Project Grant 2542514
- Federal Grant Award Summary The National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Environmental Biology awarded a five-year CAREER grant of $894,239 to the University of California, Santa Cruz, effective July 1, 2026, through June 30, 2031, under the Biological Sciences program (CFDA 47.074). This project grant supports basic research investigating functional diversity and information flow in multi-species bird flocks, with particular focus on how predator-related alarm signals are propagated and...
- Federal Project Grant Award Summary The National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Environmental Biology awarded $890,646 to the University of Texas at Arlington under the Biological Sciences program (CFDA 47.074) on August 15, 2026, for a CAREER project investigating neo-sex chromosome evolution across multiple animal and plant species. The research will employ advanced DNA and RNA sequencing technologies, cytogenetics, and bioinformatic methods to elucidate the evolutionary and molecular...
- Federal Grant Award Summary The University of Texas at San Antonio received a $855,911 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Environmental Biology under the Biological Sciences program (CFDA 47.074) effective January 1, 2026, through December 31, 2030. This CAREER award supports integrated research and educational activities investigating whether urban heat islands facilitate northward range expansion of invasive tropical freshwater fishes. The primary deliverables...
- Federal Project Grant Award Summary The National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Molecular and Cellular Biosciences awarded $713,504 to the University of California, Davis on July 1, 2026, under the Biological Sciences program (CFDA 47.074) to support a Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) project investigating asymmetric avian morphing for enhanced lateral maneuverability. The five-year project, extending through June 30, 2031, will produce scientific research outputs examining how...
- The National Science Foundation awarded a $138,000 Project Grant to support research titled "The Morphological Drivers and Effects of Long-Distance Bird Migration" from January 1, 2022 to December 31, 2023. The grant was awarded under the Biological Sciences program (CFDA 47.074), which aims to promote progress in the biological sciences and strengthen the nation's scientific enterprise through increasing knowledge and enhancing understanding of major problems confronting the nation....
- Federal Project Grant Award Summary The University of Washington received a $950,000 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Integrative Organismal Systems under the Biological Sciences program (CFDA 47.074), awarded September 15, 2025, with completion targeted by August 31, 2030. This CAREER award funds an integrated research and education initiative investigating hummingbird beak biomechanics and performance. The primary research deliverables include scientific...
- Federal Project Grant Award Summary The University of Texas at San Antonio received a $714,526 CAREER award from the National Science Foundation's Division of Molecular and Cellular Biosciences under the Biological Sciences program (CFDA 47.074) effective July 1, 2026 through June 30, 2031. This project seeks to elucidate the mechanisms of juvenile hormone homeostasis in arthropods using Drosophila melanogaster (fruit fly) as an experimental model. The research will identify factors required for...
- This $297,323 Project Grant was awarded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Environmental Biology under the Biological Sciences (CFDA 47.074) federal grant program. The funding supports a collaborative research project to study how habitat structure, specifically the spatial arrangement of plants and resources, impacts avian biodiversity across local to continental scales. Using airborne and satellite Light Detection and Ranging (LiDAR) sensors, the project will explore the...
- 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...
- Federal Project Grant Award Summary The National Science Foundation's Division of Environmental Biology awarded $908,895 to the University of Texas at Arlington (via award notice dated May 15, 2026, with completion targeted for April 30, 2031) to support basic research on convergent evolution in waterfowl species. The project delivers integrated research products examining how dietary adaptations drive evolutionary change and species diversification. Primary deliverables include comparative...
The National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Environmental Biology awarded $681,036 under the Biological Sciences program (CFDA 47.074) to the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley for a CAREER grant focused on advancing mechanistic understanding of avian migration phenology across North America. The five-year project, initiated September 1, 2026 and concluding August 31, 2031, integrates trait-based ecological frameworks with high-resolution acoustic data to elucidate how species' functional characteristics determine responses to environmental variability and influence migration timing patterns. The research will generate novel insights into the ecological principles underlying seasonal bird movement behaviors while addressing practical implications for ecosystem service provision, food security, and pathogen dispersal. The award includes an integrated educational and workforce development component designed to provide undergraduate students in Southern Texas with direct research training in avian ecology, biostatistics, and computer programming. Deliverables include a new course-based undergraduate research experience focused on signal processing in avian ecology, immersive bioacoustics workshops, and student participation in species-specific data collection and analysis activities. This combination of basic research and workforce development reflects NSF's emphasis on strengthening the Nation's scientific enterprise while broadening participation in STEM fields at a minority-serving institution.Federal Grant Award Summary
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
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| Not listed | $681.0k | 4/28/26 |