The National Science Foundation Division of Emerging Frontiers awarded $387,134 to the University of Hawaii at Manoa through the Biological Sciences (CFDA 47.074) federal grant program to support the REU Site: Ka'ao: Telling the Stories of Hawaiian Ecosystems project from March 1, 2022 to February 28, 2025. The project will train 30 undergraduate students, primarily from underrepresented groups in Hawaii, in place-based biocultural restoration research in terrestrial and marine ecosystems on...
This $407,491 National Science Foundation project grant under the Biological Sciences program (CFDA 47.074) funds the Johns Hopkins University to operate an Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) site from 2022 through 2025. The REU site will provide research training to 30 undergraduate students over three summers, with 10 students participating each year, in molecular and imaging approaches to biological problems. Students will gain hands-on experience in faculty laboratories...
This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's Integrative Activities (IA) program, CFDA 47.083, provides $174,238 to the University of Southern Mississippi (USM) to support an REU (Research Experiences for Undergraduates) site focused on the ecology of the Gulf Coastal Plain. The grant will fund the training of 30 undergraduate students, primarily from Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) and institutions with limited research opportunities, over 3 summers...
This National Science Foundation (NSF) award under the Biological Sciences (CFDA 47.074) program provides $549,900 to the Marine Biological Laboratory (MBL) in Woods Hole, MA to support a Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) Site program from 2025-2027. The program will train approximately 30 undergraduate students, primarily from schools with limited research opportunities or underrepresented groups, in biological research over 10-week summer sessions. Students will be immersed in...
This $504,194 Project Grant awarded by the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Biological Sciences program will support a 3-year Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) Site at Harvard University's Harvard Forest in Petersham, MA. The REU Site program will provide research training for 30 undergraduate students, primarily from schools with limited research opportunities or underrepresented groups, over the summers of 2024-2026. Students will engage in a range of ecological research...
This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Biological Sciences program (CFDA 47.074) will support a three-year Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) site at the University of Texas at El Paso (UTEP). The award of $396,148 will enable UTEP to train a total of 27 undergraduate students over the summers of 2024-2026. The REU site will focus on critical research topics in ecology and evolution that influence biodiversity in the Chihuahuan Desert. Students will learn...
This Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's Biological Sciences program, CFDA 47.074, provides $472,257 to Miami University in Oxford, Ohio to support an Research Experiences for Undergraduates Site award from March 1, 2022 to February 28, 2025. The award will fund research training for 36 undergraduate students over three summers, with 12 students participating each year. Students will conduct ecology and environmental science research related to urban-rural gradients,...
The University of Cincinnati was awarded a $346,398 project grant from the National Science Foundation Division of Biological Infrastructure to support an REU Site program titled "Sensory Ecology: An Integrative Approach" from February 15, 2021 through July 31, 2024. The grant supports the Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) Site program, which will provide undergraduate students hands-on research experience in sensory ecology through the biological sciences program's focus...
This $420,873 National Science Foundation project grant will support the Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) Site: Re-Imagine Life, Exploring Function through Adaptation program at the University of Alabama from March 2022 through February 2025. The grant will fund research training for 30 undergraduate students over three summers, with 10 students participating each year. The program aims to provide research opportunities in biology for students from institutions with limited research...
This National Science Foundation (NSF) Biological Sciences (CFDA 47.074) Project Grant award of $465,089 to the Chicago Botanic Garden (CBG) will support a Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) program focused on plant biology and conservation. The 3-year program, running from 2025-2027, will train 10 undergraduate students per summer for 10 weeks, providing them with research and professional development opportunities in plant science and conservation. Students will conduct projects...
This National Science Foundation project grant of $456,626 will support the Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) Site: Conservation, Restoration, and Communication program at the University of Central Florida from March 2022 through February 2025. The REU program, funded under the Biological Sciences program (CFDA 47.074), will provide hands-on training to 30 undergraduate students over three summers in the areas of conservation, restoration, and science communication. Students will gain experience conducting inquiry-based research projects mentored by UCF faculty, with a focus on diverse taxa and ecosystems in Florida. They will also participate in field trips and professional development workshops. The overall goal is to train the next generation of scientists and specialists in fields that support the Biological Sciences program's mission.