The Pennsylvania State University (Penn State) received a $299,044 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation Division of Integrative Organismal Systems under the Biological Sciences federal grant program (CFDA 47.074) to conduct collaborative research from July 2023 through June 2027. The award will support Penn State's efforts to study the molecular mechanisms regulating complex traits like body size and reproduction in natural populations of five reptile species across three...
The Pennsylvania State University received a $623,390 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation on May 1, 2021 to complete a collaborative research project titled "Genes to Ecology in Tropical Trees: How Sharing Resistance Gene Alleles Affects Pathogen Transmission and Growth" by April 30, 2024. The grant is being administered under the National Science Foundation's Biological Sciences program (CFDA 47.074), which aims to promote progress in the biological sciences and...
The Pennsylvania State University received a $1.2 million Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation on November 1, 2021 to complete the project by October 31, 2025. The grant is funded through 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 knowledge and understanding of major problems confronting the nation. Under this award, Penn State researchers...
The Pennsylvania State University received a $140,941 three-year Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation Division of Earth Sciences under the Geosciences federal grant program (CFDA 47.050). The grant will support collaborative research on integrative ecological perspectives of extinction processes through a multi-proxy case study of Hispaniolan subfossil and extant rodents. The research aims to strengthen fundamental knowledge and understanding of the integrated Earth system by...
The Pennsylvania State University (Penn State) received a $608,569 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) on September 1, 2021 to develop a predictive biophysical model of transcription rate across cellular conditions. The award is part of the NSF's Biological Sciences program (CFDA 47.074) and will support research through August 31, 2024 to promote progress in the biological sciences and strengthen the nation's scientific enterprise through increased knowledge and...
The Trustees Of The University Of Pennsylvania received a $875,000 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation Division of Environmental Biology. The grant funds research on "The Evolutionary Significance of Genetic Pleiotropy in Species Interactions" from September 1, 2021 through August 31, 2024. The research aims to advance understanding of major problems in biological sciences, as outlined in the Biological Sciences program (CFDA 47.074) of the National Science...
The Pennsylvania State University received a $1.2 million Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation on May 1, 2021 to support research titled "CAREER: ECOEVOLUTIONARY DYNAMICS OF PLANT-POLLINATOR INTERACTIONS IN AGRICULTURAL SYSTEMS." The grant is part of NSF's Biological Sciences program (CFDA 47.074), which aims to promote advancement in the biological sciences and strengthen the national scientific enterprise through increasing scientific knowledge and understanding...
The Pennsylvania State University was awarded a $380,000 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation on February 15, 2021 to complete work by January 31, 2024. The grant funds a collaborative research effort titled "Designing a Minimized Genome Cyanobacterial Chassis for Efficient Bioproduction" under the NSF's Biological Sciences program (CFDA 47.074). The research aims to promote progress in the biological sciences by increasing scientific knowledge and enhancing understanding...
The National Science Foundation awarded a $138,000 Project Grant to support research activities from November 1, 2021 to October 31, 2023 under the Biological Sciences program (CFDA 47.074). The grant funding will enable the grantee to conduct research at the University of Pittsburgh aimed at furthering understanding of the evolution of gene regulatory networks through empirical and theoretical approaches. The Biological Sciences program seeks to advance the field and strengthen the national...
The Pennsylvania State University (Penn State) received a $200,000 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation Division of Environmental Biology on May 1, 2021 to fund the RAPID: COVID-19 SCENARIO MODELING HUB TO HARNESS MULTIPLE MODELS FOR LONG-TERM PROJECTIONS AND DECISION SUPPORT project through April 30, 2022. This award supports the Biological Sciences (CFDA 47.074) federal grant program, which aims to promote advancement in the biological sciences and strengthen the nation's...