The University of Virginia was awarded a $1,066,257 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation Division of Emerging Frontiers under the Biological Sciences federal grant program (CFDA 47.074). The grant will fund research from March 1, 2022 to February 28, 2027 to study backyard evolution across a seasonal metapopulation in Drosophila. The Biological Sciences program aims to promote advancement in the biological sciences and strengthen the nation's scientific enterprise through...
This $407,491 National Science Foundation project grant under the Biological Sciences program (CFDA 47.074) funds the Johns Hopkins University to operate an Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) site from 2022 through 2025. The REU site will provide research training to 30 undergraduate students over three summers, with 10 students participating each year, in molecular and imaging approaches to biological problems. Students will gain hands-on experience in faculty laboratories...
This Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's Division of Mathematical Sciences provides $324,104 to Clarkson University under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences federal grant program (CFDA 47.049) from February 2022 through January 2025. The funding supports the Mathematical Biology Team Science Research Experience for Undergraduates program, which will deliver an immersive ten-week interdisciplinary research experience for undergraduate students interested in quantitative...
The National Science Foundation awarded a $138,000 Project Grant to support research activities from November 1, 2021 to October 31, 2023 under the Biological Sciences program (CFDA 47.074). The grant funding will enable the grantee to conduct research at the University of Pittsburgh aimed at furthering understanding of the evolution of gene regulatory networks through empirical and theoretical approaches. The Biological Sciences program seeks to advance the field and strengthen the national...
This $347,015 National Science Foundation project grant under the Biological Sciences program (CFDA 47.074) supports an Interdisciplinary and Quantitative Biology Research Experience for Undergraduates (IQ-BIO-REU) site award to the University of Puerto Rico Rio Piedras campus. Over three years, the program will train 30 undergraduate students, primarily from schools with limited research opportunities, in a mentored research environment using computational and quantitative tools in biology....
This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's Biological Sciences program (CFDA 47.074) will provide $465,000 to the University of North Dakota to support a Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) site focused on "Genes & the Environment." The award will fund the training of 30 undergraduate students over 3 summers (2026-2028), with 10 students participating each year. The students will engage in research projects advancing knowledge in biosciences,...
This National Science Foundation (NSF) Project Grant award under the Biological Sciences (CFDA 47.074) program will provide $462,342 to Colorado State University's Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology to support a Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) Site program in Molecular Biosciences. The program will train 30 undergraduate students, primarily from schools with limited research opportunities, over 10-week summer sessions from 2025 through 2027. Students will gain...
The National Science Foundation awarded a $138,000 Project Grant to support research under the Biological Sciences program (CFDA 47.074) from August 1, 2021 to July 31, 2023. The grant funds postdoctoral research at Utah State University in Logan, Utah to study the evolution of extended floral phenotypes. The Biological Sciences program aims to advance the field and strengthen the national scientific enterprise through basic research on major problems. This award will further those goals by...
The National Science Foundation awarded Sam Houston State University a $402,562 Project Grant under the Biological Sciences federal grant program (CFDA 47.074) for the period of March 1, 2021 through February 29, 2024. The grant funds an Research Experience for Undergraduates Site focused on Genome Science and Computational Biology. The program will support undergraduate students in conducting research and gaining hands-on experience in these fields, in alignment with the Biological Sciences...
This National Science Foundation (NSF) Project Grant under the Biological Sciences (CFDA 47.074) program will provide $463,568 in funding to the University of Virginia (UVA) from October 1, 2024 to September 30, 2027. The grant will support the training of 30 students over 3 summers (2025-2027) in ecological, evolutionary, and behavioral field research at the Mountain Lake Biological Station in Pembroke, Virginia. Students, primarily from schools with limited research opportunities or...
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 scientific knowledge and understanding of major problems through supporting undergraduate research experiences. Specifically, the funding will support a research training program for community college students to gain hands-on experience in biological data science and make the transition to academic independence at four-year research institutions.