This National Science Foundation Office of International Science and Engineering project grant, awarded September 1, 2022 for $241,760, will fund an international research experience for undergraduate students in freshwater ecosystems in Guyana through August 31, 2025. Under the NSF's Office of International Science and Engineering CFDA 47.079 program, which aims to strengthen international partnerships to advance scientific discovery, Texas A&M Agrilife Research will collaborate with...
This $449,811 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's Office of International Science and Engineering (CFDA 47.079) supports the "IRES: ECOTROP: AN INTERNATIONAL FIELD SCHOOL IN THE BIODIVERSITY SCIENCES" research project at the University of New Orleans. The project investigates how past human settlements have modified the soils, plants, and animals of tropical forests in Gabon, Central Africa. It compares the ecological characteristics of former settlement sites...
This $213,969 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's Office of International Science and Engineering (CFDA 47.079) supports the "Grenada SURF-TURF: Summer Undergraduate Research Fellows - Teaming Up on Reefs and in Forests" collaborative research program. The program provides international research experiences to 18 U.S. undergraduate students, focusing on integrated assessments of coral reef and rainforest ecosystems in Grenada. The key objectives are to: (1)...
This $211,326 National Science Foundation Office of International Science and Engineering Project Grant will support the "GYP-NEXTGEN: Empowering Future Scientists within an International Consortium Focused on Gypsum Plant Communities" program. The award will fund research and training for 18 undergraduate students from Oberlin College, New Mexico State University, and John Carroll University to conduct mentored research projects with partners in Spain. Students will advance...
This Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's Office of International Science and Engineering, CFDA 47.079, provides $280,388 to The Pennsylvania State University from June 1, 2023 through May 31, 2026. The award supports collaborative research between Penn State, the American Museum of Natural History, and University of Cape Coast in Ghana to study morphological adaptations of dragonflies to environmental gradients. Eighteen U.S. students will conduct fieldwork, museum studies,...
This $2.9 million project grant from the National Science Foundation's Division of Emerging Frontiers will fund research from 2023 to 2027 under the Biological Sciences program (CFDA 47.074). Oregon State University will lead a collaborative effort to study the resilience of freshwater ecosystems under changing climate conditions. Researchers will test how biodiversity and individual variation among species affect an ecosystem's ability to withstand environmental changes. They will conduct...
This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's Office of International Science and Engineering (CFDA 47.079) provides $439,723 to Florida International University (FIU) over 3 years starting September 1, 2024. The project, titled "IRES: Exploring Human-Wildlife Interconnectivity in the Caribbean - A Hands-On Approach to Research, Conservation and Professional Development," aims to improve wildlife management in St. Vincent and the Grenadines through research on...
The National Science Foundation (NSF) Office of International Science and Engineering (OISE) awarded a 3-year, $450,000 Project Grant to Brown University to conduct research on the neurobiological basis of elaborate display evolution in frogs endemic to the Asian tropics. The grant funds a program that will annually engage 6 undergraduate students and 1 graduate student from around the U.S. in collaborative, mentored research projects in Austria and India. The research activities focus on...
This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation (CFDA 47.074 - Biological Sciences) in the amount of $411,235 will support collaborative research to quantify the response of biodiverse freshwater ecosystems in Eastern Guatemala to abrupt and progressive environmental changes driven by rising sea levels. The research team, led by the University of Toledo, will collect sediment cores, surface sediment, fish, and water samples to generate high-resolution time series data on...
The University of Texas at Austin has been awarded a $529,977 National Science Foundation (NSF) Geosciences Program grant for the project "Fostering a Learning Ecosystem for Interdisciplinary Earth Scientists through Service Learning and Conservation in Jamaica." The project aims to recruit and retain diverse students in the earth sciences and prepare them for global scientific collaborations. Over the 3-year project period, undergraduate and graduate students will lead research...
This three-year, $289,052 project grant from the National Science Foundation's Office of International Science and Engineering (NSF OISE) will support collaborative research and an international research experience for students program focused on freshwater ecosystems in Guyana. Specifically, the grant funds will enable two cohorts of undergraduate students each summer for five weeks to gain hands-on research experience in Guyana's Mazaruni and Rupununi river basins. Working alongside U.S. and Guyanese scientists, the students will collect environmental data, survey aquatic biodiversity, and conduct taxonomy and ecology studies. They will also collaborate with students from the University of Guyana on joint projects. In addition to advancing scientific knowledge of the biodiversity-rich yet understudied Guiana Shield region, the program aims to develop the students' technical skills while fostering professional relationships between early career U.S. and Guyanese scientists. The NSF OISE supports the U.S. role in international science cooperation and contributes to the nation's scientific strength through global partnerships, consistent with the goals of this award to Stephen F. Austin State University running from September 2022 to August 2025.