Recent Grants

Grants and Fellowships Awarded in Research and Education

Awarded in FY 2025 (beginning July 1, 2024)

Loretta Roberson, Associate Scientist in the Bell Center, received a Scialog grant #SA-SM3-2024-044b from Research Corporation for Science Advancement and Alfred P. Sloan Foundation for “Seaweed for Critical Element Extraction and Transformation (Sea-CrEET).”

David Mark Welch, Senior Scientist in the Bay Paul Center, received a grant from the Army Research Office (ARO) under Award Number W911NF-24-1-0402 for “A novel antioxidant defense mechanisms in bdelloid rotifers.”

Zoe Cardon, Senior Scientist in the Ecosystems Center, received supplemental funding from The Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation for “Underground allies: dynamic interactions among cordgrass (Spartina alterniflora) and sulfur-cycling microbes in the rhizosphere.”

Karen Echeverri, Associate Scientist in the Bell Center, received a grant from the Herbert W. Hoover Foundation in collaboration with the Stark County Educational Service Center for “Exploring Relationships Among Different Fields of Science and Humans.”

Irina Arkhipova, Senior Scientist in the Bay Paul Center, received supplemental funding from the National Institute Of General Medical Sciences of the National Institutes of Health under Award Number R01GM111917 for “Horizontal gene transfer as the source of evolutionary innovation in eukaryotes.”

George Langford, Adjunct Scientist in the Division of Education, received a grant from the Burroughs Wellcome Fund for “PAIR-UP Imaging Science Program for Black Imaging Scientists.”

Loretta Roberson, Associate Scientist in the Bell Center, received a grant from Schmidt Sciences, LLC, with support from the Foundation for Food & Agriculture Research in collaboration with The Trustees of Princeton University for "Sargassum seaweed as a future renewable feedstock for sustainable biomanufacturing."

Linda Hyman, Director of Education, received continuation funding from the National Science Foundation in collaboration with Massachusetts Institute of Technology and The President and Fellows of Harvard College on behalf of Harvard Medical School for "Brains Minds and Machines FY24."

Rut Pedrosa Pamies, Assistant Research Investigator in the Ecosystems Center, received a grant from the National Science Foundation for "Time Series Particle Flux Measurements in the Sargasso Sea."

Marko Horb, Senior Scientist in the Bell Center, received supplemental funding from the Office Of The Director, National Institutes Of Health of the National Institutes of Health under Award Number P40OD010997 for "National Xenopus Resource - Revision to include Curation and Informatics Component."

Linda Hyman, Director of Education, received a grant from the Burroughs Wellcome Fund for "3-Year Support for MBL Physiology (PHY) Course (2024-2026)."

Marko Horb, Senior Scientist in the Bell Center, received supplemental funding from the Office Of The Director, National Institutes Of Health of the National Institutes of Health under Award Number R24OD030008 for "National Xenopus Resource."

Allen Mensinger, Co-Director NSF-REU, received a grant from the National Science Foundation for " REU Site: Biological Discovery in Woods Hole."

Linda Hyman, Director of Education, received a grant from Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute Of Child Health & Human Development of the National Institutes of Health under Award Number R25HD094666 for " Embryology: Methods & Concepts in Modern Developmental."

Javier Lloret, Research Scientist in the Ecosystems Center, received a contract from the Great Pond Foundation for " Laying the Foundation for Island Coastal Pond Restoration."

Molly Moynihan, Postdoctoral Scientist in the Ecosystems Center, received a postdoctoral fellowship from the National Science Foundation for " OCE-PRF: Impacts of endolithic microbial sulfur cycling on coral holobiont ecophysiology, biomineralization, and geochemistry."

Ken Foreman, Research Scholar in the Ecosystems Center, received a cooperative agreement from the National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration/Department of Commerce in collaboration with WHOI Sea Grant for " OCE-PRF: Impacts of endolithic microbial sulfur cycling on coral holobiont ecophysiology, biomineralization, and geochemistry."

Linda Hyman, Director of Education, received a grant from the Simons Foundation for " MBL Methods in Computational Neuroscience Course."

Linda Hyman, Director of Education, received a grant from the National Science Foundation for "Advanced Research Training in Physiology - Integrating Biology Across the Scales."

Awarded in FY 2024 (beginning July 1, 2023)

David Mark Welch, Senior Scientist in the Bay Paul Center, received continuation funding from the Smithsonian Institution for "EOL SI Core Biodiversity Informatics 2024."

Kenneth Foreman, Research Scholar in the Ecosystems Center, received supplemental funding from the Harken Foundation for "Restoration and Recovery of the Little Pond Ecosystem after Nutrient Load Reduction following Sewer Construction and Wastewater Diversion."

