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Plant Genome Research Program
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Plant Genome Comparative Sequencing Program:
Awards

Fiscal Year 2016 Plant Genome Research Program Awards

Award # Principal Investigator
& Co-Principal Investigators
Lead Institution & Subaward* Title Total Awards ($) Total Duration (Yrs)
1547787 Barbazuk, W. Brad University of Florida TOOLS-PGR: Alternative Splice Isoforms in Plant Genomes: Collection, Characterization and Evolutionary Relationships $653,815 3
1545780 Birchler, James A.
Cheng, Jianlin
University of Missouri-Columbia RESEARCH-PGR: Genomic Balance Analysis in Maize $2,202,797 5
1546899 Briggs, Steven P. University of California-San Diego RESEARCH-PGR: Discovery and Evaluation of Inbred-specific and Hybrid-specific Regulatory Modules $3,347,090 4
1546882 Brutnell, Thomas P.
Gallagher, Kimberly L.
Mockler, Todd C.
Myers, Christopher R.
Van Eck, Joyce
Donald Danforth Plant Science Center
University of Pennsylvania*
Cornell University*
Boyce Thompson Institute for Plant Research*
RESEARCH-PGR: Dissecting the Genetic Networks Underlying Kranz Anatomy in C4 Grasses $7,802,826 4
1546657 DellaPenna, Dean
Buell, C. Robin
Gore, Michael A.
Yu, Jianming
Michigan State University
Cornell University*
Iowa State University*
RESEARCH-PGR: A Genome-level Approach to Balancing the Vitamin Content of Maize Grain $5,514,916 5
1547796 Ewers, Brent
Kliebenstein, Daniel J.
Mackay, David S.
McClung, C. Robertson
Weinig, Cynthia
University of Wyoming
University of California-Davis*
University at Buffalo*
Dartmouth College*
RESEARCH: Predicting Genotypic Variation in Growth and Yield under Abiotic Stress through Biophysical Process Modeling $4,939,967 5
1546879 Frommer, Wolf B.
Bailey-Serres, Julia N.
Girke, Thomas
Yang, Bing
Carnegie Institution of Washington
University of California-Riverside*
Iowa State University*
RESEARCH-PGR: SECRETome Project: Systematic Evaluation of CellulaR ExporT from plant cells $4,619,008 5
1444461 Frugoli, Julia
Corbin, Victoria
Feltus, Frank A.
Clemson University MCA-PGR: Spatial and Temporal Resolution of mRNA Profiles During Early Nodule Development $1,932,798 5
1445025 Gingeras, Thomas
Birnbaum, Kenneth D.
Jackson, David P.
Martienssen, Robert
Micklos, David
McCombie, W. Richard
Schatz, Michael C.
Ware, Doreen
Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
New York University*
MaizeCode - An Initial Analysis of Functional Elements in the Maize Genome $5,916,692 4
1546806 Goldberg, Robert B.
Harada, John J.
Pellegrini, Matteo
University of California-Los Angeles
University of California–Davis*
Research-PGR: Gene Regulatory Networks Required to Make a Soybean Seed $5,154,063 5
1546863 Guiltinan, Mark J.
dePamphilis, Claude W.
Marden, James H.
Maximova, Siela N.
Tiffin, Peter L.
Pennsylvania State University
University of Minnesota*
RESEARCH-PGR: Discovery and Functional Characterization of Genes Regulating Plant Immunity in Perennial Crops $3,568,549 4
1546727 Hirsch, Candice N.
McGaugh, Suzanne E.
Yandeau-Nelson, Marna
University of Minnesota
Iowa State University*
ECA-PGR: Dissecting Natural Mechanisms for Genome Content Variation and the Impact on Phenotypic Variation $2,198,800 4
1546781 Hollick, Jay B Ohio State University RESEARCH-PGR: Transcriptional Control of the Maize Genome $1,104,337 3
1444339 Howell, Stephen H.
Bassham, Diane C.
Brandizzi, Federica
Stapleton, Ann E.
Iowa State University
Michigan State University*
University of North Carolina-Wilmington*
Role of the Unfolded Protein Response in Environmental Stress Tolerance in Maize $2,185,825 3
1546837 Jackson, David P.
Bartlett, Madelaine
Lippman, Zachary B.
Nimchuk, Zachary
Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
University of Massachusetts-Amherst*
University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill*
RESEARCH-PGR: Dissecting the Genomic Architecture of Functional Redundancy to Modulate Meristem Homeostasis and Crop Yields $5,129,727 4
1547713 Kosma, Dylan K.
Douches, David S.
Hammerschmidt, Raymond
Santos, Patricia C.
Schlauch, Karen A.
University of Nevada-Reno
Michigan State University*
ECA-PGR: Dissecting the Transcriptional Networks Underlying Plant Wound Suberin Biosynthesis $1,523,566 4
1546617 Last, Robert L.
Barry, Cornelius S.
Jones, A. Daniel
Pichersky, Eran
Shiu, Shin-Han
Michigan State University
University of Michigan*
RESEARCH-PGR: How do Plants Produce so Many Diverse Metabolites: A Computational and Experimental Comparative Genomics Investigation in the Solanaceae $6,583,637 4
1444573 Main, Doreen
Abbott, Albert G.
Ficklin, Stephen
Jung, Sook
Nelson, C. Dana
Staton, Margaret
Wegrzyn, Jill L.
Washington State University
University of Kentucky*
University of Tennessee*
University of Connecticut*
Standards and Cyberinfrastructure that Enable "Big-Data" Driven Discovery for Tree Crop Research $4,794,835 3
1546625 Martin, Gregory B.
Collmer, Alan
Hutton, Samuel F.
Panthee, Dilip
Strickler, Susan
Cornell University
Boyce Thompson Institute Plant Research*
North Carolina State University*
RESEARCH-PGR: Leveraging Natural Variation in Tomato to Identify, Characterize, and Deploy New Sources of Disease Resistance $4,230,934 4
1546873 McSteen, Paula C.
Joshi, Trupti
Gallavotti, Andrea
Moss, Britney
Nemhauser, Jennifer L
University of Missouri-Columbia
Rutgers University *
Whitman College*
University of Washington*
RESEARCH-PGR: Genomic and Synthetic Approaches Linking Auxin Signaling to Functional Domains in Maize $5,163,987 4
1546869 Miller, Allison J.
Chitwood, Daniel H.
Fennell, Anne
Kwasniewski, Misha T.
Londo, Jason P.
Saint Louis University
Donald Danforth Plant Science Center*
South Dakota State University*
University of Missouri-Columbia*
USDA-ARS*
RESEARCH-PGR: Adapting Perennial Crops for Climate Change: Graft Transmissible Effects of Rootstocks on Grapevine Shoots $5,163,987 5
1546890 Ming, Ray R.
Moore, Richard C.
Wang, Ming-Li
Yu, Qingyi
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Miami University*
Hawaii Agriculture Research Center*
Texas A&M University*
RESEARCH-PGR: Genomic Mechanisms of Domesticating a Y Chromosome in Papaya $3,873,327 4
1546825 Mosher, Rebecca A.
Beilstein, Mark A.
Freeling, Michael
Subramaniam, Sabarinath
University of Arizona
University of California-Berkeley*
RESEARCH-PGR: Deciphering the Link between RNA Directed DNA Methylation and Reproduction in Brassicaceae $2,270,969 4
1546792 Pawlowski, Wojciech P.
Chen, Changbin
Kianian, Penny
Kianian, Shahryar F.
Pillardy, Jaroslaw
Cornell University
University of Minnesota*
RESEARCH-PGR: Understanding Recombination in Maize $4,044,895 4
1444624 Presting, Gernot G. University of Hawaii Characterizing the Interplay between Maize Retrotransposons and the Epigenome $2,022,191 4
1546218 Purugganan, Michael D.
Bonneau, Richard
Franks, Steven J.
Vergara, Georgina
New York University
Fordham University*
International Rice Research Institute (Philippines)*
RESEARCH-PGR: Systems Genomics of Rice Stress Adaptation $4,439,296 4
1546838 Rhee, Seung
Karp, Peter D.
Carnegie Institution of Washington
SRI International*
TOOLS-PGR: Computational Infrastructure to Enable High-throughput, High-quality Annotations of Compartmentalized Metabolic Networks for Plant Genomes $2,437,038 4
1546719 Ross-Ibarra, Jeffrey
Flint-Garcia, Sherry
Hufford, Matthew B.
Runcie, Daniel
Sawers, Ruairidh
University of California-Davis RESEARCH-PGR: The Genetics of Highland Adaptation in Maize $4,531,773 5
1546867 Schmitz, Robert University of Georgia ECA-PGR: Somatic Genetic and Epigenetic Variations in Long-lived Perennial Trees and their Interactions with the Environment $2,745,433 3
1444448 Sharp, Robert E.
Fritschi, Felix B.
Joshi, Trupti
Oliver, Melvin J.
Peck, Scott C.
University of Missouri-Columbia Physiological Genomics of Maize Nodal Root Growth under Drought $4,195,413 4
1550315 Sheridan, William F. University of North Dakota Mutational Analysis of Maize Embryo Development $201,110 2
1546900 Strauss, Steven H.
Hall, Troy E.
Jiang, Yuan
Li, Fuxin
Vining, Kelly J.
Oregon State University RESEARCH-PGR: Analysis of Genes Affecting Plant Regeneration and Transformation in Poplar $4,040,356 5
1547760 Sundaresan, Venkatesan University of California-Davis RESEARCH-PGR: Zygotic Genome Activation in Rice $1,707,863 3
1546742 Sussman, Michael R.
Ane, Jean-Michel M.
Coon, Joshua J.
Li, Lingjun
Roy, Sushmita
University of Wisconsin-Madison RESEARCH PGR: An Interdisciplinary Approach to Deciphering Molecular Signaling Pathways Controlling Plant-Symbiont Associations in Legumes and Cereals $2,707,714 3
1638507 Topp, Christopher
Baxter, Ivan
Goldenfeld, Nigel D.
Leakey, Andrew D.
Donald Danforth Plant Science Center (DDPC)
USDA-ARS, Midwest Area*
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign*
An Integrated Phenomics Approach to Identifying the Genetic Basis for Maize Root Structure and Control of Plant Nutrient Relations $3,930,496 4
1445014 Udall, Joshua A.
Ramaraj, Thiruvarangan
Ruoping, Chen
Wendel, Jonathan F.
Brigham Young University
National Center for Genome Resources (NCGR)*
BGI Americas*
Iowa State University*
Sequence Resources for Cotton, a Model System for Allopolyploid Crops $1,499,999 2
1546862 Vierstra, Richard D. Washington University RESEARCH-PGR: Defining the Sumoylation System in Maize and Its Roles in Stress Protection $1,033,491 3
1546858 Wurtele, Eve S.
Bassler, Kevin<
Iowa State University
University of Houston*
RESEARCH-PGR Orphan Genes: An Untapped Genetic Reservoir of Novel Traits Driving Evolutionary Adaptation and Crop Improvement $2,719,137 4
1444568 Yadegari, Ramin
Dannenhoffer, Joanne M.
Drews, Gary N.
Vollbrecht, Erik W. (substitute Co-PI)
University of Arizona
Central Michigan University*
University of Utah*
Iowa State University*
Gene Regulatory Networks in the Maize Endosperm $7,351,648 5

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Fiscal Year 2016 Plant Genome Research Program Awards

National Plant Genome Initiative Postdoctoral Research Fellowships in Biology (NPGI-PRFB)

Award # Principal Investigator Lead Institution Title Mentor(s) Total Duration (Yrs)
1612235 Conklin, Phillip A. Cornell University Elucidating the Genetic Networks Controlling Formation of Lateral Organ Initial Cells: A Strategy Toward Increased Crop Yields in Maize Scanlon, Michael 3
1612033 Ellis, Nathanael A. Donald Danforth Plant Science Center
Washington University
Identifying Molecular Networks Underlying Root-Root Interactions in High Plant Density Adapted Maize Topp, Christopher
Tai, Yuan-Chuan
3
1611853 Harkess, Alex Donald Danforth Plant Science Center The Origins of Reproductive phasiRNAs in the Angiosperms Meyers, Blake 3
1612268 Leiboff, Samuel A USDA-Plant Gene Expression Center Exploring Gene Networks in Maize Tassel and Sorghum Panicle Development during Drought Hake, Sarah 3
1612262 MacQueen, Alice H University of Texas at Austin
North Dakota State University
HudsonAlpha Institute for Biotechnology
Genomics of Yield Variation and Physiology of Genotype-By-Environment Interactions in Common Bean \(Phaseolus vulgaris) Juenger, Thomas
McClean, Phil
Schmutz, Jeremy
3
1612170 Mitchell, David Pennsylvania State University A Genome-wide Investigation of Light Intensity Effects on the Maize RNA Structurome Bevilacqua, C. Phillip,
Assmann, Sarah
3
1611975 Nelms, Bradlee Stanford University Specification and Differentiation of Maize Archesporial Cells during Early Anther Development Walbot, Virginia 3
1611875 Potter, Kevin C. University of North Carolina Uncovering the Transcriptional Dynamics of Cytokinin Signaling in Rice Kieber, Joseph 3
1609024 Seymour, Danelle K. University of California-Irvine Exploring the Causes and Consequences of Rapid Transposon Evolution in Grass Genomes Gaut, Brandon 3
1609014 Taylor-Teeples, Mallorie University of Washington The Influence of Auxin-mediated Protein Degradation Rates on Developmental Patterning Nemhauser, Jennifer 3
1612951 Wagner, Maggie R. North Carolina State University Effects of Breeding the Plant Microbiome and Feedbacks on Crop Health and Productivity Balint-Kurti, Peter 3

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Fiscal Year 2015 Plant Genome Research Program Awards

Advancing Biological Resources for Plant Genome Research (ABR-PG)

Award # Principal Investigator & Co-Principal Investigators Lead Institution & Subaward Institutions Title Total Awards ($) Total Duration (Yrs)
1444893 Aldwinckle, Herbert
Yorke, James A.
Mockaitis, Keithanne
Zimin, Aleksey
Yepes, Marcela
Cornell University
University Maryland College Park
Indiana University
ABR-PG: Developing Advanced Genomic Tools to Accelerate Linkage of Structural & Functional Diversity in Coffee $1,623,758 2
1444561 Alonso, Jose
Heber, Steffen
Stepanova, Anna N.
Williams, Cranos M.
North Carolina State University Identification of Translational Hormone-Response Gene Networks and cis-Regulatory Elements $3,199,404 5
1444503 Balint-Kurti, Peter
Johal, Gurmukh S
Dilkes, Brian
North Carolina State University
Purdue University
An Integrated Genomic and Functional Analysis of the Plant Hypersensitive Response $3,121,102 4
1444532 Bass, Hank
Onokpise, Oghenekome U.
Zhang, Jinfeng
Dennis, Jonathan H.
Tsolova, Violeta M.

