Project Grant F21AP01319

This Cooperative Agreement awarded by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) under the Cooperative Research Units (CFDA 15.812) program provides $188,679.25 to North Carolina State University (NC State) to conduct research on aquatic species distribution modeling to inform recovery and conservation efforts in the southeastern United States. The key products and services to be delivered under this 4-year award (05/15/2024 - 07/31/2028) include: Developing species distribution models (SDMs) for a suite...

This $185,346 Cooperative Agreement awarded by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) under the National and Regional Climate Adaptation Science Centers (CFDA 15.820) program will evaluate the effectiveness of climate-adaptive forest management strategies in sustaining habitat for priority bird species and maximizing carbon storage in Northeastern forests. The key activities include: Field-based assessments of forest-dependent bird responses to climate-adaptive silviculture practices on lands managed...

This Project Grant from the National Science Foundation Division of Environmental Biology provides $111,690 to Chatham University under the Biological Sciences program (CFDA 47.074) from May 1, 2022 to April 30, 2024. The award will support the development of a comprehensive learning platform synthesizing 25 years of research in permutational analytics for biological data analysis. Key products include an openly available full-length book and web-based tutorials demonstrating the...

This Project Grant award of $275,120, provided by the U.S. Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service under the Multistate Conservation Grant Program (CFDA 15.628), will fund research to help state fish and wildlife agencies better understand and engage with various segments of the general public, including those who do not currently participate in hunting, fishing, or trapping activities. The lead grantee, the Midwest Association of Fish & Wildlife Agencies (MAFWA), will partner...

This Cooperative Agreement award, funded through the National and Regional Climate Adaptation Science Centers (CFDA 15.820) program administered by the U.S. Geological Survey, will support research to develop climate-adaptive forest management strategies in response to the impact of the invasive Hemlock Woolly Adelgid (HWA) on Eastern hemlock forests. The $222,628 award, effective December 1, 2024, will enable the University of Massachusetts to collaborate with the University of Vermont and...

This Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's Division of Environmental Biology, under the Biological Sciences program (CFDA 47.074), provides $241,585 to Iowa State University to synthesize 25 years of research in permutational biometry and develop new analytical tools for biological data analysis. Specifically, the investigators will produce a full-length book and web-based tutorials integrating their work in resampling of residuals in a permutation procedure, permutation-based...

This Cooperative Agreement award, valued at $730,826.00, was granted by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) under the CFDA 15.808 Research and Data Collection program. The award, with a project period from February 13, 2025 to February 12, 2029, will be performed by the University of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB). The project aims to leverage UCSB's National Center for Ecological Analysis and Synthesis (NCEAS) to support and accelerate synthesis research on climate-mediated species range...

This $374,473 Cooperative Agreement awarded by the National Park Service under the Cooperative Research and Training Programs - Resources of the National Park System (CFDA 15.945) program to Conservation Science Partners, Inc. supports a collaborative research project to investigate the impacts of climate change on aquatic ecosystems in National Park units. The key activities under this project include assessing trends and drivers of climate impacts on stream temperatures, estimating thermal...

This Cooperative Agreement award from the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) under the USGS Research and Data Collection program (CFDA 15.808) provides $113,828 to the University of Michigan to advance understanding of species relationships of Great Lakes prey fish (coregonines) and support the conservation and restoration of native fish populations. The key activities include: 1) Evaluating spatial and temporal diversity in wild stocks of coregonines using restriction-site associated DNA...

This $139,114 project grant from the National Science Foundation's Biological Sciences program (CFDA 47.074) will support the development of computational models to predict changes in biodiversity patterns over time at the University of Kansas Center for Research, Inc. Over the one-year period from May 2023 to April 2024, the awardee will synthesize decades of species distribution data and research to generate dynamic models incorporating factors like physiology and species interactions. A...