Project Grant 2545228
- The National Science Foundation awarded a $1,031,115 project grant to the Regents of the University of Michigan under the Biological Sciences federal grant program (CFDA 47.074) to develop new machine learning approaches for analyzing fossil and living plant species data. The grant aims to generate a large morphological dataset for flowering plants using novel machine learning methods and develop new statistical methods for modeling evolution. Researchers will use these advances in data...
- This Project Grant award of $477,249.00 from the National Science Foundation's Biological Sciences program (CFDA 47.074) aims to bridge the gap between molecular studies and fossil evidence to better understand the evolution and diversification of flowering plants, also known as angiosperms. The key products and services to be delivered under this grant include: The project will use advanced techniques like optical superresolution microscopy, deep learning, and new methods for reconstructing...
- This two-year, $276,000 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation will fund research investigating the early stages of species diversification. The awardee will conduct integrative research examining how an organism's local environment shapes the evolution of its physical traits and genetic makeup. Specifically, the awardee will characterize incipient divergence among flowering plants by examining floral trait variation in the recently radiating Castilleja genus. Genomic and...
- This $750,000 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Biological Sciences program (CFDA 47.074) supports collaborative research on the evolution and development of fundamental plant reproductive structures called sporangia. Led by the New York Botanical Garden, this interdisciplinary project will investigate the molecular genetics of sporangium development in the model fern Ceratopteris. The research aims to elucidate the core genetic network underlying sporangium...
- This $431,424 National Science Foundation project grant, awarded under the Biological Sciences program (CFDA 47.074), will fund research at the University of Kentucky to advance understanding of plant diversification processes in the tropical Andes mountains. The research team will develop new genomic analysis software and mathematical models to disentangle the biological and environmental drivers of diversification among four groups of flowering plants endemic to the region. They will...
- The Ohio State University received a $322,954 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation Division of Environmental Biology on September 1, 2021 to complete the project by August 31, 2024. The grant supports research on plant-soil feedbacks and population dynamics of two arid system shrubs with contrasting spatial distributions and life histories. This work aligns with the Biological Sciences program under the CFDA number 47.074. The Biological Sciences program aims to advance the...
- This Project Grant award, with a total funding amount of $654,638.00 and an award date of August 15, 2025, was provided by the National Science Foundation's Biological Sciences (CFDA 47.074) Federal Grant Program. The objective of the project is to investigate how abiotic factors, such as CO2 levels, temperature, water availability, nitrogen deposition, and wildfire, interact to affect seed quantity and quality (seed mass, seed chemistry, seed germination rates) in boreal tree species. The...
- This $332,924 National Science Foundation project grant under the Biological Sciences program (CFDA 47.074) funds research at the University of Nebraska from August 2022 to July 2025 investigating convergent evolution of mitochondrial cytochrome c maturation systems in plant and algal species. The research will use molecular biology, genetics, plant growth assays, and computational analysis to study numerous pathway switches and assess the mechanisms and evolutionary importance when there is...
- This $1,714,712 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's Biological Sciences program (CFDA 47.074) will fund research to critically evaluate the ecological and functional drivers of polyploid establishment in plants. The project aims to use population-level experiments with a model aquatic species under varied stresses to elucidate the mechanisms that allow polyploid species to thrive, especially in stressful habitats. The research will contribute to understanding the formative...
- The National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Environmental Biology awarded a $799,458 Project Grant to the University of Florida (UF) for the 3-year period from January 1, 2024 to December 31, 2026. The grant is part of NSF's Biological Sciences program (CFDA 47.074) and will fund collaborative research to integrate plant traits, phylogenies, and distributional data to forecast the risks and resilience of North American plant communities in response to climate and land use changes. The...
This Project Grant award, valued at $225,447.00, was provided by the National Science Foundation's Biological Sciences (CFDA 47.074) Federal Grant Program and awarded to The Ohio State University. The goal of this project is to use and develop new machine learning approaches to gather data for both fossil and living plant species, in order to help identify the evolutionary processes underlying the rapid emergence and diversification of flowering plants during the Cretaceous period. The project will involve collaborations across disciplines, training of students and researchers in relevant methods, and the development of resources for broader education and research community engagement. Key products and services to be delivered through this grant include advancing scientific understanding of drivers of innovation in plant evolution, developing new machine learning and data analysis techniques, and providing training and educational outreach activities.
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Not listed | $225.4k | 8/15/25 |