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NSF program Evolutionary Processes (112700): 219 awards, $131.8M to 136 organizations
219 NSF awards ($131.8M) under the program element Evolutionary Processes (112700) to 136 organizations, fiscal years 2022 to 2026, read 2026-11-03.
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- 112700
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- Directorate for Biological Sciences
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- Evolutionary Patterns & Processes
Awards
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| Award | Agency | Institute or division | Fiscal year | Amount in window | Start | End | Principal investigator | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Drivers of infection outbreaks in a temperature-sensitive host-pathogen system | NSF | Organismal Interactions & Ecology | 2023 | $2,370,227 | August 1, 2023 | July 31, 2028 | Brittany A Mosher | nsf.gov |
| The interaction of selection, pleiotropy, and drift in phenotypic evolution | NSF | Evolutionary Patterns & Processes | 2022 | $1,536,017 | September 1, 2022 | August 31, 2027 | Jeffrey K Conner | nsf.gov |
| Snake venom systems as a model for inferring the structure and evolution of regulatory networks underlying organism-level physiological traits | NSF | Cell Development & Physiology | 2023 | $1,501,418 | August 1, 2023 | July 31, 2027 | Todd A Castoe | nsf.gov |
| Horizontal Gene Transfer at Landscape Scale in Microbial Communities Under Selection For Antimicrobial Resistance | NSF | Evolutionary Patterns & Processes | 2025 | $1,500,000 | March 15, 2025 | February 28, 2029 | James J Morris | nsf.gov |
| CAREER: Experimental evaluation of dispersal as a parasite avoidance strategy | NSF | Evolutionary Patterns & Processes | 2025 | $1,500,000 | September 1, 2025 | August 31, 2030 | Amanda K Gibson | nsf.gov |
| CAREER: The contributions of imperfect transmission and cytoplasmic incompatibility to Wolbachia frequency variation | NSF | Infrastructure, Institutes, & Centers | 2022 | $1,492,805 | June 1, 2022 | May 31, 2027 | Brandon S Cooper | nsf.gov |
| Beyond sex determination: the evolution and function of Y chromosomes | NSF | Evolutionary Patterns & Processes | 2022 | $1,486,812 | August 1, 2022 | July 31, 2027 | Polly Campbell | nsf.gov |
| Collaborative Research: Genetics of Polar Bear Hair, Skin Color: Adaptations to the Arctic Environment | NSF | Evolutionary Patterns & Processes | 2025 | $1,463,502 | May 1, 2025 | April 30, 2029 | Emily E Puckett | nsf.gov |
| NSFDEB-NERC: Integrating Computational, Phenotypic, and Population-Genomic Approaches to Reveal Processes of Cryptic Speciation and Gene Flow in Madagascars Mouse Lemurs | NSF | Evolutionary Patterns & Processes | 2022 | $1,399,798 | February 15, 2022 | July 31, 2026 | Anne D Yoder | nsf.gov |
| CAREER: Epigenetic Dynamics Shaping the Early Evolution of Duplicate Genes | NSF | Molecular Biosciences | 2022 | $1,350,000 | April 1, 2022 | March 31, 2027 | Frederic J Chain | nsf.gov |
| Mechanisms promoting speciation with gene flow in host-specialized haplodiploids | NSF | Evolutionary Patterns & Processes | 2024 | $1,335,651 | April 1, 2024 | March 31, 2028 | Catherine R Linnen | nsf.gov |
| Selection experiments and sequencing to identify mechanisms of thermal adaptation in a splash pool copepod | NSF | Infrastructure, Institutes, & Centers | 2022 | $1,304,159 | May 15, 2022 | April 30, 2027 | Morgan Kelly | nsf.gov |
| The genetic basis of divergence in immune defense between species | NSF | Evolutionary Patterns & Processes | 2024 | $1,300,000 | March 1, 2024 | February 29, 2028 | Robert L Unckless | nsf.gov |
| Collaborative Research: Adaptation to changing oceans by the most abundant vertebrates on earth | NSF | Evolutionary Patterns & Processes | 2025 | $1,274,370 | September 1, 2025 | August 31, 2028 | Christopher H Martin | nsf.gov |
