The University of Hawaii at Manoa will use a $2.5 million project grant from the National Science Foundation to understand how microbes govern food web architecture and efficiency in a model watershed. The grant was awarded on January 15, 2022 under the Biological Sciences program (CFDA 47.074) and will support research through December 31, 2026. As part of its basic research mission, the Biological Sciences program aims to increase scientific knowledge of major problems confronting the nation. This award will advance those goals by using machine learning and a model watershed to examine how microbes influence food web structure and productivity in an aquatic ecosystem over the grant period. Insights gained from this research could enhance understanding of freshwater systems.
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