputs include the generation and annotation of 2.5 million sequencing lanes of DNA sequence data, which will be submitted to the CAMERA database. This effort will assess microbial diversity at very large spatial scales and will complement previous metagenomic surveys carried out at the scale of ocean basins. | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 24 mo. | $8,956,000 | Sep. 2004 |
Purpose With this grant, the J. Craig Venter Institute is collaborating with the larger community of marine microbiology researchers to sequence the genomes of at least 155 marine microbes. The goal of this project is to greatly increase the number of whole genome sequences of ecologically relevant marine microorganisms, both to provide scaffolds for ongoing environmental metagenomic analyses and to foster ecogenomic comparative studies. Once genome sequences are completed, they are made publicly available through GenBank and CAMERA. | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 6 mo. | $4,248,400 | Jan. 2004 |
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The J. Craig Venter Institute used this grant to support a marine microbial sampling expedition across the northwestern Atlantic Ocean. | | California Institute of Technology
Thirty Meter Telescope Early Construction Phase | $7,500,000 | Nov. 2012 | | | | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 13 mo. | $7,500,000 | Nov. 2012 |
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This grant supports progress towards completion of the Early Construction Phase of the Thirty Meter Telescope. The Thirty Meter Telescope, to be built on Mauna Kea, will be the first of the next-generation giant optical/infrared ground-based telescopes capable of peering into the beginning of the universe. | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 12 mo. | $400,000 | Nov. 2012 |
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This grant will provide support towards state-of-the-art renovation of laboratory facilities which will house researchers participating in leading edge renewable and scalable energy projects. | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 60 mo. | $7,500,000 | May 2012 |
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For the development of the Programmable Molecular Technology Initiative to establish a center with capabilities for programming molecular function. The initiative will initially exploit these capabilities to pioneer high-impact technologies in three areas: molecular instruments for readout and regulation of cell state, efficient microbial synthesis of biofuels from non-food renewable resources, and principles and foundations for programming molecular function. | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 15 mo. | $7,500,000 | Dec. 2011 |
Purpose
This grant supports progress toward completion of the Early Construction Phase of the Thirty Meter Telescope. The Thirty Meter Telescope, to be built on Mauna Kea, will be the first of the next-generation giant optical/infrared ground-based telescopes capable of peering into the beginning of the universe. This grant is paired with an identical award to the University of California. | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 60 mo. | $6,000,000 | Nov. 2011 |
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This grant supports six research groups within the Chemistry of Cellular Signaling Center to reveal, on a chemical scale, the interactions that control complex signaling pathways in cells. These pathways govern the structure and function of every living cell and are at the forefront of research at the chemistry-biology-physics interface. | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 60 mo. | $5,000,000 | Oct. 2010 |
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To support new experiments designed to understand the causal link between gene functions, the brain, and behavior. Funding will be used to develop automated methods for measuring behaviors in rodents and to integrate these new methods with electrophysiological recording, functional imaging, and genetically based manipulations of neuronal activity. | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 64 mo. | $5,000,000 | Oct. 2010 |
Purpose
To establish the Center for Exotic Quantum Systems to unite a diverse on-campus community of scientists who will be able to expand their leading-edge research on quantum matter, quantum light, quantum nano-mechanics, and quantum information science. The Center will become an internationally recognized entity that substantially enhances Caltech's ability to recruit the very best students, postdocs, and faculty in this important field. | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 35 mo. | $1,500,000 | Oct. 2010 |
Purpose
For developing a dense, affordable Community Seismic Network for use in potential earthquake regions and demonstration of its capability in the Pasadena region. The network will employ large numbers of heterogeneous sensors, including sensors attached to desktop computers and in cell phones, which will be capable of sending data to a distributed "cloud computing" system and producing detailed maps of ground and building shaking intensity soon after a significant earthquake. | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 60 mo. | $6,000,000 | Sep. 2010 |
Purpose
To establish a Center for Bio-inspired Wind Energy, with facilities on the main campus of Caltech and at the recently established Caltech Field Laboratory for Optimized Wind Energy in northern Los Angeles County. The Center will carry out research, development, and field testing of novel wind energy technologies inspired by engineering solutions found in nature. | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 14 mo. | $1,000,000 | Nov. 2009 |
Purpose
This grant will help fund the initial operation of the Resnick Institute for the Science of Energy (RISE), a newly endowed program at Caltech, with a strategic focus on energy science and technology. Foundation funds will support the postdoctoral and graduate student fellowships, communications programs, and facility development for the Institute during the initial year, when RISE endowment funds are not yet available. | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 60 mo. | $13,000,000 | Sep. 2008 |
Purpose
To support Caltech's Technology Tectonics Observatory in the second phase of developing a multidisciplinary facility that combines state-of-the-art monitoring networks and innovative observations at key tectonics boundaries with modeling of tectonic forces over a wide range of spatial and temporal scales. The goal of the project is to understand and eventually predict the earth's behavior near the intersection of key tectonic plates and provide strategic insights into a variety of destructive phenomena such as earthquakes, volcanic eruptions, tsunamis, landslides, and other geochemical and geophysical processes. | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 21 mo. | $7,500,000 | Jul. 2007 |
Purpose
This grant to the California Institute of Technology provides $7.5 million of additional funds to complete the Design Development Phase (DDP) of the Thirty Meter Telescope (TMT) by March 2009. The TMT goal is to construct the first of the next-generation giant optical/infrared ground-based telescopes. This grant is paired with an identical award to the University of California. | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 60 mo. | $11,260,000 | Nov. 2006 |
Purpose
In support of establishing the Center for Catalysis and Chemical Synthesis to accelerate the discovery of powerful new catalytic chemical reactions and novel chemical architectures. | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 120 mo. | $6,000,000 | Oct. 2006 |
Purpose
In support of developing the molecular basis for driving the photo-oxidation of water to enable fuel production directly from sunlight. | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 60 mo. | $6,500,000 | Sep. 2006 |
Purpose
In support of research in reliable generation, storage, and use of renewable energy with the establishment of the Center for Sustainable Energy Research. | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 60 mo. | $5,943,114 | Jul. 2006 |
Purpose
In support of experimentation with large, diverse, and interconnected socio-economic systems. | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 60 mo. | $5,998,512 | Jun. 2006 |