Florida State University
Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University

Nuclease Profiling as an Integrative Resource for Maize Epigenomics $2,133,825 4

1444511

Bogdanove, Adam
Leach, Jan E.
Voytas, Daniel F.
McCouch, Susan R.
Doyle, Erin
Cornell University
Colorado State University
University Minnesota-Twin Cities
Doane College
Quantitative Trait Locus Editing for Crop Improvement $5,499,997 4
1444499 Buell, C. Robin
Soltis, Douglas E.
Soltis, Pamela S.
Doudareva, Natalia
O'Connor, Sarah E.
Michigan State University
University of Florida
Purdue University
John Innes Centre
Evolution of Specialized Metabolite Biosynthetic Pathways in the Lamiaceae: Sources of Chemical Diversity for Molecules Essential for Human Use and Plant Defense $5,091,370 5
1444522 Burke, John
Rieseberg, Loren H.
Andrade-Sanchez, Pedro
Dechaine, Jennifer M.
Bali, Khaled M.
University of Georgia
Indiana University
University of Arizona
Central Washington University
University of California Division of Agriculture
Evolutionary Genomics of Abiotic Stress Resistance in Wild and Cultivated Sunflowers $4,172,290 4
1339246 Carter, Clay
Nikolau, Basil J.
Thornburg, Robert W.
Hampton, Marshall E.
University of Minnesota-Twin Cities
Iowa State University
University of Minnesota Duluth
Comparative Functional Genomics of Nectaries and Nectar in the Dicots $1,814,628 3
1444435 Chang, Geoffrey
Saier, Milton H.
Schroeder, Julian I
University of California-San Diego Center for Research on Plant Transporters (CROPS) - A Plant Community Resource for the Structure and Function of Plant Membrane Transporters Underlying Important Crop Traits $6,064,596 4
1444552 Chen, Z. Jeffrey
Stelly, David
Scheffler, Brian E.
Saski, Christopher
Grimwood, Jane
University of Texas at Austin
Texas A&M AgriLife Research
USDA, Agricultural Research Service
Clemson University
HudsonAlpha Institute for Biotechnology
Sequencing a Reference-grade Genome of the Domesticated Allotetraploid Cotton: the World's Largest Source of Renewable Textile Fiber $2,237,255 2
1444449 Clark, Richard
Ramirez, Ricardo A.
University of Utah
Utah State University
Genomics of Resistance to Mite Herbivores Associated with Drought Stress in Cereals $1,069,975 4
1444612 Comai, Luca
Britt, Anne B.
Tan, EK Han
Khan, Awais
University of California-Davis
International Potato Center
Rapid and Targeted Introgression of Traits via Genome Elimination $1,597,646 3
1444585 Davis, Thomas University of New Hampshire ABR-PG: The Use of Pentaploid Surrogates for Assembly and Anchoring of Octoploid Strawberry Genomes $411,417. 2
1444514 Dawe, R. Kelly
Birchler, James A.
Jiang, Jiming
University of Georgia
University Missouri-Columbia
University Wisconsin-Madison
Functional Genomics of Maize Centromeres $4,616,241 5
1444806 Fernandez-Baca, David
Town, Christopher D.
Farmer, Andrew D.
Cannon, Steven B.
DeBarry, Jeremy D
Iowa State University
J. Craig Venter Institute, Inc.
National Center for Genome Research
USDA-Agricultural Research Service, Midwest
University of Arizona
Federated Plant Database Initiative for the Legumes $2,042,020 3
1444490 Gregory, Brian
Beilstein, Mark A.
Lyons, Eric
University of Pennsylvania
University of Arizona
Structural, Functional, and Evolutionary Analysis of Long Non-coding RNAs in Control of Stress Response and the Epigenome in Diverse Plant Species $2,561,338 4
1444202 Hanson, Andrew
McCarty, Donald R.
Gregory, Jesse F.
Henry, Christopher S
University of Florida
University of Chicago
The B Vitamin/Cofactor Network: Command and Control of Metabolism in Changing Conditions $2,123,935 4
1340112 Jaiswal, Pankaj
Stevenson, Dennis W.
Todorovic, Sinisa
Arnaud, Elizabeth
Mungall, Christopher J.
Oregon State University
New York Botanical Garden
Oregon State University
International Plant Genetic Resources
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
cROP: Common Reference Ontologies and Applications for Plant Biology $2,633,417 3
1444533 Juenger, Thomas
Fay, Philip A.
Schmutz, Jeremy
University of Texas at Austin
USDA, Agricultural Research Service
HudsonAlpha Institute for Biotechnology
The Genetics and Genomics of Local Adaptation and Acclimation in Panicum Grasses $4,155,099 4
1444478 Kausch, Albert
Dellaporta, Stephen L.
Moreno, Maria A.
Zhang, Zhanyuan J.
University of Rhode Island
Yale University
University of Missouri-Columbia
Transforming Cereal Genomics: Tooling Up For Empowered Phenotyping Platforms $2,128,996 4
1444543 Kirst, Matias
Barbazuk, William B.
Resende, Marcio F.
De los Campos, Gustavo
University of Florida
University of Alabama at Birmingham
Genome and Transcriptome Based Prediction and Regulator Inference of Molecular and Whole-Plant Phenotypes $1,956,424 4
1444567 Leebens-Mack, James
Xiang, JennyQiuyun
Tsai, Chung-Jui
Wadl, Phillip A.
Alabady, Magdy, S.

University of Georgia
Research Foundation
North Carolina State University
University of Georgia
University of Tennessee Institute of Agricultural

The Dogwood Genome Project: A Model for Woody Ornamental Genomics $1,495,309 2
1444987 Liu, Zhongchi University of Maryland Developmental Mechanisms Underlying Fleshy Fruit Diversity in Rosaceae $3,029,222 5
1339389 Poland, Jesse Kansas State University GPF-PG: Genome Structure and Diversity of Wheat and Its Wild Relatives $1,585,420 2
1444549 Scheible, Wolf Noble Foundation Genome-wide Analysis of Small Signaling Peptides in Medicago truncatula with an Emphasis on Macro-nutrient Regulation of Root and Nodule Development $3,319,729 4
1444400 Schiefelbein, John University of Michigan Roots and Root Hairs: Comparative Molecular Studies Across Land Plants $1,355,691 4
1444575 Schlueter, Jessica University of North Carolina-Charlotte ABR-PG: Sequencing the Hexaploid Oat Genome Using Diploid References $1,488,244 2
1444507 Smith, Laurie University of California-San Diego Genomic Analysis of Leaf Cuticle Development and Functional Diversity in Maize $3,255,807 5
1444611 Sork, Victoria University of California-Los Angeles Sequencing and Annotating the Valley Oak Genome $1,976,532 3
1444456 Spalding, Edgar University of Wisconsin-Madison Enabling Cold Tolerant Maize Using Genomic and Machine Vision Phenomic Approaches $4,151,008 4
1444974 Sundaresan, Venkatasan University of California-Davis
University of Arkansas-Fayetteville*
University of Arkansas-Pine Bluff
Genomics of Host-Microbiome Interactions in Rice $1,299,497 3
1444539 Van der Knaap, Esther
Ding, Biao
Caicedo, Ana
Tieman, Denise M.
Mueller, Lukas
University of Georgia
University of Massachusetts-Amherst
University of Florida
Boyce Thompson Institute Plant Research
Exploitation of Genetic and Epigenetic Variation in the Regulation of Tomato Fruit Quality Traits $86,804 5
1444571 Weinig, Cynthia
Mackay, David S.
Ewers, Brent
Covington, Michael F.
Maignien, Lois
University of Wyoming
SUNY at Buffalo
University of Wyoming
University of California-Davis
Marine Biological Laboratory
A Systems Analysis of Plant Growth Promotion by the Rhizosphere Microbiome $3,244,058 5
1339211 Xu, Kenong
Dardick, Chris
Tabb, Amy
Cornell University - Geneva
USDA, Agricultural Research Service
Elucidating the Gene Networks Controlling Branch Angle and the Directional Growth of Lateral Meristems in Trees $1,556,406 3

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Fiscal Year 2015 ERA-CAPS Awards

Joint NSF/European Research Area Network Coordinating Action in Plant Sciences (ERA-CAPS)

Award # Principal Investigator Lead Institution & Subaward Institutions Title Total Awards ($) Total Duration (Yrs)
1539848 Gepts, Paul University of California-Davis Joint NSF/ERA-CAPS: Collaborative Research: BEAN-ADAPT - Genetic Architecture of Rapid Evolutionary Adaptation to Changing Environments in Domesticated Phaseolus Bean Species $358,722 3
1539838 Jackson, Scott University of Georgia Joint NSF/ERA-CAPS: Collaborative Research: BEAN-ADAPT - Genetic Architecture of Rapid Evolutionary Adaptation to Changing Environments in Domesticated Phaseolus Bean Species $742,879 3
1540019 Johnson, Mark Brown University Joint NSF/ERA-CAPS: EVOREPRO - Evolution of Plant Reproductive Processes in Plants $539,100 3
1539831

Klee, Harry
Fei, Zhangjun
Giovannoni, James J.

University of Florida
Boyce Thompson Institute Plant Research

USDA-ARS Plant, Soil and Nutrition Laboratory
Joint NSF/ERA-CAPS: RegulaTomE - Regulating Tomato Quality through Expression $2,374,201 3
1539638 Larsen, Paul University of California-Riverside Joint NSF/ERA-CAPS: Al-UCIDATE - Towards A Molecular Understanding of Aluminum Genotoxicity for Crop Improvement $799,971 3
1541256 McCombie, W. Richard Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Joint NSF/ERA-CAPS: INTREPID - INvestigating TRiticeae EPIgenomes for Domestication $1,453,176 3
1539834 Nemhauser, Jennifer University of Washington Joint NSF/ERA-CAPS: Phytochrome Control of Resource Allocation and Growth in Arabidopsis and in Brassicaceae Crops $522,210 3

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Fiscal Year 2015 NPGI-PRFB Awards

National Plant Genome Initiative Postdoctoral Research Fellowships in Biology (NPGI-PRFB)

Award # Principal Investigator Lead Institution & Subaward Institutions Title Mentor(s) Total Duration (Yrs)
1523876 Butler, Nathaniel University of Wisconsin Enhancing Meiotic Recombination And Fine Mapping Resolution In Diploid Populations Of Potato Using Sequence-Specific Nucleases

Janksy, Shelley H.
Endelman, Jeffrey B.

3
1523793 Campbell, Michael Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Generate and Distribute Graph-Based Structural Annotations and Tools for Agricultural Plant Populations

Ware, Doreen
Kersey, Paul

3
1523917 Carlson, Keisha University of Puget Sound The Molecular and Physiological Roles of Phytochromes in Shaping Plant Body Architecture in Tomato

Madlung, Andreas
Catalá, Carmen

Mueller, Lukas A.
3
1523668 Frank, Margaret Donald Danforth Plant Science Center A Role for Long-Distance RNA Signaling in Tomato Via Graft-Induced Vigor

Chitwood, Daniel H.

3
1523814 Freese, Nowlan University of North Carolina-Charlotte Molecular Basis of Salt Tolerance in Rice

Loraine, Ann

3
1523861 Gault, Christine Cornell University and Michigan State University Identifying Freezing Tolerance Genes in the Perennial Grass Genus Tripsacum as a Step Towards Developing Freezing-Tolerant Maize

Buckler, Edward S.

