Project Grant 2230335
- The National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Environmental Biology awarded a $642,713 Project Grant to the University of Central Florida (UCF) for the collaborative research project "RUI: The Influence of Ants on Regional-Scale Soil Carbon Dynamics". The research aims to advance the understanding of how abundant insects like ants affect soil conditions and microbial communities, which in turn impact soil carbon content at regional scales. The project involves a controlled field...
- The National Science Foundation awarded a two-year, $138,000 Project Grant to study macrophysiological patterns in the thermal and optical properties of ant cuticular structures. The grant falls under the Biological Sciences program (CFDA 47.074), which aims to promote progress in the biological sciences and strengthen the Nation's scientific enterprise through increased knowledge and understanding of major problems. Funding will support research from March 2022 to February 2024 examining the...
- The National Science Foundation Division of Environmental Biology awarded $188,656 under the Biological Sciences (CFDA 47.074) federal grant program to the University of Georgia Research Foundation from May 1, 2023 to April 30, 2026. This Project Grant will support collaborative research evaluating how iron cycling impacts the temperature sensitivity of heterotrophic respiration in humid tropical soils over time. The research combines field experiments leveraging the Tropical Responses to...
- This $300,002 National Science Foundation project grant funds research examining the reassembly of native ant assemblages following the landscape-scale removal of the introduced Argentine ant from Santa Cruz Island, California. Led by researchers at the University of California, Berkeley, the five-year award will quantify the structural and functional recovery of native ant communities through measuring genetic diversity, species diversity, trophic position, and ecological function. Insights...
- The National Science Foundation (NSF) has awarded Rutgers, The State University a Project Grant under the Biological Sciences program (CFDA 47.074) to establish a new model system to study the relationship between gut microbiome and host niche specialization. The $497,916 project, awarded on September 15, 2023, will examine the gut microbiomes of honeypot ants, which can store food through specialized gut morphology. The research aims to understand how gut microbiomes may help with long-term...
- The National Science Foundation awarded a $138,000 Project Grant to support research determining the mechanism that drive assembly in belowground microbial decomposer systems from July 1, 2021 to June 30, 2023. The grant was awarded under the 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 enhancing understanding of major problems confronting the nation. Most of...
- This $371,175 project grant was awarded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Environmental Biology under the Biological Sciences (CFDA 47.074) federal grant program. The goal of this collaborative research project is to develop a functional model for predicting soil organic matter composition and cycling at the continental scale. Researchers from the University of Georgia Research Foundation will leverage existing data and new samples from the National Ecological Observatory...
- The University of Georgia Research Foundation, Inc. was awarded a $630,572 project grant from the National Science Foundation Division of Environmental Biology to support research titled "COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: UNDERSTANDING SPATIOTEMPORAL DYNAMICS OF PLANT-SOIL FEEDBACKS: CONSEQUENCES FOR SHRUB-GRASS INTERACTIONS IN A DRYLAND ECOTONE." The award, made under the Biological Sciences program (CFDA 47.074), will fund research from June 2021 through May 2025 aimed at increasing scientific...
- Federal Grant Award Summary The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded $535,370 under its Biological Sciences program (CFDA 47.074) to The Research Foundation For The State University Of New York, effective May 1, 2025 through September 30, 2027. This collaborative research project investigates integrated plant-aphid dynamics in a rapidly warming environment, with focus on how above- and below-ground mutualisms mediate herbivore abundance under climate change. The research delivers...
- This three-year Project Grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) provides $551,736 to Yale University to conduct collaborative research titled "COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: BEE: NICHE EVOLUTION AND THE ASSEMBLY OF REPLICATE ISLAND LIZARD FAUNAS." The research is being performed under the 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 scientific knowledge...
The National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Environmental Biology awarded Yale University a $527,729 Project Grant titled "COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: RUI: THE INFLUENCE OF ANTS ON REGIONAL-SCALE SOIL CARBON DYNAMICS" through the Biological Sciences program (CFDA 47.074). This 4-year grant supports research to understand how the abundant soil-dwelling ants impact soil carbon content and microbial communities at regional scales. The research involves a controlled field experiment to test ant effects on soil physical, chemical and biological conditions, as well as regional field surveys across southeastern North America to quantify ant nest impacts on soil carbon and microbes in forests and grasslands. This research aims to provide a better understanding of how highly abundant insect animals like ants influence important ecosystem properties like soil carbon dynamics.
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Not listed | $527.7k | 7/7/23 |