Project Grant 2444903
- This Project Grant award of $428,271 from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Biological Sciences program (CFDA 47.074) supports collaborative research to investigate the behavioral and neuromolecular mechanisms underlying aggression biases in cichlid fish species. The primary awardee, the University of Nebraska at Omaha (UNO), will lead a multidisciplinary team to conduct social learning experiments, genetic analysis, neural activity mapping, and brain gene expression analyses on two...
- This federal Project Grant award, titled "Collaborative Research: Male-Male Competition and Speciation: Behavioral and Neuromolecular Mechanisms Underlying Aggression Biases in Cichlids", is funded by the National Science Foundation's Biological Sciences (CFDA 47.074) Federal Grant Program. The project will receive $890,730 in funding over a 5-year period from September 1, 2025 to August 31, 2030. The research will use a multidisciplinary approach, including social learning...
- This $1,297,896 federal Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's Biological Sciences program will support research by Texas A&M University to investigate the evolutionary and neurogenomic mechanisms underlying species discrimination and behavioral isolation in North American stream fishes. The project will integrate genomic, transcriptomic, and functional approaches to connect patterns of behavioral, neural, and genomic variation within species to the larger processes of...
- This $450,000 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Biological Sciences program (CFDA 47.074) will support a collaborative research project led by the Regents of the University of Michigan to study the evolutionary history and ecological changes of cichlid fishes. The project aims to: (i) Leverage computed tomography (CT) scanning to develop a comprehensive morphological database for both modern and fossil cichlid specimens, enabling their integration into a...
- This National Science Foundation (NSF) Biological Sciences (CFDA 47.074) project grant award of $744,781 provides funding to the University of Texas at Austin to investigate the genetic and energetic basis of mitonuclear incompatibilities during the formation of new species in swordtail fish (Xiphophorus). The research aims to identify specific combinations of mitochondrial and nuclear genes that create reproductive barriers in hybridizing populations, leading to the development of new...
- This National Science Foundation postdoctoral fellowship award in the amount of $138,000 provides funding from March 1, 2023 through February 28, 2025 to identify olfactory pathways that establish species barriers in cichlid fish. The award is made under the Biological Sciences program (CFDA 47.074) to promote basic biological research and enhance scientific knowledge. The fellow will conduct research using CRISPR-mediated genomic manipulation, single-nucleus RNA sequencing, and automated...
- This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation (CFDA 47.074 - Biological Sciences) provides $423,626.00 to Montclair State University to support a research project titled "Neurobiology of Cognition and Emotion in Teleost Fish". The project aims to build tools and infrastructure to map how the teleostean fish brain mediates associative learning, cognition, and emotion. Key activities include generating a prototype functional connectivity atlas of associative learning that...
- This federal Project Grant award of $879,321 was provided by the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Biological Sciences (CFDA 47.074) Federal Grant Program to the University of Texas at Austin. The award, titled "COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: PURSUIT: THE FINAL FRONTIER OF VERTEBRATE TAXONOMY: DOCUMENTING THE DIVERSITY OF CRYPTOBENTHIC CORAL REEF FISHES IN THE INDO-PACIFIC", will fund research to explore and document the diversity of a group of tiny, understudied "cryptobenthic"...
- This National Science Foundation (NSF) Biological Sciences (CFDA 47.074) award of $149,752 will fund a collaborative research project at the University of Oklahoma examining the impacts of variation in mating behavior of sailfin molly fish on top-down ecological control within aquatic communities. The project will use mesocosm experiments to evaluate how the frequency of different male mating strategies (courtship vs. sneaking) affects female foraging rates, with the goal of understanding how...
- This Project Grant from the National Science Foundation will fund $321,072 in research at the Reed Institute under the Biological Sciences federal grant program (CFDA 47.074) from March 2022 through February 2025. The research aims to investigate the evolutionary and biological basis of physical and behavioral traits that are sex-biased toward male or female expression across multiple levels of biological organization. Researchers will study global hormone levels, metabolic enzymes, hormone...
This $480,454 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Biological Sciences program (CFDA 47.074) will fund a collaborative research project at the University of Texas at Austin on the "Behavioral and Neuromolecular Mechanisms Underlying Aggression Biases in Cichlid Fish." The project will use a multidisciplinary approach combining social learning experiments, genetic analysis, neural activity mapping, and brain gene expression analyses to investigate how male-male competition influences population differentiation and speciation in cichlid fish species. The research aims to advance the understanding of how social competition impacts evolutionary change and biodiversity. The project will also provide research and training opportunities for undergraduate and graduate students, and develop an interactive exhibit on cichlid social behavior at a local children's discovery museum. The award period is from September 1, 2025 to August 31, 2030.
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Not listed | $480.5k | 8/14/25 |