Project Grant 2556036
- Federal Grant Award Summary San Diego State University Foundation received a $195,343 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's Division of Environmental Biology under the Biological Sciences program (CFDA 47.074) beginning June 1, 2026 and concluding May 31, 2029. The award supports collaborative research focused on the integrative revisionary systematics of extreme short-range endemic cybaeid spiders from the California Floristic Province. The project will employ extensive fieldwork...
- Federal Project Grant Award Summary The Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County Foundation received a $1,317,921 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) under the Biological Sciences program (CFDA 47.074), awarded on September 15, 2025, with completion targeted for August 31, 2028. The award funds the acquisition of modern cabinetry infrastructure for the museum's ornithology collection, pest mitigation through cryofumigation treatment, and taxonomic resequencing of...
- Federal Grant Award Summary The American Museum of Natural History received a $751,513 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's Division of Environmental Biology (Biological Sciences, CFDA 47.074) effective July 1, 2026 through June 30, 2029. This collaborative research project investigates kleptocnidy—the biological process by which nudibranch sea slugs steal and store stinging structures (nematocysts) from cnidarian prey—to understand how evolutionary novelty arises through...
- Federal Project Grant Award Summary The American Museum of Natural History received a $399,978 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's Division of Environmental Biology (Biological Sciences, CFDA 47.074) awarded on May 15, 2026, with a completion date of April 30, 2028. The project, titled "STAR: Phylogenomics and Biogeography of Neotropical Tityus: The World's Most Speciose Scorpion Genus," delivers comprehensive taxonomic and evolutionary research products centered on...
- Federal Grant Award Summary The California Academy of Sciences received a $457,737 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Earth Sciences under the Geosciences program (CFDA 47.050) for the period of July 1, 2025 through June 30, 2028. This collaborative research project delivers paleocommunity reconstruction services and ecosystem modeling outputs focused on marine ecosystems spanning the Permian-Triassic mass extinction event approximately 251 million years ago....
- Federal Project Grant Award Summary The American Museum of Natural History received a $358,801 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Biological Infrastructure under the Biological Sciences program (CFDA 47.074), effective August 15, 2025, with completion targeted for July 31, 2030. The award funds DI-ODE (Digital Integration of Odonata), a collaborative research infrastructure initiative designed to digitize and integrate over one million dragonfly and damselfly...
- Federal Project Grant Award Summary The National Science Foundation's Division of Environmental Biology (Biological Sciences program, CFDA 47.074) awarded $300,663 to the Denver Museum of Nature and Science for a five-year collaborative research project spanning July 1, 2025, through June 30, 2030. This US-South Africa partnership investigates terrestrial biodiversity dynamics during the Cretaceous Thermal Maximum (approximately 95 million years ago) to provide real-world paleoclimate data...
- Summary of Federal Project Grant Award The University of California, Berkeley received a $630,979 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's Division of Environmental Biology (Biological Sciences, CFDA 47.074) awarded July 1, 2026, with completion scheduled for June 30, 2029. This collaborative research project investigates kleptocnidy—the process by which nudibranch sea slugs steal and store nematocysts (stinging structures) from cnidarian prey—to understand how novel biological...
- Federal Grant Award Summary The American Museum of Natural History (AMNH) received a $433,567 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's Division of Biological Infrastructure under the Biological Sciences program (CFDA 47.074), effective June 1, 2026 through May 31, 2029. The grant funds the digitization and integration of AMNH's Eastern Seaboard mollusk collection into the Eastern Seaboard Thematic Collections Network (TCN). Over the three-year performance period, AMNH will digitize...
- Federal Grant Award Summary This $606,871 Project Grant, awarded July 15, 2025, by the National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Environmental Biology under the Biological Sciences program (CFDA 47.074), supports collaborative research examining how nutrient availability drove eukaryotic diversification during the Tonian Period (1000–720 million years ago). The research initiative brings together seven principal investigators, one postdoctoral fellow, five graduate students, and two...
The Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County received a $559,979 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Environmental Biology under the Biological Sciences program (CFDA 47.074), awarded June 1, 2026, with a completion date of May 31, 2029. This collaborative research initiative focuses on the discovery, description, and systematic study of short-range endemic cybaeid spiders inhabiting soil ecosystems throughout the California Floristic Province. The project delivers comprehensive taxonomic research outputs through extensive fieldwork and museum-based specimen analysis, incorporating advanced digital microscopy and genomic analytical tools to characterize previously undocumented spider diversity in highly localized California habitats. Beyond core research products, the award supports workforce development through the delivery of an educational bioinformatics bootcamp and spider identification course designed to train the next generation of students in biodiversity sciences and modern genomic methodologies. The research directly addresses conservation and landscape planning needs by generating biogeographic and spatial phylogenetic data to identify California regions exhibiting high levels of unique biodiversity. This systematic investigation of micro short-range endemic taxa (MicroSREs)—species restricted to areas smaller than 1,000 square kilometers—provides critical insights into speciation processes and dispersal limitation while establishing scientific foundation for regional conservation prioritization efforts.Federal Grant Award Summary
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
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| Not listed | $560.0k | 5/26/26 |