| Collaborative Research: The causes and consequences of adaptive radiation in animal communication, from individuals to communities | NSF | Evolutionary Patterns & Processes | 2025 | $1,266,115 | September 1, 2025 | August 31, 2029 | Robin Tinghitella | nsf.gov |
| Super-generalist predation in a model microbe Dictyostelium discoideum | NSF | Evolutionary Patterns & Processes | 2023 | $1,261,723 | February 1, 2023 | January 31, 2027 | David C Queller | nsf.gov |
| Collaborative Research: The role of gene copy number variation in determining detoxification capacity, individual fitness, and population dynamics in a vertebrate herbivore. | NSF | Infrastructure, Institutes, & Centers | 2024 | $1,239,776 | September 1, 2024 | August 31, 2028 | Marjorie Matocq | nsf.gov |
| CAREER: Carotenoid coloration in an evolutionary radiation: Connecting molecular function, fitness, and diet ecology in wood warblers | NSF | Evolutionary Patterns & Processes | 2024 | $1,230,294 | March 1, 2024 | February 28, 2029 | David Toews | nsf.gov |
| CAREER: The interaction of deficits in cellular regulation and divergent parental environments to postzygotic isolation in hybridizing milkweeds (Asclepias) | NSF | Infrastructure, Institutes, & Centers | 2023 | $1,212,093 | June 15, 2023 | May 31, 2028 | Carrie F Olson-Manning | nsf.gov |
| BEE: The Evolution of Fluctuation-Dependent Species Coexistence | NSF | Organismal Interactions & Ecology | 2023 | $1,208,529 | November 1, 2022 | June 30, 2026 | Ronald Bassar | nsf.gov |
| CAREER: Assessing local adaptation in the chemosynthetic symbionts of hydrothermal vent animals | NSF | GEO - Core Programs | 2022 | $1,207,654 | September 1, 2022 | August 31, 2028 | Roxanne Beinart | nsf.gov |
| CAREER: Backyard Evolution across a Seasonal Metapopulation in Drosophila | NSF | Evolutionary Patterns & Processes | 2022 | $1,200,000 | March 1, 2022 | February 28, 2027 | Alan Bergland | nsf.gov |
| Unraveling the genetic tapestry of parallel red-green color vision evolution in butterflies | NSF | Evolutionary Patterns & Processes | 2025 | $1,185,649 | September 1, 2025 | August 31, 2028 | Adriana D Briscoe | nsf.gov |
| THE GENETIC BASIS OF LOCAL ADAPTATION ACROSS AN ISLAND ADAPTIVE RADIATION | NSF | Infrastructure, Institutes, & Centers | 2022 | $1,184,175 | May 15, 2022 | April 30, 2027 | Elizabeth A Stacy | nsf.gov |
| CAREER: Microbial extended phenotypes as drivers of host defense trait evolution | NSF | Evolutionary Patterns & Processes | 2025 | $1,180,492 | June 1, 2025 | May 31, 2030 | Corlett W Wood | nsf.gov |
| CAREER: Ecological and Evolutionary Drivers in an Invasive Host-Parasite System | NSF | Evolutionary Patterns & Processes | 2023 | $1,165,173 | July 1, 2023 | June 30, 2028 | Jennifer Koop | nsf.gov |
| CAREER: Functional genomic architecture and population differentiation of a polygenic and sexually dimorphic butterfly mimicry phenotype | NSF | Evolutionary Patterns & Processes | 2024 | $1,137,520 | August 1, 2024 | July 31, 2029 | James J Lewis | nsf.gov |
| Hotspots of Genome Evolution in a Rapid Vertebrate Radiation | NSF | Evolutionary Patterns & Processes | 2022 | $1,129,575 | January 1, 2022 | December 31, 2026 | David Toews | nsf.gov |
| Collaborative Research: From ecological dynamics to adaptive evolution during the origin of life | NSF | Evolutionary Patterns & Processes | 2022 | $1,126,538 | August 1, 2022 | July 31, 2026 | David A Baum | nsf.gov |
| Collaborative Research: Molecular Mechanisms Underlying Repeated Evolution: Integrating Micro- and Macroevolutionary Analyses and Functional Genomics | NSF | Evolutionary Patterns & Processes | 2023 | $1,110,387 | September 1, 2023 | August 31, 2027 | Suzanne E McGaugh | nsf.gov |
| The ecological and evolutionary effects of combined stresses in a mutualism | NSF | Evolutionary Patterns & Processes | 2024 | $1,100,000 | September 1, 2024 | August 31, 2028 | William R Harcombe | nsf.gov |