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In support of research that will lead to an understanding of the effects of reward and punishment at numerous levels of human brain organization. | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 72 mo. | $12,020,300 | Jun. 2006 |
Purpose
In support of Revolutionizing Detectors for Cosmology. | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 60 mo. | $5,611,266 | Jun. 2006 |
Purpose
In support of establishing the Center for Integrative Study of Cell Regulation, and postdoctoral fellowships. | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 120 mo. | $5,631,000 | Nov. 2005 |
Purpose
To establish the Center for Cosmochemical and Geochemical Microanalysis. The Center will sustain a program of theoretical research aimed at attacking the problems posed by dark matter, dark energy, and the early universe. Outcomes for this grant include the addition of two senior scientists (cosmology theorists), establishment of a distinguished visiting scholars program and postdoctoral fellowships, and maintenance of the Center. | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 60 mo. | $7,979,578 | Nov. 2005 |
Purpose
For creation of the Proteome Exploration Laboratory (CaPel). Research at CaPel is expected to generate new knowledge of how the proteins specified by a genome give rise to an organism. Outcomes for this grant include installation of equipment and maintenance of the Proteome Exploration Laboratory. | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 60 mo. | $8,799,000 | Sep. 2005 |
Purpose
For establishment of the Center for Cosmochemical and Geochemical Microanalysis. Outcomes for this grant include installation of two ion microprobes, development of novel geochemical instrumentation, and maintenance of the Center. | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 96 mo. | $17,537,100 | Apr. 2005 |
Purpose
For establishing Caltech's center for Ultrafast Science and Technology, focusing on fundamental studies of molecular complexity, the development of the technology of ultrafast imaging, and its applications to real systems of physical, chemical, and biological function. Outcomes for this grant include creation and maintenance of the ultrafast imaging facility. | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 60 mo. | $5,000,000 | Apr. 2005 |
Purpose
To support and expand Caltech's diversity programs. Outcomes for this grant include increased participation of women and underrepresented minorities in science and engineering, recruitment of non-Caltech and Caltech undergraduate and graduate students every year, support for postdoctoral students, and assessment of the diversity recruitment program. | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 12 mo. | $2,510,000 | Nov. 2004 |
Purpose
This grant to Caltech partially funds construction costs for the Combined Array for Research in Millimeter-wave Astronomy (CARMA). Caltech, University of California at Berkeley, University of Illinois at Urbana Campaign, and University of Maryland are collaborating to build CARMA, which merges six 10-meter telescopes from Caltech's Owens Valley Radio Observatory array with nine six-meter telescopes from the Berkeley-Illinois-Maryland Association array on one site at Cedar Flat near Bishop, California. The CARMA Association (made up of the four partner universities) will operate the new array. Outcomes for this grant include relocation of six ten-meter telescopes, completion of the observatory, upgraded telescope electronics, development and deployment of an array computing system, and establishment of the array infrastructure. | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 60 mo. | $22,222,222 | Oct. 2004 |
Purpose
In support of Caltech's institute-wide intellectual, educational, and outreach initiative called Information Science and Technology. Outcomes for this grant include establishment of (including staff and equipment) four Information Science and Technology centers: Biology, Physics, Social Science, and Math. | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 60 mo. | $13,254,000 | Jul. 2004 |
Purpose
Caltech is using this grant to build the Tectonics Observatory, which is part of a ten-year initiative aimed at revolutionizing earth sciences research. As part of this initiative, Caltech will utilize the latest technologies and multi-disciplinary research methods to study the tectonic plate boundaries. Outcomes for this grant include creation of a Tectonics Observatory infrastructure, increased pool of tectonics researchers, and improved tectonics data. | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 72 mo. | $25,426,741 | May 2004 |
Purpose
In support of Caltech's Nanoscale Systems Initiative and the operation of the initiative's laboratories and facilities. Outcomes for this grant include renovation and relocation of labs, recruitment of faculty, and the launch of the Nanoscale Systems Initiative's laboratories and facilities. | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 96 mo. | $30,822,486 | Feb. 2004 |
Purpose
This administrative grant is part of the Foundation's $300 million commitment to Caltech. The outcome for this grant is reimbursement of all program-related indirect costs. | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 108 mo. | $14,206,289 | Nov. 2003 |
Purpose
To establish an observatory for structural molecular biology. The new observatory, called a beam line, will make use of the extremely bright X-rays produced by a newly installed advanced electron accelerator at Stanford's Synchrotron Radiation Laboratory. Outcomes for this grant include creation of a macromolecular crystallography facility for studying complicated biological systems. | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 22 mo. | $17,500,000 | Sep. 2003 |
Purpose
Caltech received this grant to initiate a detailed design study of the Thirty-Meter Telescope. This giant optical/infrared telescope is larger than any ground-based telescope in operation. Caltech and the University of California will collaborate with the Association of Universities for Research in Astronomy and the Association of Canadian Universities for Research in Astronomy for the detailed design phase of the telescope. Outcomes for this grant include development of a preliminary design for the telescope. | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 24 mo. | $4,000,000 | Nov. 2002 |
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Caltech used this grant to establish a Cryoelectron Microscopy Laboratory and equip it with two cryoelectron microscopes capable of helping scientists "see" biological structures that are too small for conventional electron microscopy, and too large to be resolved by X-ray crystallography. | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 96 mo. | $27,745,260 | Apr. 2002 |
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In support of creation and deployment of a magnetic resonance imaging center for higher-brain research in a facility designed to give researchers an opportunity for deeper understanding of neural function through noninvasive studies. | | University of California
Thirty Meter Telescope Early Construction Phase | $7,500,000 | Nov. 2012 | | | | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 13 mo. | $7,500,000 | Nov. 2012 |
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This grant supports progress towards completion of the Early Construction Phase of the Thirty Meter Telescope. The Thirty Meter Telescope, to be built on Mauna Kea, will be the first of the next-generation giant optical/infrared ground-based telescopes capable of peering into the beginning of the universe. | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 15 mo. | $7,500,000 | Dec. 2011 |
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This grant supports progress toward completion of the Early Construction Phase of the Thirty Meter Telescope. The Thirty Meter Telescope, to be built on Mauna Kea, will be the first of the next-generation giant optical/infrared ground-based telescopes capable of peering into the beginning of the universe. This grant is paired with an identical award to Caltech. | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 21 mo. | $7,500,000 | Jul. 2007 |
Purpose
