The University of Hawaii at Manoa received a $468,500 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation on February 15, 2021 to complete the project by January 31, 2024. The grant is part of the NSF's Biological Sciences program (CFDA 47.074) to promote basic biological research and strengthen the nation's scientific enterprise. Specifically, the grant funds an Research Experiences for Undergraduates Site focused on DNA-based discoveries in Hawaii's biodiversity. The University of...
The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a $598,628 Project Grant to the Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum in Honolulu, Hawaii under the Biological Sciences (CFDA 47.074) program. The grant, titled "BIORETS: RESEARCH EXPERIENCES FOR ADVANCING CURRICULUM ON HAWAIIAN ECOSYSTEM SCIENCES (REACHES)," will support the training of eight high school and community college teachers from Hawaii's underserved schools each year for seven weeks during the summer and two weeks during the academic...
The National Science Foundation awarded $1,153,766 under the Biological Sciences (CFDA 47.074) federal grant program to the University of Hawaii at Manoa for the project "Collaborative Research: Bridging the Space-Time Continuum to Investigate How Biodiversity Scales Across Subterranean Systems." Through this funding effective March 1, 2022 and concluding February 28, 2026, the University of Hawaii will deliver several key products and services. Specifically, the University will...
The National Science Foundation Office of International Science and Engineering awarded the University of Hawaii at Manoa a $298,926 Project Grant under the Office of International Science and Engineering federal grant program (CFDA 47.079). The grant funds an immersive undergraduate research program on island invasion biology at the Charles Darwin Foundation in the Galapagos Islands, Ecuador from January 1, 2024 to December 31, 2026. At least six University of Hawaii at Manoa students per...
This National Science Foundation Project Grant of $495,376 will support the University of Hawaii at Manoa in transforming its marine biology graduate program to incorporate place-based pedagogies. Funded under the NSF's STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076), this three-year award beginning October 1, 2022 aims to establish a community-embedded science approach. Graduate students will undertake a two-week intensive immersing them in relationship building, service learning, and cultural education...
The University of Hawaii at Manoa received a $892,290 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation Division of Environmental Biology under the Biological Sciences federal grant program (CFDA 47.074) to conduct research characterizing mesophoric seaweeds in Hawaii from May 15, 2023 to April 30, 2026. Key products and services include collecting, identifying, and describing previously unknown mesophoric seaweed species from Hawaii to add to biodiversity data and herbarium...
This National Science Foundation project grant of $321,024 awarded on March 1, 2022 supports an Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) Site at Harvard University under the Biological Sciences (47.074) federal grant program. Over three years, the award will fund research training for 24 undergraduate students from schools with limited research opportunities and underrepresented groups. For 10 weeks each summer through 2024, 8 students will engage in mentored laboratory research experiences...
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...
The University of Hawaii at Manoa received a $500,000 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation on July 15, 2021 to complete work by June 30, 2024. The grant falls under the NSF's STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076) and will support the "TSIP: OLA I KA AINA: REVIVING ECOSYSTEMS UTILIZING SCIENCE, MATH AND INDIGENOUS KNOWLEDGE" project. This project aims to revive ecosystems in Hawaii through integrating Western science, math, and Indigenous knowledge. The University...
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...