Recent Grants and Sponsored Projects (2010-2017)
2016-2017 Bi-National Science Foundation 2014025 (January 1, 2016 to December 31, 2017) – $150,000. USA PI: S. López-Legentil; Israel PI: N. Shenkar
Hidden allies: The potential contribution of symbiotic microbes to the ecology and invasive potential of introduced ascidians
2016 CMS Pilot Grants – $20,000. PI: S. López-Legentil
Understanding microbial structure and function in host ascidians using metatranscriptomics
2015-2016 UNCW Charles L. Cahill Award – $4,850. PI: S. López-Legentil
Microbial symbionts and marine bioinvasions: Contribution of the ascidian microbiome to the ecology and invasive potential of introduced species in North Carolina
2014-2017 Spanish Government CTM2013-43287-P Grant – €145,000. PI: MJ. Uriz
MARSYMBIOMICS: Evolutionary implications, ecological roles, and vulnerability to ocean changes of marine symbioses
2014-2017 Catalan Government Fund for Quality Research Groups SGR 336 – €45,000
Benthic Biology & Ecology Group (www.ub.edu/beb). PI: J. Romero
2013-2014 CMS Pilot Grants – $20,000. PI: S. López-Legentil
Sea-squirts of North Carolina: Species Diversity and Distribution
2014-2015 UNCW Charles L. Cahill Award – $2,982. PIs: P. Erwin, S. López-Legentil
Integrating genetics, taxonomy and chemical ecology to understand biodiversity and ecosystem function of sponge-microbe symbioses on Caribbean coral reefs
2011-2014 European Commission Marie Curie International Reintegration Grant FP7-PEOPLE-2010-RG 277038 – €87,500. PI: S. López-Legentil
SYMASC: Bacterial symbiosis in ascidians
2012-2014 Earth Microbiome Project – Sponsored Project. PIs: T. Thomas, N. Webster
Sponge microbiomes in times of global change: A contribution to the Earth Microbiome Project
2011-2013 Spanish Government CTM2010-17755 Grant – €166,980. PI: S. López-Legentil
SOLID: Small organisms, large impacts: Diversity, dynamics, and significance of microbial symbionts in sponges and ascidians
2009-2014 Spanish Government RYC-2008-02829 – €192,480. PI: S. López-Legentil
Biology and Ecology of Marine Invertebrates
2009-2013 Catalan Government Fund for Quality Research Groups SGR 484 – €47,840. PI: J. Romero
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