This grant to the University of California provides $7.5 million of additional funds to complete the Design Development Phase (DDP) of the Thirty Meter Telescope (TMT) by March 2009. The TMT goal is to construct the first of the next-generation giant optical/infrared ground-based telescopes. This grant is paired with an identical award to the California Institute of Technology. | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 18 mo. | $17,500,000 | Dec. 2003 |
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The University of California is using this grant to design, construct, and to share in the operation of the Thirty Meter Telescope with Caltech. At 30 meters in diameter, this giant optical, infrared telescope is larger than any ground-based telescope in operation. Outcomes include the continuation of work on the telescope in collaboration with the California Institute of Technology. | | Oregon State University, Office of Sponsored Programs
How the food preferences of coastal microorganisms shape marine elemental cycles | $893,000 | Oct. 2012 | | | | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 42 mo. | $893,000 | Oct. 2012 |
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In support of a creating a deeper understanding of how the food choices of marine microbes contribute to carbon cycling off of the coast of California. High precision isotope techniques and molecular biology methods will be combined in new ways to characterize the flow of nutrients in marine microbial ecosystems to identify which microbes prefer which types of food molecules and how microeukaryote–bacterium food web interactions influence carbon use patterns. | | Stanford University, Geballe Laboratory for Advanced Materials
Exotic Emergent Particles in Nanostructures | $1,563,000 | Oct. 2012 | | | | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 48 mo. | $1,563,000 | Oct. 2012 |
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In support of investigations of engineered nano-structures, "designer quantum materials," in which electron-electron interactions are manipulated by design, and the resulting complex cooperative electron behavior probed by the state-of-the-art methods of tunneling spectroscopy, magnetic microscopy, and on-chip electron interferometry. | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 27 mo. | $550,000 | Nov. 2011 |
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This grant will support the development of a nanoscale photoelectron spectroscopy system. The system will be able to study materials down to 10 nanometers at ambient pressure, unlike current systems which must operate in vacuum, providing critical electronic and chemical sensitive information. | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 31 mo. | $1,800,000 | Aug. 2010 |
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In support of developing a new method to acquire electricity from sunlight that combines both the photon (quantum) and thermal approaches, called Photo-Enhanced Thermionic Emission. Funding will be used to identify optimal materials, design, fabricate, and test Photo-Enhanced Thermionic Emission devices, and benchmark their efficiencies and cost per watt compared to other technologies. | | Gordon Research Conferences
Support of Gordon Research Conferences 2013-2016 | $300,000 | Oct. 2012 | | | | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 38 mo. | $300,000 | Oct. 2012 |
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To support Gordon Research Conferences on topics related to areas of interest to the Science Program. Gordon Research Conferences bring together leading investigators from around the world to discuss their latest work and future challenges in a uniquely informal, interactive format and thus fosters collaborations that can potentially break barriers in the field. | | University of California, San Francisco Office of Sponsored Research
Super-resolution correlative X-Ray tomography | $1,588,000 | Oct. 2012 | | | | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 38 mo. | $1,588,000 | Oct. 2012 |
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In support of the University of California, San Francisco to develop the first-of-its-kind super-resolution cryo-microscope that will allow researchers to co-localize protein and structure within cells in their native state. | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 36 mo. | $684,000 | Jan. 2013 |
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This grant to the University of California, San Francisco is in support of a scalable and externally evaluated program to address current gaps in graduate training by preparing doctoral students with the professional skills necessary for non-academic careers, dedicated mentorship for exploring nonacademic science careers and hands-on internship experiences in relevant environments. | | California Institute of Technology, Division of Biology
Elliot Meyerowitz HHMI/GBMF Plant Biology Investigator Award | $1,666,665 | Sep. 2012 | | | | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 62 mo. | $1,666,665 | Sep. 2012 |
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To support innovative, leading-edge plant biology research led by Elliot Meyerowitz. | | Fedora Commons
Advanced on-line services for scholarly content | $861,000 | Sep. 2012 | | | | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 24 mo. | $861,000 | Sep. 2012 |
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In support of a new DuraSpace service offering called "DuraCloud," a suite of on-line tools and services for the long-term preservation and analysis of research and other scholarly content. | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 48 mo. | $4,933,000 | Jul. 2007 |
Purpose
To provide the technical expertise and community framework needed to develop sustainable open-source software for innovative collaboration and knowledge sharing among scientists, scholars, and educators, while ensuring the integrity and longevity of the results of their work. | | Stanford University, Department of Applied Physics
Using Ultracold Atoms to Investigate Cooperative Phenomena in Materials | $969,921 | Sep. 2012 | | | | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 48 mo. | $969,921 | Sep. 2012 |
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In support of the design and implementation of a novel "atom chip microscope," which will use ultracold magnetic atoms to image magnetic and transport properties of materials with an unprecedented sensitivity and at variable temperatures. | | Industry Initiatives for Science and Math Education
Lab Internships for Teachers | $105,000 | Sep. 2012 | | | | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 12 mo. | $105,000 | Sep. 2012 |
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To support research internships for teachers in science laboratories at San Francisco Bay Area universities, and travel costs for a subset of teacher participants to attend the annual Partners in Science conference to share research, interact with scientist, and network with other teachers. | | Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
Exploring the consequences of microbial communications on bloom dynamics and nutrient cycling in the North Atlantic Ocean | $2,423,000 | Sep. 2012 | | | | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 42 mo. | $2,423,000 | Sep. 2012 |
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In support of investigating how certain molecules that microbes use to communicate with one another influence microbial interactions and nutrient cycling in the North Atlantic Ocean. The effort focuses on how "signaling" molecules influence the dynamics of laboratory cultures and natural blooms of microeukaryotic phytoplankton (diatoms and coccolithophores) in the ocean and thus how these molecules may have profound effects on the ocean’s elemental cycles in ways previously not imagined by the scientific community. | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 66 mo. | $2,161,000 | May 2013 |
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In support of obtaining deeper knowledge of major biogeochemically relevant proteins to inform a mechanistic understanding of global marine biogeochemical cycles. | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 36 mo. | $883,441 | Aug. 2012 |
Purpose
