Project Grant 2506729
- This National Science Foundation (NSF) Project Grant award of $282,421, with a period of performance from September 1, 2025 to August 31, 2028, is funded through the Geosciences program (CFDA 47.050). The project aims to develop a modern chronostratigraphy and paleoenvironment reconstruction for the Naran Bulak and Gashato Formations in Mongolia, which contain an important fossil mammal record from the early Paleogene period (66-48 million years ago). The research will apply high-precision...
- This $147,302 federal Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's Geosciences Program (CFDA 47.050) will fund collaborative research at Dartmouth College to develop a new geological framework for understanding key events in Earth's history during the early Paleogene period (~66-48 million years ago). The researchers will apply modern, high-precision age-dating techniques to the sedimentological and mammal fossil records of the Naran Bulak and Gashato Formations in Mongolia. This...
- This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's Geosciences Program (CFDA 47.050) supports collaborative research to study the effects of climate change on mammalian functional diversity. The $205,877 award to the Stony Brook University Research Foundation will generate 3D datasets from micro-CT scans of mammalian fossils and develop new AI tools to rapidly analyze functional traits like dental topography and limb morphology. This will characterize changes in mammalian functional...
- The Colorado Museum of Natural History, doing business as the Denver Museum of Nature and Science, received a $1,282,009 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's Geosciences program (CFDA 47.050) to conduct collaborative research on how terrestrial ecosystems rebuilt following the Cretaceous-Paleogene mass extinction event approximately 66 million years ago. The research will involve extensive paleontological and geochemical analyses of existing fossil collections and new field...
- This $419,234 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's Geosciences Program (CFDA 47.050) supports research to study the effects of climate change on mammalian functional diversity over long timescales. Key objectives include: Analyzing changes in mammal functional diversity, floral composition, and abiotic factors like temperature before, during, and after the Paleocene-Eocene Thermal Maximum (PETM) climate event in the Bighorn Basin, Wyoming. This will elucidate the...
- The National Science Foundation (NSF) Office of Integrative Activities awarded a $177,674 Project Grant to the Smithsonian Institution under the Geosciences program (CFDA# 47.050) to enhance the discoverability and use of paleontological specimen data. The 2-year project aims to: (1) connect existing open science cyberinfrastructure resources to better integrate data from fossil and biological collections; (2) democratize access to digitized paleontological data for research; and (3) expand...
- Berkeley Geochronology Center will provide collaborative research on mammal evolution after the Cretaceous-Paleogene extinction event through a $183,887 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation Division of Earth Sciences Geosciences program (CFDA 47.050). Over three years from August 2023 to July 2026, the Center will generate and integrate fossil mammal and climate proxy records across the first seven million years of the Paleocene in eastern Montana. A diverse team of geologists...
- This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Biological Sciences Program (CFDA 47.074) provides $300,663 to the Denver Museum of Nature and Science (UEI: LRYDDL8NSAC4) to conduct collaborative research on terrestrial biodiversity dynamics during the Cretaceous Thermal Maximum (KTM), a critical case study for understanding the potential impacts of global temperature rise on ecosystems. The research aims to generate freely accessible databases on temperature,...
- The National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Earth Sciences awarded a $169,618 Project Grant to the University of Alabama, Office for Sponsored Programs Division, to conduct collaborative research on the rise of mammals following the K/Pg mass extinction event 66 million years ago. The funding will support a multidisciplinary team of geologists and paleontologists to generate and integrate critical records of fossil mammals and climate proxies across eastern Montana. The research aims to...
- The National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Earth Sciences awarded a $202,138 Project Grant to the University of Washington under the Geosciences (CFDA 47.050) program. The grant funds a collaborative research project to examine the evolution of North American small mammal communities in response to landscape changes over the past 30 to 5 million years. The researchers will collect fossils and sediment samples from the U.S. Great Plains and Northwest to study how changes in habitat...
The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a $143,055 Project Grant under its Geosciences program (CFDA 47.050) to the American Museum of Natural History in New York. The grant aims to develop a modern chronostratigraphy and paleoenvironmental reconstruction of the Naran Bulak and Gashato Formations in Mongolia, which contain important Paleogene mammal fossil records. The project will apply high-precision age-dating techniques, including magnetostratigraphy, chemostratigraphy, Ar/Ar and U-Pb geochronology, to precisely constrain this fossil record and enable comparisons with North American data. It will also involve detailed sedimentological and stable isotope analyses to identify the Paleocene-Eocene Thermal Maximum climate event. The research aims to build a critical framework for understanding the global perspective on this important time period following the mass extinction of dinosaurs, when many modern mammal groups first appeared. The award also includes the creation of new physical and digital fossil collections, as well as a pop-up traveling exhibition on Paleogene mammal evolution and climate change.
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Not listed | $143.1k | 7/18/25 |