Project Grant 2507847
- This National Science Foundation (NSF) Biological Sciences (CFDA 47.074) Project Grant award of $240,000 supports a postdoctoral research fellowship from April 1, 2025 to March 31, 2028. The project aims to integrate historical museum collections and avian conservation genomics to understand how bird species in California have responded to past environmental changes and forecast their vulnerability to future climate change. The research will develop a framework for incorporating...
- This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's Biological Sciences program (CFDA 47.074) provides $270,000.00 in funding to support a Postdoctoral Research Fellowship in Biology (PRFB) focused on "Testing a Role for Interspecific Interactions in Signal Evolution, Speciation, and Sympatry in Birds". The fellowship will contribute to advancing scientific understanding of how plumage coloration in tropical tanager birds enables species coexistence and formation. Key...
- The National Science Foundation awarded $414,000 under the Biological Sciences federal grant program (CFDA 47.074) to support an NSF Postdoctoral Fellowship in Biology from August 1, 2022 to July 31, 2025. The fellowship funding will support integrative research investigating the intersection of genomes, environments, and phenotypes in elevational migrant bird species across the Andes and Himalayas. The fellow will generate valuable museum specimens including frozen tissues and genomic,...
- The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a $270,000 Postdoctoral Research Fellowship in Biology (PRFB) under the Biological Sciences (CFDA 47.074) federal grant program. The 3-year project, effective August 1, 2025, will fund research and training to investigate the genetic and mechanistic bases of rapid phenotypic evolution, focusing on the functional implications and environmental associations of structural white color in bird feathers. The research will use feather structure analysis,...
- This National Science Foundation (NSF) Project Grant under the Biological Sciences (CFDA 47.074) program will provide USD 270,000 in funding from September 1, 2025 to August 31, 2028 to support a Postdoctoral Research Fellowship in Biology (PRFB). The fellowship will enable research and training to contribute to our understanding of how structural variants in the genome impact phenotypes and local adaptation in a cryptic avian species complex. The research aims to elucidate the role of complex...
- This National Science Foundation Project Grant award of $276,000 provides funding from January 1, 2023 through December 31, 2024 to support a postdoctoral research fellowship in biology. The fellowship, awarded under the NSF's Biological Sciences program (CFDA 47.074), will fund integrative research investigating the rules governing interactions between genomes, environments and phenotypes in innovative ways. Specifically, the fellow will conduct in vivo and in vitro testing of zebra finch...
- This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation (CFDA 47.074 Biological Sciences) provides $240,000 to fund a Postdoctoral Research Fellowship in Biology for FY 2024. The fellowship supports a research and training plan that aims to enhance understanding of human-wildlife interactions in the face of global change, with a focus on birds worldwide. The fellow will develop a new modeling framework and global database to predict human-wildlife interactions and determine key drivers....
- This National Science Foundation Project Grant award of $276,000 funds research and training activities from April 1, 2023 through March 31, 2025 under the Biological Sciences program (CFDA 47.074). The award supports a Postdoctoral Fellowship for Jackie Childers to conduct integrative research on the evolution of avian coloration in weaver birds (Ploceidae) at the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County and the Western Foundation of Vertebrate Zoology. The Fellow will combine phenotypic...
- This National Science Foundation (NSF) Project Grant, awarded under the Biological Sciences program (CFDA 47.074), provides $240,000 in funding for a 3-year postdoctoral fellowship focused on studying the impact of sociality on evolution. The fellowship supports a research and training plan that aims to increase the participation of underrepresented groups in biology. Key components include: Implementing a grant writing workshop to enhance the diversity of postdoctoral scholars in the U.S....
- This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's Biological Sciences program (CFDA 47.074) will support a collaborative research project to resolve a comprehensive phylogeny (evolutionary tree) of parrots. The $492,116 award to the American Museum of Natural History will be used to collect genetic data, including full genome sequencing, for all parrot species. This data will be used to build an accurate evolutionary tree for parrots and investigate the impacts of gene transfer...
This National Science Foundation (NSF) Biological Sciences (CFDA 47.074) federal Project Grant award provides $270,000.00 in funding over 3 years starting September 1, 2026 to support a postdoctoral research fellowship focused on using introduced parrots in Southern California as a model system for studying evolutionary responses to rapid environmental changes. The key activities under this grant include research and training of the postdoctoral fellow to examine how these parrot populations, established from pet birds released within the last 70 years, have adapted to the urban environments of Southern California. The project will reveal insights into the physical and genetic changes that enable birds to thrive alongside humans in urbanized landscapes. Community science contributions and public engagement activities at the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County are also planned to involve the local Southern California community in the research.
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
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| Not listed | $270.0k | 4/29/25 |