Project Grant 2436056
- This Project Grant award of $270,000 from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Biological Sciences program (CFDA 47.074) will fund a Postdoctoral Research Fellowship in Biology (PRFB) from July 2025 to June 2028. The research aims to determine how seasonal and environmental shifts in plant odors provide cues that inform mule deer migratory behavior in Wyoming. The fellow will integrate data from plant chemical analyses, mule deer movement tracking, foraging experiments, and remote sensing...
- This federal Project Grant award of $1,158,300.00 from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Biological Sciences (CFDA 47.074) program supports research by The Pennsylvania State University to investigate how plant chemistry and leaf-associated microbes influence the behavior and population dynamics of herbivores and their predators in both natural and agricultural settings. The research aims to inform strategies for reducing herbivore damage, protecting biodiversity, and strengthening...
- The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a $471,214 Project Grant under the Biological Sciences (CFDA 47.074) program to the Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies, Inc. The grant supports long-term research on the dynamics between resource pulses, rodents, ticks, and Lyme disease risk in oak forests. The key products and services to be delivered include: Collecting new data on tick numbers and survival across different life stages, integrating this into models to forecast Lyme disease risk....
- The National Science Foundation, under its Biological Sciences program (CFDA 47.074), awarded Carroll College a $179,949 Project Grant to study the multilevel effects of urbanization on the health of the western deer mouse. This 3-year research project aims to identify the key factors that impact wildlife health in urban areas, as the deer mouse inhabits both urban and rural environments. Researchers will collect data on habitat characteristics and mouse health metrics, such as immune function...
- This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation (CFDA 47.074 Biological Sciences) provides $1,799,160 to the University of Maine System to investigate the management of interacting human and ecosystem health threats in private woodland areas of northern New England. The research project will examine how social learning and cultural adaptation among private woodland owners influences the forest-tick system, devise strategies to manage invasive plants in the context of tick...
- This federal Project Grant award, totaling $635,938.00, was provided by the National Science Foundation (NSF) Biological Sciences program (CFDA 47.074). The award will fund research examining how increasing environmental variability impacts fitness trade-offs across complex life cycles, focusing on a salamander species in New Hampshire. Key objectives include studying how timing of metamorphosis affects juvenile and adult traits, survival, and population dynamics. Additionally, the research will...
- This Project Grant, awarded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) Biological Sciences program (CFDA 47.074), supports research to investigate how the timing of seasonal life cycles influences interactions among multiple species, especially indirect effects involving shared predators or resources. The project will integrate experiments in amphibian pond communities with theoretical models to determine how variation in the sequence and spacing of community phenologies is linked to the...
- This National Science Foundation (NSF) Biological Sciences (CFDA 47.074) federal project grant award of $270,000 provides funding for a postdoctoral research fellowship from July 1, 2025 to June 30, 2028. The fellowship supports research and training that will contribute to understanding how viruses, bacteria, and other pathogens influence the success or failure of invasive species, using wild rodent populations in New England as a case study. The research will generate a time transect of native...
- This federal Project Grant award of $448,286.00 from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Biological Sciences program (CFDA 47.074) supports research at Williams College to understand how plants produce, recognize, and interact with anthranilates - a group of under-investigated secondary metabolites that have been shown to deter herbivores and decrease microbial infections in plants. The research aims to advance the understanding of plant defense mechanisms against herbivores and pathogens,...
- This $198,484.20 federal Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service under the Multistate Conservation Grant Program (CFDA 15.628) will fund a research project to help state agencies better understand the factors impacting deer hunting participation in the United States. The project aims to gather input from deer managers and state recruitment, retention, and reactivation (R3) leaders to identify knowledge gaps, analyze 20 years of license sales data,...
This federal Project Grant award, funded by the National Science Foundation's Biological Sciences program (CFDA 47.074), will support a research project at Hamilton College to investigate how white-tailed deer indirectly shape rodent communities and ecosystem functions in Northeastern U.S. forests. The $502,863 award, effective from September 1, 2025 to August 31, 2028, will enable the researchers to build a series of deer, predator, and rodent exclosure fences to test three key hypotheses about the indirect interactions between deer and rodents. The project aims to determine how deer over-browsing simplifies habitat structure and influences rodent communities, dietary niches, and the prevalence of Lyme disease. The research will also provide training opportunities for undergraduate, community college, and graduate students, and share the findings with state conservation agencies to support more efficient forest management.
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Not listed | $502.9k | 7/23/25 |