Project Grant 2317210
- The National Science Foundation (NSF), under its Biological Sciences program (CFDA 47.074), awarded a $1,059,027 Project Grant to the Regents of the University of California, Riverside (UC Riverside), a public research university. This collaborative research project aims to investigate the evolution of the megadiverse plant bugs, the insect family Miridae, which are both significant crop pests and beneficial predators. The research team will construct a phylogeny of plant bugs using...
- The University of California, Davis was awarded a $582,412 project grant from the National Science Foundation Division of Emerging Frontiers under the Biological Sciences federal grant program (CFDA 47.074) for the period of January 1, 2022 through December 31, 2025. The grant will support research titled "INTBIO COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: AN INTEGRATIVE APPROACH FOR PROJECTING INSECT RESPONSES TO A RAPIDLY CHANGING CLIMATE" to be conducted at the university's Davis, California campus....
- This $680,134 National Science Foundation project grant under the Biological Sciences program (CFDA 47.074) will support research at the University of California, Davis examining the effects of phenological shifts on plant-insect interactions due to climate change. The grantee will use herbarium specimens collected over the past hundred years and an experimental garden mimicking past, present and future climatic conditions to assess potential novel species interactions resulting from changes...
- The National Science Foundation Division of Environmental Biology awarded a $454,886 Project Grant to the University of California, Davis under the Biological Sciences federal grant program (CFDA 47.074) from March 1, 2022 to February 28, 2025. The grant funds collaborative research to study the timescale-dependent effects of transient dynamics in plant-pollinator networks. The Biological Sciences program aims to promote progress in the biological sciences and strengthen the nation's...
- The National Science Foundation awarded a $519,457 project grant to the University of California Irvine to research plant herbivore defense syndromes mediated by canopy structural complexity. This three-year award, made under the Biological Sciences program (CFDA 47.074), will fund research from January 2021 through December 2024 to promote understanding of major problems confronting the nation by increasing scientific knowledge of how plant canopy structure impacts defenses against...
- This $200,000 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's Division of Environmental Biology will fund research at Stanford University to analyze sediment DNA from lake cores in California in order to reconstruct over 1,200 years of insect diversity change. The researchers will employ sedimentary DNA techniques and high-throughput sequencing to characterize insect diversity over time. They will also assemble data on land use change, climate change, and pesticide applications to link...
- The National Science Foundation awarded a two-year, $138,000 Project Grant to support research titled "Microbial Mediation of Genotype-Phenotype Relationships and Ecological Function of Toxic Nectar." 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 increasing knowledge and enhancing understanding of major problems. The grant will fund research at...
- This National Science Foundation (NSF) Biological Sciences program (CFDA 47.074) Project Grant award of $240,000 provides funding for a 3-year postdoctoral research fellowship. The grant supports an investigation into the role of transcriptional plasticity in insect host specialization, focused on two species of pine sawfly. The research aims to identify the genes that allow insects to adapt to changes in their environment, which is important for understanding how organisms survive and adapt...
- The National Science Foundation Division of Environmental Biology awarded a $899,374 project grant to the University of California Irvine from September 1, 2021 to August 31, 2024. The grant supports research titled "BEE: TESTING A PHYLOGENETIC TRAIT FRAMEWORK FOR SOIL MICROBIOMES" under the Biological Sciences program (CFDA 47.074). The research aims to advance understanding of major problems confronting the nation by promoting progress in the biological sciences. Specifically, the...
- The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a $270,000 Postdoctoral Research Fellowship in Biology (CFDA 47.074) to support research aimed at understanding the evolution of insect diets over millions of years. The 3-year fellowship, commencing on August 15, 2025, will enable the postdoctoral researcher to reconstruct the evolutionary history of diet shifts in seed bugs (Lygaeoidea) using genomic data. The researcher will infer a new phylogenetic tree of the seed bug superfamily and analyze how...
The National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Environmental Biology awarded a $542,445 Project Grant to the University of California, Davis (UC Davis) under the Biological Sciences federal grant program (CFDA 47.074). The grant supports a collaborative research project to investigate the evolution and biogeographic history of the megadiverse plant bugs (Hemiptera: Miridae) insect family. The research aims to construct a robust phylogeny of plant bugs using genomic data, examine their dietary transitions and host plant interactions, and study patterns of phylogenetic diversity in the California Floristic Province biodiversity hotspot. As a subaward, the California Department of Food and Agriculture will contribute its expertise in pest detection and management to support the project's goals. The grant will fund training for a postdoctoral researcher and two female Ph.D. students, as well as undergraduate research internships and course development focused on insect biodiversity and conservation.
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
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| Not listed | $542.4k | 7/25/23 |
GrantNumber | Description | Subgrantee | Prime Award | Dollars Obligated | Updated At |
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A240780S001S | California Department Of Food & Agriculture | Project Grant 2317210 | $37.8k | 3/7/24 |