The National Science Foundation (NSF) Biological Sciences program (CFDA 47.074) awarded a $981,074 project grant to The Pennsylvania State University (Penn State) on August 15, 2024. The grant, titled "DISES: Socioecological Outcomes of Restoration in Forest-Grassland Ecosystems," investigates how and why restoration programs impact social and environmental systems in forest-grassland ecosystems. The research employs multiple methods, including remote sensing, field-based ecological...
The National Science Foundation (NSF) Office of Integrative Activities awarded a $700,865 Project Grant under the Geosciences CFDA program to the University of Northern Iowa for the research project "SOCIO-ECOLOGICAL SYSTEMS TRANSFORMATION IN RIVER BASINS OF THE SUB-ARCTIC UNDER CLIMATE CHANGE (SESTRA)". This 5-year project, running from September 1, 2023 to August 31, 2028, aims to analyze the changing interactions between climate, water, and society in the Kuskokwim and Selenge River...
This $3,000,000 Project Grant was awarded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Emerging Frontiers under the Biological Sciences program (CFDA 47.074) to Washington State University (WSU). The overarching goal is to transform academic culture by creating a network connecting universities with local tribes and building a collaborative framework to engage indigenous knowledge systems in biological research on systems resilience. Key products and services under this grant include:...
This National Science Foundation (NSF) award under the Social, Behavioral, and Economic Sciences (CFDA 47.075) program provides $199,199 in funding to Boise State University to conduct research on navigating ethical and responsible co-authorship with Indigenous partners, particularly in the field of ecological restoration. The project aims to identify obstacles to ethical co-authorship, develop collaborative practices and models, and produce guidelines for Institutional Review Boards (IRBs)...
This Project Grant from the National Science Foundation, under the Biological Sciences program (CFDA 47.074), provides $2,999,552 to the University of Nevada, Reno to quantify the phytochemical landscape of indigenous communities through knowledge integration, interaction diversity genomics, and network dynamics from 2022-2026. Key products include the development of an accessible website compiling edited video interviews with Kichwa and Waorani elders on plant-animal networks and interspecies...
This National Science Foundation (NSF) Biological Sciences program (CFDA 47.074) Project Grant award of $240,000 provides funding for a postdoctoral research fellowship focused on studying ecosystem dynamics and nutrient cycling in indigenous socio-ecological systems (SES) undergoing restoration in Hawaii. The research aims to quantify spatiotemporal nutrient dynamics using conventional and indigenous observation techniques, and generate a predictive model for primary productivity and nutrient...
This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's Social, Behavioral, and Economic Sciences (CFDA 47.075) program provides $162,477 to Utah State University to investigate long-term human-environment interactions within high-elevation Pacific Northwest ecosystems. The key objectives are to conduct archaeological surveys, interpret past subsistence and burning practices, and develop computational models to evaluate how cultural land management influenced historical fire regimes...
The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a $209,629 Project Grant under the Integrative Activities program (CFDA 47.083) to the University of Utah to develop integrated agroecological renewable energy systems. The 5-year project aims to advance the transition from fossil fuels to renewable energy through a convergent research approach that integrates indigenous knowledge and priorities with disciplines like engineering, native American studies, geography, and biology. Key objectives include...
The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a $307,382 Project Grant under its Biological Sciences program (CFDA 47.074) to Boise State University. The three-year grant, effective September 1, 2023 through August 31, 2026, will fund research to measure how climate change may disrupt the species interactions that shape local adaptation in big sagebrush (Artemisia tridentata) populations. The project will integrate field and lab-based reciprocal transplant experiments, soil microbiome...
This Project Grant award, valued at $100,000.00, was provided by the National Science Foundation (NSF) under the Social, Behavioral, and Economic Sciences (CFDA 47.075) federal grant program. The award supports a planning process to establish the Center for Indigenous Knowledge and Stewardship (CIKS), which aims to develop new research protocols and projects that address social and environmental crises by bridging indigenous knowledge systems and Western scientific disciplines. The key...