In support of developing new protocols to detect the products of microbial metabolism in seawater to understand the influence of marine microbial communities and their activities on the chemical composition of their surroundings. The new procedures will enable researchers to quantify the abundance of these molecules that serve as the currency of nutrient flow among the studied microbes. The project also includes a needs assessment to define the nature and scope of a community resource database for storing and comparing profiles of metabolism products. | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 40 mo. | $1,923,758 | Jul. 2012 |
Purpose
In support of the development of laboratory and field-based experimental systems for characterizing the roles of microbial physiology, ecology and biogeochemistry in the cycling of dissolved organic matter in the oligotrophic ocean. | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 36 mo. | $1,125,081 | Nov. 2010 |
Purpose
To enable a greater understanding of trace metals and metalloenzymes in oceanic biogeochemical cycles. By combining cutting-edge proteomic tools with trace metal analysis techniques, this project aims to advance the understanding of biogeochemical cycles by identifying and quantifying the abundance of key microbial metalloenzymes in oxygen minimum zones concurrently with trace metal analyses. | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 26 mo. | $252,165 | Oct. 2010 |
Purpose
In support of engineering, testing, and deploying a novel sampling system for mineral particles and microbial cells that preserves the delicate chemical and genetic features of the samples at the time of collection. This equipment will enable high precision spatial and temporal observations in a range of aquatic environments to further the research community's understanding of complex microbial and geochemical interactions. | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 31 mo. | $2,170,431 | Sep. 2010 |
Purpose
In support of advances in imaging informatics in the field of oceanography. Funding supports new knowledge about marine ecosystems through innovative informatics approaches, which infuse data integration capabilities into ocean sensor systems and are designed via scientist-informaticist partnerships. | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 37 mo. | $927,412 | May 2008 |
Purpose
In support of identifying dissolved organic compounds produced by one group of marine microbes (photoautotrophs) and consumed by other groups of marine microbes (heterotrophs) to better understand the links between marine microbial diversity, metabolism, and biogeochemical cycles. Dissolved organic compounds from controlled laboratory culture experiments will provide proof of concept and support for later environmental field sample compound identification with the ultimate goal of linking dissolved organic material composition to marine microbial metabolism and diversity in the environment. | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 36 mo. | $1,556,735 | Oct. 2006 |
Purpose
To develop in situ sorting and observational technologies of individual phytoplankton cells. Outputs include time-series deployments of the FlowCytobot and Imaging FlowCytobot instruments and enhancements to the technologies that automate their ability to identify, sort, and assess the physiological status of phytoplankton cells. These flow cytometry tools will provide a deeper understanding of the regulation of phytoplankton species composition and their photosynthetic productivity. | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 12 mo. | $500,000 | Oct. 2006 |
Purpose
To cover the cost of 2 mass spectrometry instruments for the analysis of oceanic dissolved organic carbon. | | National Academy of Sciences
Improving Impact of Science & Entertainment Exchange | $480,000 | Sep. 2012 | | | | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 24 mo. | $480,000 | Sep. 2012 |
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To support establishment of development capacity for the National Academies of Sciences’ Science & Entertainment Exchange to enhance programming that supports public engagement with and appreciation of science. | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 6 mo. | $67,000 | Oct. 2005 |
Purpose
The National Academy of Sciences, with its partner UC Berkeley's College of Natural Resources, used this extension grant to further develop an initiative on urban sustainability. | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 8 mo. | $252,127 | May 2005 |
Purpose
The National Academy of Sciences, with its partners, used this grant to develop a five-year initiative focusing on urban environmental sustainability in medium-sized cities of the developing world. | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 24 mo. | $250,000 | Oct. 2004 |
Purpose
This grant supports a National Academy of Sciences survey aimed at identifying barriers to the effective management of coastal and marine resources, particularly in the developing world. The Academy's Ocean Studies Board will review past and current efforts to develop and implement marine conservation policies in developing nations. The survey will lead to recommendations on ways in which the United States, working in partnership with others, can help strengthen the marine protection and management capacity of these nations. Outcomes for this grant include recommendations for strengthening international marine protection and management capacity. | | University of Chicago, Department of Geophysical Sciences
Quantifying nutrient-virus-phytoplankton interactions and their impacts on marine biogeochemistry | $2,453,121 | Sep. 2012 | | | | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 40 mo. | $2,453,121 | Sep. 2012 |
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In support of research that addresses how nutrient availability affects viral dynamics, the contributions of viral genes to nutrient uptake by the hosts during infection, and the chemical composition of nutrients released from host cells during viral infection. | | New York Hall of Science
Making Meaning: Assessment Framework Development for STEM Learning through Making | $250,000 | Sep. 2012 | | | | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 12 mo. | $250,000 | Sep. 2012 |
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In support of an initial design of a tool that offers rich and relevant assessment and documentation of the science and engineering-rich Making process, an accompanying platform for a performance-based assessment repository for young Makers’ project work, and a national symposium on assessment of STEM learning in Making activities. | | University of California, Santa Cruz Department of Ocean Sciences, School of Earth & Marine Science
Tohoku Subduction Zone Observatory: Investigating Mechanisms of Megathrust Earthquakes | $757,876 | Sep. 2012 | | | | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 36 mo. | $757,876 | Sep. 2012 |
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In support of participation in the international rapid-response project Japan Trench Fast Drilling Project, which has established the first ever underwater earthquake "observatory" by deep-water drilling at the site of the devastating March 2011 Tohoku megathrust earthquake. Researchers will analyze the temperature and permeability data recovered from the observatory to obtain new fundamental knowledge about physical properties of the fault during a major earthquake and as the fault recovers and prepares for the next event. | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 49 mo. | $3,761,929 | May 2008 |
Purpose
For research in the laboratory of Senior Investigator Dr. Jonathan P. Zehr on the microbiological underpinnings of the nitrogen cycle in the ocean. The objectives of this grant are to investigate the microbiology, diversity, physiology, biochemistry, and biogeochemistry of the open ocean nitrogen cycle, including N2 fixation and nitrate assimilation. | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 60 mo. | $4,186,000 | Jul. 2004 |
Purpose
This grant to UC Santa Cruz supports the work of Dr. Zehr in the development of remote-sensing probes and sampling procedures for the study of nitrogen-fixing marine microbes. Outcomes for this grant include deployment of remote microbe samplers, construction of probes for, and investigation of, the gene expression of Crocosphaera. | | University of British Columbia, Botany Department
