Project Grant 2530295
- The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a $200,000 Project Grant under the Geosciences program (CFDA 47.050) to the New York Botanical Garden (NYBG) for the collaborative research project "Closing the Gap: The History of River Connections with the Formation of the Isthmus of Panama and Its Impact on the Evolution of Plants in Rivers." The project aims to study a specialized group of plants called riverweeds that live in tropical and subtropical river rapids and waterfalls,...
- This federal Project Grant award for $166,798.00, provided by the National Science Foundation's Biological Sciences (CFDA 47.074) program, will support collaborative research on the history of river connections and their impact on plant evolution in the Americas. The key objective is to study a group of plants called "riverweeds" that live in tropical and subtropical river rapids and waterfalls, leveraging both plant fossils and DNA data to understand how these plants moved and evolved...
- The Smithsonian Institution received a three-year, $458,972 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation to conduct collaborative research on the effects of pathogen resistance gene sharing on tropical tree transmission and growth in Panama. Funded under the NSF's Biological Sciences program (CFDA 47.074), the research aims to advance understanding of major biological issues by investigating how the distribution of resistance gene alleles among tropical tree populations impacts...
- This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Environmental Biology (CFDA 47.074 - Biological Sciences) provides $231,060 over 5 years to Lewis & Clark College to research the long-term dynamics of tropical forest regeneration across sites in Ecuador, Puerto Rico, and Panama. The project aims to understand how variations in environmental conditions and climate patterns, including seasonality and multi-year cycles, impact the timing and success of plant...
- This $860,741 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Biological Sciences program (CFDA 47.074) will fund a collaborative research project titled "COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: MRA: PANAM PEAT: UNDERSTANDING WATER AND CARBON CYCLING ACROSS THE PAN-AMERICAN TROPICAL PEATLAND BIOME" at Arizona State University. The overarching goal is to gain new insights into tropical peatland environments and better constrain regional and global carbon budgets. Key deliverables...
- This Project Grant award of $396,677, provided by the National Science Foundation's Biological Sciences (CFDA 47.074) Federal Grant Program, supports research to investigate the early history and evolution of tropical forests in South America during the Early Cretaceous period, approximately 100-145 million years ago. The research team at the Field Museum of Natural History in Chicago will examine well-preserved plant fossils from Colombia and Ecuador to reconstruct ancient vegetation...
- This $463,000 Project Grant awarded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) Biological Sciences program (CFDA 47.074) funds research to study the origin and evolution of vertebrate diversity on the Marajo Island in the Amazon rainforest. The key activities include: Field collections of small vertebrates (amphibians, lizards, mammals) at four sites on Marajo Island Acquisition of genomic data from the collected samples and historical specimens from the Amazon basin Phylogenetic and population...
- 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 $212,201 Project Grant under the Geosciences program (CFDA 47.050) to the University of Alabama for a collaborative research project titled "Energetic Controls on Marine Benthic Community Structure in Space and Time." The project aims to: Evaluate how surface productivity affects the energetic and trophic structure of marine benthic communities on both sides of the modern Isthmus of Panama. Use this knowledge to assess the fossil record...
- This $812,787 federal Project Grant award, funded by the National Science Foundation's Biological Sciences program (CFDA 47.074), supports a collaborative research initiative titled "MRA: PANAM PEAT: Understanding Water and Carbon Cycling Across the Pan-American Tropical Peatland Biome." The project, led by the University of Nevada, Reno, aims to gain new insights into the structure and function of tropical peatlands across the Americas, from 20 degrees North to 20 degrees South. The...
The National Science Foundation (NSF) Biological Sciences program (CFDA 47.074) awarded a $290,452 project grant to the University of Washington (UW) for the collaborative research project "Closing the Gap: The History of River Connections with the Formation of the Isthmus of Panama and Its Impact on the Evolution of Plants in Rivers." The project aims to study how the formation of the Isthmus of Panama, which connected North and South America, impacted the evolution and movement of riverine plants across the continents. Using plant fossils and DNA analysis, the researchers will examine a specialized group of plants that live in tropical and subtropical river rapids and waterfalls, known as riverweeds. This research will provide new insights into the role of river systems in the geological and biological changes associated with the rise of the Isthmus of Panama. The project will also train American scientists to collaborate with international partners and strengthen pathways for future scientific research.
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Not listed | $290.5k | 8/14/25 |