Project Grant 80NSSC26K0881
- The New York Botanical Garden was awarded a $299,754 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation Division of Environmental Biology. The grant falls 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 enhancing understanding of major problems. Under this award, the New York Botanical Garden will utilize artificial intelligence to accelerate plant...
- The New York Botanical Garden received a $629,237 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation on September 15, 2021 to complete work by August 31, 2025. Under the grant, the Botanical Garden will mobilize underrepresented Asian herbarium collections in the United States to advance biodiversity discovery. Specifically, the Garden will digitize herbarium specimens to make them more accessible online for research purposes. This work will help propel biodiversity studies by allowing...
- This federal Project Grant award of $340,546 from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Biological Sciences program (CFDA 47.074) will fund a collaborative research project led by the New York Botanical Garden (NYBG) to investigate how nitrogen availability influences the physiology, growth, and nitrogen cycling of tropical bromeliads. The project will test the connections between nitrogen limitation, photosynthetic pathways, and functional traits in these diverse epiphytic plants. The...
- The Missouri Botanical Garden received a $642,096 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation on September 15, 2021 to complete the project by August 31, 2025. The grant is part of the NSF's 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. Under this award, the Missouri Botanical Garden will deliver services to...
- The New York Botanical Garden (NYBG) received a $500,530 Project Grant award from the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) Museums for America (MFA) program. The grant will support the second phase of NYBG's Therapeutic Horticulture and Rehabilitative Interventions for Veteran Engagement (THRIVE) program, which provides horticultural therapy programming for local veterans in partnership with the Resilience and Wellness Center at the James J. Peters Veterans Administration Medical...
- The National Science Foundation awarded a $265,043 Project Grant to the New York Botanical Garden under the Biological Sciences federal grant program (CFDA 47.074) to digitize and enrich United States herbarium data from tropical Africa. Through this funding, the awardee will image and capture data from over 1.1 million herbarium specimens held in 21 U.S. herbaria focused on tropical African seed plants. The data will be georeferenced, quality controlled, and aggregated into a dedicated...
- The Missouri Botanical Garden was awarded a $183,422 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation under the Biological Sciences federal grant program (CFDA 47.074) to conduct phylogenetic and biogeographic analyses of the plant genus Hypoestes. The Garden will study over 130 known species of Hypoestes, most native to Madagascar, to better understand the evolution and taxonomy of the group. Using DNA sequencing and other data from herbarium specimens, the Garden aims to identify species,...
- Federal Grant Award Summary The Marine Biological Laboratory (MBL) received a $1,005,846 Project Grant from NASA's Science Mission Directorate (CFDA 43.001) awarded July 30, 2025, with completion scheduled for July 29, 2030. The award funds a balanced science program in biological and environmental disciplines, executed in accordance with guidance from the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine and congressional priorities. MBL serves as a key partner in NASA's Age of...
- This $482,583 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's Biological Sciences program (CFDA 47.074) will fund the Rancho Santa Ana Botanic Garden to curate and digitize the Sherwin Carlquist collection and create an Extended Specimen Network. The collection, held at the Garden's herbarium and the Botanical Research Institute of Texas library, contains over 191,000 objects from Dr. Carlquist's 30-year botanical research career. The project will preserve these important collections,...
- Project Grant Summary Stony Brook University, operating through The Research Foundation For The State University Of New York, received a $147,634 Project Grant (Award No. 24-SSW24-0054) from NASA's Science Mission Directorate under CFDA 43.001 (Science) for research titled "Distinguishing Alteration Processes on Mars." The award was effective August 1, 2025, with a completion date of July 31, 2028. This three-year research initiative falls within NASA's Planetary Science Research...
The New York Botanical Garden (NYBG) received a $249,979 Project Grant from NASA's Science Mission Directorate (CFDA 43.001) awarded on September 1, 2026, with a completion date of August 30, 2029. Under this award, NYBG will execute a balanced science program aligned with discipline-specific guidance from the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine, as well as administration priorities and congressional direction. As a key partner and enabler in NASA's scientific mission, the organization will leverage its extensive botanical research capabilities, herbarium collections, and scientific expertise to advance NASA's strategic objectives in earth and space science research. Given NYBG's demonstrated expertise in botanical and ecological research, the organization's work under this grant likely encompasses botanical science research that supports NASA's Earth Science Research and Applied Sciences or Biological and Physical Sciences Research divisions. The project will be conducted at NYBG's facilities in the Bronx, New York, and may involve collaborative research activities, training opportunities for scientists, and the advancement of scientific understanding in plant biology and ecology that contributes to NASA's mission to expand human knowledge through new scientific discoveries.
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
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| Not listed | $250.0k | 6/25/26 |