| CAREER: Empirical Tests of the Fundamental Theorems of Evolution and Natural Selection | NSF | Evolutionary Patterns & Processes | 2023 | $1,095,443 | February 15, 2023 | January 31, 2028 | Matthew E Wolak | nsf.gov |
| Collaborative Research: Testing the spatio-temporal repeatability of (co)evolution in Tasmanian devils and their transmissible cancer | NSF | Evolutionary Patterns & Processes | 2023 | $1,088,560 | August 15, 2023 | October 31, 2027 | Andrew T Storfer | nsf.gov |
| Collaborative Research: ORCC:RUI: Integrating evolutionary and migratory potential of Chamaecrista fasciculata into forecasts of range-wide population dynamics under climate change | NSF | Infrastructure, Institutes, & Centers | 2022 | $1,070,538 | January 1, 2023 | December 31, 2027 | Jill Anderson | nsf.gov |
| Explaining variation in extreme selfish behavior: Untangling the co-evolutionary relationship of cannibalism, dispersal and kin discrimination. | NSF | Evolutionary Patterns & Processes | 2025 | $1,059,435 | May 1, 2025 | April 30, 2029 | Volker H Rudolf | nsf.gov |
| CAREER: The genes and gene networks underlying fertilization barriers in a hybrid zone | NSF | Evolutionary Patterns & Processes | 2024 | $1,051,529 | June 1, 2024 | May 31, 2029 | Erica L Larson | nsf.gov |
| CAREER: Cooperation on the tree of life: Understanding the drivers of mite-plant defense mutualisms via the integration of evolution, ecology, and education | NSF | Evolutionary Patterns & Processes | 2023 | $1,040,113 | September 1, 2023 | August 31, 2028 | Marjorie G Weber | nsf.gov |
| Evolutionary and neurogenomic mechanisms of species discrimination during character displacement | NSF | Evolutionary Patterns & Processes | 2026 | $1,038,104 | October 1, 2025 | June 30, 2028 | Rachel L Moran | nsf.gov |
| Collaborative Research: From Molecules to Communities: How Levels of Selection Integrate to Tame Selfish Elements | NSF | Evolutionary Patterns & Processes | 2022 | $1,027,074 | July 15, 2022 | June 30, 2026 | Daniel Jarosz | nsf.gov |
| Eco-evolutionary dynamics of parasitism mediated through variance in host fitness | NSF | Evolutionary Patterns & Processes | 2023 | $1,004,225 | June 15, 2023 | May 31, 2027 | Robert M Cox | nsf.gov |
| Evolutionary adaptation and constraint in the decoupling of immune responses across life stages | NSF | Evolutionary Patterns & Processes | 2025 | $997,860 | August 15, 2025 | July 31, 2029 | Ann T Tate | nsf.gov |
| CAREER: The role of local adaptation to reproductive conflict in the distribution of facultatively parthenogenetic reproduction | NSF | Evolutionary Patterns & Processes | 2023 | $987,148 | April 1, 2023 | March 31, 2028 | Mercedes M Burns | nsf.gov |
| RAPID PHENOTYPIC EVOLUTION THROUGH THE RESHUFFLING OF PIGMENTATION GENES | NSF | Evolutionary Patterns & Processes | 2023 | $973,030 | January 1, 2023 | December 31, 2026 | Leonardo Campagna | nsf.gov |
| The constructive evolution of gustation: Molecular, organismal and environmental attributes of taste tuning | NSF | Evolutionary Patterns & Processes | 2024 | $970,670 | August 1, 2024 | July 31, 2028 | Joshua Gross | nsf.gov |
| CAREER: Investigating the Role of Modularity in the Diversification of the Acanthomorph Skull | NSF | Evolutionary Patterns & Processes | 2023 | $961,754 | May 1, 2023 | April 30, 2028 | Kory M Evans | nsf.gov |
| Unraveling the Diversity, Evolution, and Origin of Novel Secondary Metabolism in Commensal Microscopic Filamentous Fungi. | NSF | Evolutionary Patterns & Processes | 2025 | $955,781 | August 15, 2025 | July 31, 2028 | Javier F Tabima Restrepo | nsf.gov |
| Collaborative Research: BEE: Ecological and coevolutionary feedbacks in multi-mutualist communities | NSF | Infrastructure, Institutes, & Centers | 2022 | $936,605 | April 15, 2022 | March 31, 2027 | David M Althoff | nsf.gov |