Uncovering the complex nutritional modes of microbial eukaryotes | $1,461,571 | Aug. 2012 | | | | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 42 mo. | $1,461,571 | Aug. 2012 |
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In support of research using molecular and experimental approaches to shed light on common yet poorly understood nutritional modes of microbial eukaryotes. | | Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
Identifying and quantifying new markers of microbially mediated nutrient flow in the ocean | $883,441 | Aug. 2012 | | | | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 36 mo. | $883,441 | Aug. 2012 |
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In support of developing new protocols to detect the products of microbial metabolism in seawater to understand the influence of marine microbial communities and their activities on the chemical composition of their surroundings. The new procedures will enable researchers to quantify the abundance of these molecules that serve as the currency of nutrient flow among the studied microbes. The project also includes a needs assessment to define the nature and scope of a community resource database for storing and comparing profiles of metabolism products. | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 66 mo. | $2,161,000 | May 2013 |
Purpose
In support of obtaining deeper knowledge of major biogeochemically relevant proteins to inform a mechanistic understanding of global marine biogeochemical cycles. | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 42 mo. | $2,423,000 | Sep. 2012 |
Purpose
In support of investigating how certain molecules that microbes use to communicate with one another influence microbial interactions and nutrient cycling in the North Atlantic Ocean. The effort focuses on how "signaling" molecules influence the dynamics of laboratory cultures and natural blooms of microeukaryotic phytoplankton (diatoms and coccolithophores) in the ocean and thus how these molecules may have profound effects on the ocean’s elemental cycles in ways previously not imagined by the scientific community. | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 40 mo. | $1,923,758 | Jul. 2012 |
Purpose
In support of the development of laboratory and field-based experimental systems for characterizing the roles of microbial physiology, ecology and biogeochemistry in the cycling of dissolved organic matter in the oligotrophic ocean. | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 36 mo. | $1,125,081 | Nov. 2010 |
Purpose
To enable a greater understanding of trace metals and metalloenzymes in oceanic biogeochemical cycles. By combining cutting-edge proteomic tools with trace metal analysis techniques, this project aims to advance the understanding of biogeochemical cycles by identifying and quantifying the abundance of key microbial metalloenzymes in oxygen minimum zones concurrently with trace metal analyses. | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 26 mo. | $252,165 | Oct. 2010 |
Purpose
In support of engineering, testing, and deploying a novel sampling system for mineral particles and microbial cells that preserves the delicate chemical and genetic features of the samples at the time of collection. This equipment will enable high precision spatial and temporal observations in a range of aquatic environments to further the research community's understanding of complex microbial and geochemical interactions. | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 31 mo. | $2,170,431 | Sep. 2010 |
Purpose
In support of advances in imaging informatics in the field of oceanography. Funding supports new knowledge about marine ecosystems through innovative informatics approaches, which infuse data integration capabilities into ocean sensor systems and are designed via scientist-informaticist partnerships. | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 37 mo. | $927,412 | May 2008 |
Purpose
In support of identifying dissolved organic compounds produced by one group of marine microbes (photoautotrophs) and consumed by other groups of marine microbes (heterotrophs) to better understand the links between marine microbial diversity, metabolism, and biogeochemical cycles. Dissolved organic compounds from controlled laboratory culture experiments will provide proof of concept and support for later environmental field sample compound identification with the ultimate goal of linking dissolved organic material composition to marine microbial metabolism and diversity in the environment. | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 36 mo. | $1,556,735 | Oct. 2006 |
Purpose
To develop in situ sorting and observational technologies of individual phytoplankton cells. Outputs include time-series deployments of the FlowCytobot and Imaging FlowCytobot instruments and enhancements to the technologies that automate their ability to identify, sort, and assess the physiological status of phytoplankton cells. These flow cytometry tools will provide a deeper understanding of the regulation of phytoplankton species composition and their photosynthetic productivity. | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 12 mo. | $500,000 | Oct. 2006 |
Purpose
To cover the cost of 2 mass spectrometry instruments for the analysis of oceanic dissolved organic carbon. | | University of California, Berkeley Sponsored Projects Office
Imaging Molecular Interactions: Superlens Microscope (SLM) | $6,000,000 | Aug. 2012 | | | | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 40 mo. | $6,000,000 | Aug. 2012 |
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In support of a collaboration among the University of California, Berkeley, Imperial College London, Purdue University and the University of California, San Diego to develop a prototype microscope that will use special materials, which can manipulate light in ways that allow imaging of living cells at resolutions not possible today with conventional light microscopes. | | Duke University, Department of Biology
Philip Benfey HHMI/GBMF Plant Biology Investigator Award | $1,666,665 | Aug. 2012 | | | | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 62 mo. | $1,666,665 | Aug. 2012 |
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This grant to Duke University is to support innovative, leading-edge plant biology research led by Philip Benfey. | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 62 mo. | $1,666,665 | Aug. 2011 |
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This grant to Duke University is to support innovative, leading-edge plant biology research in the lab of Xinnian Dong. | | Coral Reef Alliance
The science of reef resilience and its application to coral reef management | $2,476,843 | Aug. 2012 | | | | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 46 mo. | $2,476,843 | Aug. 2012 |
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To fill a critical gap in coral reef science and its application to management and conservation through: development of a novel coral reef ecosystem model; testing the model using new scientific information generated through field research and monitoring primarily at Palmyra Atoll; and development of empirically based management and conservation decision rules regarding coral reef resilience. | | LDOS Media Lab
Informing and Educating the Public on Exciting Science Research | $600,000 | Aug. 2012 | | | | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 37 mo. | $600,000 | Aug. 2012 |
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In support of a coordinated program to increase public knowledge and awareness of exciting scientific research and discoveries, The Loh-Down on Science Media Lab will annually produce 250 new 90-second daily radio science segments and distribute them at no cost to all requesting national public radio stations in the United States and the Voice of America stations abroad. The program will also increase its current audience of over 4 million listeners in 40 countries by 50% through the redesign of a robust interactive website that integrates traditional radio and modern social networks. | | United States Geological Survey
Coordination and Integration of West Coast Earthquake Early Warning Prototype Activities | $594,406 | Jul. 2012 | | | | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 36 mo. | $594,406 | Jul. 2012 |