Thomashow, Michael F.
3
1523733 Josephs, Emily University of California-Davis Polygenic Adaptation to Domestication in Genetic Networks

Coop, Graham

3
1523423 Lemmon, Zachary Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory The Role of Meristem Size in Pepper Architectural Diversity Lippman, Zachary B. 3
1523752 Moyers, Brooke Colorado State University Using Genotype and Environment to Predict Water Use Physiology in Rice McKay,  John 3

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Fiscal Year NPGI - PRFB 2014 Awards

National Plant Genome Initiative Postdoctoral Research Fellowships in Biology (NPGI-PRFB)

Award # Principal Investigator Institution Title Mentor(s) Total Duration (Yrs)
1401840 Afkhami, Michelle Michigan State University
University of Toronto
Multiple Mutualist Effects: Linking Functional Genomics to the Ecology of Mutualist Diversity in Microbe-Medicago Symbioses Friesen, Maren L.
Shachar-Hill, Yair
Stinchcombe, John
3
1401855 Cheung, Lily Stanford University Quantitative Imaging and Mathematical Modeling of Sugar Allocation in Plant Roots Frommer, Wolf B. 3
1400818 Freund, Dana University of Minnesota-Twin Cities A Systems Biology Approach to Understanding Lysine Acetylation in the Regulation of Plant Metabolism and the Effects of Atmospheric Carbon Dioxide Hegeman, Adrian D.
Cohen, Jerry D.
3
1401864 Grillo, Michael Michigan State University Natural Variation for Specificity Mediated by Signaling Interactions in the Legume-Rhizobium Mutualism: A Population Genomic Approach in Medicago truncatula Heath, Katy 3

1402393

Lovell, John University of Texas at Austin
DOE Joint Genome Institute
HudsonAlpha Biotechnology
IPK-Gatersleben (Germany)
Determining the Genomic Basis of Heterosis and Apomixis in Panicum Grasses Juenger, Thomas
Rohksar, Daniel
Schmutz, Jeremy
Sharbel, Timothy
3
1400616 Nannas, Natalie University of Georgia Engineering a Synthetic Centromere for Artificial Chromosome Segregation in Maize Dawe, R. Kelly 3
1402183 Niederhuth, Chad University of Georgia Epigenomic Engineering in Soybeans to Unlock Cryptic Genetic Variation Schmitz, Robert J. 3
1402495 Marklez, R. Cody University of California-Davis Developing a Systems Level Model of Resource Allocation and Partitioning in Brassica Rapa to Predict Growth Across Multiple Genotypes and Environments Maloof, Julin
Kliebenstein, Daniel
3
1401572 VanBuren, Robert USDA-ARS/Donald Danforth Plant Science Center Characterization of the Physiological and Genomic Signatures of Drought Induced CAM Photosynthesis Evolution Allen, Douglas K.
Mockler, Todd
3
1401682 Wisecaver, Jennifer Vanderbilt University John Innes Centre (UK) The Evolution of Secondary Metabolic Gene Clusters in Plants Rokas, Antonis
Osbourn, Anne
3
1402064 Zinkgraf, Matthew U.S. Forest Service-Pacific Southwest Research Station
University of California-Davis
Transcriptional Regulation and Gene Networks Underlying Secondary Growth in Populus Groover, Andrew
Filkov, Vladimir
3

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Fiscal Year 2013 Plant Genome Research Program Awards

Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) Program
Mid-Career Investigator Award in Plant Genome Research (MCA-PGR)
Research in Undergraduate Institutions (RUI)
Research Coordination Network (RCN) Program

ERA-CAPS (Coordinating Action in Plant Sciences) Program

Award # Principal Investigator Institution Title Total Award ($) Total Duration (Yrs)
1339207 Axtell, Michael Pennsylvania State University Knox College* Reference Annotations for Small RNA-producing Genes in Plants $885,370 3
1339130 Barkan, Alice University of Oregon-Eugene
Donald Danforth Plant Science Center*
Translational Dynamics of Leaf and Chloroplast Development in Maize $3,819,958 4
1339282 Bevilacqua, Philip C. Pennsylvania State University-University Park
University of Rochester*
The In Vivo Rice RNA Structurome in Abiotic Stress Sensing and Response $2,301,570 4
1339198 Birchler, James University of Missouri-Columbia Maize Artificial Chromosomes $1,755,956 4

1339385

Browse, John Washington State University
Montana State University*
SUNY at Stony Brook*
University of Missouri-Columbia*
University of Nebraska-Lincoln*
Biochemical Genomics: Deciphering the Chemical Factories of Oilseeds $4,019,424 4
1339246 Carter, Clay University of Minnesota-Twin Cities
Iowa State University*
University of Minnesota-Duluth*
CINESTAV ( Irapuato, Mexico)
University of Victoria (Canada)
Comparative Functional Genomics of Nectaries and Nectar in the Dicots $1,814,628 3
1339346 Cook, Douglas University of California–Davis
Florida International University*
Harran University (Turkey)
Deducing the Genomic Footprint and Functional Impact of Chickpea Domestication on Nitrogen Fixation $3,347,609 4
1339362 Coruzzi, Gloria New York University
Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (France)*
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign*
Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
NutriNet: A network inspired approach to improving Nutrient Use Efficiency (NUE) in crop plants $2,518,381 4
1339185 Dinesh-Kumar, Savithramma University of California-Davis Genomic Approaches to Unravel Virulence and Resistance Determinants of Vector-transmitted Viruses in Tomato $1,640,161 3
1339238 Dooner, Hugo Rutgers University
Montclair State University*
A Sequence-Indexed Reverse Genetics Resource for Maize: A Set of Lines with Single Ds-GFP Insertions Spread throughout the Genome $1,347,314 3
1339332 Doust , Andrew Oklahoma State University
Brigham Young University*
University of California-Berkeley*
West Virginia University*
The Genetic Architecture of Tillering in Panicoid Cereals $2,396,440 4
1238231 Dvorak, Jan University of California–Davis
University of Georgia*
John Hopkins University – School of Medicine*
Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
University of Arizona
Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (Canada)
Chinese Agricultural University (China)
Nanjing Agricultural University (China)
Northwest A&F University (China)
INRA/IBP (France)
Helmholtz Center (Germany)
University of Zurich (Switzerland)
Sequencing the Aegilops tauschii Genome $6,785,341 3
1340050 Evans, Matthew Carnegie Institution of Washington
Iowa State University*
Ohio State University*
Oregon State University*
South Dakota State University*
Stanford University*
Wisconsin Lutheran College*
Genetic and Epigenetic Regulation of Gametophyte Development and Transposon Expression in Maize $4,189,994 4
1339134 Florea, Liliana Johns Hopkins University Building Better Genome Assemblies and Gene Models with RNA-seq Data $458,778 2
1339388 Hanzawa, Yoshie University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Network Landscape of Photothermal Flowering in Soybean $2,524,248 3
1339194 Jackson, Scott University of Georgia
University of Oklahoma-Norman*
Comparative-, Functional-, and Epi-Genomics of Legumes and Nodule Formation $2,530,455 4
1340112 Jaiswal, Pankaj Oregon State University
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory*
New York Botanical Garden*
Bioversity International/CGIAR (France)*
Aberystwyth University (United Kingdom)*
University at Buffalo
cROP: Common Reference Ontologies and Applications for Plant Biology $4,044,134 3
1339237 Jander, Georg Boyce Thompson Institute
University of Bern (Switzerland)
Aarhus University (Denmark)
Technical University of Munich (Germany)
University of Sheffield (United Kingdom)
Joint NSF/ERA-CAPS: Mechanisms of Natural Variation in Maize Herbivore Resistance $650,614 3
1339125 Kliebenstein, Daniel University of California-Davis Evolution and Domestication of Core Eudicot Defense Mechanisms against a Common Generalist Pathogen $1,370,850 5
1339239 Luan, Sheng University of California-Berkeley MCA-PGR: Genetic and Genomic Approaches to Understanding Low-K Tolerance in Rice $1,384,431 4
1339128 Lucas, William University of California-Davis The Angiosperm Sieve Tube System: Elucidating Gene Regulatory Networks Involved in Phosphate Acquisition & Homeostasis $1,370,850 3
1339222 Madlung, Andreas University of Puget Sound
California Polytechnical University-San Luis Obispo
Boyce Thompson Institute
RUI: Comparative Transcriptomic and Proteomic Analysis of Phytochrome Responses in Tomato $1,020,208 5
1339229 Meyers, Blake University of Delaware
Stanford University*
University of Texas at Austin*
Regulatory Hierarchies and Roles of Non-Coding RNAs in Maize Anthers $6,365,385 4
1339393 Morrell, Peter University of Minnesota-Twin Cities
Washington University-School of Medicine*
Deleterious Mutations and the Response to Strong Selection in a Self-fertilizing Crop $1,161,444 3
1339156 Pires, J. Chris University of Missouri-Columbia
University of Arizona*
Polyploidy and Plasticity in the Crop Brassicas $2,179,716 3
1339287 Rose, Jocelyn Cornell University
Boyce Thompson Institute*
High Resolution Functional Genomics of Fleshy Fruit Development and Environmental Responses $4,696,930 5
1350189 Subramanian, Sen South Dakota State University CAREER: microRNA regulation of spatial gene expression during symbiotic nodule development $659,009 5
1340058 Sumner, Lloyd W. Samuel Roberts Noble Foundation RCN: Integrating and Coordinating a National and International Plant, Algae, and Microbial Metabolomics Research Coordination Network $499,797 5
1340001 Tang, Guiliang Michigan Tech University
Kansas State University*
University of California–Riverside*
Iowa State University
Inactivation of microRNAs in Crop Plants Using Short Tandem Target Mimic (STTM) Technology $2,499,979 3
1339412 Udall, Joshua Brigham Young University
National Center for Genome Resources*
University of Utah*
Structural Variation of Diploid and Polyploid Plant Genomes $1,490,891 3
1339325 Vierstra, Richard University of Wisconsin-Madison Molecular Dissection of Autophagy in Maize and its Roles in Nutrient Recycling and Stress Protection $968,953 3
1339209 Voytas, Daniel University of Minnesota-Twin Cities Plant Genome Engineering using DNA Replicons $1,102,010 3
1238057 Westwood, James H. Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
Pennsylvania State University*
University of California-Davis*
University of Virginia*
Evolutionary Gain and Loss of Function in Parasitic Plant Genomes $3,406,833 3
1339348 Wise, Roger Iowa State University
Cornell University*
Indiana University*
University of Florida-Gainesville*
Tuskegee University*
Leibniz Institute of Plant Genetics and Crop Plant Research (IPK) (Germany)
Imperial College (United Kingdom)
Joint NSF/ERA-CAPS: Host Targets of Fungal Effectors as Keys to Durable Disease Resistance $2,500,000 4
1339211 Xu, Kenong Cornell University-Geneva
USDA-ARS Appalachian Fruit Research Station
Elucidating the Gene Networks Controlling Branch Angle and the Directional Growth of Lateral Meristems in Trees $1,556,406 3
1237993 Young, Nevin D. University of Minnesota–Twin Cities
Boyce Thompson Institute*
Hamline University*
J. Craig Venter Institute*
National Center for Genome Research*
Expanding the Medicago truncatula Hapmap as a Platform for Exploring the Genetics of Legume Symbioses $2,999,999 3

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Fiscal Year 2013 Awards

National Plant Genome Initiative Postdoctoral Research Fellowships in Biology (NPGI-PRFB)

Award # Principal Investigator Institution Title Mentor(s) Total Duration (Yrs)
1306574 Baker, Robert L. University of Wyoming Genome wide Associations between Anatomy, Crop-specific Resource Allocation Strategies, and Water Use Efficiency Weinig, Cynthia
Ewers, Brent
3
1306622 Friedline, Christopher J. Virginia Commonwealth University Barking up the Right Trees: the Influence of Forest Fire on the Genetic Architecture of Pine Populations in the Southeastern United States Eckert, Andrew J. 3
1306848 Gray, Sharon B. University of California - Davis The Effects of Elevated Atmospheric Carbon Dioxide on Development and Cell Type-Specific Gene Expression of Tomato (Solanum lycopersicum) Roots Brady, Siobhan 3
1301640 Masonbrink, Rick Iowa State University Investigating Centromere Evolution in Diploid and Polyploid plants in the Cotton Genus, Gossypium Wendel, Jonathan 3

1306738

Schnable, James Donald Danforth Plant Science Center A Comparative Genomics Approach to Studying C4 Photosynthesis Brutnell, Thomas 3
12309286 Thomas, Julie University of Arkansas Analysis of Alternative Splicing in Drought Regulated Genes for Stress Tolerance in Rice Pereira, Andy 3

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Fiscal Year 2012 Awards

Improving Plant Genome Annotation (IPGA)
Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) Program

Award # Principal Investigator Institution Title Total Award ($) Total Duration (Yrs)
1238030 Ainsworth, Elizabeth University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
University of Florida-Gainsville*
Donald Danforth Plant Science Center
MCA-PGR: Genetic and Genomic Approaches to Understand and Improve Maize Responses to Ozone $5,733,826 5
1238731 Bailey, Donovan New Mexico State University
 Zurich Botanical Garden
MCA-PGR: A Phylogenetically Informed Investigation of Transcriptome Evolution and Transcriptome Response of the Tropical Crop Genus Leucaena (Leguminosae) to Psyllid Herbivores $861,269 3
1126950 Bailey-Serres University of California-Riverside
University of California-Davis*
Emory University*
Integrative Analysis of Plasticity in Cell Fate Determination in Plants $4,107,616 4
1237969 Buell, C. Robin Michigan State University
University of Wisconsin-Madison*
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University*
Unraveling the Heterozygosity, Allelic Composition, and Copy Number Variation of Potato $5,774,862 4
1238048 Chen, Z. Jeffrey University of Texas at Austin
Uversity of California-Berkeley/USDA-ARS*
Genomic and Functional Analysis of Circadian Rhythms and Growth Vigor in Maize $1,499,998 5
1238201 Greenberg, Jean University of Chicago
Rockefeller University*
Post-translational Modifications as Modulators of Crop Plant Defense Signaling: a Systems Approach $2,053,146 3
1238040 Harmer, Stacey University of California-Davis
University of Virginia*
Investigating the Mechanistic Basis and Adaptive Significance of the Coordination of Plant Growth by External and Internal Cues $1,533,763 3
1238812 Hegeman, Adrian University of Minnesota-Twin Cities Improving Dynamic Metabolic Flux Analysis for the Discovery of Molecular Determinants of Plant Phenotypes $3,379,162 5
1238885 Keller, Stephen University of Maryland Center for Environmental Sciences
Agriculture and Agri-Food, Canada
Combining Genomics, Remote Sensing, and Geospatial Modeling to Understand Adaptation to Growing Season Length in Balsam Poplar $1,495,713 4
1238051 Kieber, Joseph University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill
Dartmouth College*
University of North Carolina-Charlotte*
Genomic Approaches to Understanding Cytokinin Signaling and Function in Rice $3,521,854 4
1238246 Lintz, Heather Oregon State University
University of Iowa
A Miniaturized Automated Sensor for Phenotyping Bud Break in Natural Plant Populations $406,306 3
1237880 Lippman, Zachary Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
Boyce Thompson Institute for Plant Research *
Genes and Networks Regulating Shoot Maturation and Flower Production in Tomato and Related Nightshades $2,636,571 3
1238187 Poland, Jesse Kansas State University
USDA-ARS
University of Arizona
A Field-based High Throughput Phenotyping Platform for Plant Genetics $768,054 3
1237975 Ronald, Pamela University of California-Davis
University of Texas at Austin *
Iowa State University*
Network-Guided Predictions and Characterization of Genes Governing Pattern Recognition Receptor-Mediated Immunity in Cereals $2,668,339 3
1149603 Salas-Fernandez, Maria Iowa State University CAREER: Photoprotection for Tolerance to Abiotic Stress: Discovery through Natural Genetic Variation $608,461 5
1238142 Scanlon, Michael Cornell University
Truman State University*
University of Minnesota-Twin Cities*
Iowa State University*
Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory*
Kansas State University*
University of Georgia*
Genetic Networks Regulating Structure and Function of the Maize Shoot Apical Meristem $7,079,252 5
1237931 Springer, Nathan University of Minnesota-Twin Cities
University of California-Berkeley*
Texas Advanced Computing Center/University of Texas at Austin*
Hamline University*
Causes and Consequences of Epigenetic Variation in Maize $3,424,556 4
1237936 Sussman, Michael University of Wisconsin-Madison An Interdisciplinary Approach to Deciphering the Molecular Dialogue between the Plasma Membrane and Nucleus of Medicago truncatula $3,384,858 3
1238202 Vollbrecht, Erik Iowa State University
Carnegie Institution for Science *
University of North Texas*
University of California-Berkeley/USDA-ARS*
Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory*
Purdue University*
Natural Variation and Drought Responses in Developing Maize Inflorescences $6,817,527 5
1238125 Walia, Harkamal University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Arkansas State University*
Australian Centre for Plant Functional Genomics
International Rice Research Institute, The Philippines
Cornell University
Physiological and Genetic Mechanisms Underlying Salt Tolerance in Rice Across Developmental Stages $2,035,509 3
1238189 White, Frank Kansas State University
Cornell University*
Iowa State University*
Indiana State University*
TAL Effector Targeting in Plant Genomes $2,983,056 3

