The Pennsylvania State University was awarded a $1.13 million Project Grant from the National Science Foundation Division of Environmental Biology to conduct research on "Hotspots of Genome Evolution in a Rapid Vertebrate Radiation" from January 1, 2022 through December 31, 2024. The grant is being administered under the NSF's Biological Sciences program (CFDA 47.074), which aims to promote advancement in the biological sciences and strengthen the national scientific enterprise through...
The Pennsylvania State University received a $623,390 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation on May 1, 2021 to complete a collaborative research project titled "Genes to Ecology in Tropical Trees: How Sharing Resistance Gene Alleles Affects Pathogen Transmission and Growth" by April 30, 2024. The grant is being administered under the National Science Foundation's Biological Sciences program (CFDA 47.074), which aims to promote progress in the biological sciences and...
The Pennsylvania State University (Penn State) received a $608,569 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) on September 1, 2021 to develop a predictive biophysical model of transcription rate across cellular conditions. The award is part of the NSF's Biological Sciences program (CFDA 47.074) and will support research through August 31, 2024 to promote progress in the biological sciences and strengthen the nation's scientific enterprise through increased knowledge and...
The Pennsylvania State University received a $140,941 three-year Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation Division of Earth Sciences under the Geosciences federal grant program (CFDA 47.050). The grant will support collaborative research on integrative ecological perspectives of extinction processes through a multi-proxy case study of Hispaniolan subfossil and extant rodents. The research aims to strengthen fundamental knowledge and understanding of the integrated Earth system by...
The Pennsylvania State University (Penn State) received a $200,000 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation Division of Environmental Biology on May 1, 2021 to fund the RAPID: COVID-19 SCENARIO MODELING HUB TO HARNESS MULTIPLE MODELS FOR LONG-TERM PROJECTIONS AND DECISION SUPPORT project through April 30, 2022. This award supports the Biological Sciences (CFDA 47.074) federal grant program, which aims to promote advancement in the biological sciences and strengthen the nation's...
The Trustees Of The University Of Pennsylvania received a $875,000 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation Division of Environmental Biology. The grant funds research on "The Evolutionary Significance of Genetic Pleiotropy in Species Interactions" from September 1, 2021 through August 31, 2024. The research aims to advance understanding of major problems in biological sciences, as outlined in the Biological Sciences program (CFDA 47.074) of the National Science...
The Pennsylvania State University received a $1.2 million Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation on November 1, 2021 to complete the project by October 31, 2025. The grant is funded through NSF's Biological Sciences program (CFDA 47.074), which aims to promote progress in the biological sciences and strengthen the nation's scientific enterprise through increasing knowledge and understanding of major problems confronting the nation. Under this award, Penn State researchers...
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,...
The Pennsylvania State University was awarded a $380,000 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation on February 15, 2021 to complete work by January 31, 2024. The grant funds a collaborative research effort titled "Designing a Minimized Genome Cyanobacterial Chassis for Efficient Bioproduction" under the NSF's Biological Sciences program (CFDA 47.074). The research aims to promote progress in the biological sciences by increasing scientific knowledge and enhancing understanding...
The Pennsylvania State University received a $1.2 million Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation on May 1, 2021 to support research titled "CAREER: ECOEVOLUTIONARY DYNAMICS OF PLANT-POLLINATOR INTERACTIONS IN AGRICULTURAL SYSTEMS." The grant is part of NSF's Biological Sciences program (CFDA 47.074), which aims to promote advancement in the biological sciences and strengthen the national scientific enterprise through increasing scientific knowledge and understanding...