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In support of coordination and integration of earthquake early warning grant activities conducted at the California Institute of Technology, University of California at Berkeley, and University of Washington to develop a west coast prototype earthquake early warning system capable of providing robust advance warning—ranging from tens of seconds to minutes—of the size, extent and timing of imminent earthquakes. | | Queensland University of Technology
Integrating the global patent and science literatures within The Lens, a public platform for mapping innovation | $478,875 | Jul. 2012 | | | | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 15 mo. | $478,875 | Jul. 2012 |
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For architectural enhancements to The Lens, a public informatics platform that enables searching of the world’s patent literature. Funding will be used to enable linkage of the patent literature to the scientific and technology literature, which will substantially increase the utility of The Lens to scientists, science policy makers, and science funders. | | University of Guelph
Insect DNA Barcodes From Old Museum Specimens | $484,000 | Jul. 2012 | | | | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 26 mo. | $484,000 | Jul. 2012 |
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In support of a program to the University of Guelph focused on the development of protocols that will enable the cost-effective recovery of insect DNA barcode records from old museum specimens. | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 24 mo. | $250,000 | Aug. 2007 |
Purpose
This grant to the University of Guelph will be used to develop a new approach to DNA barcoding that will radically advance its utility as a tool for large-scale biodiversity analysis. The new protocol is based on gathering large numbers of DNA barcodes through a new, massively parallel pyrosequencing technology. Applied to bulk samples of organisms these barcodes will define the pool of species represented in the sampled environment. | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 12 mo. | $145,728 | Sep. 2006 |
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Purchase of hardware to increase DNA bar-coding capacity. In continued support of a DNA bar-coding project titled 'Bar Code of Life.'
| Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 36 mo. | $2,406,800 | Jun. 2004 |
Purpose
University of Guelph researchers are using this grant to develop standardized procedures for species identifications using DNA applications. Ultimately, this DNA recognition system may be used to identify all animal species on the planet (including the millions still unknown) and lead to a better understanding of biodiversity. Outcomes include support of a DNA bar-coding project titled Bar Code of Life. | | American Association for the Advancement of Science
Broadening impact for science and technology policy fellowship programs | $465,031 | Jul. 2012 | | | | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 39 mo. | $465,031 | Jul. 2012 |
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In support of placing PhD-level science and technology policy fellows in new and undersubscribed host offices, such as the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy and offices related to the justice functions of the U.S. government. Funding will be used to manage fellowship activities in coordination with the grantee’s long-running Congressional and Executive Branch fellowship programs. | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 18 mo. | $113,887 | Apr. 2011 |
Purpose
This grant to the American Association for the Advancement of Science is a renewal grant and is in support of placing a PhD-level science and technology policy fellow in the Office of Science and Technology Policy for one year. Funding will be used to manage fellowship activities in coordination with the grantee’s long-running Congressional and Executive Branch fellowship programs. | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 16 mo. | $111,826 | Jul. 2010 |
Purpose
To place a PhD-level science and technology policy fellow in the Office of Science and Technology Policy for one year. The funding will be used to manage fellowship activities in coordination with the grantee's long-running Congressional and Executive Branch fellowship programs. | | Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
Investigating dissolved organic matter in the microbial loop | $1,923,758 | Jul. 2012 | | | | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 40 mo. | $1,923,758 | Jul. 2012 |
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In support of the development of laboratory and field-based experimental systems for characterizing the roles of microbial physiology, ecology and biogeochemistry in the cycling of dissolved organic matter in the oligotrophic ocean. | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 66 mo. | $2,161,000 | May 2013 |
Purpose
In support of obtaining deeper knowledge of major biogeochemically relevant proteins to inform a mechanistic understanding of global marine biogeochemical cycles. | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 42 mo. | $2,423,000 | Sep. 2012 |
Purpose
In support of investigating how certain molecules that microbes use to communicate with one another influence microbial interactions and nutrient cycling in the North Atlantic Ocean. The effort focuses on how "signaling" molecules influence the dynamics of laboratory cultures and natural blooms of microeukaryotic phytoplankton (diatoms and coccolithophores) in the ocean and thus how these molecules may have profound effects on the ocean’s elemental cycles in ways previously not imagined by the scientific community. | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 36 mo. | $883,441 | Aug. 2012 |
Purpose
In support of developing new protocols to detect the products of microbial metabolism in seawater to understand the influence of marine microbial communities and their activities on the chemical composition of their surroundings. The new procedures will enable researchers to quantify the abundance of these molecules that serve as the currency of nutrient flow among the studied microbes. The project also includes a needs assessment to define the nature and scope of a community resource database for storing and comparing profiles of metabolism products. | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 36 mo. | $1,125,081 | Nov. 2010 |
Purpose
To enable a greater understanding of trace metals and metalloenzymes in oceanic biogeochemical cycles. By combining cutting-edge proteomic tools with trace metal analysis techniques, this project aims to advance the understanding of biogeochemical cycles by identifying and quantifying the abundance of key microbial metalloenzymes in oxygen minimum zones concurrently with trace metal analyses. | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 26 mo. | $252,165 | Oct. 2010 |
Purpose
In support of engineering, testing, and deploying a novel sampling system for mineral particles and microbial cells that preserves the delicate chemical and genetic features of the samples at the time of collection. This equipment will enable high precision spatial and temporal observations in a range of aquatic environments to further the research community's understanding of complex microbial and geochemical interactions. | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 31 mo. | $2,170,431 | Sep. 2010 |
Purpose
In support of advances in imaging informatics in the field of oceanography. Funding supports new knowledge about marine ecosystems through innovative informatics approaches, which infuse data integration capabilities into ocean sensor systems and are designed via scientist-informaticist partnerships. | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 37 mo. | $927,412 | May 2008 |
Purpose
In support of identifying dissolved organic compounds produced by one group of marine microbes (photoautotrophs) and consumed by other groups of marine microbes (heterotrophs) to better understand the links between marine microbial diversity, metabolism, and biogeochemical cycles. Dissolved organic compounds from controlled laboratory culture experiments will provide proof of concept and support for later environmental field sample compound identification with the ultimate goal of linking dissolved organic material composition to marine microbial metabolism and diversity in the environment. | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 36 mo. | $1,556,735 | Oct. 2006 |
