Funding


NSF DEB PURSUIT | Uncovering the hidden diversity of Gloeobacteria, an enigmatic lineage crucial for understanding the early evolution of cyanobacteria (2426285)
$1,063,529 (2024.8.1 – 2027.7.31), Li portion: $595,531
PI: Fay-Wei Li, Christy Grettenberger (University of California Davis)


NSF MCB Cellular Dynamics and Function | From phylogeny to biomolecules: a cross-scale approach to understand the making of a unique carbon-concentrating mechanism in hornworts (2213841)
$1,072,924 (2022.6.1 – 2025.5.31), Li portion: $503,654
PI: Fay-Wei Li, Laura Gunn (Cornell Plant Biology)


NSF IOS EDGE | Developing transformation capacity for Anthoceros agrestis to facilitate gene function studies in hornworts, a remarkable phylum of plants (1923011)
$548,419 (2019.9.1 – 2022.8.31)
PI: Fay-Wei Li
Co-PI: Joyce Van Eck (BTI)


NSF DEB Dimensions of Biodiversity | Integrating phylogenetics, ecophysiology, and transcriptomics to understand the diversity of hornwort-cyanobacterium symbiosis (1831428)
$1,830,855 (2019.1.1 – 2023.12.31), Li portion: $1,191,078
PI: Fay-Wei Li, John Meeks (University of California Davis), Jed Sparks (Cornell EEB)
Supplement #1 | Research Experience for Post-Baccalaureate Students (2139576) $40,750
Supplement #2 | Research Collaboration Opportunity in Europe (2034018) $27,005


DOE Large-Scale EMSL Research User Grant | Understanding the genetic and structural bases of hornworts’ carbon-concentrating mechanism
span style=”color: #000000;”>$118,888 in-kind support (2021.10.1 – 2023.9.30)
PI: Fay-Wei Li