Project Grant 2041095

The National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Environmental Biology awarded a $247,406 Project Grant to the University of Portland to conduct collaborative research on the multilevel effects of urbanization on wildlife health. The project, titled "COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: RUI: MULTILEVEL EFFECTS OF URBANIZATION ON WILDLIFE HEALTH: AN INTEGRATIVE APPROACH", will study the impact of urban habitats on the health of the western deer mouse, a species found in both urban and rural...

This $122,176 Cooperative Agreement, awarded by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) under the Cooperative Research Units (CFDA 15.812) program, aims to evaluate the effectiveness of migration corridor conservation as a drought resilience strategy for mule deer populations across the western U.S. Over the 3-year project period (September 2024 to August 2027), the University of Wyoming will: Assess how drought impacts plant phenology along mule deer migration routes in collaboration with state,...

The National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Environmental Biology awarded a $395,122 Project Grant to the Regents of the University of Minnesota, doing business as the Office of Sponsored Projects Administration, to conduct research on the link between environmental factors, animal movement, and disease transmission. The key objectives of this 3-year grant are to: (1) learn to use a novel movement-contact model called MOVESTIR, (2) expand the MOVESTIR model to understand how...

This $396,474 federal Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Social, Behavioral, and Economic Sciences (CFDA 47.075) program supports research examining the links between food security and access to natural resources, particularly wildlife, in the context of urbanization. The project, led by Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University, uses survey methods to investigate how social and economic factors influence people's ability to access wildlife resources and...

The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a $259,330 Project Grant under its Social, Behavioral, and Economic Sciences (CFDA 47.075) program to the University of Pittsburgh. This 1-year grant, awarded on May 1, 2024, will support research on "The Datafied Animal: Biologging, Machine Learning and Wildlife Conservation." The project will analyze the ethical, social, and practical implications of using new technologies like miniaturized animal tags, GPS-telemetry, and machine learning...

This $485,187 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's Division of Civil, Mechanical, and Manufacturing Innovation will support the development of new models, algorithms, and visualization tools to improve strategic conservation planning. Funded under the NSF's Engineering program (CFDA 47.041), the award aims to advance quantitative decision-making methods that integrate ecological features like habitat connectivity and species population dynamics. The recipient, University of...

This Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's Biological Sciences program (CFDA 47.074) provides $748,624 to North Carolina State University from August 1, 2022 to July 31, 2025. The funding will support research to develop integrated distribution models for approximately 100 North American mammal species. Researchers will combine traditional museum data with new camera trap and citizen science data, including from the National Ecological Observatory Network and Snapshot USA program....

The National Council for Air and Stream Improvement Foundation (NCASI Foundation) was awarded a $150,000 cooperative agreement from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Region 9 Headquarters under the agency's Adaptive Science program (CFDA 15.670). The award will support NCASI Foundation's Wildlife Conservation Initiative (WCI) through June 2028. Under the WCI, NCASI Foundation will conduct surveys, monitoring, and data collection on private working forests to better understand the occurrence and...

This $333,092 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's Biological Sciences program (CFDA 47.074) supports research at North Carolina State University to quantify tree recruitment and vertebrate consumer relationships across North America. The research will collect extensive gradient sampling data on tree fecundity, recruitment stages from seed supply to seedling establishment to advanced regeneration, and vertebrate activity linked to climate and habitat variables. Predictive...

This Project Grant from the National Science Foundation Division of Environmental Biology provides $378,135 to fund research linking social-environmental health to the trophic and disease dynamics of urban carnivores. The grant supports a three-year collaborative research project ending September 2025 between the University of California, Berkeley and the State of California. The research aims to better understand how environmental health disparities in cities similarly affect urban carnivore...