Project Grant 2230829
- The National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Integrative Organismal Systems awarded a $1,263,992 project grant to the University of California, Berkeley under the Biological Sciences program (CFDA 47.074) to conduct collaborative research on the mechanistic basis of cricket wing dimorphism. The project aims to develop a powerful model system using North American field crickets in the genus Gryllus to discover the genetic, developmental, physiological, and environmental processes that...
- The National Science Foundation awarded a $730,738 Project Grant to the Board of Regents of the University of Nebraska, doing business as the University of Nebraska, to conduct research under the Biological Sciences (CFDA 47.074) federal grant program. The funded project, titled "COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: EDGE CMT: MECHANISTIC BASIS OF CRICKET WING DIMORPHISM: PREDICTING PHENOTYPE FROM GENOTYPE IN COMPLEX THRESHOLD TRAITS", aims to develop a model system using North American field...
- This National Science Foundation Project Grant award of $207,000 funds research into the mechanisms of phenotypic novelty in cricket song evolution from March 1, 2023 through February 28, 2026. The award is made under the NSF's Biological Sciences program (CFDA 47.074), which supports basic biological research to strengthen the nation's scientific enterprise. The fellow will integrate computational and experimental tools to study signal evolution in the Hawaiian field cricket, leveraging its...
- The National Science Foundation (NSF) Biological Sciences (CFDA 47.074) Federal Grant Program awarded a $736,073 Project Grant to the Regents of the University of Minnesota, Office of Sponsored Projects Administration, to examine intraspecific variation in female choosiness for male courtship songs and its genetic basis in crickets. The 3-year research project, running from April 1, 2025 to March 31, 2028, aims to quantify individual differences in female choosiness, explore the heritability...
- The National Science Foundation awarded a $138,000 Project Grant to support research on "The Neurocircuitry of Spider Web-Building" from March 1, 2022 to February 29, 2024. The grant was awarded under the Biological Sciences program (CFDA 47.074) to promote progress in the biological sciences and increase understanding of major problems facing the nation. The grant will fund postdoctoral fellowship research at a location in Baltimore, Maryland to study the neural mechanisms...
- The National Science Foundation (NSF) Biological Sciences program (CFDA 47.074) awarded a $550,000 Project Grant to The Trustees of Smith College for the research project "RUI: HEDGEHOG DEPENDENT CRANIAL NEURAL CREST CELLS PATTERN THE ZEBRAFISH FOREBRAIN." The grant will support a 3-year research effort to investigate the role of neural crest cells in the development of the vertebrate forebrain, using the zebrafish model system. The research will employ advanced microscopy techniques...
- This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's Biological Sciences (CFDA 47.074) Federal Grant Program provides $419,379 in funding to Bryn Mawr College to investigate the sensory mechanisms underlying stable flight in insects. The research aims to characterize the sensory signals that convey information about wing bending during flight and how these signals are used to guide flight behaviors. Experiments will examine flight behaviors and neural responses, while simulations will...
- This National Science Foundation Project Grant award of $207,000 funds research into circadian rhythms in crickets from August 1, 2023 through July 31, 2026. The award is provided through the Biological Sciences program under the Biological Infrastructure division, with a CFDA number of 47.074. The fellowship will support integrative research investigating the interaction of genomes, environment and phenotypes in circadian rhythms, a fundamental biological process. Using the acoustic mating...
- The National Science Foundation (NSF) Biological Sciences (CFDA 47.074) Federal Grant Program awarded Cornell University a $800,000 project grant on March 15, 2025. The project aims to investigate how the adult vertebrate brain regulates communication during aggression using the miniature transparent Danionella fish as a model organism. The researchers will leverage Danionella's stereotyped acoustic and postural displays produced during aggressive interactions to identify the neural circuits...
- This $649,543 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's Biological Sciences program (CFDA 47.074) supports research at Bowdoin College examining the eco-evolutionary consequences of freshwater salinization in lakes. The project investigates how changing salt levels affect lake food webs, with a focus on the tiny freshwater grazer Daphnia and its ability to rapidly adapt to environmental changes. The research integrates field surveys, laboratory experiments, and population...
The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded Bowdoin College, a private liberal arts college in Brunswick, Maine, a $231,039 Project Grant under the Biological Sciences program (CFDA 47.074). The 4-year grant, effective August 1, 2023, will support research to evaluate the neurotrophic-like properties of the Spaetzle-Toll signaling pathway in the developing and adult cricket central nervous system (CNS). The goal of the project is to understand whether this family of neurotrophic-like growth factors influences the development, maintenance, and plasticity of neurons in crickets. Researchers will use RNA interference techniques to manipulate levels of Spaetzle, Toll, Semaphorin, and Plexin in the cricket CNS and assess resulting changes in neuronal morphology. Findings from this work are expected to provide insights into the mechanisms of nervous system development and plasticity that are broadly applicable across organisms.
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
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| Not listed | $0 | 7/28/23 | ||
| Not listed | $231.0k | 7/11/23 |