The Regents of the University of Idaho (University of Idaho) received a $208,292 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation Division of Earth Sciences under the Geosciences federal grant program (CFDA 47.050). The two-year award will support collaborative research to advance understanding of landscape response to climate change through studying evolving Hawaiian landforms. The University of Idaho will examine landscapes across islands and rainfall gradients to quantify the...
The University of Idaho will receive $344,599 under a Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation Division of Earth Sciences. The grant will fund a collaborative research project titled "Exploring the Tempo of Exhumation and Relief Development to Investigate Mantle-to-Surface Connections Around the Yellowstone Hotspot" from January 1, 2022 through December 31, 2024. The research aims to strengthen understanding of integrated Earth system processes by expanding knowledge of...
The University of Idaho received a three-year $677,575 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation Division of Environmental Biology under the Biological Sciences federal grant program (CFDA 47.074). The grant will support collaborative research examining the effects of declines in top scavengers from microbes to ecosystems. The Biological Sciences program aims to advance biological knowledge and understanding of major problems facing the nation through basic research. Over the three-year...
The National Science Foundation Office of International Science and Engineering awarded the University of Hawaii at Manoa a $298,926 Project Grant under the Office of International Science and Engineering federal grant program (CFDA 47.079). The grant funds an immersive undergraduate research program on island invasion biology at the Charles Darwin Foundation in the Galapagos Islands, Ecuador from January 1, 2024 to December 31, 2026. At least six University of Hawaii at Manoa students per...
The National Science Foundation awarded a $336,514 Project Grant to the University of Idaho under the Biological Sciences federal grant program (CFDA 47.074) for the period of March 1, 2021 through February 29, 2024. The grant funds collaborative research on multidimensional single-cell phenotyping to elucidate relationships between genomes and phenotypes. The Biological Sciences program aims to advance biological knowledge and understanding of major problems through basic research support. This...
The Regents of the University of Idaho received a $2,669,046 Cooperative Agreement award from the National Science Foundation's Biological Sciences program (CFDA 47.074) to conduct research on how biological communities respond to environmental stresses like wildfire and drought. The project, titled "EMBER: Embedding Molecular Biology in Ecosystem Research in an Era of Increasing Wildfire and Drought", aims to identify key traits and variables that govern how forests and microorganisms...
The National Science Foundation awarded a $194,257 Project Grant to the University of Idaho under the Geosciences program (CFDA 47.050) to support research from September 1, 2021 through March 31, 2023. The grant funds a study of the cumulative effects of ecological and social stressors on integrated ranching and wildlife systems in Idaho, including drought, wolves, and human decision-making. Under the award, the University of Idaho will conduct rancher surveys and integrate social and...
Idaho State University was awarded a $284,964 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation Office of Integrative Activities under the Geosciences federal grant program (CFDA 47.050) for the period of January 1, 2022 through December 31, 2024. The grant aims to strengthen geosciences career opportunities for tribal members through cultural connections to iconic landscapes. Specifically, the University will develop and deliver pathways programs linking tribal culture and traditions to...
The Regents of the University of Idaho was awarded a $156,022 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation Division of Atmospheric and Geospace Sciences under the Geosciences program (CFDA 47.050). The grant will fund a collaborative research project to perform millennial-length, multi-metric reconstructions of paleoclimates in the Greater Yellowstone Ecoregion through July 2026. Researchers will generate quantitative wood anatomy chronologies from two tree species and produce regional...
This National Science Foundation (NSF) Integrative Activities (CFDA 47.083) Project Grant Award of $190,579 to Idaho State University (ISU) supports research to advance the understanding of microbial dispersal and biodiversity in deep seafloor sediments. The project aims to evaluate the potential of subsurface fluid discharges, such as upwardly migrating hydrocarbons and warm hydrothermal fluids, in transporting microorganisms from the deep biosphere to the seafloor. The research will employ...