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Fiscal Year 2012 Awards

National Plant Genome Initiative Postdoctoral Research Fellowships in Biology (NPGI-PRFB)

Award # Principal Investigator Institution Title Mentor(s) Total Duration (Yrs)
1202793 Edger, Patrick P. University of Arizona
University of California - Berkeley
Constructing Plant Metabolic Networks and a Comparative Framework to Identify Genes to Manipulate Biosynthetic Pathways in Crops Barker, Michael
Freeling, Michael
3
1202682 Gehan, Malia A. Donald Danforth Plant Science Center Improving Environmental Stress Tolerance in the Grass Model, Brachypodium distachyon Mockler, Todd 3
1202779 Greenham, Katie M. Dartmouth College Computation Analysis of Global Gene Expression Changes at the Intersect of the Circadian Clock and the Response to Drought in the Crop Plant Brassica rapa McClung, C. Robertson 3
1202724 Hirsch, Cory D. Michigan State University
University of Minnesota – Twin Cities
A Systems Biology Approach to Understanding Anthocyanin Biosynthesis and Regulation in Potato Buell, C. Robin
Douches, David
Springer, Nathan
3
1202803 Meyer, Rachel S. New York University Selection for Salt Tolerance in African Rice (Oryza glaberrima) in Indigenous Riverine Agricultural Habitats of Western Africa Purugganan, Michael 3
1202795 Peiffer, Jason A North Carolina State University Combinatorial Optimization of Molecular Plant Breeding Strategies McKay, Trudy F. C.
Stone, Eric A.
3
1202778 Puzey, Joshua R Duke University
University of Kansas-Lawrence
Harvey Mudd College
Connecting Genetics and Form: Developing an Automated High-throughput Phenotyping Platform using Mimulus Willis, John
Kelly, John
Gerbode, Sharon
3
1202666 Ellison, Shelby L. University of Wisconsin-Madison Genome-wide Association Study of Domestication Traits in Carrot (Daucus carota L.) Inbred Lines Simon, Philipp
Krysan, Patrick
Yandell, Brian
3

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Fiscal Year 2011 Awards
Award # Principal Investigator Institution Title Total Award ($) Total Duration (Yrs)
1126950 Baxter, Ivan Donald Danforth Plant Science Center / USDA-ARS
University of Minnesota-Twin Cities*
Purdue University*
Cornell University*
Mineral Nutrient Gene Discovery and Gene X Environment Interactions Using the Nested Association Mapping Population in Maize $1,357,133 3
1127059 Bedinger, Patricia Colorado State University
University of California-Davis*
University of Missouri-Columbia*
Indiana University*
Deciphering Mechanisms of Prezygotic Reproductive Isolation in Solanum $5,781,452 5
1127079 Bennetzen, Jeffrey University of Georgia Analysis of Genetic and Environmental Inputs into Accurate and Inaccurate Double Strand Break Repair in Plants $898,783 3
1025976 Braun, David University of Missouri-Columbia
University of Florida-Gainsville*
Purdue University*
University of Nebraska-Lincoln*
Saint Michael's College*
University of Vermont-Burlington*
Genetic and Genomic Approaches to Understanding Long-Distance Transport and Carbon Partitioning in Plants $6,606,103 5
1126267 Brendel, Volker Iowa State University
University of North Carolina-Charlotte*
Oakland University*
IPGA: Characterization, Modeling, Prediction, and Visualization of the Plant Transcriptome $1,499,996 2
1025974 Carlson, John Pennsylvania State University
University of Notre Dame*
University of Tennessee-Knoxville*
University of Missouri-Columbia*
Clemson University*
Michigan Technological University*
University of West Alabama*
Comparative Genomics of Environmental Stress Responses in North American Hardwoods $3,700,678 4
1025642 Collmer, Alan Cornell University
Boyce Thompson Institute for Plant Research*
Wells College*
North Carolina State University* / North Carolina State University Mountain Horticultural Research & Extension Center*
Leveraging Genomics Resources and Wild Species of Tomato to Identify New Sources of Disease Resistance $4,187,897 4
1025869 Doebley, John University of Wisconsin-Madison Functional Analysis of Selected Genes in Maize $690,770 3
1125620 Grotewold, Erich Ohio State University
University of Toledo*
Systems Approaches to Identify Gene Regulatory Networks in the Grasses $4,234,908 4
1025398 Hanson, Andrew University of Florida - Gainsville
University of Chicago*
Comparative Genomics-Driven Discovery of Maize Metabolic Functions $1,803,873 3
1054444 Holliday, Jason Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University CAREER: Integrating Whole-Genome Association Mapping and Landscape Genomics to Understand Climatic Adaptation in Populus $1,542,864 5
1025636 Last, Robert Michigan State University
University of Michigan*
Building and Operating Chemical Factories: Comparative Studies of Biochemical Pathways for Specialized Metabolites in the Solanum $4,586,618 4
1126481 Lushbough, Carol University of South Dakota Integrating the BioExtract Server with the iPlant Collaborative $725,789 3
1126935 Mackenzie, Sally A. University of Nebraska-Lincoln Intersection of the Plant Epigenome and Bioenergetics in Phenotypy $599,998 2
1116561 McCarty, Donald
University of Florida - Gainsville
Iowa State University*
UniformMu: A Transposon Resource for Functional Genomics of Maize $2,111,109 2
1025965 McClung, C. Robertson Dartmouth University
University of Wyoming*
University of Wisconsin-Madison*
Oregon State University*
Genetic Analysis of Natural Variation in the Control of Water Use Efficiency and Response to Drought Stress in Brassica rapa $5,149,802 5
1127017 Nelson, Timothy Yale University
Donald Danforth Plant Science Center*
Iowa State University*
Cornell University*
Boyce Thompson Institute for Plant Research*
A Systems Approach to the Development and Function of C4 Photosynthesis $8,386,495 4
1127083 Parrott, Wayne University of Georgia
University of Missouri-Columbia*
University of Minnesota-Twin Cities*
University of Nebraska-Lincoln*
A Genetic Resource for Gene Discovery in Soybean $3,035,017 3
1025881 Pawlowski, Wojiech P. Cornell University
University of Minnesota-Twin Cities*
North Dakota State University*
National Center for Genome Resources*
A High-Resolution Map of Recombination in Maize $4,061,449 4
1126971 Purugganan, Michael D. New York University Environmental Gene Regulatory Interaction Networks in Rice $3,628,914 4
1027527 Schnable, Patrick S. Iowa State University
Truman State University*
Functional Structural Diversity among Maize Haplotypes $3,000,000 2
1127051 Smith, Aaron Louisiana State University & A&M College Identifying Chromatin-Level Mechanisms that Regulate Responses to Phosphorus- and Iron-deficiencies in Rice $784,948 4
1126938 Stapleton, Ann E. University of North Carolina-Wilmington
The J. Craig Venter Institute*
Hiram College*
Presbyterian College*
Plant Host Control and Feedback Responses to Phyllosphere Microbes: Change in Metagenomes and Plant Traits in Response to Environmental Stress $601,475 3
1128145 Sundaresan, Venkatesan University of California-Davis
University of Oklahoma-Norman*
Genomics of the Zygotic Transition in Rice $1,748,568 3
1127027 Szymanski, Daniel Purdue University Novel Quantitative Proteomic Methods to Discover and Localize Endogenous Protein Complexes $604,999 2
1126992 Thelen, Jay University of Missouri-Columbia Systems Analysis of Protein Interactome in Cytosol and Nuclei of Developing Soybean and Rapeseed Embryos $500,000 2
1025830 Thompson, William F. North Carolina State University
Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory*
University of Texas-Austin/Texas Advanced Computing Center*
Epigenome Dynamics During DNA Replication $6,781,582 5
1127155 Udvardi, Michael Samuel Roberts Noble Foundation
University of North Texas*
Boyce Thompson Institute for Plant Research*
University of Delaware*
Genetic and Cellular Dissection of Mutualistic Plant-Microbe Symbioses in Medicago truncatula $6,683,108 5
1127112 Ware, Doreen Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory/USDA-ARS
Oregon State University*
European Molecular Biology Laboratory-European Bioinformatics Institute*
New York University School of Medicine*
American Society of Plant Biologists*
Ontario Institute for Cancer Research
IPGA: Gramene - Exploring Function through Comparative Genomics and Network Analysis $10,699,113 5
1027542 Wessler, Susan University of California-Riverside
Boyce Thompson Institute for Plant Research*
Cornell University*
USDA-ARS Dale Bumpers National Rice Research Center*
Genome-wide Impact of mPing Transposition on Rice Phenotypic Diversity $4,798,864 5
1127076 Wisser, Randall University of Delaware -Newark
Cornell University*
North Carolina State University*
Iowa State University*
Genetic and Histological Dissection of Phenotypic Variation in Quantitative Resistance to Maize Diseases $3,977,771 5
1126998 Yandell, Mark University of Utah
Michigan State University*
IPGA: Developing an Effective, Portable Annotation Engine for Plant Genomes $1,834,128 2

* Subawardee

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Fiscal Year 2010 Awards

Award # Principal Investigator Institution Title Total Award ($) Total Duration (Yrs)
1025954 Bass, Henry Florida State University
Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University*
Chromatin Structure and Genome Response in Maize $1,453,109 2
0922701 Brutnell, Thomas Boyce Thompson Institute
Iowa State University*
Ds Regional Mutagenesis: A Platform for Defining Gene Function in Maize $ 2,594,947 3
1032023 Caicedo, Ana University of Massachusetts-Amherst
Washington University*
University of Arkansas/USDA-ARS*
Genomic Structure and Contemporary Evolution of Weediness in Red Rice $2,489,274 4
1025947 Chen, Z. Jeffrey University of Texas at Austin
Alcorn State University*
North Carolina State University*
Texas A & M University*
The J. Craig Venter Institute*
Functional and Sequence Analysis of Fiber Development in Allotetraploid Cotton $3,828,145 5
0922738 Coruzzi, Gloria New York University
American Museum Natural History*
Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory*
New York Botanical Garden*
New York University*
Genomics of Comparative Seed Evolution $3,750,001 4
0922703 Dawe, R. Kelly University of Georgia
University of California-Davis*
University of Hawaii-Manoa*
University of Missouri-Columbia*
University of Wisconsin-Madison*
Functional Genomics of Maize Centromeres $5,014,464 5
0922493 Della Penna, Dean Michigan State University
Cornell University/USDA-ARS*
Michigan State University*
Purdue University*
Elucidating the Genetic Architecture of ProVitamin A and Vitamin E Biosynthesis in Seed $5,399,384 5
0922742 dePamphilis, Claude Pennsylvania State University
University at Buffalo*
University of Georgia*
University of Florida*
The Amborella Genome: A Reference for Plant Biology $7,315,073 4
1027494 Goldberg, Robert University of California-Los Angeles
University of California-Davis*
Gene Regulatory Processes and Networks Required to Make a Soybean Seed $4,329,666 3
0923992 Hahn, Michael University of Georgia A Toolkit for in Vivo Visualization/Modulation of Plant Cell Wall Polysaccharides $4,340,407 4
0923960 Hegeman, Adrian University of Minnesota-Twin Cities Improving the Quantity and Quality of Plant Metabolomics Information $1,918,691 3
1027445 Jackson, David Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
The J. Craig Venter Institute*
University of Wyoming*
Maize Cell Genomics: Resources for Visualizing Promoter Activity and Protein Dynamics using Fluorescent Protein Lines $5,610,211 5
1027529 Jansen, Robert University of Texas at Austin
Indiana University*
University of Nebraska*
The Geraniaceae Genomes Project: Accelerated and Coordinated Evolution Across the Three Plant Genomes $2,420,822 4
0923312 Klee, Harry University of Florida
Boyce Thompson Institute/USDA-ARS*
Functional Genomics of Tomato Fruit Quality: Bridging the Gap between QTLs and Genes $1,814,409 3
1025837 Kwak, June University of Maryland College Park
Colorado State University*
Johns Hopkins University*
Pennsylvania State University*
University of California-San Diego*
University of Missouri-Columbia*
Cell-type Specific Networks in Brassica Guard Cell Responses to Drought $5,107,775 4
1032105 McCombie, W. Richard Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Gene Discovery in the Cereals $3,499,977 2
1026555 McCouch, Susan Cornell University
University of Arkansas/USDA-ARS*
The Genetic Basis of Transgressive Variation in Rice $6,985,289 4
1025840 Nielsen, Dahlia North Carolina State University
University of California-Davis*
The Plant-Nematode Interactome: Identifying Cross-Species Gene Networks $1,557,138 3
1026003 Rhee, Seung Carnegie Institution of Washington Building a Highly Automated Metabolic Pathway Reconstruction Infrastructure for Plants $1,821,570 4
1031416 Spalding, Edgar University of Wisconsin-Madison
Doane College*
University of Florida*
Advancing Complex Phenotype Analyses through Machine Vision and Computation $4,064,922 4
0922095 Springer, Nathan University of Minnesota-Twin Cities
Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory*
Maize Epigenomic Variation $1,678,620 3
1025752 Stacey, Gary University of Missouri-Columbia Soybean Root Hairs: A Model for Single-Cell Plant Biology $1,500,000 4
0923975 Vallejos, C. Eduardo University of Florida
North Dakota State University*
Pennsylvania State University*
Development of a Gene-Based Ecophysiology Model $2,385,950 4
0925071 Wagner, Doris University of Pennsylvania
Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory*
Indiana University*
RCN: Establishment of an Epigenomics of Plants International Consortium (EPIC) $634,846 5
0923752 Weinig, Cynthia University of Wyoming
Dartmouth College*
Kansas State University*
University of California-Davis*
Agroecological Annotation of Gene Function and Computational Analysis of Gene Networks $5,652,782 5
1026200 Wing, Rod University of Arizona
Purdue University*
University of Chicago*
University of Maryland*
Oryza Genome Evolution $9,946,315 4
0922746 Wise, Roger Iowa State University The Functional Interactome of Cereals with the Fungal Biotroph, Blumeria graminis $2,764,990 4
1025890 Zilberman, Daniel University of California-Berkeley Epigenetic Mechanisms Regulating Gene Imprinting In Rice Seeds $2,106,725 3

