Project Grant 2606089
- The National Science Foundation Office of Integrative Activities awarded The Research Foundation For The State University Of New York (RF SUNY) $713,630 on October 1, 2026, under the Geosciences program (CFDA 47.050) to build an open science community and establish shared standards and tools for biomarker research in the geosciences. The project will develop community-driven standards for biomarker data—chemicals produced by organisms that provide evidence of Earth's distant past—and create a...
- The National Science Foundation Division of Environmental Biology awarded the University of Wisconsin–Madison $208,552 on August 1, 2026, under the Biological Sciences program (CFDA 47.074) to synthesize global lake ecosystem metabolism data and establish research infrastructure. The award funds development of the Global Lake Metabolism Repository (GLAMR), a public data synthesis project assembling daily metabolism estimates and associated metadata from at least 300 globally distributed lakes,...
- The National Science Foundation Division of Biological Infrastructure awarded the University of Wisconsin–Madison $791,335 on August 15, 2026, under the Biological Sciences program (CFDA 47.074) to build an integrated research and education initiative on urban biodiversity. The project will construct the first centralized, multi-taxon, open-access database of urban biodiversity spanning more than 1,400 cities in over 150 countries, integrating species occurrence records to advance...
- The University of Wisconsin-Madison has been awarded a $430,043 project grant from the National Science Foundation's Geosciences program (CFDA 47.050) to conduct collaborative research on eukaryotic life and its preservation within the Mesoproterozoic Lower Belt Supergroup. The research will involve comprehensive paleontological study of the 1.5-billion-year-old Appekunny and Greyson formations in Montana, combining lithostratigraphy, magnetostratigraphy, and detrital geochronological analysis...
- The National Science Foundation Office of Integrative Activities awarded the University of Wisconsin - Madison $342,230 on July 1, 2026, under the Geosciences program to investigate how repeated cycles of drought and extreme rainfall alter near-surface soil properties and affect soil water infiltration, storage, and movement across agricultural, woodland, and mountain environments. The project combines field and laboratory experiments conducted at sites in Indiana, California, and Idaho. Field...
- Federal Project Grant Award Summary The National Science Foundation's Division of Earth Sciences (CFDA 47.050 - Geosciences) awarded $534,841 to the University of Wisconsin-Madison on September 1, 2025, for collaborative research investigating Earth's Great Oxidation Event during the Paleoproterozoic era (approximately 2.4-2.0 billion years ago). The project will deliver scientific research products including detailed stratigraphic frameworks, paleomagnetic analyses, isotopic and geochemical...
- The National Science Foundation Division of Earth Sciences awarded the University of Wisconsin - Madison $267,427 on January 1, 2027, to compile and standardize a digital geologic dataset for Northern Eurasia spanning from Eastern Europe to Eastern Siberia, covering approximately 11 percent of Earth's continental crust. The project creates open-access, machine-readable geologic data documenting the geographic distribution, age, lithology, thickness, and physical properties of sedimentary,...
- Federal Project Grant Award Summary The University of Wisconsin-Madison received a $681,897 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Environmental Biology under the Biological Sciences program (CFDA 47.074), awarded September 1, 2025, with completion targeted for August 31, 2028. This collaborative research initiative will produce comprehensive land cover reconstructions spanning the last 21,000 years across North America by integrating fossil pollen datasets from the...
- Federal Project Grant Award Summary The University of Wisconsin-Madison received a $345,312 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Emerging Frontiers under the Biological Sciences program (CFDA 47.074), awarded June 15, 2025, with completion scheduled for July 31, 2027. This collaborative research initiative will generate a data-intensive framework for understanding nitrogen-fixing plant-bacterial symbiosis across North American continental scales. The primary...
- Federal Grant Award Summary The National Science Foundation's Division of Integrative Organismal Systems awarded University of Wisconsin-Madison a $970,143 Project Grant under the Biological Sciences program (CFDA 47.074) effective January 1, 2026 through December 31, 2030. This collaborative research initiative, conducted in partnership with the Savanna Institute, a nonprofit organization promoting agroforestry practices in the Midwest, will generate scientific knowledge and methodologies...
The National Science Foundation Office of Integrative Activities awarded the University of Wisconsin - Madison $156,054 on October 1, 2026, under the Geosciences program (CFDA 47.050) to build an open science community and establish shared standards and tools for biomarker research. Biomarkers are chemicals produced by organisms that provide evidence of Earth's past environmental changes; differences across laboratories currently hinder integrated data analyses. The recipient will develop community-driven standards for biomarker data and create a modular workflow linking sample analysis and data processing to simplify reporting. Standards and services will be developed with existing geoscientific open-access databases including the Neotoma Paleoecology Database and Linked Earth, with biomarker data subsequently added to these databases. Community workshops, pilot analyses, and visioning activities will advance adoption of these resources and demonstrate their scientific value. The project will support collaboration across institutions and career stages, provide workforce training for students and early-career researchers, and enable synthesis of biomarker data across geoscience applications. Standardized, integrated data access will support innovation in artificial intelligence applications within the field. Work is performed in Madison, Wisconsin. The period of performance runs from October 1, 2026, through September 30, 2029. No subawards are planned.
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
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| Not listed | $156.1k | 7/29/26 |