Project Grant 2435515
- Federal Grant Award Summary The National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Emerging Frontiers awarded a $367,034 Project Grant to the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) effective February 1, 2026, through January 31, 2030, under the Biological Sciences program (CFDA 47.074). This collaborative research initiative investigates environmental maladaptation in two California oak species—valley oak (Quercus lobata) and coast live oak (Q. agrifolia)—by linking physiological traits, tree...
- The University of California, Santa Barbara received a $963,864 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Emerging Frontiers under the Biological Sciences program (CFDA 47.074), effective February 1, 2026 through January 31, 2030. This collaborative research initiative delivers an integrative study linking physiological traits, tree performance, and genomic analysis to understand environmental maladaptation in two California oak species: Valley Oak (Quercus...
- The National Science Foundation Division of Integrative Organismal Systems awarded $206,971 to the University of California, Merced under the Biological Sciences (CFDA 47.074) federal grant program. The four-year project grant will support collaborative research to harness adaptive genetic variation in drought resistance strategies to manage plant populations under climate change. Researchers will characterize how genetic variation acts through regulatory networks to adaptively tune organismal...
- This two-year, $188,177 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's Biological Sciences program (CFDA 47.074) will fund the development of new techniques for mapping and monitoring plant drought stress using repeat hyperspectral data. The University of California, Santa Barbara will link detailed measurements of plant drought stress, water use, and water sources to remotely sensed data on plant water content. This will identify areas of drought resilience and vulnerability during an...
- Federal Project Grant Award Summary The National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Environmental Biology awarded $306,789 to the University of Nevada, Reno under the Biological Sciences program (CFDA 47.074) for a collaborative research project titled "Fire and Water in the West: Trait-Based Demographic Dynamics of Forest Communities." The four-year project, which commenced July 1, 2025 and concludes June 30, 2029, delivers quantitative research outputs identifying adaptive traits...
- Federal Project Grant Award Summary The National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Integrative Organismal Systems awarded $468,683 to the University of California, Berkeley on January 15, 2026, under the Biological Sciences program (CFDA 47.074) to support collaborative research on grass distribution modeling. The project, which extends through December 31, 2029, will deliver research outputs and analytical methodologies that characterize physiological traits, phenological patterns, and...
- This National Science Foundation Project Grant of $480,484 supports research to understand drought and post-drought legacy effects in tropical forests. Funded under the Biological Sciences program (CFDA 47.074), the University of California, Los Angeles will leverage a large-scale drought experiment in an Amazon forest in Brazil. Researchers will integrate high-resolution tower-based radar data measuring vegetation water content at finer scales than satellites. This will be compared with plant...
- Federal Grant Award Summary This three-year Project Grant, awarded September 1, 2025, through the National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Integrative Organismal Systems under the Biological Sciences program (CFDA 47.074), provides $557,547 to the University of California, Davis to conduct research on fire's impact on root and microbial carbon cycling in deep forest soils. The research will investigate how high-intensity wildfires alter microbial communities in pine-oak forests by examining...
- This $372,663 project grant from the National Science Foundation's Division of Integrative Organismal Systems will fund research into drought and cold resistance of northeastern US tree species. The grant is part of the Biological Sciences program (CFDA 47.074), which supports basic biological research to strengthen the nation's scientific enterprise and enhance understanding of major problems. Specifically, the grant will fund extensive field measurements and a manipulative experiment to...
- This Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's Biological Sciences program (CFDA 47.074) provides $472,614 to Cornell University from July 2022 through June 2026 to study the impacts of severe drought on tropical forest post-disturbance recovery. Specifically, the researchers are conducting a rainfall manipulation experiment in a forest in Puerto Rico that is recovering from Hurricane Maria in 2017. The project aims to characterize and predict forest resilience to climate change by...
Federal Grant Award Summary The National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Emerging Frontiers awarded a $300,000 Project Grant to the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) on March 1, 2026, for fundamental research on genomic and regulatory processes associated with drought stress in California oak populations (CFDA 47.074—Biological Sciences). The three-year project, concluding February 28, 2029, will utilize natural populations of valley oak (Quercus lobata) to compare ecophysiological responses to drought between trees adapted to wet, cool versus warm, dry environments. The primary deliverables include identification of candidate genes and epigenetic mechanisms underlying drought stress response, generation of genomic resources for the oak scientific community, and development of foundational knowledge applicable to broader forest management strategies. Beyond core research outputs, the project is designed to advance oak research methodologies by translating tools and techniques from crop species research to natural tree populations and to generate broader impacts through the creation of STEM career opportunities for K-12 and college students. The research directly supports NSF's Biological Sciences program objective to promote progress in the biological sciences and strengthen the Nation's scientific enterprise by addressing critical ecological challenges resulting from drought and forest loss in California, where approximately 20 percent of forest cover was lost between 2013 and 2015.
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
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| Not listed | $300.0k | 2/23/26 |