This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Biological Sciences program (CFDA 47.074) provides $489,895 to Indiana University in Bloomington, Indiana to support a Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) site focused on animal behavior research. The 3-year program will train 30 undergraduate students, primarily from schools with limited research opportunities, in behavioral biology and the influence of context on decision-making. Students will conduct novel...
The National Science Foundation Division of Integrative Organismal Systems awarded Indiana University a $1.1 million Project Grant under the Biological Sciences federal grant program (CFDA 47.074) for the period April 1, 2022 through March 31, 2026. The grant funds collaborative research titled "Extracellular RNA Produced by Plants: What, Where, How, Who, and Why?" at Indiana University's Bloomington campus. The Biological Sciences program supports basic research to increase scientific...
The National Science Foundation awarded a $181,090 Project Grant to IUP Research Institute under the Biological Sciences federal grant program (CFDA 47.074) for the period of January 1, 2022 through December 31, 2026. The grant will support collaborative research to design a sustainable agricultural production system through convergence research using a multi-scale ecosystems approach. The Biological Sciences program aims to promote advancement in the biological sciences and strengthen the...
The National Science Foundation Division of Environmental Biology awarded a $229,332 project grant to Indiana University for collaborative research titled "ELUCIDATING PLANT AND MYCORRHIZAL FUNGAL RELATIONSHIPS AND CONSEQUENCES ACROSS SPACE AND TIME." The three-year award beginning September 1, 2021 will fund research under the Biological Sciences program (CFDA 47.074) to increase scientific knowledge and understanding of major problems confronting the nation. Specifically, the grant...
The National Science Foundation awarded Indiana University $357,504 under the Biological Sciences federal grant program (CFDA 47.074) for the project "Temporal Coordination of Transcription, Translation, and Protein Degradation for Meiotic Termination" from January 15, 2021 to March 31, 2023. The award will support Indiana University's research into understanding the temporal coordination of key biological processes during meiosis termination. As the goal of the Biological Sciences...
The National Science Foundation Division of Environmental Biology awarded Indiana University a $182,486 Project Grant under the Biological Sciences federal grant program (CFDA 47.074) for the period of July 1, 2021 through June 30, 2022. The grant funds the project "RAPID: CICADAS AS CATALYSTS: QUANTIFYING THE POPULATION, COMMUNITY, AND EVOLUTIONARY EFFECTS OF A PERIODIC RESOURCE PULSE" which will quantify the population, community, and evolutionary effects of periodic resource...
The National Science Foundation awarded a $138,000 Project Grant to support a postdoctoral fellowship in biology from August 1, 2021 to July 31, 2023. The grant was awarded under the 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 enhancing understanding of major problems. The fellowship funding will support research exploring how trait regulation evolves from...
The National Science Foundation awarded a $507,184 Project Grant to James Madison University under the Biological Sciences federal grant program (CFDA 47.074) for the period of February 15, 2021 through January 31, 2025. The grant funds an Research Experiences for Undergraduates Site project titled "Biological Data Science for Community College Students: Transition to Academic and Research Independence." The project aims to promote progress in the biological sciences by increasing...
The National Science Foundation awarded Indiana University a $892,463 project grant under the Biological Sciences program (CFDA 47.074) for the period of April 1, 2022 through March 31, 2025. The grant funds the CAGEE project to develop new computational methods and open-source software for analyzing gene expression evolution across phylogenetic trees. The software will enable researchers to study changes in gene expression levels between tissues and species, and how such changes are coordinated...
This $420,873 National Science Foundation project grant will support the Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) Site: Re-Imagine Life, Exploring Function through Adaptation program at the University of Alabama from March 2022 through February 2025. The grant will fund research training for 30 undergraduate students over three summers, with 10 students participating each year. The program aims to provide research opportunities in biology for students from institutions with limited research...