Margherita Perillo, Research Scientist in the Bell Center, received a grant from The University of Chicago for "The Black experience in the Biological Sciences and the MBL."

Christopher Neill, Adjunct Scientist in the Ecosystems Center, received supplemental funding from Buzzards Bay Coalition for "Buzzards Bay Coalition Citizens Water Quality Monitoring Program, Baywatchers 5 Year Quality Assurance Project."

Carrie Albertin, Assistant Scientist in the Bell Center, received a grant from the Kinship Foundation (Searle Scholars Program) for "Insights into the development and design principles of complex nervous systems from a new model system."

Zoe Cardon, Senior Scientist in the Ecosystems Center, received a grant from the Department of Energy in collaboration with Mizar Imaging LLC for "Light Disc Microscopy."

Linda Hyman, Director of Education, received a grant from The Grass Foundation for "Grass Foundation - Neurobiology and Neural Systems and Behavior Post Course."

David Mark Welch, Senior Scientist in the Bay Paul Center, received supplemental funding from The Microbiome Center at University of Chicago for " Microbiome Beacon Project Award."

Abhishek Kumar, Imaging CZI Scientist in the Bay Paul Center, received a grant from the National Institute Of Biomedical Imaging And Bioengineering of the National Institutes of Health under Award Number R03EB035329 for "Building a lightsheet system with dual-color fluorescence anisotropy capability for mapping protein-protein interactions in live cells."

Linda Hyman, Director of Education, received a grant from the National Institute Of Mental Health of the National Institutes of Health under Award Number R25MH059472 for "Neural Systems and Behavior."

Irina Arkhipova, Senior Scientist in the Bay Paul Center, received a contract from the Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences for " Understanding the role of transposons as novel forces in genomic landscapes."

Jennifer Morgan, Senior Scientist in the Bell Center, received a diversity supplement from the National Institute Of Neurological Disorders And Stroke of the National Institutes of Health under Award Number RF1NS078165 for " Mechanisms of Synaptic Dysfunction in Parkinson's and Other Synuclein-Linked Diseases."

Linda Hyman, Director of Education, received a grant from the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute Of Child Health & Human Development of the National Institutes of Health under Award Number R25HD114553 for " Zebrafish Development and Genetics."

Linda Hyman, Director of Education, received a grant from Burroughs Wellcome Fund for "3-Year Support for MBL Frontiers in Reproduction (FIR) course (2024-2026)."

Loretta Roberson, Associate Scientist in the Bell Center, received supplemental funding for a cooperative agreement from Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-e)/ US Department of Energy in collaboration with the University of Alaska for "Development of Scalable Coastal and Offshore Macroalgal Farming."

Linda Hyman, Director of Education, received a grant from Company of Biologists for "2024 Embryology: Concepts and Techniques in Modern Developmental Biology Course."

David Mark Welch, Senior Scientist in the Bay Paul Center, received supplemental funding from The Microbiome Center at University of Chicago for "Microbiome Beacon Project Award."

Linda Hyman, Director of Education, received a grant from the William Townsend Porter Foundation for "William Townsend Porter Support for Underrepresented Minority Scholars 2024."

Rut Pedrosa Pamies, Assistant Research Investigator in the Ecosystems Center (former Principal Investigator Maureen Conte, Senior Research Scientist in the Ecosystems Center), received a grant from the National Science Foundation for "Time Series Particle Flux Measurements in the Sargasso Sea."

Loretta Roberson, Associate Scientist in the Bell Center, received a grant from the National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration in collaboration with Scripps Institute for Oceanography for “mCDR 2023: Carbon capture and ocean acidification mitigation potential by seaweed farms in tropical and subtropical coastal environments.”

Zoe Cardon, Senior Scientist in the Ecosystems Center, received a grant from the Simons Foundation for “Ecosystem on the Edge: How Coastal Marsh Plants and Microbes Thrive in an Oscillating Environment.”

Anne Giblin, Senior Scientist in the Ecosystems Center, received a grant from the Simons Foundation for “Ecosystem on the Edge: How Coastal Marsh Plants and Microbes Thrive in an Oscillating Environment.”

Mirta Teichberg, Director, Semester in Environmental Science and Associate Scientist in the Ecosystems Center, received a grant from Oceankind for “SEAGEN: Development of genome modification tools for seagrasses.”

Marko Horb, Senior Scientist in the Bell Center, received supplemental funding from the National Institutes of Health in collaboration with the Presidents and Fellows of Harvard College on behalf of Harvard Medical School for “XenCAT: Xenopus Single Cell Atlas.”

George Langford, Whitman Adjunct Scientist, received a grant from The Chan Zuckerberg Initiative for “CZI Support of the Langford Lab.”

