Project Grant N000142012569

This $418,390 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Biological Sciences (CFDA 47.074) program supports collaborative research to study the environmental factors that promote or inhibit the transport and degradation of environmental DNA (eDNA) in U.S. streams, especially those part of the National Ecological Observatory Network (NEON). The research team based at the University of Alabama will conduct eDNA spiraling experiments at NEON stream sites to determine how factors...

This $782,754 federal Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's Biological Sciences program (CFDA 47.074) supports a collaborative research effort to study the environmental factors influencing the fate and transport of environmental DNA (eDNA) in U.S. streams, particularly those within the National Ecological Observatory Network (NEON). The project, titled "DISTANCE: Determining Instream Transport of eDNA Across NEON Sites at the Continental Scale," will leverage NEON...

This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation (CFDA 47.074 - Biological Sciences) provides $240,000 in funding over 3 years beginning September 1, 2024. The award supports a postdoctoral research fellowship to investigate the relationships between environmental nucleic acids (RNA and DNA) and aquatic organism abundance in streams and rivers. The research aims to determine if environmental RNA (eRNA) is a more accurate indicator of organism presence and population size compared to...

This $748,856 federal Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Biological Sciences program (CFDA 47.074) will fund a collaborative research study on using environmental DNA (eDNA) to measure biodiversity in U.S. streams, particularly those in the National Ecological Observatory Network (NEON). The study, led by The Pennsylvania State University (Penn State), aims to understand the environmental factors that influence the movement and degradation of eDNA in streams. Key...

This Cooperative Agreement award, provided by the U.S. Department of the Interior's Fish and Wildlife Service, supports the next phase of developing environmental DNA (eDNA) based monitoring approaches for non-invasive monitoring of California vernal pool ecosystems under the National Wildlife Refuge System Enhancements program (CFDA 15.654). The $144,004 award will enable the University of California, Davis to finalize statistical analyses of eDNA metabarcoding data collected in prior phases,...

This Cooperative Agreement, awarded by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service under the Fish and Aquatic Conservation - Aquatic Invasive Species program (CFDA 15.608), aims to advance environmental DNA (eDNA) research and technology. The $1.5M award to Auburn University will support three key activities: 1) improving eDNA methodologies, 2) generating reference genomic datasets for eDNA work and public dissemination, and 3) conducting applied eDNA-based surveillance for rare and invasive species....

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service awarded a $380,302 Formula Grant to the California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW) under the State Wildlife Grants (CFDA 15.634) program. This 3-year grant will support the development of a standardized environmental DNA (eDNA) survey protocol for monitoring the endangered Northern Tidewater Goby, a small fish endemic to California's coastal lagoons and estuaries. eDNA methods have been shown to be more effective than conventional monitoring approaches...

This Project Grant award of $224,845.80, provided by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) under the Water Resources Research Act (WRRA) Program (CFDA 15.805), aims to develop guidelines to help aquatic invasive species (AIS) managers choose the best environmental DNA (eDNA) methods for rapidly, reliably, and cost-effectively monitoring their species of interest. The key project activities include establishing standard reference materials, collecting water samples from areas with and without AIS...

This Project Grant award of $600,002.40 from the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) under the Water Resources Research Act (WRRA) Program (CFDA 15.805) will fund research to optimize environmental DNA (eDNA) monitoring protocols for detecting aquatic invasive plants in the Upper Mississippi River Basin. The key products and services to be delivered under this 3-year award include: Refined sampling protocols and standard operating procedures for using the Minion device to monitor aquatic invasive...

This Cooperative Agreement award from the National Park Service (CFDA 15.945 - Cooperative Research and Training Programs - Resources of the National Park System) provides $228,666.25 in funding to the University of California, Santa Cruz (UCSC) to facilitate a comprehensive network of cooperative study units. The objective is to detect and monitor species of interest to park managers, other federal/state land managers, and the public using environmental DNA (eDNA) and genomics. Key activities...