Project Grant 2209128
- This National Science Foundation (NSF) Biological Sciences (CFDA 47.074) project grant award of $396,938, effective from September 1, 2024 to August 31, 2028, will support a collaborative research project to investigate the genetic basis of complex floral trait adaptation between bee- and hummingbird-pollinated plant species. The research team, led by the University of South Carolina, will use advanced genomics technologies to identify specific DNA differences that underlie the integrated floral...
- The National Science Foundation awarded a $138,000 Project Grant to support research under the Biological Sciences program (CFDA 47.074) from August 1, 2021 to July 31, 2023. The grant funds postdoctoral research at Utah State University in Logan, Utah to study the evolution of extended floral phenotypes. The Biological Sciences program aims to advance the field and strengthen the national scientific enterprise through basic research on major problems. This award will further those goals by...
- This National Science Foundation (NSF) Biological Sciences (CFDA 47.074) Project Grant award of $249,000 provides funding to Aidan Short for a postdoctoral fellowship at the University of South Carolina. The research, conducted under the sponsorship of Drs. Carolyn Wessinger and John Kelly, will investigate how floral isolation contributes to complex trait evolution and plant speciation. The project aims to 1) estimate the evolutionary history of floral trait genes, 2) analyze genome-wide...
- This two-year, $276,000 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation will fund research investigating the early stages of species diversification. The awardee will conduct integrative research examining how an organism's local environment shapes the evolution of its physical traits and genetic makeup. Specifically, the awardee will characterize incipient divergence among flowering plants by examining floral trait variation in the recently radiating Castilleja genus. Genomic and...
- This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Biological Sciences program (CFDA 47.074) provides $1,346,335 in funding to the University of Kansas Center for Research Inc. to study the genomic basis of complex floral trait differences between related plant species. The key products and services to be delivered through this 4-year project include: 1) Using advanced genomic technologies to identify the precise DNA differences that distinguish bee-pollinated and...
- This $419,230 five-year project grant from the National Science Foundation Division of Environmental Biology, under the Biological Sciences program (CFDA 47.074), will evaluate the contribution of sensory drive to the divergence of flower color in plant species. Led by Clemson University researchers, the project aims to understand how flower color may evolve differently between populations without major shifts in pollinator species by studying populations of Phacelia dubia, a bee-pollinated...
- The National Science Foundation awarded a $138,000 Project Grant to support a postdoctoral fellowship in biology from March 1, 2022 to February 29, 2024. The grant was awarded under the Biological Sciences program (CFDA 47.074) to conduct research investigating the behavioral and genetic mechanisms underlying invasiveness at the place of performance in Austin, Texas. The Biological Sciences program aims to promote progress in the biological sciences and strengthen the nation's scientific...
- This $1,714,712 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's Biological Sciences program (CFDA 47.074) will fund research to critically evaluate the ecological and functional drivers of polyploid establishment in plants. The project aims to use population-level experiments with a model aquatic species under varied stresses to elucidate the mechanisms that allow polyploid species to thrive, especially in stressful habitats. The research will contribute to understanding the formative...
- The National Science Foundation awarded a $138,000 Project Grant to support postdoctoral fellowship research titled "Hybridization on the Adaptive Landscape" from August 1, 2021 through July 31, 2023. The grant was awarded under the NSF's Biological Sciences program (CFDA 47.074), which aims to promote biological sciences research and strengthen the nation's scientific enterprise. Through this two-year fellowship, the grantee will conduct research at a location in Greenacres,...
- This three-year, two hundred forty thousand dollar project grant from the National Science Foundation's Biological Sciences program (CFDA 47.074) will fund research examining the evolution of endocrine and behavioral phenotypes in recently diverged stickleback fish populations. The fellow will compare differences in neural hormone sensitivity, hormone production pathways, and conduct functional genetic tests to uncover how novel parental care behaviors emerge within and between populations...
This Project Grant from the National Science Foundation Division of Integrative Organismal Systems, under the Biological Sciences federal grant program (CFDA 47.074), provides $432,000 in funding to Dr. Benjamin Stone at the University of South Carolina from July 1, 2022 to June 30, 2025. The grant supports Dr. Stone's postdoctoral research fellowship, which will generate novel molecular and phenotypic data on floral divergence and reproductive isolation in natural hybrid zones of Penstemon plants. Dr. Stone will integrate genomic and phenotypic data from replicate hybrid zones to map quantitative trait loci for adaptive floral traits and identify genomic regions associated with barriers to gene flow. Insights on the predictability of the genomic basis of ecological adaptation and its role in reproductive isolation will contribute to a more phylogenetically diverse understanding of speciation genomics. Data and code will be made publicly available through digital repositories. The funding aims to advance biological sciences knowledge in line with the program's objectives.
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
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| Not listed | $216.0k | 6/7/22 |