Purpose
To develop in situ sorting and observational technologies of individual phytoplankton cells. Outputs include time-series deployments of the FlowCytobot and Imaging FlowCytobot instruments and enhancements to the technologies that automate their ability to identify, sort, and assess the physiological status of phytoplankton cells. These flow cytometry tools will provide a deeper understanding of the regulation of phytoplankton species composition and their photosynthetic productivity. | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 12 mo. | $500,000 | Oct. 2006 |
Purpose
To cover the cost of 2 mass spectrometry instruments for the analysis of oceanic dissolved organic carbon. | | University of California, Santa Cruz Center for Adaptive Optics
Guide Star Laser for Lick Observatory | $377,002 | Jun. 2012 | | | | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 18 mo. | $377,002 | Jun. 2012 |
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In support of installation and deployment of a state-of-the-art solid-state laser at Lick Observatory, which will be used to excite sodium atoms in the upper atmosphere and produce a bright spot ("guide star") to enable operation of the adaptive optics system for reduction of atmospheric blurring of sky images. | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 60 mo. | $9,100,000 | Aug. 2002 |
Purpose
UC Santa Cruz's Center for Adaptive Optics is using this grant to establish the Laboratory for Adaptive Optics. This new laboratory complements the Center for Adaptive Optics and supports its broader mission to advance and disseminate adaptive optics technology. Outcomes include development, application, and popularization of adaptive optics techniques with primary emphases on astronomy, human vision, integrating education with research, and industrial partnerships. | | Research Foundation of State University of New York
Migratory dynamics of Pacific bluefin tuna mapped using cesium released from the Fukushima Dai-ichi Nuclear Power Plant | $514,268 | Jun. 2012 | | | | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 30 mo. | $514,268 | Jun. 2012 |
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In support of developing a deeper understanding of bluefin tuna migratory patterns and improving fishery science and management approaches by measuring cesium levels in bluefin tuna caught in the California Current and other Pacific Ocean locations following the massive release of radioactivity from the Fukushima Dai-ichi Nuclear Power Plant in March, 2011. This project capitalizes on a rare opportunity to use an accidental release of radioactive elements to gain insight into the direction and timing of migrations for this ecologically and economically important fish species, which could help improve management options. | | J. David Gladstone Institutes
Global mapping of microbial functions: The Environmental Niche Atlas | $1,513,352 | Jun. 2012 | | | | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 41 mo. | $1,513,352 | Jun. 2012 |
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In support of the development of predictive models of the global distributions of marine microbes based on functional potential and protein expression patterns in addition to their taxonomy - an Environmental Niche Atlas - to determine the biogeography of marine microbes and their roles in the world’s oceans. | | Marine Biological Laboratory
Modeling how virus-microbe interactions influence carbon flow at a deep-sea volcano | $2,258,548 | May 2012 | | | | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 42 mo. | $2,258,548 | May 2012 |
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In support of investigating the microbial ecosystems that thrive at a deep-sea volcano to model the rates of their activities, their influence on carbon flow beneath the seafloor, and how that influence is altered by viral infection. The effort will use observations from laboratory and shipboard experiments to query the responses of subseafloor microbial communities to nutrient additions performed live on the seafloor using newly engineered instruments. | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 40 mo. | $549,278 | Apr. 2010 |
Purpose
In support of the Microbial Diversity Summer Course, one of five coupled grants intended to train the next generation of microbial ecologists in non-traditional, immersive academic environments that emphasize cross-disciplinary collaboration and cutting-edge analytical techniques. | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 28 mo. | $277,500 | Sep. 2007 |
Purpose
This grant to the Marine Biological Laboratory (MBL) is intended to expand the pool of new international scholars specializing in microbial diversity and ecology through the support of the MBL Microbial Diversity Course. These researchers will be trained in the use of state-of-the art technologies to develop and carry out independent microbiology research investigations, consistent with the mid and long-term Initiative objective of interdisciplinary training of new scientists. Research investigations will result in publicly accessible publications and presentations of novel research findings at international microbiology conventions. | | Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Imaging Molecular Interactions: Quantum Electron Microscope (QEM) | $1,684,076 | May 2012 | | | | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 40 mo. | $1,684,076 | May 2012 |
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In support of a coordinated program among Stanford University, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and The Max Planck Institute of Quantum Optics to demonstrate interaction-free measurements with electrons, which if successful will form the basic principles for future development of an electron microscope based on quantum physics—a quantum electron microscope. | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 12 mo. | $550,000 | Apr. 2010 |
Purpose
For the acquisition of a next generation DNA sequencing platform to enable important advances in the field of marine microbial ecology. This grant is part of a multi-grant strategy to expand the diversity and capacity of DNA sequencing technologies available to marine microbial ecology researchers. | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 49 mo. | $4,705,729 | May 2008 |
Purpose
In support of research in the laboratory of Senior Investigator Dr. Edward F. DeLong on the dynamics of the composition and gene expression patterns of planktonic microbial communities. The outcomes of this grant include a deeper understanding of how bacterial and archaeal populations change in space and time in natural and perturbed marine systems, how microbes communicate with each other in ocean environments, and how widely distributed genes of important ecological function impact marine biogeochemical cycles. | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 49 mo. | $4,539,188 | May 2008 |
Purpose
In support of research in the laboratory of Senior Investigator Dr. Sallie (Penny) W. Chisholm on the ecology of Prochlorococcus, a major group of primary producers in the upper ocean, and its mechanisms of evolution. The outcomes of this grant include a deeper understanding of ecological differentiation among various groups of Prochlorococcus and how they interact with co-occurring heterotrophic bacteria and infective viruses. Key physiological and time series data are expected to be generated and supplied to ecosystem models. | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 60 mo. | $5,500,000 | Jul. 2004 |
Purpose
This grant to the Massachusetts Institute of Technology supports the work of Dr. Chisholm into the ecology and evolution of the marine cyanobacterium Prochlorococcus. Commonly called blue-green algae, cyanobacteria are among the largest and most important groups of bacteria alive today. Outcomes for this grant include explanation of the ecotype genomics and diversity of the marine cyanobacterium Prochlorococcus, definition of Prochlorococcus ecotype growth factors, and examination of the relative fitnesses of mixed culture strains. | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 60 mo. | $5,350,000 | Jul. 2004 |
Purpose
