Project Grant 2541065
- Federal Grant Award Summary This $606,871 Project Grant, awarded July 15, 2025, by the National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Environmental Biology under the Biological Sciences program (CFDA 47.074), supports collaborative research examining how nutrient availability drove eukaryotic diversification during the Tonian Period (1000–720 million years ago). The research initiative brings together seven principal investigators, one postdoctoral fellow, five graduate students, and two...
- Federal Project Grant Summary The University of New Mexico received a $370,309 Project Grant awarded May 1, 2026, by the National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Environmental Biology under the Biological Sciences program (CFDA 47.074). This collaborative long-term research and education (LTREB) renewal grant supports a multi-year experimental study extending through April 30, 2031, investigating trophic dynamics and energy flows in semiarid ecosystems. The project builds on over 37 years...
- Federal Grant Award Summary The National Science Foundation's Division of Environmental Biology awarded $730,615 to the Corporation of the Rocky Mountain Biological Laboratory at Gothic under the Biological Sciences program (CFDA 47.074) for a Long-Term Research in Environmental Biology (LTREB) renewal project spanning August 1, 2025, through July 31, 2030. The award supports continuation of the world's longest detailed phenological dataset, maintained at the Rocky Mountain Biological Laboratory...
- Federal Grant Award Summary The National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Biological Infrastructure awarded a $270,000 Postdoctoral Research Fellowship through the Biological Sciences program (CFDA 47.074) on July 1, 2025, with completion scheduled for June 30, 2028. This fellowship supports research investigating how pathogen-host genomic interactions influence the success of species invasions, using wild rodent populations in New England as a primary research model. The fellow will...
- Federal Project Grant Award Summary The National Science Foundation's Division of Environmental Biology awarded the University of Maine System $399,959 under the Biological Sciences program (CFDA 47.074) on September 1, 2025, for a Long-Term Research in Environmental Biology (LTREB) collaborative research project. The award supports a decade-long study examining ecosystem dynamics in Arctic lakes following extreme climate disturbance events in West Greenland. The project leverages over a...
- Federal Project Grant Award Summary The National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Environmental Biology awarded $306,789 to the University of Nevada, Reno under the Biological Sciences program (CFDA 47.074) for a collaborative research project titled "Fire and Water in the West: Trait-Based Demographic Dynamics of Forest Communities." The four-year project, which commenced July 1, 2025 and concludes June 30, 2029, delivers quantitative research outputs identifying adaptive traits...
- Summary of Federal Project Grant Award The National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Environmental Biology awarded $803,522 to the University of California, Berkeley under the Biological Sciences program (CFDA 47.074) to conduct a five-year CAREER research project running from August 1, 2025 through July 31, 2030. This project will deliver fundamental research advancing scientific understanding of root system productivity and belowground ecosystem processes in grassland environments. The...
- Federal Project Grant Award Summary The National Science Foundation's Division of Environmental Biology awarded a $1,274,370 Project Grant to the University of California, Berkeley, effective September 1, 2025 through August 31, 2028, under the Biological Sciences program (CFDA 47.074). This collaborative research initiative investigates how rapidly changing ocean conditions impact lanternfishes and bristlemouths—the most abundant vertebrates on Earth, collectively comprising nearly half of...
- Federal Grant Award Summary The National Science Foundation's Division of Environmental Biology (CFDA 47.074, Biological Sciences) awarded a $420,286 Project Grant to Utah State University, effective July 15, 2025, through June 30, 2030. This collaborative research initiative involves seven principal investigators, one postdoctoral fellow, five graduate students, and two undergraduate students across five U.S. universities. The project delivers comprehensive paleontological, geochemical,...
- Federal Grant Award Summary The National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Environmental Biology awarded $268,850 to the University of California Santa Cruz on May 15, 2025, under the Biological Sciences program (CFDA 47.074) for a two-year research initiative concluding April 30, 2027. This OPUS (Opportunities for Promoting Understanding through Synthesis) project synthesizes 40 years of bioenergetics, behavioral, and movement data across 23 species of large keystone carnivores to conduct...
This collaborative research award of $229,691 from the National Science Foundation's Division of Environmental Biology under the Biological Sciences program (CFDA 47.074) supports a Long-Term Research in Environmental Biology (LTREB) renewal project at Brown University, effective May 1, 2026 through April 30, 2031. The project generates fundamental scientific knowledge on food web dynamics and energy flows in semiarid ecosystems by drawing on 37+ years of continuous experimental research to investigate how small mammal populations respond to rainfall pulses and environmental variability. The primary products include empirical data quantifying trophic dynamics through integrated long-term field observations, stable isotope analysis, and dietary DNA metabarcoding techniques that characterize how small mammals utilize distinct energy channels in arid habitats. Beyond research outputs, this award supports significant workforce development and educational products through international U.S.-Chilean research collaborations, hands-on training in advanced methodologies including machine learning data analysis, metabarcoding, and high-throughput analytical techniques for students and early-career researchers, and outreach programs engaging diverse audiences. The project generates broadly applicable insights applicable to arid ecosystems globally while advancing understanding of desertification and ecosystem management critical to informing responses to climate-driven environmental changes. These deliverables align with NSF priorities in biotechnology and artificial intelligence, positioning the research to enhance national capacity in STEM workforce development and ecosystem stewardship.Federal Project Grant Award Summary
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
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| Not listed | $229.7k | 4/21/26 |