Project Grant 2548290
- This Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's Division of Integrative Organismal Systems awarded $299,600 to Swarthmore College from January 2021 through December 2022. The grant supports research 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 understanding of major problems. Specifically, the funding enables Swarthmore College to...
- Federal Grant Award Summary The University of Virginia received a $952,820 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's Division of Emerging Frontiers under the Biological Sciences program (CFDA 47.074) on May 1, 2026, with completion targeted for April 30, 2030. This collaborative research initiative investigates how population age structure influences the evolution of social behavior by testing whether the age composition of social groups determines behavioral adaptation in...
- Federal Project Grant Award Summary The University of Pennsylvania received a $702,401 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's Division of Environmental Biology under the Biological Sciences program (CFDA 47.074), effective September 1, 2025 through August 31, 2029. This collaborative research initiative delivers scientific research outputs focused on understanding how rapid evolution shapes competitive interactions and species coexistence in orchard fly systems. The project...
- Federal Project Grant Award Summary Princeton University received a $803,697 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Environmental Biology under the Biological Sciences program (CFDA 47.074), effective September 1, 2025 through August 31, 2029. This collaborative research initiative examines rapid evolution and species coexistence in orchard fly systems, specifically investigating how competitive interactions among Drosophilid fly species drive evolutionary changes...
- Federal Grant Award Summary Swarthmore College received a $443,665 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's Division of Physics under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049), effective September 1, 2025, through August 31, 2028. The award supports research quantifying and modeling extreme epithelial cell deformations during whole-body inversion in Hydra vulgaris, a freshwater organism with a simple two-layer epithelial structure. The project employs...
- Federal Grant Award Summary Carnegie Mellon University received a $323,642 CAREER award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Biological Infrastructure under the Biological Sciences program (CFDA 47.074), effective September 1, 2025 through August 31, 2030. The award supports the development of novel mathematical and computational frameworks to understand how spatial heterogeneity in biological populations shapes evolutionary dynamics. Key deliverables include open-source...
- Federal Project Grant Award Summary The Johns Hopkins University received a $900,000 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's Division of Integrative Organismal Systems under the Biological Sciences program (CFDA 47.074), effective September 1, 2025 through August 31, 2028. This award supports research examining the mechanistic roles of hyper-divergent genomic regions in gene-by-environment interactions using nematode species as model organisms. The research employs advanced genomics...
- Federal Grant Award Summary Smith College received a $230,000 Project Grant award dated September 15, 2025, from the National Science Foundation's Division of Biological Infrastructure under the Biological Sciences program (CFDA 47.074) to support collaborative research with the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and the University of Florida. The award funds the development of Moth Monitoring 2.0, a large-scale integrated monitoring network designed to track moth abundance and...
- Federal Grant Award Summary The National Science Foundation's Division of Environmental Biology awarded a $360,044 Project Grant to Indiana University (Trustees of Indiana University) on August 1, 2025, for collaborative research investigating how populations evolve in complex and changing environments. Under the Biological Sciences program (CFDA 47.074), the research combines genetics and behavioral biology to examine the relationship between individual environmental choices and developmental...
- Federal Project Grant Award Summary Bryn Mawr College was awarded $419,379 by the National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Biological Infrastructure under the Biological Sciences program (CFDA 47.074) on June 15, 2025, for a project extending through May 31, 2028. The project investigates the neural mechanisms underlying stable flight in insects, with specific focus on characterizing mechanosensory signals that convey information about wing bending during flight and how these signals...
Swarthmore College received a $1.21 million Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Emerging Frontiers under the Biological Sciences program (CFDA 47.074), effective May 1, 2026 through April 30, 2030. This collaborative research initiative will investigate how population age structure influences the evolution of social behavior by manipulating demographic features in a model organism system (forked fungus beetle) through replicated laboratory and seminatural field experiments. The research will generate scientific outputs including empirical findings on behavioral evolution, AI-assisted video tracking tools and morphological measurement methodologies for quantifying animal movement and social interactions, and fine-scale behavioral datasets that advance understanding of how social environments shape evolutionary processes. In addition to advancing fundamental knowledge in behavioral evolution and demographic drivers of behavioral diversity, the award supports educational and workforce development objectives aligned with NSF priorities. The project will establish a training pipeline providing undergraduate research opportunities in field biology, including community college transfer students, expand K-12 evolution education initiatives, and strengthen public outreach in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) disciplines. By developing artificial intelligence-assisted analytical tools and methodologies, this research will generate reusable technological resources while building research capacity at a primarily undergraduate institution.Federal Grant Award Summary
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
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| Not listed | $1.2m | 5/7/26 |