Cooperative Agreement F15AC00813

This National Science Foundation Project Grant award of $690,347 will fund research into the phylogeny and biogeography of the tiger beetle tribe Manticorini under the Biological Sciences program (CFDA 47.074). Northern Arizona University will conduct fieldwork to sample populations of Manticorine tiger beetles across the ranges of currently proposed U.S. species and subspecies. High-throughput DNA sequencing using an ultraconserved element probe set designed for beetles will be employed to...

This federal Project Grant award from the National Institute of Justice (NIJ) under CFDA 16.560 National Institute of Justice Research, Evaluation, and Development Project Grants will support the development of a chemical profile-based approach to rapidly identify carrion beetle species. This will enhance the utility of entomological evidence in estimating postmortem interval (PMI) during death investigations, particularly for remains in advanced stages of decomposition. The $111,822 award to...

This $687,357 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's Biological Sciences program (CFDA 47.074) supports research to study repeated evolution in a diverse group of alpine beetles. The researchers will explore whether natural selection has acted on the same molecular pathways as species adapted to alpine environments during past climate cycles. Comparative genomic and stress tolerance experiments will test for evidence of repeated evolution and identify the genetic mechanisms...

This National Science Foundation Project Grant of $138,000 supported postdoctoral research fellowship at Indiana University from June 1, 2022 to May 31, 2024 under the Biological Sciences program (CFDA 47.074). The fellowship focused on investigating the cis-regulatory basis of developmental plasticity and growth in the evolution of beetle horns through three main research objectives: 1) characterizing the roles of chromatin accessibility and regulatory element sequences in beetle horn...

This four-year, $1.16 million project grant from the National Science Foundation's Biological Sciences program (CFDA 47.074) will support the development of functional genomics tools in cactophilic Drosophila at the University of Arizona. Principal Investigator Luis Matzkin and colleagues will build a transgenic toolkit for three cactus-breeding fly species - Drosophila mojavensis, D. arizonae, and D. buzzatii - leveraging recently generated genome assemblies. The toolkit will include attP...

Federal Project Grant Award Summary The California Academy of Sciences received an $808,848 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Emerging Frontiers under the Biological Sciences program (CFDA 47.074), awarded on September 15, 2025, with a completion date of August 31, 2029. This award funds fundamental research investigating the functional genomics and developmental mechanisms underlying structural color formation in Easter egg weevils (Pachyrhynchus genus). The...

This award from the National Science Foundation's Biological Sciences program, CFDA 47.074, provides $1,335,651 to The University Of Kentucky Research Foundation to conduct research on speciation with gene flow in a pair of pine-feeding insect species. The project aims to understand how some species can maintain genetic differences despite ongoing gene exchange. Key research activities include: Larval diet manipulations and transcriptome analyses to quantify reproductive isolation and...

This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's Biological Sciences program (CFDA 47.074) provides $1,059,435 to William Marsh Rice University to investigate the evolutionary relationship between cannibalism, dispersal, and kin discrimination behaviors in flour beetles. The research aims to reveal factors that restrict cannibalism and how it co-evolves with other social behaviors. Key activities include studying natural beetle populations to measure differences in cannibalism,...

This Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's Biological Sciences program (CFDA 47.074) provides $471,223 to Kean University from September 1, 2023 through August 31, 2026. The university will conduct research on the evolutionary dynamics and range expansion of invasive species in urban environments. Using the spotted lanternfly, Kean researchers will sequence genomes and perform common garden experiments across rural and urban settings in the lanternfly's native China and invasive...

This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's Biological Sciences program (CFDA 47.074) provides $175,064 to Georgetown University to study the impacts of periodical cicada population pulses on ant foraging behaviors and ecosystem services. The research aims to advance understanding of how these nutritional "food pulses" influence the varied roles ants play in forest ecosystems, which is relevant to both forestry and agriculture. The project also includes an...