Project Grant 2543541
- Federal Project Grant Award Summary The National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Environmental Biology awarded a CAREER (Biological Sciences, CFDA 47.074) Project Grant of $718,324 to the University of Wyoming effective September 1, 2025, through August 31, 2030. This award funds fundamental research investigating how environmental filtering and species interactions affect ecological persistence and coexistence in response to changing temperature regimes. The research combines global change...
- Federal Grant Award Summary Bowdoin College received a $649,543 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 scheduled for August 31, 2030. This CAREER award supports research investigating the eco-evolutionary consequences of freshwater salinization in coastal Maine lakes, with primary focus on how increasing salinity levels affect lake food webs and...
- 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...
- Federal Project Grant Award Summary The University of Vermont & State Agricultural College received a $719,114 CAREER (Faculty Early Career Development) award from the National Science Foundation's Division of Environmental Biology under the Biological Sciences program (CFDA 47.074), effective August 1, 2026, through July 31, 2031. This project generates fundamental research advancing understanding of within-tree carbon cycling in sugar maple (Acer saccharum) across seasonal and...
- 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 Merrimack College received a $533,591 CAREER (Faculty Early-Career Development Program) Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's Division of Integrative Organismal Systems under the Biological Sciences program (CFDA 47.074), effective October 1, 2025 through June 30, 2027. Funded in part by the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021, this award supports basic research investigating the molecular regulation of septin-mediated plant invasion by Magnaporthe oryzae,...
- 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 Massachusetts Institute of Technology received a $240,000 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's Division of Information and Intelligent Systems (CISE program, CFDA 47.070) awarded June 15, 2025, with completion scheduled for May 31, 2030. This CAREER award funds the development of advanced computer vision (CV) methodologies to enable global-scale, near-real-time biodiversity monitoring. The research addresses critical limitations in current CV...
- Federal Project Grant Award Summary The National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Environmental Biology awarded $881,574 to the University of Michigan through the Biological Sciences program (CFDA 47.074) on June 15, 2026, for a CAREER (Faculty Early Career Development Program) award investigating plant geographic movement and establishment success across ecological and macroevolutionary timescales. The research combines plant trait analysis, phylogenetic approaches, and historical data to...
- Federal Grant Award Summary The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded $655,198 to the Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies, Inc. under the Biological Sciences program (CFDA 47.074) for a collaborative research initiative titled "Islands in the Stream: The Critical Role of Bryospheres in Small Streams and River Networks" (Award Date: September 1, 2025; Completion Date: August 31, 2028). This project delivers fundamental ecological research examining the role of bryophytes—including...
Award Overview
Middlebury College received a $1,195,317 CAREER award from the National Science Foundation's Division of Environmental Biology (CFDA 47.074 – Biological Sciences program) effective September 1, 2026, through August 31, 2031. The five-year project will conduct systematic surveys and empirical research on island mammal biodiversity across three meta-archipelagoes in the Gulf of Maine, documenting mammalian diversity spanning approximately 12,000 years of biogeographic history. Key Deliverables and Services
The award will produce multiple research products and services including comprehensive biodiversity datasets generated through surveys conducted by academic and community scientists that document environmental and human factors shaping island mammal populations. The research will generate conservation-relevant data to guide wildlife management decision-making while establishing knowledge-sharing pathways between rural Gulf of Maine communities and wildlife managers. Additionally, the project includes significant educational and workforce development components, with integrated STEM identity-building activities at high schools and a primarily undergraduate institution designed to enhance the national STEM workforce. This integrated research and educational approach addresses National Science Foundation priorities in biotechnology and artificial intelligence while advancing understanding of biogeographic processes governing biodiversity evolution and distribution across multiple scales.Federal Project Grant Award Summary
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
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| Not listed | $1.2m | 5/7/26 |