The University of California, Santa Barbara was awarded a $1,564,568 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation Division of Emerging Frontiers under the Biological Sciences federal grant program (CFDA 47.074) for the period of October 1, 2021 through September 30, 2024. The grant will support the collaborative research project "Epigenetics in Development and Evolution of Primate Brains," which aims to advance understanding of major problems in biological sciences through...
The National Science Foundation awarded a $1,114,038 Project Grant to the University of California, Santa Barbara under the Biological Sciences federal grant program (CFDA 47.074) to support the research project "Understanding the Conservation and Restoration Potential of Retired Agricultural Land: An Ecoinformatics Approach." The grant aims to increase scientific knowledge and understanding of major problems confronting the nation by promoting progress in the biological sciences....
The National Science Foundation awarded a $182,136 Project Grant to the University of California Santa Cruz under the Biological Sciences federal grant program (CFDA 47.074) for the period of September 1, 2021 through December 31, 2022. The grant funds the CAREER: Advancing a Macrosystems Framework for Climate-Phenology Coupling Through Integrated Research and Education project. The project aims to advance understanding of major problems confronting the nation by promoting progress in the...
The University of California, Davis was awarded a $221,316 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation Division of Biological Infrastructure under the Biological Sciences federal grant program (CFDA 47.074). The grant will support the "RCN-UBE: Design to Data Network: Expanding a Faculty Community of Practice to Broaden and Diversify Participation in Undergraduate Research" project from September 2021 through August 2023. The project aims to expand an existing faculty...
The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a Project Grant under the Biological Sciences program (CFDA 47.074) to the University of California, Davis (UC Davis) in the amount of $112,078 effective October 1, 2024. The grant will support the training of 27 students, primarily from schools with limited research opportunities or underrepresented groups, over the summers of 2025-2027. Students will conduct individual research projects co-mentored by UC Davis faculty, graduate students, and...
The University of California, Santa Barbara received a $296,508 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation Division of Ocean Sciences on December 1, 2021. The grant supports research under the NSF's Geosciences program (CFDA 47.050) to study alkane-based metabolic coupling between phytoplankton and marine Group II Euryarchaeota. This two-year project will enhance understanding of the integrated Earth system by investigating the basic biochemical interactions between these...
The University of California, Santa Barbara will conduct collaborative research on the ecological legacy effects of megacarcasses in African savanna ecosystems under a $536,523 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation Division of Environmental Biology. The research supports the Biological Sciences program (CFDA 47.074) to promote progress in the biological sciences and increase understanding of major problems confronting the nation. The three-year award beginning October 1, 2021 will...
The University of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB) received a $269,996 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation Division of Molecular and Cellular Biosciences under the Biological Sciences (47.074) federal grant program. The award period is from May 1, 2023 to April 30, 2028. Under this award, UCSB will develop new biotechnology to measure and engineer twisting and writhing in deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) at both the molecular and genomic levels. Researchers will visualize and...
This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation Division of Undergraduate Education, under the STEM Education (formerly Education and Human Resources) federal grant program (CFDA 47.076), provides $1,716,249 to support the Center for Equitable Environmental Sciences at the University of California, Santa Barbara. The Center aims to improve retention of underrepresented student groups in STEM majors through culturally relevant mentoring, learning communities, and placement in 300...
The National Science Foundation awarded a $478,729 Project Grant to the University of California, Davis under the Biological Sciences federal grant program (CFDA 47.074) to support an Research Experiences for Undergraduates Site focused on Ecological and Evolutionary Responses to Rapid Environmental Change. The grant provides funding from February 2021 through January 2024 to engage undergraduate students in hands-on research exploring how organisms and ecosystems respond to and are impacted...