This three-year National Science Foundation Project Grant of $199,996 supports research into how wild redtail monkeys make nutritional decisions across variable forest environments. The awardee, the Research Foundation of the City University of New York on behalf of Hunter College, will investigate feeding behavior, diet compositions, and gut microbiomes as monkeys experience disparate nutritional conditions in three forests. Behavioral observations, dietary analysis, and microbiome bioinformatics will help decipher nutritional mechanisms behind dietary generalism. This work aligns with the NSF's Social, Behavioral, and Economic Sciences program to promote basic research in these fields and monitor science investments. Results will disseminate to academic and public audiences, with undergraduate research opportunities including those from underrepresented groups in STEM.
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