The University of California San Diego Scripps Institution of Oceanography was awarded a $673,107 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation under the Biological Sciences program (CFDA 47.074) for the period of April 15, 2021 through March 31, 2024.
The grant funds collaborative research between the awardee and other institutions to integrate phylogenomics with the fossil record to advance macroevolutionary research using sea urchins as a model clade. The Biological Sciences program aims to strengthen the nation's biological research enterprise through increasing scientific knowledge and understanding of major problems. This award supports basic research that furthers the program's goals of advancing the field of macroevolution through an innovative approach combining modern genomic techniques and paleontological data.
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