Project Grant 2312211
- The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a $105,745 Project Grant under the Geosciences program (CFDA 47.050) to Williams College to conduct a collaborative research study on exploring early metazoan reef evolution through a multi-scale approach. The researchers will utilize various methods, including drone-derived models, 3D reconstructions, and isotopic analyses, to improve understanding of the inhabitants and ecology of the nearly one billion-year-old Little Dal reefs in northwestern...
- This Project Grant award of $390,694 from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Earth Sciences under the Geosciences program (CFDA 47.050) supports collaborative research to explore the ecology and morphology of the Little Dal reef system in northwestern Canada, which contains some of the earliest purported remains of sponges on Earth. The researchers from the University of Washington and Dartmouth College will utilize a multidisciplinary and multiscale approach, including...
- This Project Grant award of $444,594 from the National Science Foundation's Geosciences Program (CFDA 47.050) will support research into how a major extinction event during the Plio-Pleistocene transition impacted the interactions between flatworm parasites and their clam hosts in the western Atlantic Ocean. The project aims to evaluate changes in parasite prevalence, abundance, body size, and impacts on host growth and longevity, as well as utilize geochemical proxies to understand the...
- Federal Grant Award Summary West Virginia University Research Corporation received a $1.17 million Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's Division of Emerging Frontiers under the Biological Sciences program (CFDA 47.074), awarded October 1, 2025, with a completion date of September 30, 2028. The award funds research conducted in Morgantown, West Virginia that advances fundamental understanding of belowground ecosystem interactions, specifically examining how cooperative and...
- The University of Washington received a three-year, two hundred thirty-three thousand three hundred seventeen dollar Project Grant from the National Science Foundation Division of Earth Sciences under the Geosciences federal grant program (CFDA 47.050) beginning August 1, 2023. Through this award, the University will build a collaborative research program in eastern Montana spanning the first seven million years after the K-Pg mass extinction. A team of geologists and paleontologists will...
- The National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Earth Sciences awarded a $202,138 Project Grant to the University of Washington under the Geosciences (CFDA 47.050) program. The grant funds a collaborative research project to examine the evolution of North American small mammal communities in response to landscape changes over the past 30 to 5 million years. The researchers will collect fossils and sediment samples from the U.S. Great Plains and Northwest to study how changes in habitat...
- The National Science Foundation awarded a $104,601 Project Grant under its Geosciences program (CFDA 47.050) to The Research Foundation for the State University of New York (SUNY) at the Geneseo campus. The grant, effective November 1, 2024 through October 31, 2027, supports collaborative research to develop an integrated understanding of the Late Devonian Earth system, with a focus on ocean-climate-biosphere interactions during this critical period in Earth's history. Key objectives include: 1)...
- This $372,195 federal Project Grant, awarded by the National Science Foundation's Geosciences Program (CFDA 47.050), supports a collaborative research project to study the effects of climate change on mammalian functional diversity using a high-resolution fossil record and novel AI workflows. The key products and services to be delivered under this 3-year award, which began on November 1, 2024, include: Generating 3D datasets from micro-CT scans of mammalian fossils to characterize functional...
- Berkeley Geochronology Center will provide collaborative research on mammal evolution after the Cretaceous-Paleogene extinction event through a $183,887 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation Division of Earth Sciences Geosciences program (CFDA 47.050). Over three years from August 2023 to July 2026, the Center will generate and integrate fossil mammal and climate proxy records across the first seven million years of the Paleocene in eastern Montana. A diverse team of geologists...
- Federal Project Grant Award Summary The National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Earth Sciences awarded $130,076 to the University of California, Berkeley under the Geosciences program (CFDA 47.050) for collaborative research on marine paleocommunity dynamics spanning the Permian-Triassic mass extinction event. The three-year project, which commenced July 1, 2025 and concludes June 30, 2028, delivers fundamental paleontological research services focused on reconstructing ancient marine food...
West Virginia University Research Corporation will receive $286,418 under a three-year Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's Geosciences program (CFDA 47.050) to conduct collaborative research on Paleozoic echinoderms. The research team will analyze database, museum, and literature records of ancient echinoderm species to develop understanding of evolutionary dynamics, such as changes in rates of evolution, heterochrony, biogeography, and ecology, in response to past climate perturbations. They will take a holistic, phylogenetic approach integrating multiple variables to quantitatively understand broader patterns of evolution through abiotic change. Additional deliverables include training undergraduate students in museum research techniques, publishing open-access information on studied echinoderm clades through the Digital Atlas of Ancient Life, and collating echinoderm resources on a central Wikiproject hub. The award period runs from August 1, 2023 to July 31, 2026.
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
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| Not listed | $286.4k | 6/6/23 |