This Project Grant from the National Science Foundation Division of Environmental Biology, totaling $254,466, will fund collaborative research between the United States and China from September 1, 2022 through August 31, 2024. The research is being conducted under the Biological Sciences federal grant program (CFDA 47.074), which supports increasing scientific knowledge and understanding of major biological problems. Specifically, the award will support a comparative study of the functional divergence between female and male dioecious plant populations in Sichuan Province, China and Texas, USA. The research team will examine how climate change may differentially impact females and males, potentially shifting population sex ratios. They will then evaluate the cascading effects of such climate-induced sex ratio changes on population viability, host-associated biodiversity, and ecosystem functions like carbon and nitrogen cycling. Key products and services include the development of molecular markers, DNA barcoding technologies, and assays to conduct this research. William Marsh Rice University is the awardee and will oversee the project.
Mod # | Description | Reason For Modification | Federal Obligation (Click to sort descending) | Date (Click to sort ascending) |
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| Not listed | $254.5k | 8/5/22 |