Project Grant 2203151
- The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a $975,393 Project Grant through its Biological Sciences (CFDA 47.074) Federal Grant Program to the University of California, Berkeley (UC Berkeley). The grant supports a collaborative research project titled "Biodiversity Dynamics: Linking Broad Scale Remote Sensing with Arthropod Metabarcoding Across a Geological Age Gradient in the Hawaiian Islands." The project aims to integrate rapid assessment technologies at the landscape and...
- This $926,511 federal Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Biological Sciences (CFDA 47.074) program will fund collaborative research to develop a framework for studying "higher order interactions" (HOI) - simultaneous interactions among multiple components in complex systems. The funded work aims to examine the causes and consequences of HOI, using a model system of Argentine ant foraging and food transmission to develop mathematical tools from algebraic...
- The National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Environmental Biology awarded a $642,713 Project Grant to the University of Central Florida (UCF) for the collaborative research project "RUI: The Influence of Ants on Regional-Scale Soil Carbon Dynamics". The research aims to advance the understanding of how abundant insects like ants affect soil conditions and microbial communities, which in turn impact soil carbon content at regional scales. The project involves a controlled field...
- This $433,928 federal Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's Biological Sciences program will fund collaborative research by Clemson University to study invasive plant species across the Americas. The research teams will monitor the growth and survival of native and invasive tree saplings across light gradients in 10 locations, including temperate and tropical forests, to test the hypothesis that lower pest loads allow invasive species to circumvent the typical tradeoffs...
- This $671,535 Project Grant awarded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) Biological Sciences program (CFDA 47.074) supports research examining the recovery trajectories of prey communities after the removal of non-native predator species, such as fish, from mountain lakes in the Sierra Nevada region of California. The key objectives are to elucidate the connections between taxonomic and functional recovery of these ecosystems, identify indicators of community vulnerability based on...
- This National Science Foundation Project Grant of $524,000 will support the development of network-based models to evaluate functional biodiversity responses to climate change and species invasions in marine biological communities. Funded under the Biological Sciences program (CFDA 47.074), this award reflects NSF's mission to promote biological sciences research and strengthen the scientific enterprise. Specifically, researchers at the University of California, Davis will leverage long-term...
- The University of California, Los Angeles was awarded an $856,588 project grant from the National Science Foundation Division of Environmental Biology. The grant supports research titled "INTERSPECIFIC INTERFERENCE, CHARACTER DISPLACEMENT AND RANGE EXPANSION" from April 1, 2021 through March 31, 2025. The research aims to promote progress in the biological sciences by increasing scientific knowledge and enhancing understanding of major problems confronting the nation, as described in...
- This $652,022 federal Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's Biological Sciences program (CFDA 47.074) aims to integrate rapid biodiversity assessment technologies at the landscape and island level in Hawaii. The goal is to forecast changes in insect and spider populations using DNA analysis and remote sensing data. Key products and services to be delivered include: Measuring the velocity and extent of non-native plant invasions in ecological landscapes using satellite,...
- This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Biological Sciences program (CFDA 47.074) provides $487,639 to the University of California, Berkeley to conduct long-term monitoring and research on plant community dynamics in the Colorado alpine biome. The project aims to assemble a unique long-term dataset on population and community changes in response to rapid environmental changes, such as climate change, to advance ecological theory and forecasting. Key activities...
- This $680,134 National Science Foundation project grant under the Biological Sciences program (CFDA 47.074) will support research at the University of California, Davis examining the effects of phenological shifts on plant-insect interactions due to climate change. The grantee will use herbarium specimens collected over the past hundred years and an experimental garden mimicking past, present and future climatic conditions to assess potential novel species interactions resulting from changes...
This $300,002 National Science Foundation project grant funds research examining the reassembly of native ant assemblages following the landscape-scale removal of the introduced Argentine ant from Santa Cruz Island, California. Led by researchers at the University of California, Berkeley, the five-year award will quantify the structural and functional recovery of native ant communities through measuring genetic diversity, species diversity, trophic position, and ecological function. Insights on community reassembly gained from this model ecosystem study of removing an invasive species could provide general understanding of how other ecosystems may recover from similar disturbances. The research also supports graduate students, a postdoctoral researcher, and an undergraduate research program. This award is consistent with the Biological Sciences program's goals of advancing biological science knowledge and understanding major national issues.
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Not listed | $300.0k | 8/5/22 |