Rutgers, The State University Of New Jersey was awarded a $924,218 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation Division of Integrative Organismal Systems. The grant was awarded under the Biological Sciences program (CFDA 47.074) to support research titled "ROLE OF KCNB1-INTEGRIN COMPLEXES IN NEURODEVELOPMENT" from September 1, 2021 through August 31, 2025. The Biological Sciences program aims to promote progress in the biological sciences and strengthen the nation's scientific...
New Jersey City University was awarded a three-year, $434,154 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's Biological Sciences program (CFDA 47.074) beginning June 1, 2021. The grant aims to support research titled "RUI:DROSOPHILA F ELEMENT EXPANSION: A WINDOW ON THE C-VALUE PARADOX" to promote progress in understanding major problems in biological sciences. Specifically, the funding will enable the awardee to investigate the expansion of Drosophila F elements and the C-value...
Rutgers, The State University received a $509,125 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation Division of Integrative Organismal Systems. The grant is part of the Biological Sciences program (CFDA 47.074) to promote progress in the biological sciences and increase scientific knowledge on major issues facing the nation. Specifically, the December 1, 2021 award will fund collaborative research through November 30, 2025 titled "COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: EDGE CMT: POLYGENIC TRAITS OF...
This Project Grant from the National Science Foundation Division of Environmental Biology provides $300,000 to Rutgers, The State University from October 1, 2022 to September 30, 2025. The funding supports the Biodiversity Forecasting Initiative (BIOFI) under the Biological Sciences federal grant program (CFDA 47.074). BIOFI aims to advance the ability to forecast biodiversity and biosphere functioning globally through integrating various biodiversity data sources. The initiative enhances...
The National Science Foundation awarded a $193,590 Project Grant to Rutgers, The State University under the Biological Sciences federal grant program (CFDA 47.074) from May 1, 2021 to April 30, 2022. The grant funds quantitative investigations of SARS-CoV-2 host cell interactions via scanning helium-ion microscopy. The Biological Sciences program supports basic biological research and enhances understanding of major problems confronting the nation. This award furthers those goals through...
The University of Florida was awarded a $278,919 project grant from the National Science Foundation Division of Environmental Biology under the Biological Sciences federal grant program (CFDA 47.074). The grant will fund a collaborative research project titled "Origins and Drivers of Extinction of Caribbean Avifauna" from February 1, 2021 through January 31, 2024. As described under the Biological Sciences program, the grant aims to advance understanding of major problems confronting...
Rutgers, The State University was awarded a $266,853 project grant from the National Science Foundation under the Social, Behavioral, and Economic Sciences program (CFDA 47.075). The grant will fund collaborative research from March 2021 through August 2024 titled "COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: CONTEXT DEPENDENCE ACROSS CATEGORIES: BRIDGING DEVELOPMENTAL, EXPERIMENTAL, AND THEORETICAL PERSPECTIVES." The research aims to contribute to scientific understanding of how context influences...
Rutgers, The State University was awarded a three-year, $549,997 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation under the Geosciences program (CFDA 47.050) beginning March 1, 2021. The grant will fund research into the biogeochemical consequences of diatom host-virus interactions and nutrient cycling in aquatic ecosystems. Specifically, the award will support investigations into how viral infection of diatoms may shuttle or shunt nutrients within marine environments, with implications for...
The University of Rhode Island was awarded a $333,083 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation under the Biological Sciences program (CFDA 47.074). The grant will fund a collaborative research project to disentangle biological and environmental drivers of diversification in the Andean flora over a three-year period from August 2021 through July 2024. The Biological Sciences program supports basic research to increase scientific knowledge and understanding of major problems...
The University of New Mexico was awarded a three-year, $942,923 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation Division of Environmental Biology under the Biological Sciences federal grant program (CFDA 47.074). The grant will fund collaborative research on the genomics of speciation and evolution of ecological traits in a geographic radiation of island kingfishers from June 2021 through May 2024. The Biological Sciences program supports basic research to increase scientific knowledge and...