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Fiscal Year 2009 Awards
Award # Principal Investigator Institution Title Total Award ($) Total Duration (Yrs)
0923806 Bais, Harsh University of Delaware
Delaware State University*
University of California-Davis*
The Effect of the Microbiome on the Rice Transcriptome $1,938,281 3
0922560 Barkan, Alice University of Oregon Eugene
Cornell University*
Macromolecular Networks Underlying Chloroplast Biogenesis $4,021,469 4
0924023 Briggs, Steven University of California-San Diego Discovery, Revision and Validation of Maize Genes by Proteogenomics $3,801,162 3
0820619 Buckler, Edward Cornell University
North Carolina State University*
University of Missouri-Columbia*
University of Wisconsin-Madison*
Genetic Architecture of Maize and Teosinte $9,820,783 4
0922391 Chiang, Vincent North Carolina State University
University of Wisconsin-Madison*
Regulation and Modeling of Lignin Biosynthesis $3,722,841 4
0922650 Coleman, Gary University of Maryland-College Park
Bowie State University*
An Integrative Study of Nitrogen Cycling and Storage in Poplar $3,230,632 4
0923950 Dooner, Hugo Rutgers University
Montclair State University*
Facile Production and Efficient Indexing of Transposon-tagged Lines Using Next-generation Sequencing Technology for Maize $1,242,967 3
0820612 Giovannoni, James Boyce Thompson Institute
Colorado State University*
University of Oklahoma-Norman*
Tomato Chromosome 1 and 10 Sequencing, Coordination and Bioinformatics for the International Solanaceae Genome Initiative $10,407,225 4
0822258 Jackson, Scott Purdue University
Cornell University*
HudsonAlpha Institute*
Iowa State University*
University of Maryland-College Park*
Leveraging Untapped Genetic Diversity in Soybean $8,947,933 5
0822201 Jaiswal, Pankaj Oregon State University
Cornell University*
New York Botanical Garden*
The Plant Ontology $3,118,202 4
0922457 Juenger, Thomas University of Texas at Austin The Physiological Genomics of Panicum: Exploring Switchgrass Responses to Climate Change $4,562,447 4
0822100 Kianian, Shahryar North Dakota State University
Oregon State University*
University of California-Davis*
Construction of High Resolution Physical Maps for Large Plant Genomes $3,108,251 3
0923880 Larkins, Brian University of Arizona
Central Michigan University*
New College of Florida*
University of Utah*
Regulation of Early Endosperm Development in Maize $4,931,804 5
0922545 Ming, Ray University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Hawaii Agricultural Research Center*
Miami University*
Texas A&M Research Foundation*
The Origin and Evolution of Y Chromosomes in Caricaceae $3,141,354 4
0922747 Pereira, Andy Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
Louisiana State University Agricultural Center*
Pennsylvania State University*
Cereal Drought Stress Response and Resistance Networks $2,400,000 3
0922418 Ralph, Steven University of North Dakota
North Dakota State University*
University of Florida*
Genomic Approaches to Identify Insect Resistance Genes in Poplar Trees $677,356 3
0820451 Rieseberg, Loren Indiana University
Cal Poly Pomona Foundation Inc*
University of California-Davis*
University of Georgia Research Foundation Inc*
University of Massachusetts-Boston*
Comparative Genomics of Phenotypic Variation in the Compositae $8,092,370 4
0820854 Sinha, Neelima University of California, Davis Elucidating Gene Networks Regulating Development in Tomato $5,277,364 5
0922661 Van der Knaap, Esther Ohio State University
Boyce Thompson Institute*
College of Wooster*
Discovery of Genes and Networks Regulating Tomato Fruit Morphology $3,782,207 4
0922447 Van Nocker, Steven Michigan State University Exploiting Chromatin Landmarks to Characterize Complex Plant Genomes $984,344 3
0923827 Voytas, Daniel University of Minnesota-Twin Cities
Iowa State University*
Massachusetts General Hospital*
Precise Engineering of Plant Genomes using Zinc Finger Nucleases $3,349,701 4
0817707 Wendel, Jonathan Iowa State University
Brigham Young University*
University of Georgia Research Foundation Inc*
Comparative Evolutionary Genomics of Cotton $4,985,269 5
0822284 Wing, Rod University of Arizona Generation and Analysis of a Reference Sequence for the West African Cultivated Rice - Oryza glaberrima (CG14) $1,477,785 2
0910642 Wilson, Richard Washington University School of Medicine Improving the Sequence of the Maize Genome $1,538,919 1
0820005 Young, Nevin University of Minnesota-Twin Cities
Boyce Thompson Institute*
Hamline University*
National Center for Genome Resources*
A Medicago truncatula HapMap as a Platform for Exploring the Genetics of Legume Symbioses $5,689,397 3
Fiscal Year 2009 Heterosis Challenge Grants (HCG)
Award # Principal Investigator Institution Title Total Award ($) Total Duration (Yrs)
0924025 Comai, Luca University of California-Davis The Regulatory Disruption Hypothesis for Heterosis $499,408 3
0922604 Deng, Xing Wang Yale University Epigenetic Landscapes and Transcriptomes in Two Maize Inbred Lines and Their Heterotic Hybrids $500,000 2
0923981 Hollick, Jay University of California-Berkeley Epihybridity in Zea mays $499,364 3
0922512 Hudson, Matthew University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Exploring the Role of Noncoding RNAs in Heterosis $499,979 3
0922526 Li, Lei University of Virginia Role of microRNA-related Polymorphisms in Regulating Heterotic Gene Expression $498,858 3
0922442 Lippman, Zachary Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Identification and Characterization of Single Gene Mutations Causing Heterosis in Tomato $499,075 3
0922769 Newton, Kathleen University of Missouri-Columbia Proteins Altered in Maize Hybrids Exhibiting Different Levels of Heterosis $499,978 3

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Fiscal Year 2008 Awards
Award # Principal Investigator Institution Title Total Award ($) Total Duration (Yrs)
0820624 Benfey, Philip Duke University
Pennsylvania State University*
Georgia Tech Research Corporation*
Boyce Thompson Institute*
North Carolina Central University*
Genome-Wide Analysis of Root Traits $4,298,963 4
0820730 Carter, Clay University of Minnesota-Duluth
Iowa State University*
Functional Genomics of Nectar Production in Brassicaceae $1,336,289 4
0822383 Comai, Luca University of California-Davis
Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center*
Efficient Identification of Induced Mutations in Crop Species by Ultra-High Throughput DNA Sequencing $1,966,061 2
0741876 Cramer, Grant University of Nevada-Reno RCN: An International Research and Educational Collaboration For Grape Functional Genomics $509,420 5
0701916 Dvorak, Jan University of California-Davis
Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory*
Kansas State University*
Physical Mapping of the Wheat D Genome $6,799,974 3
0820346 Gang, David University of Arizona
University of Missouri-Columbia*
Rhizomics - Comparative Functional Genomic and Proteomic Analysis of Rhizome Specificity Across the Plant Kingdom $4,338,231 4
0820659 Hannapel, David Iowa State University
Case Western Reserve University*
University of California-Davis*
Transferring Research from a Model System to Uncover the Network that Regulates Long-Distance Signaling in Potato $2,754,729 4
0822495 Johal, Gurmukh Purdue University
North Carolina State University*
Mutant-Assisted Exploration of Natural Variation Underlying R Gene-Mediated Immunity in Maize $3,963,897 5
0820580 Kliebenstein, Daniel University of California-Davis The Generation of Complex Epistasis by Metabolic Networks $1,314,084 4
0820828 Lisch, Damon University of California-Berkeley Epigenetic Regulation of Mutator Transposons in Maize $1,370,086 4
0820668 Mackenzie, Sally University of Nebraska-Lincoln An Integrative Study of Plant Mitochondrial Biology $1,420,753 3
0820729 McSteen, Paula Pennsylvania State University
California State University-Long Beach*
University of California-San Diego*
Genetic and Genomic Approaches to Understanding the Role of Auxin in Shoot Development $4,753,764 5
0820367 Musser, Richard Western Illinois University RUI: Deciphering Plant-Herbivore Interactions $350,000 3
0820846 Nuzhdin, Sergey University of Southern California
University of California-Davis*
Community Genomics of Local Adaptation in Medicago truncatula $3,197,563 3
0820769 Parrott, Wayne University of Georgia Research Foundation Inc
University of Minnesota-Twin Cities*
University of Missouri-Columbia*
University of Nebraska-Lincoln*
Determining Gene Function in Soybean: Resources for Translation of Genomics Information into Tools $2,555,757 3
0820610 Scanlon, Michael Cornell University
Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory*
Iowa State University*
Kansas State University*
Truman State University*
University of Minnesota-Twin Cities*
Genomic Analyses of Shoot Meristem Function in Maize $5,217,817 4
0821954 Taylor, Christopher Donald Danforth Plant Science Center
University of Florida*
Functional Genomics of Transfer Cells $1,986,692 3
0821966 Town, Christopher J. Craig Venter Institute
University of Wisconsin-Madison*
After the Sequencing: Curating the Medicago truncatula Genome $3,759,830 5
0820831 White, Frank Kansas State University
Iowa State University*
Transcription Profiling and Functional Analyses of Bacterial Disease Susceptibility Pathways of Rice $3,301,127 4
0820642 Whitham, Steven Iowa State University
University of Missouri-Columbia*
High-Throughput Functional Analysis of Soybean Defense Pathways by Virus-Induced Gene Silencing $2,112,160 4

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Fiscal Year 2007 Awards
Award # Principal Investigator Institution Title Total Award ($) Total Duration (Yrs)
0605200 Bedinger, Patricia Colorado State University
University of Missouri-Columbia*
University of California-Davis*
Cornell University*
Ohio State University*
Using Genomic Tools to Identify Interspecific Reproductive Barriers in the Tomato Clade $3,904,788 4
0701297 Birchler, James University of Missouri-Columbia Maize Artificial Chromosomes $1,902,766 5
0701919 Browse, John Washington State University
Donald Danforth Plant Science Center*
Michigan State University*
SUNY Stony Brook*
Montana State University*
Biochemical Genomics: Quizzing the Chemical Factories of Oilseeds $4,574,645 4
0701757 Buerkle, C. Alex University of Wyoming Analytical Tools for Studies of the Genomics of Isolation between Plant Taxa $399,432 3
0701731 Evans, Matthew Carnegie Institute of Washington (CA)
South Dakota State University*
Oregon State University*
Iowa State University*
Functional Genomics of Maize Gametophytes $4,745,983 5
0701488 Folta, Kevin University of Florida
University of New Hampshire*
Identification and Functional Characterization of Novel Expressed Transcripts in the Rosaceae $1,005,853 3
0701871 Freeling, Michael University of California-Berkeley Computing Regulatory DNA by Comparing Plant Genomes $1,965,052 5
0605659 Giovannoni, James Boyce Thompson Institute for Plant Research
Colorado State University*
Cornell University*
U.S. Contribution to the International Solanaceae Genome Effort $1,800,000 2
0701405 Grotewold, Erich Ohio State University
University of Toledo*
The Grass Regulome Initiative: Integrating Control of Gene Expression and Agronomic Traits Across the Grasses $2,479,632 3
0703470 Kantety, Ramesh Alabama A&M University
Auburn University*
J. Craig Venter Institute*
University of Oklahoma-Norman*
Genomic Resources for the Study of Cotton-Reniform Nematode Interactions $1,047,574 3
0703273 McCarty, Donald University of Florida
Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory*
Iowa State University*
Construction of Comprehensive Sequence Indexed Transposon Resources for Maize $3,703,558 4
0701745 Meyers, Blake University of Delaware
University of California-Los Angeles*
Ohio State University*
Understanding the Rice Epigenome: From Genes to Genomes $5,313,292 4
0701736 Nelson, Timothy Yale University
Boyce Thompson Institute*
Cornell University*
Iowa State University*
Comparative Analysis of C3 and C4 Leaf Development in Rice, Sorghum and Maize $5,475,678 4
0701911 Olson, Matthew University of Alaska Fairbanks
University of Minnesota-Twin Cities*
Population Genomics of Cold Adaptation in Poplar $1,687,757 4
0702454 Pawlowski, Wojciech Cornell University Natural Variation in Meiotic Recombination in Maize $404,686 2
0701382 Purugganan, Michael New York University
Cornell University*
Purdue University*
Washington University*
The Evolutionary Genomics of Rice Domestication $4,402,973 4
0649614 Quackenbush, John Dana-Farber Cancer Institute Reconstruction and Annotation of Transcribed Sequences in Plants $2,566,000 4
0701119 Salt, David Purdue University
Dartmouth University*
Texas A&M Research Foundation*
Ionome to the Genome: Mapping the Gene Networks Controlling Nutrient Content in Rice Grain $5,323,284 4
0621702 Spalding, Edgar University of Wisconsin-Madison Machine Vision-Based Quantification of Plant Growth and Development $1,110,004 2
0703908 Stein, Lincoln Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
Cornell University*
Gramene: A Platform for Comparative Plant Genomics $6,944,880 4
0701846 Sussman, Michael University of Wisconsin-Madison An Interdisciplinary Approach to Deciphering the Molecular Dialogue between the Plasma Membrane and Cytoplasm of Medicago truncatula $2,462,216 3
0701709 Thomashow, Michael Michigan State University
Oregon State University*
Low Temperature Transcriptional Networks $4,738,001 5
0703285 Udvardi, Michael Samuel Roberts Noble Foundation Development of Genetic Resources to Dissect Gene Regulatory Networks Governing Nodule Development and Differentiation in Medicago truncatula $3,831,732 4
0703905 Vidal, Marc Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
The Salk Institute for Biological Studies*
A Plant Interactome Network Map $7,971,396 4
0701880 Walbot, Virginia Stanford University
University of California-Berkeley*
Cell Fate Acquisition in Maize $4,577,530 5
0701748 Westwood, James Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
Pennsylvania State University*
University of California-Davis*
University of Virginia*
The Parasitic Plant Genome Project $1,528,815 3

