The Pennsylvania State University was awarded a $1.13 million Project Grant from the National Science Foundation Division of Environmental Biology to conduct research on "Hotspots of Genome Evolution in a Rapid Vertebrate Radiation" from January 1, 2022 through December 31, 2024. The grant is being administered under the NSF's Biological Sciences program (CFDA 47.074), which aims to promote advancement in the biological sciences and strengthen the national scientific enterprise through...
The National Science Foundation (NSF) Biological Sciences program (CFDA 47.074) awarded a $981,074 project grant to The Pennsylvania State University (Penn State) on August 15, 2024. The grant, titled "DISES: Socioecological Outcomes of Restoration in Forest-Grassland Ecosystems," investigates how and why restoration programs impact social and environmental systems in forest-grassland ecosystems. The research employs multiple methods, including remote sensing, field-based ecological...
The Pennsylvania State University (Penn State) received a $302,474 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) on June 1, 2021 to support research titled "Collaborative Research: Fire, Ecosystem, and Landscape Dynamics in Afroalpine Environments in a Warmer World." The award will fund research through May 31, 2024 under the NSF's Biological Sciences program (CFDA 47.074), which aims to promote progress in the biological sciences and strengthen the nation's scientific...
The Pennsylvania State University received a $1.2 million Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation on November 1, 2021 to complete the project by October 31, 2025. The grant is funded through NSF's Biological Sciences program (CFDA 47.074), which aims to promote progress in the biological sciences and strengthen the nation's scientific enterprise through increasing knowledge and understanding of major problems confronting the nation. Under this award, Penn State researchers...
The Pennsylvania State University (Penn State) received a $299,044 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation Division of Integrative Organismal Systems under the Biological Sciences federal grant program (CFDA 47.074) to conduct collaborative research from July 2023 through June 2027. The award will support Penn State's efforts to study the molecular mechanisms regulating complex traits like body size and reproduction in natural populations of five reptile species across three...
This National Science Foundation (NSF) Project Grant award, under the Biological Sciences program (CFDA 47.074), will provide $382,727 to The Pennsylvania State University (Penn State) from August 15, 2023 to July 31, 2026. The project will develop a comprehensive "gene annotation pipeline" toolbox to rapidly identify the functions of unknown genes, especially in non-model organisms. This will involve creating a library of microbial strains that can select for key metabolic reactions...
The Smithsonian Institution received a three-year, $458,972 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation to conduct collaborative research on the effects of pathogen resistance gene sharing on tropical tree transmission and growth in Panama. Funded under the NSF's Biological Sciences program (CFDA 47.074), the research aims to advance understanding of major biological issues by investigating how the distribution of resistance gene alleles among tropical tree populations impacts...
The Pennsylvania State University received a $140,941 three-year Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation Division of Earth Sciences under the Geosciences federal grant program (CFDA 47.050). The grant will support collaborative research on integrative ecological perspectives of extinction processes through a multi-proxy case study of Hispaniolan subfossil and extant rodents. The research aims to strengthen fundamental knowledge and understanding of the integrated Earth system by...
The Pennsylvania State University (Penn State) received a $200,000 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation Division of Environmental Biology on May 1, 2021 to fund the RAPID: COVID-19 SCENARIO MODELING HUB TO HARNESS MULTIPLE MODELS FOR LONG-TERM PROJECTIONS AND DECISION SUPPORT project through April 30, 2022. This award supports the Biological Sciences (CFDA 47.074) federal grant program, which aims to promote advancement in the biological sciences and strengthen the nation's...
The Pennsylvania State University (Penn State) received a $608,569 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) on September 1, 2021 to develop a predictive biophysical model of transcription rate across cellular conditions. The award is part of the NSF's Biological Sciences program (CFDA 47.074) and will support research through August 31, 2024 to promote progress in the biological sciences and strengthen the nation's scientific enterprise through increased knowledge and...