Project Grant 2051704
Award Date
4/15/21
Completion Date
3/31/25
Dollars Obligated
$655K
Funding Federal Agency
National Science Foundation
Awarding Federal Agency
Division of Environmental Biology
Federal Grant Program
47.074
Assistance Type
Project Grant
Place of Performance
El Paso, TX 79902, USA
Similar Awards
The National Science Foundation awarded Ripon College a $112,054 project grant under the Biological Sciences federal grant program (CFDA 47.074) for the period of April 15, 2021 through March 31, 2025. The grant supports collaborative research titled "Life Cycle Evolution in Rotifera: The Influence of Sexual Reproduction on Contemporary Systematics of Monogononta." The Biological Sciences program aims to promote progress in the biological sciences and strengthen the nation's scientific...
The University of Massachusetts Lowell will conduct research on the life cycle evolution of rotifers under a $783,239 National Science Foundation Project Grant awarded April 15, 2021 through the Biological Sciences program (CFDA 47.074). The research aims to study how sexual reproduction influences contemporary systematics of monogonont rotifers. The Biological Sciences program supports basic research to advance understanding of major problems facing the nation in the biological sciences. The...
The University of Texas at Arlington received a three-year, $1,102,014 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation Division of Environmental Biology under the Biological Sciences federal grant program (CFDA 47.074). The grant will fund collaborative research titled "COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: BEE: NICHE EVOLUTION AND THE ASSEMBLY OF REPLICATE ISLAND LIZARD FAUNAS" from November 2021 through October 2024. The Biological Sciences program supports basic research to increase...
This Project Grant award of $679,309.00 from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Biological Sciences program (CFDA 47.074) supports research on the evolution of salinity tolerance in monogonont rotifers. The research aims to enhance understanding of rotifer taxonomy, ecology, and evolutionary processes related to salinity tolerance. Key activities include: 1) surveying saltwater rotifers in the southeastern U.S. to document biodiversity and distribution, 2) investigating genomic and...
This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Biological Sciences program (CFDA 47.074) will support a three-year Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) site at the University of Texas at El Paso (UTEP). The award of $396,148 will enable UTEP to train a total of 27 undergraduate students over the summers of 2024-2026. The REU site will focus on critical research topics in ecology and evolution that influence biodiversity in the Chihuahuan Desert. Students will learn...
This National Science Foundation (NSF) Biological Sciences (CFDA 47.074) project grant award of $744,781 provides funding to the University of Texas at Austin to investigate the genetic and energetic basis of mitonuclear incompatibilities during the formation of new species in swordtail fish (Xiphophorus). The research aims to identify specific combinations of mitochondrial and nuclear genes that create reproductive barriers in hybridizing populations, leading to the development of new...
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...
This $696,680 Project Grant was awarded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) Biological Sciences program (CFDA 47.074) to the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga (UTC) on August 15, 2024. The grant will fund a collaborative research project titled "RUI: The Evolution of Salinity Tolerance in Monogonont Rotifers" that aims to investigate how monogonont rotifers, microscopic invertebrates, have adapted to survive fluctuating salinity levels. The research will enhance understanding...
This National Science Foundation project grant under the Biological Sciences program (CFDA 47.074) provides $515,158 to The University of Texas at San Antonio from October 2022 to September 2025. The award will support research to develop next-generation species distribution models that integrate organism-level bioenergetic budgets with community-level predator-prey interactions. Researchers will conduct laboratory experiments and field studies on fish populations in Southern Appalachian streams...
The National Science Foundation awarded a $138,000 Project Grant to support a postdoctoral fellowship in biology from March 1, 2022 to February 29, 2024. The grant was awarded under the Biological Sciences program (CFDA 47.074) to conduct research investigating the behavioral and genetic mechanisms underlying invasiveness at the place of performance in Austin, Texas. The Biological Sciences program aims to promote progress in the biological sciences and strengthen the nation's scientific...