Project Grant 2536107
- Federal Project Grant Award Summary The National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Environmental Biology awarded $910,237 to the University of Connecticut under the Biological Sciences program (CFDA 47.074) to support collaborative research on beaver-engineered freshwater ecosystems and their impacts on watershed carbon transport and storage. Beginning August 1, 2026, and concluding July 31, 2029, the project integrates satellite remote sensing, artificial intelligence, field measurements,...
- Federal Grant Award Summary The National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Environmental Biology awarded $251,815 under the Biological Sciences program (CFDA 47.074) to the Regents of the University of Minnesota for a collaborative research project spanning January 1, 2026 through December 31, 2030. This Project Grant supports a five-year field research initiative and complementary laboratory experiments designed to generate critical scientific data on how beaver-based restoration...
- Beaver-Based Restoration Research Grant Summary Washington State University received a $531,217 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's Division of Integrative Organismal Systems under the Biological Sciences program (CFDA 47.074) effective January 1, 2026, through December 31, 2030. This collaborative research initiative will generate critical scientific data on how beaver-based restoration techniques improve stream and riparian ecosystem health and biodiversity. The research...
- This National Science Foundation (NSF) Project Grant award under the Biological Sciences (CFDA 47.074) program provides $499,853 to the Regents of the University of Minnesota to establish a North American Beaver Knowledge and Management Network. The network aims to synthesize research on the relationship between beaver management practices, beavers, and beaver-related ecosystem services, while identifying legal and regional variability in beaver management. The project will facilitate...
- Federal Grant Award Summary The University of New Hampshire has received a $507,706 CAREER (NSF Early Career Development Program) award from the National Science Foundation's Division of Biological Infrastructure under the Biological Sciences program (CFDA 47.074), effective September 1, 2025, through August 31, 2030. This project addresses critical gaps in ecological monitoring program design by developing research capacity, educational infrastructure, and analytical tools. The primary...
- This National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Earth Sciences grant award, with CFDA Number 47.050, provides funding of $180,000.00 for a 2-year project from January 1, 2024 to December 31, 2025. The project, led by Dr. D. Nev? Baker, aims to investigate the historical role of beavers in shaping the landscape and providing environmental resilience in the Sierra Nevada Mountains of California. The study will employ sedimentary analyses and DNA sequencing of ancient sediments (sedaDNA) to...
- This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's Geosciences Program (CFDA 47.050) will fund a $466,599 research project at Washington State University to study the hydrological and ecosystem impacts of beaver dam analogs, a common river restoration approach. The 3-year project, running from October 2024 to September 2027, aims to develop the scientific foundation for measuring and modeling the effects of these structures on water flows, with the goal of improving restoration...
- Federal Project Grant Award Summary The National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Integrative Organismal Systems awarded $605,949 to the University of New Mexico, effective October 1, 2025 through September 30, 2030, under the Biological Sciences program (CFDA 47.074). This Project Grant supports fundamental research examining environmental flow models and restoration strategies for the Rio Grande river corridor in New Mexico. The primary deliverables include scientific research outputs...
- Federal Grant Award Summary The National Science Foundation's Division of Information and Intelligent Systems awarded the University of New Hampshire a $299,939 Project Grant under the Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CISE) program (CFDA 47.070) to develop OpenGHM, a cloud-based cyberinfrastructure platform designed to enhance reproducibility and accelerate innovation in global hydrologic modeling research. The award, effective September 1, 2025 through August 31, 2028,...
- Federal Project Grant Award Summary The National Science Foundation (NSF), Division of Earth Sciences, awarded $426,218 to the University of Nevada, Reno under the Geosciences program (CFDA 47.050) on January 1, 2026, with a completion date of December 31, 2028. This collaborative research project will deliver field observations, experimental datasets, and a predictive simulation model quantifying the competing effects of forest litter on precipitation interception and soil water budgets...
The National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Environmental Biology awarded $437,916 to the University of New Hampshire under the Biological Sciences program (CFDA 47.074) on August 1, 2026, for a collaborative research initiative examining beaver-engineered ecosystems and their impacts on watershed carbon transport and storage. The project will deliver a transferable framework for detecting and characterizing beaver-created ecosystems across the Northeastern United States by integrating satellite remote sensing, artificial intelligence (AI), field measurements, and simulation modeling. Primary deliverables include landscape-scale mapping of beaver-engineered ecosystems and an online mapping tool to support decision-makers—such as watershed associations, land trusts, and municipal and state governments—in land management planning through July 31, 2029. The award supports complementary educational and public engagement outcomes, including development of inquiry-based case studies for middle and high school students, creation of a graduate-level interdisciplinary course on team science, and experiential research training for multiple graduate and undergraduate students. These products address the scientific knowledge gap resulting from changes in beaver population dynamics over recent decades, which have dramatically transformed freshwater ecosystems and their capacity for carbon storage and water quality improvement, while supporting the NSF Biological Sciences program's core objective of advancing biological understanding and strengthening the Nation's scientific enterprise.Federal Project Grant Award Summary
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
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| Not listed | $437.9k | 6/24/26 |