Project Grant 2020515
- The National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Behavioral and Cognitive Sciences awarded a $115,140 Project Grant under the Social, Behavioral, and Economic Sciences program (CFDA 47.075) to Stony Brook University. The grant supports a 3-year collaborative research project to uncover the adaptive origins of fossil apes through a multidisciplinary approach. The key products and services to be delivered include: Collecting fossil primate and other animal specimens through extensive field...
- Federal Grant Award Summary Northeastern University received a $509,000 Project Grant award dated September 1, 2025, from the National Science Foundation's Division of Integrative Organismal Systems under the Biological Sciences program (CFDA 47.074). The award funds a three-year collaborative research initiative examining mechanoadaptation in Peromyscus (deer mice) to determine whether bone structure is primarily shaped by genetic inheritance or developmental responses to physical activity. The...
- This federal Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation (CFDA 47.074 - Biological Sciences) provides $440,379 to Ohio University to conduct collaborative research on the evolution of the hyoid bone, pharynx, and swallowing biomechanics in mammals. The research aims to: 1) document the full range of hyoid chain variation across mammalian clades, 2) quantify relationships between hyoid anatomy and soft tissues of the tongue and pharynx, and 3) determine if variation in hyoid,...
- The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a $279,943 Project Grant to the University of Oregon to conduct collaborative research on the evolution of North American small mammal communities in response to landscape changes from the Oligocene to Miocene epochs (30 to 5 million years ago). The project aims to understand the relationship between vegetation and mammalian communities, with a focus on how small mammals respond to habitat changes over time. The research will integrate fieldwork to...
- The National Science Foundation awarded a two-year, $138,000 Project Grant to support research titled "Parallel Evolution of Lizards in Urban Heat Islands: Locomotor Performance, Muscle Physiology, and Gene Regulation." The grant falls under the NSF's Biological Sciences program (CFDA 47.074), which aims to promote progress in the biological sciences and strengthen the national scientific enterprise through increased knowledge and understanding of major problems confronting the nation....
- Federal Grant Award Summary Ohio University received a $850,107 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Emerging Frontiers under the Biological Sciences program (CFDA 47.074), effective September 1, 2025, through August 31, 2029. The award supports a collaborative research initiative focused on understanding seasonal camouflage in animals as a model for functional biodiversity adaptation to environmental change. The primary deliverable is the development of...
- This National Science Foundation (NSF) Project Grant award under the Social, Behavioral, and Economic Sciences (CFDA 47.075) program provides $133,404 to fund a collaborative research project focused on investigating the early emergence of tool use in the human lineage. The funding supports research at the Cleveland Museum of Natural History to expand the geological, paleontological, archaeological and hominin records at a site dating between approximately 3 and 2.6 million years ago. The...
- Emory University was awarded a $179,172 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation Division of Behavioral and Cognitive Sciences to conduct research titled "COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: THE RELATIVE ROLES OF ECOLOGY, EVOLUTION, AND EXPERIENCE IN SOLVING NOVEL PROBLEMS." The grant was awarded on January 1, 2022 with a completion date of December 31, 2024. The funding supports the Social, Behavioral, and Economic Sciences program (CFDA #47.075), which contributes to scientific...
- The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a $679,192 Project Grant to the American Museum of Natural History (AMNH) to study the genomic basis of evolutionary innovations in squamate reptiles (lizards and snakes). The research will compile comprehensive phenotypic data for 370 living and fossil squamate species, build a database of complete genomes representing over 90% of living squamate families, and use comparative genomics and phylogenetics to reveal the molecular changes associated with...
- This $476,342 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's Biological Sciences program (CFDA 47.074) will fund research at Ohio Wesleyan University to study the common wall lizard. The research will leverage field observations, laboratory experiments, and genomic sequencing to understand how this invasive species has thrived in novel urban environments across North America after limited introduction. Specifically, the research will quantify thermoregulatory behaviors and thermally...
The Northeast Ohio Medical University received a $241,389 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation on January 15, 2021 to support research titled "Collaborative Research: Measuring Leaping Performance, Evaluating Its Anatomical Correlates, and Reconsidering the Importance of Leaping in Primate Origins and Early Evolution." The funding supports research under the NSF's Social, Behavioral, and Economic Sciences program (CFDA 47.075) through December 31, 2022. The grant will allow researchers to study primate leaping abilities, examine anatomical factors influencing leaping performance, and reevaluate the evolutionary importance of leaping in primate origins. Insights gained from this research could enhance understanding of primate locomotion and early primate evolution.
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
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| Not listed | $0 | 10/20/20 | ||
| Not listed | $0 | 10/13/20 | ||
| Not listed | $241.4k | 9/3/20 |