Project Grant 2611236
- 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 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 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 American Museum of Natural History received a $499,970 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's Division of Earth Sciences under the Geosciences program (CFDA 47.050), awarded September 1, 2025, with a completion date of August 31, 2028. The primary deliverable is scientific research investigating water concentrations in Earth's deep mantle regions, specifically the mantle transition zone (410-660 km depth) and lower mantle (660-2,900 km...
- Federal Grant Award Summary The American Museum of Natural History received a $1,053,769 project grant from the National Science Foundation's Division of Research on Learning in Formal and Informal Settings under the STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076) to investigate the role of serendipity in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) learning within informal museum settings. The award, obligated on September 15, 2025, with completion expected by August 31, 2027, supports...
- 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 $143,055 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's Division of Earth Sciences under the Geosciences program (CFDA 47.050), effective September 1, 2025 through August 31, 2028. This collaborative research initiative will develop a modern chronostratigraphic and paleoenvironmental framework for Mongolia's Naran Bulak and Gashato Formations through the application of high-precision geochronological dating...
- The American Museum of Natural History was awarded a $598,311 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's Biological Sciences program (CFDA 47.074) to support an Research Experiences for Undergraduates Site award from May 15, 2023 through April 30, 2026. Through this funding, the Museum will provide research training and experiences to 36 undergraduate students over three summers, with 12 students participating each year from 2023 through 2025. The 10-week program, called...
- Federal Grant Award Summary The American Museum of Natural History received a $454,476 NSF (National Science Foundation) Geosciences Program (CFDA 47.050) Postdoctoral Fellowship award, effective August 1, 2025 through July 31, 2027, to investigate the evolutionary origins of tympanic hearing in Permian-era vertebrates. This research project will employ biomechanical modeling, phylogenetic analysis, and paleoecological approaches to determine whether the independent evolution of tympanic hearing...
- 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...
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 modification of existing cellular pathways rather than acquisition of new genes. The primary research deliverables include high-quality genomic, transcriptomic, and single-cell data resources for marine invertebrates that will advance knowledge in evolutionary biology, comparative immunology, and cell biology, while generating strategic biological data assets for broader scientific community use in biotechnology applications. Beyond research outputs, the award supports workforce development through training of graduate and undergraduate students, postdoctoral researchers, and early-career scientists in genomics and computational analysis methodologies. The project incorporates public engagement activities designed to broaden participation in science and contribute to development of a competitive STEM workforce with advanced competencies in molecular tools and biotechnology innovation. Performance of the research will occur at the American Museum of Natural History's facility in New York, New York.Federal Grant Award Summary
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Not listed | $751.5k | 6/1/26 |