Joshua Rosenthal, Senior Scientist in the Bell Center, received a grant from The Kavli Foundation for “Effects of temperature and hypoxia on RNA editing in squid.”

James McClelland, Senior Scientist in the Ecosystems Center, received a grant from the National Science Foundation in collaboration with The University of Texas at Austin for “LTER: Seasonal controls and emergent effects of changing land-ice-ocean interactions on Arctic coastal ecosystems (BLE II).”

Linda Hyman, Director of Education, received a contract from the Commonwealth of Massachusetts for “Blue Economy Internship Program FY24.”

Scott Chimileski, Research Scientist in the Bay Paul Center, received a grant from the National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research/NIH/DHHS in collaboration with Forsyth Dental Infirmary for Children for “Spatial Organization of the Oral Microbiome.”

Caroline Albertin, Assistant Scientist in the Bell Center, received supplemental funding from the National Institute Of General Medical Sciences of the National Institutes of Health under Award Number R35GM147273 for “A new animal model to elucidate mechanisms of gene regulation and embryonic patterning.”

Anne Giblin, Senior Scientist in the Ecosystems Center, received supplemental funding from the National Science Foundation for “LTER: Plum Island Ecosystems, the impact of changing landscapes and climate on interconnected coastal ecosystems.”

Zoe Cardon, Senior Scientist in the Ecosystems Center, received a grant from the U.S. Department of Energy/Office of Science for “Tidal Triggers and Hot-Spot Switches in Coastal Marsh.”

Periklis Paganos, Postdoctoral Scientist in the Bell Center, received a grant from The Global Consortium for Reproductive Longevity & Equality (GCRLE) at the Buck Institute for Research on Aging, made possible by the Bia-Echo Foundation for “Gene regulatory networks controlling sea star reproductive longevity and aging.”

Javier Lloret, Research Scientist in the Ecosystems Center, received supplemental funding from The Great Pond Foundation for “Laying the Foundation for Island Coastal Pond Restoration.”

Anne Sylvester, Director of Research, received a grant from the Massachusetts Life Sciences Center (MLSC) for “Building Capacity and a Community for Correlative Imaging Technology in Southeastern Massachusetts.”

Kristin Gribble, Associate Scientist in the Bay Paul Center, received supplemental funding from the National Institute On Aging of the National Institutes of Health under Award Number R01AG076592 for “Mitochondrial mechanisms of maternal age effects on offspring health and lifespan.”

Michael Palmer, Postdoctoral Scientist in the Bay Paul Center, received a fellowship grant from the National Institute Of Arthritis And Musculoskeletal And Skin Diseases of the National Institutes of Health under Award Number F32AR082273 for “Molecular control of chondrocyte hypertrophy: an evolutionary approach.”

Sarah Tucker, Postdoctoral Fellow in the Bay Paul Center, received a fellowship from Simons Foundation for “Elucidating the roles of transcriptional and post-transcriptional regulation in natural SAR11 populations.”

Sebastian Ruff, Assistant Scientist in the Ecosystems Center, received a grant from Human Frontier Science Program Organization for “Dark oxygen production: Assessing an overlooked microbial process in Earth's hidden ecosystems.”

Robert Howarth, Adjunct Scientist in the Ecosystems Center, received a grant from the National Science Foundation for “LTREB Renewal: Nutrients and climate as drivers of carbon sequestration and ecosystem metabolism in a nitrogen-enriched, shallow coastal ecosystem.”

James McClelland, Senior Scientist in the Ecosystems Center, received a grant from the National Science Foundation for “Collaborative Research: Drivers and biogeochemical implications of saltwater intrusion along Arctic coastlines.”

Marko Horb, Senior Scientist in the Bell Center, received supplemental funding from the Office Of The Director, National Institutes Of Health of the National Institutes of Health under Award Number R24OD030008 for “Xenopus Mutant Resource.”

Marko Horb, Senior Scientist in the Bell Center, received supplemental funding from the Office Of The Director, National Institutes Of Health of the National Institutes of Health under Award Number P40OD010997 for “National Xenopus Resource Center.”

Irina Arkhipova, Senior Scientist in the Bay Paul Center, received a grant from the National Science Foundation for “Reverse transcriptase-related genes and their biological significance.”

Edward Rastetter, Senior Scientist in the Ecosystems Center, received a grant from the National Science Foundation in collaboration with Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York for “LTER: The Role of Climate Variability in Controlling Arctic Ecosystem Function.”

Irina Arkhipova, Senior Scientist in the Bay Paul Center, received supplemental funding from the National Institute Of General Medical Sciences of the National Institutes of Health under Award Number R01GM111917 for “Horizontal gene transfer as the source of evolutionary innovation in eukaryotes.”

See Archived Grants Here.