This grant to the Massachusetts Institute of Technology supports the research of Dr. DeLong into the genetic diversity of planktonic marine bacteria and archaea. Outcomes for this grant include characterization of the genomes and genomic variability of dominant planktonic bacteria and archaea, integration of biogeochemical and genomic evolutionary theories, creation of a metabolic and biogeochemical model of microbe communities, and the tracking of microbe populations by DNA. | | Max Planck Society, Max Planck Institute of Quantum Optics
Imaging Molecular Interactions: Quantum Electron Microscope (QEM) | $1,145,277 | May 2012 | | | | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 40 mo. | $1,145,277 | May 2012 |
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In support of a coordinated program among Stanford University, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and The Max Planck Institute of Quantum Optics to demonstrate interaction-free measurements with electrons, which if successful will form the basic principles for future development of an electron microscope based on quantum physics—a quantum electron microscope. | | Stanford University, Department of Physics
Imaging Molecular Interactions: Quantum Electron Microscope (QEM) | $1,249,875 | May 2012 | | | | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 40 mo. | $1,249,875 | May 2012 |
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In support of a coordinated program among Stanford University, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and The Max Planck Institute of Quantum Optics to demonstrate interaction-free measurements with electrons, which if successful will form the basic principles for future development of an electron microscope based on quantum physics—a quantum electron microscope. | | Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences
Challenging the dogma that viruses only infect a narrow range of hosts | $1,001,422 | May 2012 | | | | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 30 mo. | $1,001,422 | May 2012 |
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To challenge the paradigm that viruses infect only a narrow range of hosts by investigating how viruses that infect phytoplankton may also infect the small crustaceans that feed upon them. If this conceptual shift proves correct, it would fundamentally change scientists' understanding of virus-host relationships and the influence of viruses on host evolution. The project will also shed new light on how viruses may affect crustacean feeding behavior and the consequent flow of carbon in marine ecosystems. | | Life Sciences Research Foundation
Biological Sciences Post-Doctoral Fellowships | $908,000 | May 2012 | | | | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 40 mo. | $908,000 | May 2012 |
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In support of prestigious three-year post-doctoral fellowships for five top researchers in biological science disciplines typically underfunded by other sources. | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 40 mo. | $915,000 | Mar. 2013 |
Purpose
In support of prestigious three-year post-doctoral fellowships for five top researchers in non-biomedical biological science disciplines typically underfunded by other sources. | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 40 mo. | $855,000 | Apr. 2011 |
Purpose
This grant to the Life Sciences Research Foundation is a renewal grant and will support prestigious post-doctoral fellowships for five top researchers in biological science disciplines typically underfunded by other granting sources. The fellowships will last three years. | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 39 mo. | $684,000 | Jun. 2010 |
Purpose
In support of a prestigious post-doctoral fellowship opportunity for four top researchers in biological science disciplines typically underfunded by other granting sources. The fellowships will last three years. | | University of Arizona, Sponsored Projects Services
A computational system for the dynamic visualization and sharing of epigenomic data | $273,169 | May 2012 | | | | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 30 mo. | $273,169 | May 2012 |
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In support of developing a computational system for the dynamic visualization and sharing of epigenomic data from plants, which will stimulate international data sharing and result in new knowledge on how plants control the expression of genes. | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 42 mo. | $1,649,267 | Aug. 2010 |
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In support of developing and applying novel virus ecology approaches that enable deeper investigations of the structure and activities of natural marine virus communities and the linkages between viruses and their microbial hosts. | | University of East Anglia
Deciphering the role of marine microbial communities in recycling the smallest carbon nutrients | $1,249,063 | May 2012 | | | | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 42 mo. | $1,249,063 | May 2012 |
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In support of developing and applying cutting-edge molecular ecology methods to create a deeper understanding of how microorganisms that rely on small carbon molecules for food are active in deep and shallow marine habitats. The new knowledge is expected to shed light on the consequences of the activities of these microbes on oceanic carbon cycling. | | University of Southern California, Department of Biological Sciences
Understanding the ecological significance of microorganisms with plant-like and animal-like nutritional styles in marine ecosystems | $1,292,289 | May 2012 | | | | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 55 mo. | $1,292,289 | May 2012 |
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In support of generating new fundamental understanding of how marine microbes that use both animal-like and plant-like nutritional modes thrive in marine ecosystems, and their ecological significance in oceanic food webs. | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 23 mo. | $3,900,000 | Nov. 2007 |
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This grant to the University of Southern California will provide funds to accomplish the major technical engineering, installation of the physical framework, and instrument acquisition needed to set up the seafloor and subseafloor observatory systems at North Pond in the Atlantic Ocean. This instrumentation infrastructure will supplement the proposed drilling operations which include coring sediment and basalt and establishing the physical and technological framework for long-term manipulative experiments and measurements for this system. | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 12 mo. | $68,988 | Jun. 2006 |
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The University of Southern California will use this grant to conduct a global survey of the diversity of single-celled microbial eukaryotes (protists), a vastly understudied aspect of marine microbial diversity. Outputs include the generation of 1000 full length 18S ribosomal RNA sequences from each of twelve diverse marine sites and ecological and phylogenetic analyses of the DNA sequences and associated metadata. This project will provide a deeper understanding of protist diversity, ecology, biogeography, and globally dominant genotypes. | | California Institute of Technology
Programmable Molecular Technology Initiative | $7,500,000 | May 2012 | | | | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 60 mo. | $7,500,000 | May 2012 |
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For the development of the Programmable Molecular Technology Initiative to establish a center with capabilities for programming molecular function. The initiative will initially exploit these capabilities to pioneer high-impact technologies in three areas: molecular instruments for readout and regulation of cell state, efficient microbial synthesis of biofuels from non-food renewable resources, and principles and foundations for programming molecular function. | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 12 mo. | $400,000 | Nov. 2012 |
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This grant will provide support towards state-of-the-art renovation of laboratory facilities which will house researchers participating in leading edge renewable and scalable energy projects. | |