Project Grant 2545471
Award Date 8/1/26
Completion Date 7/31/29
Dollars Obligated $129K
Federal Agency
Federal Grant Program
Assistance Type
Project Grant
Place of Performance
New Haven, CT 06511, USA
Similar Awards
- The University of Connecticut received a $559,542 Project Grant awarded August 15, 2025, by the National Science Foundation's Division of Environmental Biology under the Biological Sciences program (CFDA 47.074). This collaborative research initiative will investigate how abiotic factors—including carbon dioxide levels, temperature, water availability, nitrogen deposition, and wildfire—interact to affect seed quantity and quality across North American boreal forest species. The project will...
- Federal Project Grant Award Summary The University of Delaware received a $667,552 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Environmental Biology under the Biological Sciences program (CFDA 47.074), effective August 1, 2026, through July 31, 2029. This collaborative research initiative, titled "The ADAPT Project: Tree Seedling Adaptation, Physiological Drivers, and Trophic Interactions Across a Latitudinal Gradient," delivers scientific research and data...
- Federal Project Grant Award Summary The University of Connecticut received a $146,417 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Environmental Biology under the Biological Sciences program (CFDA 47.074), effective September 1, 2026 through August 31, 2029. This collaborative research initiative investigates belowground resource partitioning mechanisms that enhance forest productivity and ecosystem function in mixed-species forests compared to monocultures. The project...
- The Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station received $639,270 in formula grant funding under the McIntire-Stennis Cooperative Forestry Research program (CFDA 10.202) from the U.S. Department of Agriculture National Institute of Food and Agriculture, effective October 1, 2025 through September 30, 2027. The grant supports forestry research and capacity building addressing priority research areas identified by Connecticut residents, with focus on two primary domains: management and...
- This $372,663 project grant from the National Science Foundation's Division of Integrative Organismal Systems will fund research into drought and cold resistance of northeastern US tree species. The grant is part of the Biological Sciences program (CFDA 47.074), which supports basic biological research to strengthen the nation's scientific enterprise and enhance understanding of major problems. Specifically, the grant will fund extensive field measurements and a manipulative experiment to...
- Federal Project Grant Award Summary The National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Environmental Biology awarded the University of Connecticut $153,106 through the Biological Sciences program (CFDA 47.074) on August 1, 2025, for a collaborative research project examining forest ecosystem resistance to compounding ice disturbance. The award supports a one-year project concluding July 31, 2026, that evaluates how prior disturbance characteristics—including timing, severity, and pattern—affect...
- The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a $499,631 Project Grant under the Biological Sciences program (CFDA 47.074) to the University of Connecticut (UConn) to conduct research on the behavior and ecological impacts of invasive plant species across the Americas. The 4-year project will investigate how "superinvader" woody plant species can dominate diverse forest environments through experimental studies comparing the growth, survival, and pest interactions of native and...
- This $670,495 National Science Foundation project grant will fund research into drought and cold resistance in Northeastern U.S. tree species. Under the Biological Sciences program (CFDA 47.074), the University of New Hampshire will lead a collaborative effort to investigate how Northeastern tree species respond to drought and how those adaptations impact vulnerability to other climate stressors like extreme cold. The research team will conduct extensive field measurements of drought-related...
- This $287,115 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's Biological Sciences program (CFDA 47.074) will fund research on continent-wide forest recruitment change and its interactions with climate, habitat, and consumers in North America. The University of California, Merced will conduct the research from September 2022 through August 2026. Key products include quantifying current trends in tree seed production, seedling establishment, and recruitment rates across climate and habitat...
- This $185,395 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's Biological Sciences program (CFDA 47.074) supports collaborative research on continent-wide changes in forest recruitment across North America. The grantee, Regents of the University of Michigan, will conduct extensive gradient sampling of tree fecundity, seedling success, and vertebrate activity distributed across climate and habitat zones. Predictive vertebrate modeling using data from camera traps, live trapping, and bird...