This National Science Foundation (NSF) Project Grant award under the Biological Sciences program (CFDA 47.074) provides $249,000 in funding to support a postdoctoral fellowship research project at the University of South Carolina. The project, titled "Estimating the Role of Floral Isolation in Complex Trait Evolution and Plant Speciation," will investigate the evolutionary dynamics of floral traits that contribute to divergent pollinator adaptation and plant speciation. The research will integrate empirical population genomic analyses and theoretical modeling to understand how divergent floral adaptation promotes the diversification of flowering plants. The findings will have implications for evolutionary biology, agriculture, and conservation related to plant-animal interactions and plant speciation. In addition, the award supports outreach activities to promote diversity in the sciences, including establishing a new chapter of the Alliance for Diversity in Science and Engineering at the host institution and organizing science education events at local K-12 schools. No sub-awards are planned under this grant.
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