Project Grant 2542703
- Federal Project Grant Award Summary The University of Wisconsin-Madison received a $681,897 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Environmental Biology under the Biological Sciences program (CFDA 47.074), awarded September 1, 2025, with completion targeted for August 31, 2028. This collaborative research initiative will produce comprehensive land cover reconstructions spanning the last 21,000 years across North America by integrating fossil pollen datasets from the...
- Federal Project Grant Award Summary The University of Wisconsin-Madison received a $345,312 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Emerging Frontiers under the Biological Sciences program (CFDA 47.074), awarded June 15, 2025, with completion scheduled for July 31, 2027. This collaborative research initiative will generate a data-intensive framework for understanding nitrogen-fixing plant-bacterial symbiosis across North American continental scales. The primary...
- Federal Project Grant Award Summary The University of Wisconsin-Madison received a $619,353 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's Division of Integrative Organismal Systems under the Biological Sciences program (CFDA 47.074) on December 1, 2025, with a completion date of November 30, 2028. The award funds research to elucidate mechanisms by which stress-adapted microbial communities enhance tree tolerance to environmental stressors including cold, heat, and drought. The...
- The National Science Foundation Division of Environmental Biology awarded a $299,998 Project Grant to the University of Wisconsin-Madison from August 1, 2021 through July 31, 2024. The grant supports the "Rapid Assessment of the Carbon Cycle Consequences of Ecosystem Disturbances" project under the Biological Sciences (CFDA 47.074) federal grant program. The University of Wisconsin-Madison will deliver services to assess the impacts of ecosystem disturbances on the carbon cycle. The...
- Federal Grant Award Summary The National Science Foundation's Division of Integrative Organismal Systems awarded University of Wisconsin-Madison a $970,143 Project Grant under the Biological Sciences program (CFDA 47.074) effective January 1, 2026 through December 31, 2030. This collaborative research initiative, conducted in partnership with the Savanna Institute, a nonprofit organization promoting agroforestry practices in the Midwest, will generate scientific knowledge and methodologies...
- The National Science Foundation awarded the University of Wisconsin–Madison $422,039 on October 1, 2025, under the Biological Sciences program (CFDA 47.074) to develop machine learning approaches for extracting plant phenological data from herbarium specimens and plant photographs and to integrate these data into PhenoBase, an open-access global plant phenology database. Work is performed in Madison, Wisconsin, with performance through August 31, 2026. The project uses machine learning to...
- The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a $167,390 Project Grant under the Biological Sciences (CFDA 47.074) federal grant program to the University of Maryland, College Park (UMD) for the "Collaborative Research: Biodiversity Dynamics" project. This 3-year project, running from January 1, 2025 to December 31, 2027, will integrate rapid assessment technologies such as satellite, helicopter, drone, and ground-based monitoring to measure the velocity and extent of non-native...
- The National Science Foundation Division of Biological Infrastructure awarded the University of Wisconsin System $566,575 on August 1, 2026, to modernize cyberinfrastructure for the Environmental Data Initiative (EDI), a principal national repository for environmental and ecological research data. The award funds development of Phoenix, a cloud-native successor to EDI's existing repository infrastructure. Phoenix will replace legacy software with a modular microservices architecture...
- The National Science Foundation awarded a $323,945 Project Grant to the University of Wisconsin-Madison under the Biological Sciences federal grant program (CFDA 47.074) for an Research Experiences for Undergraduates Site award titled "BIOLOGICAL INTERACTIONS FROM MOLECULES TO ECOSYSTEMS- PHENOTYPE, GENOTYPE, AND ENVIRONMENT." The three-year award beginning March 1, 2021 will support research experiences for undergraduate students to study biological interactions across multiple levels...
- The National Science Foundation Division of Environmental Biology awarded the University of Wisconsin - Madison $100,704 on September 1, 2026, under the Biological Sciences program (CFDA 47.074) to develop a framework for understanding how extreme climate and weather events affect adult insect abundances across the contiguous United States. The project focuses on three insect groups—mosquitoes, butterflies and moths, and ground beetles—selected for their ecological and societal importance and as...
The National Science Foundation Division of Biological Infrastructure awarded the University of Wisconsin–Madison $791,335 on August 15, 2026, under the Biological Sciences program (CFDA 47.074) to build an integrated research and education initiative on urban biodiversity. The project will construct the first centralized, multi-taxon, open-access database of urban biodiversity spanning more than 1,400 cities in over 150 countries, integrating species occurrence records to advance understanding of what drives biodiversity patterns in cities worldwide, which species persist in urban environments, and how urban biodiversity will change under future environmental conditions. The recipient will synthesize ecological theory, large-scale data, and artificial intelligence to transform the study of urban biodiversity and make resulting data products and tools openly available to the research community. The education program partners with K–16 schools in Madison, Wisconsin, training teachers to use motion-activated trail cameras and Raspberry Pi-based monitoring kits. Students will collect and analyze real biodiversity data, and the project will incorporate biodiversity data science into undergraduate and graduate curricula to broaden participation in science and cultivate the next generation of environmental data scientists. Performance occurs in Madison, Wisconsin, with a completion date of July 31, 2031. The award is classified as a Project Grant, an assistance type.
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Not listed | $791.3k | 7/20/26 |