Project Grant 20196702129697

This National Science Foundation (NSF) project grant, awarded under the Biological Sciences (CFDA 47.074) program, will develop an open-access global plant phenology database called "PhenoBase". The $447,222 award to the University of Arizona will use machine learning to extract phenological data from plant photographs and digitized herbarium specimens, integrating this data with existing phenological monitoring resources. The goal is to create a standardized, comprehensive knowledge...

The National Science Foundation Division of Biological Infrastructure awarded a $2,141,750 project grant to the American Society of Plant Biologists to support the "LEAPS: ROOTING OUT OPPRESSION TOGETHER AND SHARING OUR OUTCOMES TRANSPARENTLY" program. The award period runs from October 1, 2021 to September 30, 2026. The grant supports the Biological Sciences program (CFDA 47.074), which aims to promote advancement in the biological sciences and strengthen the national scientific...

This Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Institute of Food and Agriculture (CFDA 10.519 - Equipment Grants Program) provides $498,100 to Washington State University to acquire a new multi-camera robotic plant phenotyping instrument and supporting infrastructure. The advanced phenotyping platform will enable non-invasive automated monitoring of plant traits like photosynthesis, fluorescence, shoot anatomy, leaf temperature, transpiration, and biomass across a...

This five-year, $352,557 National Science Foundation project grant supports the development of new optical instrumentation and educational outreach activities at Harvey Mudd College. The goal is to advance rhizosphere monitoring through non-invasive plant phenotyping using the light-piping properties of plant stems. The College will create a minimally invasive instrument to inject light into plant stems and roots, analyzing backscattered light to map root structures. Time-of-flight detection and...

This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Biological Sciences program (CFDA 47.074) provides $487,639 to the University of California, Berkeley to conduct long-term monitoring and research on plant community dynamics in the Colorado alpine biome. The project aims to assemble a unique long-term dataset on population and community changes in response to rapid environmental changes, such as climate change, to advance ecological theory and forecasting. Key activities...

This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Biological Sciences program (CFDA 47.074) provides $1,346,558 to the National Center for Genome Resources (NCGR), a non-profit research institute in Santa Fe, New Mexico. The funding will support the development of a modular software tool that enables researchers to better understand genetic diversity in plants and how it drives adaptation, particularly in the face of climate change. The project aims to create innovative...

The Department of Agriculture's National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) awarded a $999,992 Project Grant under the Agriculture and Food Research Initiative (AFRI) program to the Donald Danforth Plant Science Center to establish an Alliance of Plant Phenotyping Software Developers Coordinated Innovation Network. The Network aims to coordinate efforts among developers of existing plant phenotyping software tools to make them interoperable and integrated. It will bring together...

The National Science Foundation Division of Environmental Biology awarded a $639,059 Project Grant to the Chicago Botanic Garden under the Biological Sciences federal grant program (CFDA 47.074) from January 1, 2023 to December 31, 2026. The grant will support research linking climate change-induced shifts in plant phenology, or the timing of life cycle events, to plant population dynamics. Specifically, the grantee will conduct an experimental demography project advancing the phenology of...

This federal Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Biological Sciences program (CFDA 47.074) provides $268,421 to the University of Florida to make major improvements to the technical infrastructure of the USA National Phenology Network (USA-NPN). The goal is to lower barriers to entry for new and continuing public participants who collect plant and animal phenology data, and to increase engagement and connections among these participants. Key activities include...

This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's Division of Integrative Organismal Systems, under the Biological Sciences program (CFDA 47.074), provides $680,000 in funding to Yale University to conduct research on regulating stem cell patterning and activity in citrus plants. The key activities under this 3-year award, running from August 1, 2023 to July 31, 2026, involve assessing auxin distribution and activity in citrus, experimenting to perturb auxin action, and...