Cooperative Agreement 16CA11420004090

The Department of Agriculture's Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service awarded a $122,527 cooperative agreement to the University of Richmond to improve artificial diet-based rearing systems for controlling the Emerald Ash Borer (EAB). The goal is to maximize production of EAB parasitoid wasps for release under the Plant and Animal Disease, Pest Control, and Animal Care federal grant program (CFDA 10.025). Specifically, the University will study diet nutrition and texture to increase...

This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Biological Sciences program (CFDA 47.074) provides $288,060 to Kent State University to study the effects of warming temperatures and biotic interactions on aphid populations in a Rocky Mountain ecosystem. The key objectives are to: (1) integrate the direct effects of temperature on aphid development with indirect effects driven by shifts in above- and belowground interactions, (2) assess local adaptation within plant-aphid...

The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a $190,295 project grant under the Integrative Activities (CFDA 47.083) program to the University of Vermont & State Agricultural College (UVM) to study the climate change responses of the invasive spotted wing drosophila fly (Drosophila suzukii). The 4-year project will quantify the roles of local adaptation, seasonal adaptation, and phenotypic plasticity in the fly's overwintering biology and cold tolerance, using populations from Vermont and...

The US Geological Survey, through its National and Regional Climate Adaptation Science Centers program (CFDA 15.820), awarded a $470,033 cooperative agreement to the University of Massachusetts for the project "Evaluating the Role of Climate on Midwestern Butterfly Trajectories, Monarch Declines, and the Broader Insect Apocalypse." The three-year project, beginning June 2021, will evaluate the impact of climate change on butterfly populations in the Midwest region and provide science...

This $158,371 Project Grant awarded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) under the Biological Sciences (CFDA 47.074) program will fund collaborative research on the integrated dynamics between plants and aphids mediated by above- and below-ground mutualisms in a rapidly warming Rocky Mountain ecosystem. The research aims to: Integrate the direct effects of temperature on aphid development with indirect effects driven by shifts in above- and below-ground ecological interactions. Assess...

This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's Biological Sciences program (CFDA 47.074) supports collaborative research by Northeastern University to study the climate change responses of the invasive spotted wing drosophila fly, Drosophila suzukii. The $528,593 award, effective from December 1, 2024 to November 30, 2027, will quantify the roles of local adaptation, seasonal adaptation, and phenotypic plasticity in the fly's ability to expand its habitat into northern latitudes...

This National Science Foundation Project Grant award of $606,102 provides funding from August 1, 2022 through July 31, 2025 to determine the synergistic effects of global warming on fundamental vital rates, fitness, and predation of tropical insect herbivores. The award is made through the Biological Sciences program (CFDA 47.074) to support basic biological research that strengthens the nation's scientific enterprise. Specifically, the University of Connecticut will conduct experimental...

This National Science Foundation (NSF) Biological Sciences program (CFDA 47.074) Project Grant award of $240,000 provides funding for a postdoctoral research fellowship to study the impacts of climate change on insect phenotypes, populations, and communities. The research aims to: 1) build a model to estimate how insect traits like body size and developmental timing respond to temperature variation, 2) quantify how these phenotypic changes affect population dynamics, and 3) determine how...

This National Science Foundation Project Grant award of $240,000 will fund research considering evolutionary responses to temperature variability when predicting risk to climate change and disease in amphibians. The award was made under the Biological Sciences federal grant program (CFDA 47.074) to support a postdoctoral fellowship investigating how the fungal pathogen Batrachochytridium dendrobatidis increases vulnerability of the northern cricket frog to temperature variability. Over a three...

This $258,400 Cooperative Agreement awarded by the U.S. Geological Survey under the National and Regional Climate Adaptation Science Centers (CFDA 15.820) program aims to quantify climate-induced range shifts in native and non-native species to inform effective management. The key activities include: Identifying high-priority areas for range shift research and management by combining biogeographical patterns with spatial connectivity analysis. Utilizing advanced methodologies to integrate...