The National Science Foundation awarded a $190,605 project grant to the University of South Carolina under the Biological Sciences federal grant program (CFDA 47.074) from September 1, 2021 to April 30, 2023. The grant will support research examining the impacts of climate change on community dynamics and long-distance migratory bird populations. As part of the Biological Sciences program's goal of strengthening the nation's biological research enterprise and increasing scientific understanding,...
Clemson University was awarded a $807,800 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation Division of Integrative Organismal Systems on June 1, 2021 with a completion date of May 31, 2024. The grant is part of NSF's Biological Sciences program (CFDA 47.074), which aims to promote progress in the biological sciences and strengthen the Nation's scientific enterprise through increasing scientific knowledge and understanding of major problems. Under this award, Clemson University will conduct...
This $1,137,520 National Science Foundation (NSF) project grant awarded to Clemson University under the Biological Sciences program (CFDA 47.074) aims to conduct integrative functional and quantitative genomics research on butterfly wing color and patterning. The work will identify the genetic architecture of a polygenic and polymorphic phenotype found in male butterflies, study the evolutionary processes underlying its adaptive gain, and test hypotheses about how this phenotype is driving...
Coastal Carolina University was awarded a $662,905 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation Division of Environmental Biology to develop and apply genomic resources for ascidian taxonomy and holobiont evolution from January 1, 2022 to December 31, 2024. The grant funding will support Coastal Carolina University's work under the Biological Sciences program (CFDA 47.074) to advance the progress of the biological sciences. Specifically, the university will utilize the three-year award...
This $687,357 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's Biological Sciences program (CFDA 47.074) supports research to study repeated evolution in a diverse group of alpine beetles. The researchers will explore whether natural selection has acted on the same molecular pathways as species adapted to alpine environments during past climate cycles. Comparative genomic and stress tolerance experiments will test for evidence of repeated evolution and identify the genetic mechanisms...
This $993,899 federal Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's Biological Sciences program (CFDA 47.074) supports research into the biomechanical and fluid-mechanical mechanisms that insects use to move their antennae. The project, led by Clemson University, investigates the structure, function, and biomechanics of insect antennae to provide insights into how they enable insects to navigate and sense their environment. The research aims to develop strategies for designing...
The National Science Foundation awarded a two-year, $138,000 Project Grant to support research linking biomechanics to neurobiology in bird flight. Funded under the Biological Sciences program (CFDA 47.074), the award will enable study of how coordinated bird flight emerges from visual motion processing. The grant aims to promote progress in the biological sciences and increase understanding of major problems by supporting basic research from September 2021 to August 2023 in Missoula, Montana.
The National Science Foundation awarded a $138,000 Project Grant to Greenville, North Carolina from September 2021 to August 2023 under the Biological Sciences federal grant program (CFDA 47.074). This funding will support research entitled "Microbes and Microplastics: Microbial Adaptations During the Anthropocene" conducted by a postdoctoral fellow. The Biological Sciences program aims to promote advancement in the biological sciences and strengthen the national scientific...
This Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's Division of Integrative Organismal Systems provides $182,156 to Roger Williams University under the Biological Sciences program (CFDA 47.074) from September 1, 2021 through August 31, 2024. The funding supports collaborative research on the functional design of siphophore propulsion and behavior. The Biological Sciences program aims to promote progress in the biological sciences and strengthen the nation's scientific enterprise through...
The National Science Foundation awarded a two-year, $237,951 project grant to Mississippi State University under the Biological Sciences federal grant program (CFDA 47.074) to conduct research on the Melanoplinae grasshoppers of North America and Mexico. The university will use the funding over the grant period of May 1, 2021 to April 30, 2023 to support taxonomic and systematic research on the subfamily of grasshoppers. The Biological Sciences program aims to advance the field and strengthen...