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Fiscal Year 2006 Awards
Award # Principal Investigator Institution Title Total Award ($) Total Duration (Yrs)
0606873 Benfey, Philip Duke University Genomic Approaches to Identify Genes for Root System Architecture Traits $749,862 2
0606909 Brendel, Volker Iowa State University
University of South Dakota*
Cyberinfrastructure for (Comparative) Plant Genome Research Through PlantGDB $3,469,595 4
0834044
(0604907)
Buell, C. Robin Michigan State University
Institute for Genomic Research^
Washington State University*
Generation of Potato Sequence and Annotation Resources $3,021,461 3
0606666 Cohen, Jerry D. University of Minnesota-Twin Cities Global Measurement of Turnover of Plant Proteins $621,222 2
0605059 Collmer, Alan Cornell University
Boyce Thompson Institute*
Exploiting Tomato Genomics Resources to Investigate Basal Plant Defenses Against Pathogens $2,500,000 4
0605251 Cook, Douglas R. University of California-Davis Comparative Genomics of Legume Disease Resistance Gene Homologs $4,959,892 4
0605017 Dean, Ralph A. North Carolina State University
Texas A&M Research Foundation*
University of Arkansas*
A High-Throughput Protoplast System for Rice Functional Genomics and Proteomics: Protein-Protein Interactions at the Host-Pathogen Interface $2,345,271 3
0605033 Dixon, Richard Samuel Roberts Noble Foundation
University of Minnesota-Twin Cities*
A Genomics Approach to the Synthesis and Secretion of Bioactive Plant Natural Proteins $1,406,599 3
0604755 Fennell, Anne South Dakota State University
University of Nevada-Reno*
Boston University*
Iowa State University*
Functional Genomics of Bud Endodormancy Induction in Grapevines (Vitis) $3,003,610 4
0604923 Quail, Peter
Hake, Sarah^
University of California-Berkeley
Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory*
University of Missouri-Saint Louis*
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign*
University of California-San Diego*
Genetic Mechanisms Regulating Inflorescence Architecture in Maize and Other Cereals $5,921,712 5
0603927 Jiang, Jiming University of Wisconsin-Madison
University of Arizona*
Purdue University*
Comparative Genomics of a Rice Centromere $3,683,377 5
0604336 Last, Robert L. Michigan State University
University of Arizona*
University of Michigan*
Building and Operating a Chemical Factory in Solanum Species $3,696,295 3
0605736 McClung, C. Robertson Dartmouth College
University of Wisconsin-Madison*
University of Minnesota-Twin Cities*
Genetic Analysis of Natural Variation in the Control of Flowering Timing and Inflorescence Architecture in Brassica rapa $3,079,595 4
0608405 McCombie, W. Richard Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
University of Delaware*
Characterization of Rice Genomes and Transcriptomes Using Novel Sequencing Technologies $3,021,987 3
0606461 McCouch, Susan R. Cornell University
University of Arizona*
Texas A&M Research Foundation*
Exploring the Genetic Basis of Transgressive Variation in Rice $5,481,557 4
0605240 Mockler, Todd C. Oregon State University
The Salk Institute for Biological Studies*
The Scripps Research Institute*
Comparative Genomic Analysis of Diurnal and Circadian Gene Expression Regulation $1,425,485 3
0605016 Okita, Thomas W. Washington State University An Integrated Genomic, Proteomic and Cytological Approach to Understand the Function of Cytoplasmic Localized, Cytoskeletal-Associated RNA-Binding Proteins in Rice $2,185,775 5
0606595 Rose, Jocelyn K. Cornell University Characterization of the Tomato Secretome Using Integrated Functional and Computational Strategies $3,627,035 5
0605135 Sederoff, Ronald North Carolina State University
Clemson University*
American Chestnut Foundation*
Genomic Tool Development for the Fagaceae $2,732,025 4
0606607 Settles, A. Mark University of Florida Dosage Dependent Genes Affecting Seed Composition and Weight $1,227,302 4
0604439 Thelen, Jay J. University of Missouri-Columbia Identification and Absolute Quantitation of Protein Phosphorylation Networks in Oilseeds $1,999,479 5
0604765 Weil, Clifford F. Purdue University The Maize TILLING Project: Reverse Genetics of Maize Point Mutations $1,617,351 2
0607123 Wessler, Susan R. University of Georgia Research Foundation Inc
Michigan State University*
Purdue University*
Maize Transposable Elements: Discovery, Description and Functional Characterization $4,108,008 5
0604966 Young, Nevin D. University of Minnesota-Twin Cities
University of Oklahoma*
Institute for Genomic Research*
Completing the Sequence of Medicago truncatula Gene-Rich Euchromatin $6,590,671 2

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Maize Genome Sequencing Project (NSF/DOE/USDA Joint Program)
Award # Principal Investigator Institution Title Total Award ($) Total Duration (Yrs)
0527192 Wilson, Richard Washington University
Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory*
Iowa State University*
University of Arizona*
Sequencing the Maize Genome $29,450,001 3

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Fiscal Year 2005 Awards
Award # Principal Investigator Institution Title Total Award ($) Total Duration (Yrs)
0501758 Barbazuk, W. Brad Donald Danforth Plant Science Center
Washington University*
Ab Initio Gene Finding in Maize $622,027 2
0501814 Bennetzen, Jeffrey University of Georgia Research Foundation Inc
Purdue University*
Characterizing the Wheat Genome by Random Sample Sequencing $1,471,641 3
0501713 Brutnell, Thomas Boyce Thompson Institute
Iowa State University*
A Two Component Activator/Discussion Platform for Reverse and Forward Genetic Analysis in Maize $3,779,502 5
0733857
(0501712)
Comai, Luca University of California-Davis
University of Washington^
Purdue University*
University of Puget Sound*
Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory*
Texas A&M Research Foundation*
California Polytechnic State University*
University of Missouri-Columbia*
Functional Genomics of Plant Polyploids $7,766,348 5
0501914 Galbraith, David University of Arizona Self-Assembling Autofluorescent Protein Microarrays, A Universal Resource for the Plant Research Community $1,674,010 5
0501720 Goldberg, Robert University of California-Los Angeles
University of California-Davis*
University of Minnesota-Twin Cities*
Genes Required to Make a Soybean Seed $7,571,004 5
0501862 Jackson, David Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
Institute for Genomic Research*
University of Wyoming*
Characterizing Sub-Cellular Compartments in Maize Using Fluorescent Protein Tagged Lines $4,950,172 5
0501877 Jackson, Scott Purdue University
Iowa State University*
National Center for Genome Resources*
University of Arizona*
University of Missouri-Columbia*
SoyMap: An Integrated Soybean Genome Map $4,496,047 4
0501824 Jorgensen, Richard University of Arizona
University of Georgia Research Foundation Inc*
Functional Genomics by Sense-RNAi: A Forward Genetic Approach for Cell-Type-Targeted Mutagenesis and for Polyploids $1,641,880 3
0501778 Klee, Harry University of Florida
Boyce Thompson Institute*
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University*
Functional Genomic Analysis of Fruit Flavor and Nutrition Pathways $2,019,969 4
0501763 Langley, Charles University of California-Davis
North Carolina State University*
Texas A&M Research Foundation*
University of Florida*
Association Genetics of Natural Genetic Variation and Complex Traits in Pine $5,902,886 4
0501890 Luthe, Dawn Mississippi State University
Pennsylvania State University*
University of Alabama at Birmingham*
Functional Genomics of Woody Perennial Flowering $1,753,316 3
0501700 Moose, Stephen University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Cornell University*
Gene Discovery for Maize Responses to Nitrogen $2,606,096 5
0501818 Schwartz, David University of Wisconsin-Madison
University of Southern California*
A Genome-Wide Optical Map for Maize $983,908 2
0836433
(0421756)
Tsai, Chung-Jui University of Georgia Research Foundation Inc
Michigan Technological University^
A Functional Genomics Approach to Investigate Regulation of Phenolic Glycoside Metabolism in Populus $2,114,095 4
0501760 Bowman, Lewis
Vance, Vicki^
University of South Carolina Research Foundation
University of South Carolina at Columbia*
University of California-Davis*
Small RNAs in Rice and Maize $1,203,620 3
0501678 Voytas, Daniel Iowa State University A Homologous Recombination System for Plants Based on Zinc Finger Nucleases $1,931,010 4
0500461 Wise, Roger Iowa State University Functional Genomics of Plant Disease Defense Pathways $2,093,192 4
0501857 Yu, Yeisoo University of Arizona
Stanford University*
Maize Full-Length cDNA Project $4,658,148 3

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Fiscal Year 2004 Awards
Award # Principal Investigator Institution Title Total Award ($) Total Duration (Yrs)
0421799 Barkan, Alice University of Oregon Eugene
Cornell University*
Plant RNA Binding Proteins: Tools for Functional Genomics and Application to Chloroplast Biogenesis $4,167,531 5
0423898 Birchler, James University of Missouri-Columbia Somatic Karyotype Analysis of the Maize Genome $2,257,237 5
0624077
(0421815)
Chen, Z. Jeffrey University of Texas at Austin
Texas A&M Research Foundation^
University of New Orleans*
Texas A&M Research Foundation*
Mississippi State University*
Genetic and Functional Genomic Analysis of Early Events in Cotton Fiber Development $2,541,123 5
0421619 Galen, Candace
Cone, Karen^
University of Missouri-Columbia
University of Arizona*
University of Georgia Research Foundation Inc*
University of Minnesota-Twin Cities*
University of Wisconsin-Madison*
Washington University*
Functional Genomics of Maize Chromatin $6,644,647 5
0421604 Coruzzi, Gloria New York University
American Museum of Natural History*
Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory*
New York Botanical Garden*
Genomics of Comparative Seed Evolution $4,994,588 5
0421671 Dawe, R. Kelly University of Georgia Research Foundation Inc
University of Hawaii*
University of Missouri-Columbia*
University of Wisconsin-Madison*
Functional Genomics of Maize Centromeres $5,602,932 5
0421675 Deng, Xing-Wang Yale University
University of California-Davis*
Virtual Center for Analysis of Rice Genome Transcription $2,409,693 3
0321494 Dooner, Hugo Rutgers University New Brunswick A Set of Transgenic Maize Lines for Localized Mutagenesis Based on the Ac-Ds Transposon System $1,035,558 4
0421676 Gantt, James University of Minnesota-Twin Cities
Boyce Thompson Institute*
Use of Interfering RNAs to Identify Gene Function in Medicago truncatula $2,098,510 4
0421683 Hahn, Michael University of Georgia Research Foundation Inc A Monoclonal Antibody Toolkit for Functional Genomics of Plant Cell Walls $3,876,004 4
0436450
(0321450)
Harper, Jeffrey University of Nevada Reno
The Scripps Research Institute^
Prediction and Validation of Phospho-Regulatory Sites in Crop Plant Proteomes $691,501 2
0419435 Kochian, Leon Boyce Thompson Institute
Cornell University*
Functional and Comparative Genomic Analysis of Aluminum Tolerance in Maize $933,490 5
0420394 McNellis, Timothy Pennsylvania State University Rootstock-Dependent Gene Expression in Apple Tree Scions $2,269,246 5
0553417
(0421803)
Ming, Ray University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Hawaii Agricultural Research Center^
University of Georgia Research Foundation Inc*
University of Wisconsin-Madison*
Comparative Genomics of Papaya Chromosomes $2,896,907 4
0421679 Napoli, Carolyn University of Arizona ChromDB: Integrating Information about Plant Chromatin Proteins and Complexes $1,596,540 4
0421717 Peterson, Daniel Mississippi State University
Clemson University*
Texas Agricultural Experiment Station*
Accelerating Pine Genomics Through Development and Utilization of Molecular and Cytogenetic Resources $1,613,915 3
0421630 Rieseberg, Loren Indiana University
Cal Poly Pomona Foundation Inc*
University of California-Davis*
University of Georgia Research Foundation Inc*
University of Massachusetts Boston*
Comparative Genomics of the Compositae $5,484,985 3
0421620 Stacey, Gary University of Missouri-Columbia
Donald Danforth Plant Science Center*
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign*
Functional Genomics of Root Hair Infection $2,500,005 5
0321685 Stein, Lincoln Cold Spring Harbor University
Cornell University*
Gramene: A Platform for Comparative Cereal Genomics $5,500,235 4
0421634 Tanksley, Steven Cornell University
Boyce Thompson Institute*
Colorado State University*
Sequence and Annotation of the Euchromatin of Tomato $4,210,323 3
0421651 Thompson, William North Carolina State University
Clemson University*
Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory*
Global Analysis of Functional Units in Plant Chromosomes: DNA Replication, Domain Structure and Transcription $5,133,285 5
0421743 Tuskan, Gerald University of Tennessee Institute of Agriculture
University of California-Berkeley*
University of Minnesota-Twin Cities*
The Populus Genome Portal $1,384,814 2

