The missouri botanical garden will lead a research project to address gaps in general living collection guidelines in order to better manage EX situ species conservation in botanical gardens
Active Project Grant Awarded Last action
- Award ID
- MG253252OMS23
- Recipient
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Missouri Botanical Garden UEI JU1FNE8FJBM3
- Awarding agency
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Institute of Museum and Library Services
National Foundation on the Arts and Humanities
- Obligated
- $968,299
Award facts
- Assistance listing
- 45.312 National Leadership Grants
- Completion date 79% complete
- Originally
- Funding
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- $704,148.00 Federal
- $264,151.00 Non-federal
- Place of performance
- St. Louis, MO 63110, USA
Award details come from USAspending.gov.
Description
EX situ species conservation is the maintenance of species outside their native habitat in intensively managed living collections, and IT is increasingly required to safeguard imperiled plant species for future conservation or restoration. The garden will employ a laboratory specialist and two post-DOC fellows to assist in carrying out project activities including selection of plant material for study, conducting seed stratification and propagation of plants, measuring the phenotypes on the plants at specific development stages, and extracting and analyzing DNA for genotyping. The team will use this information along with simulations to design EX situ collections that maximize the representation of different kinds of variation under the real-life limitations of living collections. While this project will focus on six priority plant species of conservation concern, the resulting research tools will ensure that conservation geneticists, living collection managers, and restoration ecologists can more efficiently and effectively manage or use EX situ plant collections for conservation.
Transactions
| Action | Federal | Non-federal | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Amendment | $0 | $0 | |
| Original award | $704,148 | $264,151 |
Quick answers
Who received award MG253252OMS23?
MG253252OMS23 was awarded to Missouri Botanical Garden by Institute of Museum and Library Services (National Foundation on the Arts and Humanities) on September 1, 2023.
How much is award MG253252OMS23 worth?
$968,299 has been obligated on MG253252OMS23: $704,148 in federal funding and $264,151 in non-federal funding.
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