Project Grant 2307815
- The National Science Foundation awarded a $260,613 Project Grant under the Biological Sciences (CFDA 47.074) program to the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution to study the mechanisms underlying the unusual high sensitivity of sand lances, a key forage fish species, to ocean warming and acidification. The research aims to elucidate the genetic basis and evolutionary potential for sand lances to adapt to climate change stressors. Key project objectives include: 1) assessing the CO2 sensitivity...
- The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a $453,825 Project Grant under the Geosciences program (CFDA 47.050) to the University of Connecticut from August 15, 2023 to July 31, 2026. The project aims to investigate the unusual high sensitivity of sand lance fish embryos to ocean acidification and warming, which are direct consequences of climate change. Key objectives include: 1) testing the CO2 and temperature sensitivity of sand lance larvae, 2) using transcriptomic tools to elucidate...
- The National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Ocean Sciences awarded a $412,592 Project Grant to Cornell University to conduct research on the genomic and evolutionary impacts of climate change on an anadromous fish species. The project aims to use time series genetic data within an anadromous fish system to observe poleward range shifting at the subpopulation level for the American shad species. Over the 2-year award period from September 1, 2023 to August 31, 2025, the research will...
- This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's Biological Sciences program (CFDA 47.074) provides $415,682 to the California State University Long Beach Research Foundation to conduct research on the effects of ocean warming on a coastal fish species. The key objectives are to: 1) quantify genetic variation in temperature response, 2) determine if local adaptation to temperature exists, and 3) assess whether evolutionary changes can occur quickly enough to impact population...
- This $358,499 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation Division of Ocean Sciences, under the Geosciences program (CFDA 47.050), will fund research to understand the impact of warming on the structure and function of marine communities in the Northwest Atlantic Shelf region, including the Gulf of Maine and Mid-Atlantic Bight. The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, through its Office of Sponsored Research, will characterize the composition and features of plankton and fish...
- This National Science Foundation (NSF) Geosciences Program (CFDA 47.050) Project Grant award of $119,948, with a start date of September 1, 2024 and an end date of August 31, 2027, supports research to investigate the impact of diatom-derived polyunsaturated aldehydes (PUAs) on the embryonic and larval development of ecologically and economically important forage fish species, Pacific herring and surf smelt, in the North Pacific ecosystem. The research team from the University of Maryland Center...
- This National Science Foundation (NSF) Biological Sciences (CFDA 47.074) Project Grant award of $345,619 to Cornell University, from October 1, 2024 to November 30, 2026, will fund research to investigate the impacts of sea level rise and saltwater intrusion on coastal amphibian species. The project aims to improve understanding of the salinity tolerance limits of frog and toad species occupying coastal habitats on the Gulf and Atlantic coasts. Using an experimental approach, the research will...
- The National Science Foundation (NSF) Biological Sciences program (CFDA 47.074) awarded Cornell University a $869,360 project grant to conduct research on how developmental exposure to cold temperatures affects the ability of birds to cope with dynamic weather conditions later in life. The project will integrate experimental studies on wild birds, long-term field data, and continent-scale data analyses to understand the mechanisms by which developmental plasticity and environmental resilience...
- This $713,951 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's Biological Sciences program (CFDA 47.074) supports research into the adaptability of phytoplankton carbon dioxide concentrating mechanisms to changing climatic conditions. The grant to Columbia University will fund experiments to quantify the plastic and adaptive responses of carbon fixation in five key phytoplankton groups - diatoms, dinoflagellates, green algae, coccolithophores, and cyanobacteria - under climate change...
- This National Science Foundation (NSF) Polar Programs (CFDA 47.078) Project Grant award of $358,622 to the University of Illinois from March 1, 2024 to February 28, 2026 aims to characterize the evolution of proteins that integrate signals of warming, changing pH, and oxidation in the sensory systems of three species of Arctic and sub-Arctic fish. The research will provide insight into the sensitivity and responses of these fish to climate change through the generation and analysis of...
This National Science Foundation (NSF) grant, funded through the Biological Sciences Division's Organismal Responses to Climate Change program (CFDA 47.074 Biological Sciences), provides $219,919 to Cornell University for a 3-year collaborative research project on the mechanisms underlying the unusual high CO2 sensitivity of sand lance, a key forage fish species in the Northwest Atlantic. The project aims to: 1) Rear sand lance offspring from wild spawners to late larval stages under varying CO2 and temperature conditions to test if larvae are as CO2-sensitive as embryos; 2) Use transcriptomic tools to elucidate the mechanisms causing CO2-impaired hatching, focusing on hatching enzymes; 3) Employ genomic approaches to reveal whether high CO2 sensitivity has a genetic basis that could evolve; and 4) Extend the CO2-temperature experiments to a congener species to assess if high sensitivity is a wider concern within the sand lance family. Findings from this research will help anticipate and mitigate the impacts of climate change on this critical forage fish population.
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Not listed | $219.9k | 6/23/23 |