Project Grant 2535120
- The National Science Foundation Division of Polar Programs awarded Arizona State University $118,766 on September 1, 2026, under the Polar Programs assistance listing (CFDA 47.078) to fund a collaborative research project tracking Adélie penguin populations across two Antarctic regions with opposing population trajectories to identify behavioral and physiological factors enabling adaptation to environmental change. Research activities include deploying satellite tracking tags on fledgling...
- The National Science Foundation Division of Polar Programs awarded the University of California, Berkeley $241,058 on September 1, 2026, under the Polar Programs assistance listing to conduct collaborative research on Adelie penguin population dynamics across two Antarctic regions. The research tracks penguin behavior and survival through small electronic tags deployed on juvenile penguins at departure from colonies, recording devices retrieved from adults to document molting and diving patterns...
- The University of California Santa Cruz will conduct collaborative research on common environmental drivers determining the occupation chronology of Adélie penguins and moss peatbanks on the Western Antarctic Peninsula under a $113,985 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation Division of Polar Programs. This research supports the goals of the NSF Polar Programs (CFDA 47.078) to strengthen understanding of polar regions through expanded fundamental knowledge. The grant will fund...
- The National Science Foundation Division of Polar Programs awarded a $128,716 Project Grant to Point Blue Conservation Science of Petaluma, California. The grant supports collaborative research titled "Predators to Plankton - Biophysical Controls in Antarctic Polynyas" from January 1, 2022 through December 31, 2024. Under the grant, Point Blue Conservation Science will conduct research to strengthen understanding of the polar regions as part of the NSF's Polar Programs (CFDA 47.078)....
- This $324,787 Postdoctoral Fellowship project grant was awarded on October 1, 2023 to The Research Foundation For The State University Of New York (RF SUNY), doing business as Stony Brook University, by the National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Polar Programs (CFDA 47.078). The project aims to investigate the role of epigenetics in enabling gentoo penguins to adapt to the rapidly changing environment of the western Antarctic Peninsula, where the species is thriving while related...
- This Project Grant from the National Science Foundation Division of Polar Programs supports collaborative research titled "COMMON ENVIRONMENTAL DRIVERS DETERMINE THE OCCUPATION CHRONOLOGY OF AD?LIE PENGUINS AND MOSS PEATBANKS ON THE WESTERN ANTARCTIC PENINSULA." With a total award amount of $283,540, the grant runs from September 1, 2021 through August 31, 2024. The research aims to strengthen understanding of the polar regions by exploring how common environmental factors impact the...
- Duke University was awarded a $117,935 three-year Project Grant from the National Science Foundation Division of Polar Programs under the Polar Programs federal grant program (CFDA 47.078). The grant will support collaborative research to determine common environmental drivers that influence the occupation chronology of Adélie penguins and moss peatbanks on the Western Antarctic Peninsula. This research aims to strengthen fundamental scientific understanding of the polar regions by expanding...
- This $170,879 federal Project Grant awarded by the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Polar Programs (CFDA 47.078) supports a research project titled "LINKING LOCAL OCEANOGRAPHIC CONDITIONS WITH CETACEAN OCCURRENCE NEAR THE SOUTH SHETLAND ISLANDS FROM 2014 TO 2016 USING SATELLITE IMAGERY AND PASSIVE ACOUSTIC MONITORING." The project, conducted by the University of California San Diego's (UCSD) Scripps Institution of Oceanography, aims to better understand how oceanographic variables...
- This $2.8 million project grant from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Polar Programs will fund continued research on the population dynamics of Weddell seals in Erebus Bay, Antarctica from 2022 to 2027. The award supports the long-running collaborative research project between Montana State University and multiple international partners to monitor the Weddell seal population and characterize the role of immigration using mark-recapture analyses, population modeling, and genomic...
- This three-year $632,382 project grant from the National Science Foundation's Biological Sciences program (CFDA 47.074) will fund research to understand how behavioral adaptations in foraging effort by wandering albatrosses (Diomedea exulans) and black-browed albatrosses (Thalassarche melanophris) may mitigate population declines due to climate change. The awardee, the Regents of the University of Colorado, will assess linkages between climate change, body condition, foraging effort,...
The National Science Foundation Division of Polar Programs awarded Point Blue Conservation Science $877,197 on September 1, 2026, under the Polar Programs assistance program (CFDA 47.078) to conduct collaborative research on Adélie penguin population dynamics across two Antarctic regions. The project deploys tracking tags on young penguins to reveal first-migration routes and survival rates, retrieves recording devices from adults to document molt timing, dive depth, and feeding frequency through winter months, and analyzes blood samples to map ancestral relationships and gene flow between the Ross Sea and Antarctic Peninsula populations. These measurements assess behavioral and physiological differences that may explain why one population remains stable while the other declines despite both facing warming climate conditions. The tracking and recording devices also collect temperature and oceanographic data from the remote Southern Ocean during the most difficult study season. The work period runs through August 31, 2028, with performance based in Petaluma, California. The project supports doctoral student and field apprentice training, continues decades-long monitoring efforts, and includes public engagement through live video calls and updates on penguin breeding behavior via penguinscience.com and social media platforms.
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Not listed | $877.2k | 8/11/26 |