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Fiscal Year 2003 Awards
Award # Principal Investigator Institution Title Total Award ($) Total Duration (Yrs)
0321639 Bass, Henry Florida State University Cytogenic Map of Maize $1,548,982 4
0321600 Brendel, Volker Iowa State University
University of South Dakota*
PlantGDB - Plant Genome Database and Analysis Tools $978,683 2
0834043
(0321538)
Buell, C. Robin Michigan State University
Institute for Genomic Research^
An Annotation Resource for the Rice Genome $4,876,855 4
0653676
(0332411)
Burke, John University of Georgia Research Foundation Inc
Vanderbilt University^
YIA-PGR: Identification of the Targets of Selection During Sunflower Domestication $1,111,827 5
0321663 Chandler, Vicki University of Arizona
Institute for Genomic Research*
University of Wisconsin-Madison*
Microarray Resources for Maize Research $3,658,458 3
0321756 Close, Timothy University of California-Riverside
University of California-Davis*
Coupling Expressed Sequences and Bacterial Artificial Chromosome Resources to Access the Barley Genome $2,433,127 4
0321467 Doebley, John University of Wisconsin-Madison
Cornell University*
University of California-Irvine*
North Carolina State University*
Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory*
University of Missouri-Columbia*
Molecular and Functional Diversity in the Maize Genome $10,261,784 5
0320683 Dooner, Hugo Rutgers University New Brunswick
University of California-Irvine*
A Comparative Genomics Investigation of Unprecedented Haplotype Variability in Maize $973,067 4
0321757 Dvorak, Jan University of California-Davis
Montana State University*
Kansas State University*
University of California-Riverside*
University of Minnesota-Twin Cities*
Haplotype Polymorphism in the Polyploid Wheats and their Diploid Ancestors $5,615,748 3
0321726 Freeling, Michael University of California-Berkeley Epigenetic Regulation of the Mutator System of Transposons $986,783 5
0321510 Henikoff, Steven Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center
University of Washington*
Purdue University*
Targeting Induced Local Lesions IN Genomes (TILLING) for Plant Functional Genomics $2,570,388 3
0321664 Innes, Roger Indiana University
University of Minnesota-Twin Cities*
Cornell University*
Virginia Museum of Natural History*
Virginia Polytechnic and State University*
University of Oklahoma Norman Campus*
Wonderlab Museum of Science, Health and Technology*
Comparative Analysis of Legume Genome Evolution $2,581,746 3
0321462 Kianian, Shahryar North Dakota State University
Oregon State University*
University of Arizona*
Kansas State University*
University of California-Davis*
Development of Diploid Wheat (Triticum monococcum) Deletion Lines for Reverse Genetics $1,808,502 2
0321578 Klein, Patricia Texas A&M Research Foundation Map-Based Dissection of Sorghum Drought Tolerance Gene Networks $1,964,299 4
0321701 Korban, Schuyler University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Cornell University*
Purdue University*
Washington University*
Apple Functional Genomics $1,659,708 2
0320544 Abbott, Albert
Main, Doreen^
Clemson University The Prunus Genome Database: A Model For Rosaceae $646,677 3
0321683 McCombie, W. Richard Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
University of Arizona*
Finishing the Rice Genome $4,202,799 3
0321437 Meyers, Blake University of Delaware
Ohio State University Research Foundation*
Deep Transcription Profiling of Rice Using Signature Sequencing $4,195,915 4
0325821 Nelson, Timothy Yale University Analysis of Rice Cellular Expression Profiles $4,492,329 4
0319553 Gibson, Gregory
Purugganan, Michael^
North Carolina State University
Cornell University*
Evolutionary Genomics of Rice $2,573,939 3
0313887 Ronald, Pamela University of California-Davis
Institute for Genomic Research*
Iowa State University*
A Rice Oligonucleotide Array $4,367,659 3
0638770
(0321595)
Scanlon, Michael Cornell University
University of Georgia Research Foundation Inc^
Truman State University*
Iowa State University*
Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory*
Functional Analysis of Genes Involved in Meristem Organization and Leaf Initiation $3,939,129 4
0321711 Schnable, Patrick Iowa State University
Truman State University*
High-Density Genetic Map of Maize Transcripts $3,691,269 3
0321565 Sheridan, William University of North Dakota Global Analysis of the Maize Genome: Relating Genes and DNA Sequence to Chromosome Regions $300,000 3
0321690 Shintani, David University of Nevada Reno The Functional Identification of Plant Rubber Biosynthetic Genes $1,992,203 4
0321724 Soderlund, Carol University of Arizona
Purdue University*
Techniques for Efficient Finishing and Physical Linkage of Gene Enriched Shotgun Sequences $1,414,729 2
0321666 Stein, Lincoln Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
Cornell University*
University of Missouri-Saint Louis*
The Plant Ontology Consortium $1,672,411 3
0332418 Thelen, Jay University of Missouri-Columbia YIA-PGR: Proteomics of Seed-Filling in Oil Seeds $1,074,667 5
0333074 Ware, Doreen Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory YIA-PGR: Genomics of Rice, Sorghum and Maize $1,295,238 5
0321678 Wing, Rod University of Arizona
Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory*
Purdue University*
Oryza Map Alignment Project $9,743,546 4
0321460 Young, Nevin University of Minnesota-Twin Cities
University of Oklahoma Norman Campus*
Institute for Genomic Research*
Sequencing of the Gene Space of the Model Legume, Medicago truncatula $10,886,431 3

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Fiscal Year 2002 Awards
Award # Principal Investigator Institution Title Total Award ($) Total Duration (Yrs)
0217651 Allison, David University of Alabama at Birmingham
University of Missouri-Rolla*
Design & Analysis of Microarray Gene Expression Studies in Plants: Toward Sound Statistical Procedures $2,220,275 4
0218166 Baker, Barbara University of California-Berkeley
Cornell University*
Institute of Genomic Research*
University of Minnesota-Twin Cities*
University of Wisconsin-Madison*
Potato Functional Genomics: Application to Analysis of Growth, Development, Metabolism and Responses to Biotic and Abiotic Stress $7,778,910 5
0543503
(0217594)
Cairney, John Georgia Tech Research Corporation
Institute for Genomic Research*
Genomics of Loblolly Pine Embryogenesis $1,380,910 3
0217552 Carpita, Nicholas Purdue University
University of Connecticut*
University of Florida*
University of Wisconsin-Madison*
Identification and Characterization of Cell Wall Mutants in Maize and Arabidopsis using Novel Spectroscopies $5,921,989 4
0217653 Cramer, Grant University of Nevada Reno
Virginia Polytechnic and State University*
Integrative Functional Genomic Resource Development in Vitis vinifera: Abiotic Stress and Wine Quality $3,609,951 4
0211807 Dean, Jeffrey University of Georgia Research Foundation Inc Transcriptome Responses to Environmental Conditions in Loblolly Pine Roots $1,651,752 3
0211872 Dinesh-Kumar, Savithramma Yale University Functional Genomics of Host-Virus Interactions $3,363,177 4
0211547 Dooner, Hugo Rutgers University New Brunswick A Set of Maize Transgenic Lines for Localized Mutagenesis Based on the Ac-Ds Transposon System $140,612 1
0217312 Fromm, Michael University of Nebraska-Lincoln
University of Arizona*
University of California-Davis*
University of California-San Diego*
University of Florida*
A Protein Interaction Database for Rice Protein Kinases $6,047,772 4
0211857 Galbraith, David University of Arizona
University of California-Riverside*
Technology Development: Novel Techniques for Discovery of Patterns of Gene Regulation within Complex Eukaryotic Tissues $625,227 2
0211732 Henikoff, Steven Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center Targeting Induced Local Lesions IN Genomes (TILLING) for Plant Functional Genomics $568,551 1
0211659 Kamoun, Sophien Ohio State University Research Foundation
National Center for Genome Resources*
Functional Genomics of Phytophthora-Plant Interactions $1,891,617 4
0211797 Keegstra, Kenneth Michigan State University
University of California-Riverside*
Functional Genomics of Hemicellulose Biosynthesis $4,945,077 5
0211875 Klee, Harry University of Florida
Boyce Thompson Institute*
Functional Genomic Analysis of Fruit Flavor and Nutrition Pathways $1,159,280 3
0211742 McCormick, Sheila University of California-Berkeley Functional Analyses of Plant Gamete Gene Expression $1,135,486 4
0211851 Messing, Joachim Rutgers University New Brunswick
University of Arizona*
Sequencing the Maize Genome $4,293,099 2
0211923 Michelmore, Richard University of California-Davis
University of Chicago*
Comparative Analysis of Resistance Gene Evolution $3,031,729 5
0211842 Nguyen, Henry University of Missouri-Columbia
Donald Danforth Plant Science Center*
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign*
Functional Genomics of Root Growth and Root Signaling Under Drought $4,549,050 4
0221536 Schubert, Karel Donald Danforth Plant Science Center
Institute for Genomic Research*
Consortium for Maize Genomics $5,928,755 2
0211924 Sundaresan, Venkatesan University of California-Davis
University of Arizona*
University of Louisiana at Lafayette*
Insertional Mutagenesis Tools for Functional Genomics in Rice $822,782 3
0211863 Tyler, Brett Virginia Polytechnic and State University
Ohio State University Research Foundation*
Dissecting Phytophthora Resistance in Soybean using Expression Profiling and Analysis of Quantitative Trait Loci $6,764,462 5
0211935 van Wijk, Klaas Cornell University
University of Nebraska-Lincoln*
Boyce Thompson Institute*
From Proplastid to Chloroplast: Understanding Plastid Differentiation in Maize Through Microarray and Proteome Analysis $3,827,647 5
0211700 Wendel, Jonathan Iowa State University
University of Arizona*
University of Georgia Research Foundation Inc*
Comparative Evolutionary Genomics of Cotton $4,197,862 5
Young Investigator Awards in Plant Genome Research (YIA-PGR)
Award # Principal Investigator Institution Title Total Award ($) Total Duration (Yrs)
0227357 Bogdanove, Adam Iowa State University YIA-PGR: Genomics of Rice Susceptibility to Bacterial Diseases $1,095,589 5
0227618 Gang, David University of Arizona YIA-PGR: Functional Genomics of Plant Metabolism in Model Rhizome Species $1,114,787 5
0227414 Jackson, Scott Purdue University YIA-PGR: Comparative Genomics of Rice: Reconstructing Rice Chromosome 1 in Related Species $1,630,537 5
0443991
(0227436)
Lawrence, Christopher Virginia Polytechnic and State University
Colorado State University^
North Carolina State University*
YIA-PGR: The Alternaria-Brassicaceae Pathosystem as a Model for Necrotropic Fungal-Plant Interactions $1,363,771 4
0408768
(0227310)
Springer, Nathan University of Minnesota-Twin Cities
University of Wisconsin-Madison^
YIA-PGR: Assessment of the Use of Oligonucleotide Microarrays for Single Nucleotide Polymorphism Detection in Maize $450,000 2
0227541 Van der Knaap, Esther Ohio State University Research Foundation YIA-PGR: Genetic, Molecular and Developmental Analysis of Variation in Tomato Fruit Morphology $1,109,980 5
0227314 Vision, Todd University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill YIA-PGR: Tools for Plant Comparative Genomics $1,010,845 5
0227103 Weinig, Cynthia University of Minnesota-Twin Cities
University of California-Davis*
YIA-PGR: Molecular Evolutionary Genetics of Crop and Weed Responses to Crowding $1,734,804 5

