Project Grant 2526795
- This National Science Foundation project grant award of $240,000 provides funding from January 1, 2024 through December 31, 2026 to investigate environmental and genomic regulation of molt in birds. The award is made under the Biological Sciences program (CFDA 47.074) to support basic biological research that strengthens the Nation's scientific enterprise. The grantee will conduct integrative research to understand the interactions between genomes, environment, and phenotypes that govern molting...
- This National Science Foundation Project Grant of $973,030 supports research into the rapid phenotypic evolution of pigmentation genes in South American seed-eating birds (genus Sporophila) through 2025. Funded under the Biological Sciences program (CFDA 47.074), the award enables detailed study of the chemical, structural, and genetic mechanisms underlying color production and patterning in avian feathers. Researchers from Cornell University will analyze pigment composition, nano- and...
- 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...
- This $532,655 multi-year Project Grant awarded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) Biological Sciences program (CFDA 47.074) supports research at Utah State University (USU) to deepen the understanding of how birds respond to their environmental surroundings. The project aims to: 1) characterize the spatial scales at which hundreds of North American bird species respond to various environmental factors; 2) test hypotheses about the mechanisms generating these scale-dependent...
- This $1,230,294 five-year Project Grant, awarded by the National Science Foundation's Biological Sciences program (CFDA 47.074) on March 1, 2024, supports research at The Pennsylvania State University (Penn State) to study the genetic basis and evolutionary history of plumage coloration in wood warblers. The key activities include: Characterizing carotenoid pigments and the function of carotenoid processing genes across the wood warbler radiation Conducting field studies on hybridizing warbler...
- 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 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation (CFDA 47.074 Biological Sciences) provides $1,066,913 to the University of Wyoming to study how different populations of mountain hummingbirds respond genetically, physiologically, and behaviorally to the environmental challenges of high-elevation living, including temperature extremes and oxygen scarcity. The research will integrate field and laboratory approaches to examine populations across a range of latitudes and elevations,...
- This $261,746.00 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's Biological Sciences program (CFDA 47.074) supports research examining the evolutionary and ecological dynamics of bird communities in Polylepis forests in the Andes mountains of Peru and Bolivia. The project will sequence DNA from approximately 30 bird species in these high-elevation forests and adjacent grasslands to assess population connectivity and species classification. The research also aims to provide...
- This three-year National Science Foundation Project Grant of $770,868 will support research from July 1, 2022 to June 30, 2025 examining how seasonal migration influences genetic migration in boreal forest bird species. Funded through the Biological Sciences program (CFDA 47.074), the University of Michigan will investigate the relationship between seasonal long-distance migration and genetic differentiation using genomic tools and migration tracking tags across 32 co-distributed bird species....
- The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a $779,001 Project Grant under the Biological Sciences program (CFDA 47.074) to the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (UNC-CH) on May 1, 2024. The grant supports a 3-year research study examining the adaptive benefits of daylight availability and the photoperiodism of transhemispheric migratory birds. The research aims to determine if longer summer daylight at higher latitudes accelerates parental provisioning and offspring growth...
This $338,479 federal Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's Biological Sciences Program (CFDA 47.074) will fund research to map the genetic basis of plumage color variation in two closely-related species of songbirds, the Indigo Bunting and Lazuli Bunting. The research aims to identify the specific genes that underlie the dramatic differences in how these birds produce their distinct plumage colors. This work will support a collaboration between scientists with complementary expertise, provide research training opportunities for students, and contribute new museum specimens for future research and educational activities. The award is effective from January 1, 2026 through December 31, 2028 and will be performed by the University of Wyoming, a leading research institution experienced in conducting federal grant-funded projects across a range of scientific domains.
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
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| Not listed | $338.5k | 7/15/25 |