Project Grant 2605957
- 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...
- Federal Grant Award Summary The National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Environmental Biology awarded $1,052,202 in Project Grant funding to the Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies, Inc. (effective August 1, 2026 through July 31, 2030) under the Biological Sciences program (CFDA 47.074) to support collaborative research on lake ecosystem metabolism. The primary deliverable is the Global Lake Metabolism Repository (GLAMR), a large-scale public data repository that will synthesize daily...
- Project Grant Summary The Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies, Inc. received a $399,093 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's Division of Environmental Biology (CFDA 47.074 – Biological Sciences program) awarded September 1, 2026, with completion targeted for August 31, 2028. This STAR (Science, Technology, and Research) initiative develops a knowledge-guided machine learning (KGML) framework to quantify riverine nitrous oxide emissions at global scale. The project integrates a...
- Federal Project Grant Award Summary The National Science Foundation's Division of Environmental Biology is providing $600,000 in funding to the Smithsonian Institution (award date: June 1, 2026; completion date: May 31, 2031) for a Long-Term Research in Environmental Biology (LTREB) renewal project examining tidal marsh resilience and coastal ecosystem sustainability. The project delivers a comprehensive research dataset and analysis extending four decades of experimental data on plant growth,...
- Federal Project Grant Award Summary The Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies, Inc. received a $178,231 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 completion scheduled for May 31, 2027. The award funds a synthesis project consolidating 35 years of long-term ecological research on Lyme disease dynamics. The deliverable is a comprehensive framework integrating decades of...
- 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...
- Federal Grant Award Summary The National Science Foundation's Division of Environmental Biology awarded $730,615 to the Corporation of the Rocky Mountain Biological Laboratory at Gothic under the Biological Sciences program (CFDA 47.074) for a Long-Term Research in Environmental Biology (LTREB) renewal project spanning August 1, 2025, through July 31, 2030. The award supports continuation of the world's longest detailed phenological dataset, maintained at the Rocky Mountain Biological Laboratory...
- Federal Project Grant Award Summary Duke University's Office of Research Administration received a $909,435 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's Division of Environmental Biology (CFDA 47.074 – Biological Sciences) effective September 1, 2025, through August 31, 2028. This collaborative research initiative examines the ecological role of bryophytes (mosses, liverworts, and hornworts) in headwater stream ecosystems and their impacts on nutrient cycling and downstream water...
- Federal Grant Award Summary Award Overview The National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Environmental Biology awarded George Mason University a Project Grant of $299,886 under the Biological Sciences program (CFDA 47.074) on June 1, 2026, with a completion date of May 31, 2027. This RAPID (Rapid Response Research) grant supports an intensive ecological investigation of the Potomac River Estuary following the January-March 2026 collapse of the Potomac Interceptor Sewer outside Washington,...
- Federal Grant Award Summary The National Science Foundation's Division of Environmental Biology awarded $665,539 to the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill under the Biological Sciences program (CFDA 47.074) for a five-year CAREER Project Grant effective August 1, 2026 through July 31, 2031. This research project quantifies the contribution of chemosynthesis to stream productivity by investigating how alternative biomass production pathways—specifically methane, sulfur, and ammonia...
The Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies, Inc. received a $600,000 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's Division of Environmental Biology under the Biological Sciences program (CFDA 47.074), effective September 1, 2026 through August 31, 2031. This Long-Term Research in Environmental Biology (LTREB) renewal award supports continuation of the Baltimore Urban Watershed Studies, an ongoing research initiative that has generated more than 25 years of continuous streamflow data and analyses from over 14,000 water samples collected across eight monitoring stations along an urban-rural gradient in the Baltimore region. The primary products delivered under this award include longitudinal hydrological and water quality datasets tracking stream stage, discharge, and chemical composition (nitrate, phosphate, total nitrogen and phosphorus, chloride, sulfate, turbidity, temperature, dissolved oxygen, and pH); a physical archive of collected water samples; and scientific analyses examining the integrated influence of biological, physical, built, and social factors on watershed dynamics. The research generates novel datasets and analyses on urban hydrology, nutrient cycling, contaminant transport including metals and pharmaceutical compounds, pathogen distribution, and the efficacy of green infrastructure for stormwater management. These long-term observations and modeling outputs provide essential scientific understanding to inform urban water resource management and ecosystem ecology across human-dominated landscapes.Federal Grant Award Summary
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
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| Not listed | $600.0k | 6/26/26 |