This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation provides $295,471 to Wake Forest University under the Biological Sciences program (CFDA 47.074) from April 1, 2021 through March 31, 2024. The funding supports collaborative research on the impacts of abiotic environment, pathogen resistance and pre-Columbian human management on neotropical canopy palm abundances. Subawards will provide additional support to the University of Colorado Denver for related work on exercise and bisphosphonate use to minimize weight loss bone loss in older adults, as well as to Florida Institute of Technology for collaborative research on the same topic as the lead award. The Biological Sciences program aims to advance basic biological knowledge through competitive, peer-reviewed research, consistent with the goals of this award and its subawards to further understand major issues in these scientific fields.
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