Project Grant 2212640
- This $654,761 National Science Foundation (NSF) Biological Sciences (CFDA 47.074) Project Grant awarded to the Chicago Horticultural Society's Chicago Botanic Garden division will investigate how bee populations respond to rapid environmental changes. The researchers will use in-situ temperature manipulations and cross-population comparisons to measure the direct and indirect effects of climate change, including impacts mediated through changes in food resources and nest parasites, on vital...
- This $626,680 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's Biological Sciences program (CFDA 47.074) will fund research at Colorado State University from January 2024 through December 2026. The research aims to understand the mechanistic, functional, and evolutionary bases of slow-fast phenotypic diversity and its significance in social honeybee groups. Investigators will study genetic lines of honeybees bred for low and high metabolic rates to understand fundamental differences. A...
- This $241,419 National Science Foundation project grant supports research into the protective symbiosis mechanism of honey bees at the University of Michigan from October 2022 to October 2023. The goal is to characterize how a bacterial symbiont protects honey bee brood from fungal pathogens by investigating its antifungal properties. Researchers will use microbiology, genetics, genomics, chemistry and bee rearing to determine how the trait evolved and identify the antifungal metabolite...
- This National Science Foundation (NSF) Project Grant under the Biological Sciences program (CFDA 47.074) provides $240,000 in funding to support a postdoctoral research fellowship in biology from July 2024 to June 2027. The fellowship will investigate how honeybee swarms utilize local information to adapt their internal and external structures in response to environmental perturbations such as wind, rain, and temperature changes. The research will involve experimental studies using X-ray...
- This two-year Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's Division of Integrative Organismal Systems provides $138,000 to fund postdoctoral research integrating genes, environment and behavior to understand nutrient foraging in honey bees. The award period is from March 2022 through February 2024, with performance taking place in State College, Pennsylvania. This award supports the Biological Sciences program (CFDA 47.074), which aims to promote progress in biology and strengthen the...
- This Project Grant from the National Science Foundation Division of Emerging Frontiers provides $258,490 to San Diego State University Research Foundation from May 1, 2022 to April 30, 2025. The grant supports collaborative research titled "COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: BEE: INTEGRATING EVOLUTIONARY GENETICS AND POPULATION ECOLOGY TO DETECT CONTEMPORARY ADAPTATION TO CLIMATE CHANGE ACROSS A SPECIES RANGE." The research aims to advance understanding of how bee populations are adapting to...
- This Project Grant from the National Science Foundation supports research titled "COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: BEE: INTEGRATING EVOLUTIONARY GENETICS AND POPULATION ECOLOGY TO DETECT CONTEMPORARY ADAPTATION TO CLIMATE CHANGE ACROSS A SPECIES RANGE" being conducted by the University of California, Merced from May 1, 2022 to April 30, 2025. The $216,783 in funding is provided under the Biological Sciences program (CFDA 47.074), which aims to increase scientific knowledge and understanding...
- This $496,897 National Science Foundation project grant supports research into the crystallography of honey bee comb construction through July 2025. The grant is funded by NSF's Mathematical and Physical Sciences program, which promotes advancement in these scientific fields. The University of Colorado project aims to develop a novel framework for modeling honeybee collective behavior and quantitatively describing the geometry and topology of honeycomb lattices. Researchers will use 3D...
- Federal Grant Award Summary The National Science Foundation's Division of Integrative Organismal Systems awarded $500,000 under the Biological Sciences program (CFDA 47.074) to The University of Kentucky Research Foundation for a three-year project (November 1, 2025 – October 31, 2028) investigating how honey bees integrate daylength and temperature cues to maintain behavioral synchronization with their environment. The project will deliver research outputs including behavioral tracking data,...
- This $1,120,270 National Science Foundation project grant, funded under the Biological Sciences program (CFDA 47.074), will support research into the social and ecological drivers of life history evolution in wild bees. Principal investigator Utah State University will conduct three sets of experiments to investigate how wild bees allocate resources between immunity, reproduction, and longevity as a function of variation in their social and ecological environments. The research aims to determine...
This three-year, $753,407 National Science Foundation project grant supports research at Marquette University to understand how honeybees collectively manage thermal fluctuations. The principal investigator will study the physiological, genetic, behavioral and neural mechanisms that allow honeybee colonies to effectively regulate temperature through fanning behavior. The research aims to determine how social interactions shape fanning responses, uncover neural gene networks associated with fanning, define the role of temperature-sensitive ion channels, and evaluate colony-level fanning in changing environments. Findings will provide insight into how complex animal groups manage dynamic conditions and identify sensory and genetic pathways for effective responses. The work aligns with the Biological Sciences program's goal of advancing biological knowledge to strengthen the national science enterprise. Outreach activities will engage underserved students and inmates in beekeeping.
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Not listed | $753.4k | 7/15/22 |