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Fiscal Year 2001 Awards
Award # Principal Investigator Institution Title Total Award ($) Total Duration (Yrs)
0110254 Brendel, Volker Iowa State University PlantGDB - Plant Genome Database and Analysis Tools $158,996 2
0110069 Comstock, Jonathan Boyce Thompson Institute
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill*
Cornell University*
Oklahoma State University*
Genomic Analysis of Plant Water Use Efficiency $3,995,267 4
0110206 Cook, Douglas University of California-Davis
Institute for Genomic Research*
Samuel Roberts Noble Foundation Inc*
University of Minnesota-Twin Cities*
Towards the Complete Gene Inventory and Function of the Medicago truncatula Genome $5,803,691 4
0115642 Dean, Ralph North Carolina State University
Clemson University*
Ohio State University Research Foundation*
Purdue University*
Texas A&M Research Foundation*
University of Arizona*
University of Kentucky Research Foundation*
Whole Genome Analysis of Pathogen-Host Recognition and Subsequent Responses in the Rice Blast Patho-System $5,860,002 4
0110173 Delmer, Deborah University of California-Davis
Alabama A&M University Research Institution*
Texas Tech University*
Texas A&M Research Foundation*
Functional Genomics of Cellulose Synthesis in Economically Important Plants $471,134 1
0115684 dePamphilis, Claude Pennsylvania State University
Cornell University*
University of Alabama-Tuscaloosa*
University of Florida*
University of Michigan-Ann Arbor*
The Floral Genome Project $7,399,286 5
0110035 Drews, Gary University of Utah Gene Targeting in Plants $1,564,877 3
0110189 Hake, Sarah University of California-Berkeley
Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory*
Iowa State University*
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign*
University of Missouri-Saint Louis*
Stanford University*
University of California-San Diego*
Regulation of Inflorescence Architecture in Maize $5,343,199 5
0110115 Irish, Vivian Yale University Comparative Genomics of Angiosperm MADS-Box Genes $435,432 2
0110154 Leach, Jan Kansas State University
Iowa State University*
Ohio State University Research Foundation*
University of California-Davis*
Activation-Tagged and Deletion Mutants and cDNA Microarrays for Functional Genomics of Rice $500,000 2
0110512 Lemaux, Peggy University of California-Berkeley
Oregon State University*
USDA-ARS*
Transposon-Mediated Functional Genomics in Barley $1,532,663 5
0110143 Martienssen, Robert Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Systematic Transposon Mutagenesis of the Maize Gene Space $1,990,821 4
0110004 McCouch, Susan Cornell University Linking Rice, Arabidopsis and the Grasses to Explore Natural Genetic Variation $1,356,830 3
0109732 Mendes, Pedro Virginia Polytechnic and State University
Samuel Roberts Noble Foundation Inc*
Southeastern Oklahoma State University*
An Integrated Approach to Functional Genomics and Bioinformatics in a Model Legume $3,587,432 4
0244435
(0110528)
Meyers, Blake University of Delaware
University of California-Davis^
Signature Sequencing for Quantitative Expression Analysis and Gene Discovery $966,641 2
0110168 Newton, Kathleen University of Missouri-Columbia
University of Utah*
Washington University*
Sequence, Evolution and Expression of Mitochondrial Genomes of the Genus Zea $2,339,813 3
0115911 Ozias-Akins, Peggy University of Georgia Research Foundation Inc
Texas A&M Research Foundation*
Aligning Physical and Functional Maps of a Genomic Region Spanning the Apomixis Locus by Exploiting Model Cereal Genomics $1,132,318 4
0115903 Paterson, Andrew University of Georgia Research Foundation Inc
Clemson University*
Cornell University*
Grass Genome Biodiversity: Application of Genomic Tools from Sorghum and Related Grasses to Identify and Analyze Variation Structure and Function of C4 Grass Genomes $3,962,498 4
0110170 Peterson, Thomas Iowa State University Nested Deletions: A New Tool for Plant Genomics Research $648,549 3
0110134 Phillips, Ronald University of Minnesota-Twin Cities A Radiation Hybrid System for the Genetic and Physical Mapping of the Corn Genome $3,081,245 4
0110140 Pratt, Lee University of Georgia Research Foundation Inc
Texas A&M Research Foundation*
Functional Analysis of the Sorghum Transcriptome $3,576,196 3
0116076 Tanksley, Steven Cornell University
Boyce Thompson Institute*
Clemson University*
Exploitation of Tomato as a Model for Comparative and Functional Genomics $6,499,895 5
0110124 Thomashow, Michael Michigan State University
Ohio State University Research Foundation*
Oregon State University*
Carnegie Institute of Washington (CA)*
Low Temperature Regulatory Circuits and Gene Regulons in Higher Plants $5,072,963 5
0110023 Wang, Kan Iowa State University
North Carolina State University*
Purdue University*
University of Wisconsin-Madison*
Establishment of Robust Maize Transformation Systems $4,227,981 5

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Fiscal Year 2000 Awards
Award # Principal Investigator Institution Title Total Award ($) Total Duration (Yrs)
0077756 Barkan, Alice University of Oregon Eugene
Boyce Thompson Institute*
Cornell University*
University of Nebraska-Lincoln*
Functional Genomics of Chloroplast Biogenesis $2,732,420 4
0077503 Bird, David North Carolina State University
Santa Fe Institute*
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill*
Washington University*
Genomic Analysis of a Nematode-Plant Interaction: A Tool to Study Plant Biology $2,607,829 3
0076892 Brutnell, Thomas Boyce Thompson Institute Regional Mutagenesis Utilizing Activator (Ac) in Maize $1,080,369 5
0077719 Carpita, Nicholas Purdue University
University of Wisconsin-Madison*
A High Throughput Screen to Identify and Clone Maize and Arabidopsis Cell Wall Biogenesis-Related Genes $600,000 2
0077622 Collmer, Alan Cornell University
Boyce Thompson Institute*
Institute for Genomic Research*
Kansas State University*
University of Missouri-Columbia*
University of Nebraska-Lincoln*
Functional Genomics of the Interactions of Tomato and Pseudomonas syringae pv tomato DC3000 $4,996,020 5
0077510 Dinesh-Kumar, Savithramma Yale University Development of Vectors for Virus-Induced Plant Gene Silencing $635,624 2
0077766 Dvorak, Jan University of California-Davis
Kansas State University*
Texas A&M Research Foundation*
Assessment of the Insular Organization of the Wheat D Genome by Physical Mapping $4,435,386 4
0335498
(0077769)
Estelle, Mark Indiana University
University of Texas as Austin^
Boston University*
Rice University*
University of Massachusetts-Amherst*
University of Minnesota-Twin Cities*
Development of New Genetic Resources for Auxin Biology $1,348,086 3
0077378 Guerinot, Mary Lou Dartmouth College
Northern Arizona University*
The Scripps Research Institute*
University of California-San Diego*
University of Missouri-Columbia*
Gene Discovery in Aid of Plant Nutrition, Human Health and Environmental Remediation $4,414,643 4
0077737 Henikoff, Steven Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center
Institute for Systems Biology*
Targeting Induced Local Lesions IN Genomes (TILLING) for Plant Functional Genomics $2,633,390 2
0077617 Lam, Eric Rutgers University New Brunswick
Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory*
Chromatin Charting: Organization and Dynamics of Plant Nuclear DNA in situ $4,326,623 5
0077676 McCarty, Donald University of Florida
Iowa State University*
Rutgers University New Brunswick*
University of Arizona*
Functional Genomics of Endosperm Development in Maize $4,999,995 5
0077713 Mullet, John Texas A&M Research Foundation Gene Mapping in Sorghum Using Direct Selection Technology $740,001 3
0077774 Osborn, Thomas University of Wisconsin-Madison
Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory*
Texas A&M Research Foundation*
Purdue University*
University of Washington*
Functional Genomics of Plant Polyploids $4,996,886 5
0077692 Sheen, Jen Massachusetts General Hospital
Iowa State University*
Functional Analysis of Plant Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinase Cascades in Stress and Hormone Signaling $4,559,130 5
0077709 Wessler, Susan University of Georgia Research Foundation Inc
Clemson University*
Cornell University*
Washington University*
Transposable Elements in Rice: A Whole Genome Approach $3,415,866 5

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Fiscal Year 1999 Awards
Award # Principal Investigator Institution Title Total Award ($) Total Duration (Yrs)
9975866 Baker, Barbara University of California-Berkeley
Cornell University*
Institute for Genomic Research*
University of Wisconsin-Madison*
University of Minnesota-Twin Cities*
Tools for Potato Structural and Functional Genomics $5,300,000 3
9975793 Bennetzen, Jeffrey Purdue University
National Center for Genome Resources*
University of California-Davis*
Washington State University*
Assessment of Gene Content, Colinearity and Evolution in Barley, Maize, Rice, Sorghum and Wheat $2,008,066 2
9975827 Dawe, R. Kelly University of Georgia Research Foundation Inc
University of Missouri-Columbia*
University of Wisconsin-Madison*
Functional Genomics of Maize Centromeres $2,510,000 5
0196098
(9975718)
Ecker, Joseph The Salk Institute for Biological Studies
University of Pennsylvania^
Stanford University*
University of California-Berkeley*
Global Expression Studies for the Arabidopsis Genome $7,600,000 3
9975715 Gelvin, Stanton Purdue University
SUNY at Buffalo*
Frederich Miescher Institute*
Identification of Plant Genes Involved in Agrobacterium-Mediated Transformation $4,440,751 5
9975930 Jorgensen, Richard University of Arizona
Johns Hopkins University*
Purdue University*
University of Missouri-Columbia*
University of Wisconsin-Madison*
Washington University*
Chromatin-Based Control of Gene Expression in Maize and Arabidopsis $10,500,000 5
9975920 Quackenbush, John
Ketchum, Karen^
Institute for Genomic Research High-Density DNA Microarrays for Global Gene Expression Studies in Plants $2,179,049 3
9975618 Messing, Joachim Rutgers University New Brunswick
Purdue University*
Colinearity of Maize and Sorghum at the DNA Sequence Level $3,500,000 4
9975971 Michelmore, Richard University of California-Davis
Kansas State University*
University of Wisconsin-Madison*
Functional and Comparative Genomics of Disease Resistance Gene Homologs $2,530,000 3
9975989 Qualset, Calvin University of California-Davis
Colorado State University*
Cornell University*
Kansas State University*
North Dakota State University*
Texas Tech University*
University of California-Riverside*
University of Minnesota-Twin Cities*
University of Missouri-Columbia*
University of Nebraska-Lincoln*
Washington State University*
Structure and Function of the Expressed Portion of the Wheat Genomes $7,300,000 4
9975815 Raikhel, Natasha Michigan State University Functional Genomics of Hemicellulose Biosynthesis $2,250,000 3
9975868 Schnable, Patrick Iowa State University
Jackson Laboratory*
High-Throughput Mapping Tools for Maize Genomics $2,947,701 3
9975606 Schwartz, David University of Wisconsin-Madison Genome-Wide Restriction Map of Rice by Optical Mapping $1,529,544 3
9975806 Sederoff, Ronald North Carolina State University
Texas A&M Research Foundation*
University of California-Davis*
University of Minnesota-Twin Cities*
Institute of Paper Technology*
Genomics of Wood Formation in Loblolly Pine $4,450,000 3
9975808 Walker, John University of Missouri-Columbia
The Scripps Research Institute*
University of Arizona*
University of California-San Diego*
University of Florida*
University of New Hampshire*
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill*
Functional Genomics of Plant Phosphorylation $2,983,734 3

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Fiscal Year 1998 Awards
Award # Principal Investigator Institution Title Total Award ($) Total Duration (Yrs)
0223905
(9813360)
Bohnert, Hans University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
University of Arizona^
Purdue University*
Oklahoma State University*
Genomics of Plant Stress Tolerance $8,270,704 4
9813365 Cande, W. Zacheus University of California-Berkeley An Integrated Map of Cytological, Genetic and Physical Information of Maize $762,977 4
9872655 Coe, Edward University of Missouri-Columbia
University of Georgia Research Foundation Inc*
Clemson University*
Comprehensive Genetic, Physical and Database Resources For Maize $11,075,485 5
0196179
(9872664)
Cook, Douglas University of California-Davis
Texas A&M Research Foundation^
University of Georgia Research Foundation Inc*
University of Minnesota-Twin Cities*
Medicago truncatula as the Nodal Species for Comparative and Functional Legume Genomics $3,440,561 3
9872627 Delmer, Deborah University of California-Davis
Texas Tech University*
Comparative Functional Genomics of the celA Gene Family in Plants $819,818 3
0096033
(9872631)
Doebley, John University of Wisconsin-Madison
University of Minnesota-Twin Cities^
North Carolina State University*
University of California-Irvine*
Evolutionary Genomics of Maize $5,847,106 5
9813364 Dooner, Hugo Rutgers University New Brunswick Use of the Transposon AC as a Gene-Searching Engine in the Maize Genome $1,334,173 3
9872629 Fedoroff, Nina Pennsylvania State University New DNA Microarray Detection Techniques in the Study of Stress-Induced Changes in Plant Gene Expression $1,801,988 3
9872638 Ohlrogge, John
Green, Pamela^
Michigan State University
Carnegie Institute of Washington (CA)*
Stanford University*
Yale University*
University of Wisconsin-Madison*
A Functional Analysis of the Arabidopsis Genome via Gene Disruption and Global Gene Expression Analysis $8,700,000 3
9872636 Lam, Eric Rutgers University New Brunswick Chromatic Charting: Organization and Dynamics of Plant Nuclear DNA in situ $676,234 2
9872677 Hawke, James
Lemieux, Bertrand^
University of Delaware
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign*
Massachusetts General Hospital*
Genomic Analysis of Seed Quality Traits in Corn $2,197,783 3
9872635 Lightfoot, David Southern Illinois University
Texas A&M Research Foundation*
Integrative Physical Mapping of the Soybean Genome $1,303,644 3
9872644 Martienssen, Robert Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
University of California-Berkeley*
Center for Comparative Genomics in Model and Crop Plants $1,842,208 3
9872650 Phillips, Ronald University of Minnesota-Twin Cities A Radiation Hybrid and Cloning System for the Genetic and Physical Mapping of the Corn Genome $1,830,669 3
9872649 Paterson, Andrew
Pratt, Lee^
University of Georgia Research Foundation Inc
Cornell University*
Clemson University*
Cross-Linked Sorghum and Rice Physical Maps as a Foundation for Analyzing Genome Structure, Function and Variation in C4 Grasses $3,247,755 3
9872641 Preuss, Daphne University of Chicago
Texas A&M Research Foundation*
Plant Centromere Functions Defined by Tetrad Analysis and Artificial Chromosomes $2,274,211 5
9813361 Sung, Z. Renee University of California-Berkeley Repackaging the Corn Genome for Molecular Mapping $301,072 2
9872617 Tanksley, Steven Cornell University
Boyce Thompson Institute*
Texas A&M Research Foundation*
Development of Tools for Tomato Functional Genomics: Application to Analysis of Fruit Development, Responses to Pathogens, and Genome Synteny with Arabidopsis $4,648,484 3
9813392 Kirkness, Ewen
Venter, Craig^
Ronning, Catherine^
Institute for Genomic Research Generation of a Tomato EST Database $3,246,725 3
9872565 Vodkin, Lila University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Iowa State University*
University of Missouri-Columbia*
University of Minnesota-Twin Cities*
Northern Arizona University*
A Functional Genomics Program for Soybean $4,460,359 4
9872657 Walbot, Virginia Stanford University
University of Arizona*
University of California-Berkeley*
University of California-San Diego*
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign*
Iowa State University*
Maize Gene Discovery, Sequencing and Phenotypic Analysis $12,548,370 5
9872630 Wilkins, Thea University of California-Davis
University of Georgia Research Foundation Inc*
Texas Tech University*
Iowa State University*
Clemson University*
Structure and Function of the Cotton Genome: An Integrated Analysis of the Genetics, Development and Evolution of the Cotton Fiber $3,800,001 3
9872676 Tomkins, Jeffrey
Wing, Rod^
Clemson University A BAC Library Resource for Crop Genomics $616,521 5

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