The University of California, Davis was awarded a $582,412 project grant from the National Science Foundation Division of Emerging Frontiers under the Biological Sciences federal grant program (CFDA 47.074) for the period of January 1, 2022 through December 31, 2025. The grant will support research titled "INTBIO COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: AN INTEGRATIVE APPROACH FOR PROJECTING INSECT RESPONSES TO A RAPIDLY CHANGING CLIMATE" to be conducted at the university's Davis, California campus....
This $680,134 National Science Foundation project grant under the Biological Sciences program (CFDA 47.074) will support research at the University of California, Davis examining the effects of phenological shifts on plant-insect interactions due to climate change. The grantee will use herbarium specimens collected over the past hundred years and an experimental garden mimicking past, present and future climatic conditions to assess potential novel species interactions resulting from changes...
The National Science Foundation awarded a $337,089 Project Grant to the University of Washington under the Biological Sciences federal grant program (CFDA 47.074) for research titled "COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: TIMESCALE-DEPENDENT EFFECTS OF TRANSIENT DYNAMICS IN PLANT-POLLINATOR NETWORKS." The three-year award beginning March 1, 2022 will support research examining how temporary changes in plant-pollinator networks impact population and community stability over different timescales. As...
The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a Project Grant under the Biological Sciences program (CFDA 47.074) to the University of California, Davis (UC Davis) in the amount of $112,078 effective October 1, 2024. The grant will support the training of 27 students, primarily from schools with limited research opportunities or underrepresented groups, over the summers of 2025-2027. Students will conduct individual research projects co-mentored by UC Davis faculty, graduate students, and...
The University of California, Davis was awarded a three-year, $675,000 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation under the Biological Sciences program (CFDA 47.074). The grant will support research examining sulfated peptides that can facilitate pathogen virulence. The Biological Sciences program aims to advance the field and strengthen the national scientific enterprise through basic biological research. This award will allow UC Davis researchers to study molecular mimics that...
The National Science Foundation awarded a $478,729 Project Grant to the University of California, Davis under the Biological Sciences federal grant program (CFDA 47.074) to support an Research Experiences for Undergraduates Site focused on Ecological and Evolutionary Responses to Rapid Environmental Change. The grant provides funding from February 2021 through January 2024 to engage undergraduate students in hands-on research exploring how organisms and ecosystems respond to and are impacted...
The National Science Foundation Division of Environmental Biology awarded Oregon State University a $140,459 Project Grant titled "COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: TIMESCALE-DEPENDENT EFFECTS OF TRANSIENT DYNAMICS IN PLANT-POLLINATOR NETWORKS" from March 1, 2022 to February 28, 2025. Under this award, Oregon State University will conduct research examining the timescale-dependent effects of transient dynamics in plant-pollinator networks. The research is supported by the National Science...
The National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Environmental Biology awarded a $542,445 Project Grant to the University of California, Davis (UC Davis) under the Biological Sciences federal grant program (CFDA 47.074). The grant supports a collaborative research project to investigate the evolution and biogeographic history of the megadiverse plant bugs (Hemiptera: Miridae) insect family. The research aims to construct a robust phylogeny of plant bugs using genomic data, examine their dietary...
The University of California, Davis was awarded a $300,000 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation Division of Molecular and Cellular Biosciences. The grant falls under the Biological Sciences program (CFDA 47.074), which aims to promote progress in the biological sciences and strengthen the nation's scientific enterprise through increasing knowledge and understanding of major problems. Specifically, the grant will fund research from August 1, 2021 to July 31, 2023 exploring an...
The University of California, Davis was awarded a $1.1 million project grant from the National Science Foundation Division of Molecular and Cellular Biosciences under the Biological Sciences (CFDA 47.074) federal grant program. The grant supports research investigating the relationship between the plant circadian clock and RNA processing pathways, and how these interactions impact fundamental cellular processes and the plant's ability to respond to environmental challenges. Specifically, the...