| Collaborative Research: Mechanisms and consequences of centromere drive in monkeyflowers | NSF | Evolutionary Patterns & Processes | 2024 | $932,841 | July 1, 2024 | December 31, 2027 | Lila Fishman | nsf.gov |
| Collaborative Research: IntBio: Integrating behavior, neurophysiology,and neural circuit modeling to understand speciation at multiple scales of organization | NSF | Evolutionary Patterns & Processes | 2025 | $932,200 | September 15, 2025 | August 31, 2029 | Emily C Lemmon | nsf.gov |
| Climate warming and the collapse of trade-offs mediating species coexistence | NSF | Organismal Interactions & Ecology | 2023 | $925,711 | June 15, 2023 | May 31, 2027 | Adam Siepielski | nsf.gov |
| RUI: On the Origin of Genetic Variation: Investigating the Causes of Variation In Mutation Rates and Spectra | NSF | Evolutionary Patterns & Processes | 2024 | $901,045 | August 1, 2024 | July 31, 2028 | Sarah Schaack | nsf.gov |
| Genetic Basis and Evolution of the Transcriptional Response to Oxidative Stress in Diverse Yeasts | NSF | Molecular Biosciences | 2025 | $900,000 | September 1, 2025 | August 31, 2028 | Bin Z He | nsf.gov |
| CAREER: Genomic and Morphological Divergence During Speciation in a Hyper-Diverse Marine Fish Clade | NSF | Evolutionary Patterns & Processes | 2022 | $890,044 | September 1, 2022 | August 31, 2027 | Susan E Alter | nsf.gov |
| LIFE: Molecular and macroecological mechanisms of pigment pathway and fruit color convergence in Solanum | NSF | Evolutionary Patterns & Processes | 2025 | $884,994 | June 1, 2025 | May 31, 2028 | Leonie C Moyle | nsf.gov |
| Developing and testing an eco-evolutionary theory for range limits | NSF | Organismal Interactions & Ecology | 2023 | $884,862 | February 1, 2023 | January 31, 2028 | Christopher P Weiss-Lehman | nsf.gov |
| Behavior and the Evolution of Species Ranges | NSF | Evolutionary Patterns & Processes | 2022 | $880,393 | September 15, 2022 | August 31, 2027 | Karin S Pfennig | nsf.gov |
| Collaborative Research: Molecular Mechanisms Underlying Repeated Evolution: Integrating Micro- and Macroevolutionary Analyses and Functional Genomics | NSF | Evolutionary Patterns & Processes | 2023 | $879,124 | September 1, 2023 | August 31, 2027 | Johanna E Kowalko | nsf.gov |
| CAREER: At The Convergence of Life Cycles and Reproduction: Insights Into the Diversity of Life | NSF | Evolutionary Patterns & Processes | 2024 | $874,010 | May 1, 2024 | August 31, 2027 | Stacy A Krueger-Hadfield | nsf.gov |
| CAREER: Landscape genomics of co-evolution: a test in carpenter ants (Genus Camponotus) and their microbial symbionts | NSF | Evolutionary Patterns & Processes | 2023 | $862,082 | May 15, 2023 | April 30, 2028 | Joseph D Manthey | nsf.gov |
| The Winning Team: ecological genomics of the great star coral cryptic species complex | NSF | GEO - Core Programs | 2025 | $852,591 | December 15, 2024 | November 30, 2027 | Mikhail V Matz | nsf.gov |
| Collaborative Research: Stability of eco-evo dynamics and the maintenance of biodiversity in a host-parasitoid system | NSF | Organismal Interactions & Ecology | 2025 | $844,511 | July 1, 2025 | June 30, 2028 | Anthony R Ives | nsf.gov |
| Collaborative Research: The Genomic Basis of Evolutionary Innovations in the Squamate Tree of Life | NSF | Evolutionary Patterns & Processes | 2023 | $820,808 | September 1, 2023 | August 31, 2027 | Marc Tollis | nsf.gov |
| CAREER: Evaluating the contribution of Sensory Drive to the divergence of flower color | NSF | Evolutionary Patterns & Processes | 2023 | $819,230 | February 1, 2023 | January 31, 2028 | Matthew H Koski | nsf.gov |
| CAREER: Identifying the Role of Tandem Repeats in Great Ape Adaptation through Undergraduate Team Research Using a Novel Statistical Framework | NSF | Evolutionary Patterns & Processes | 2023 | $811,304 | April 1, 2023 | April 30, 2027 | Rori Rohlfs | nsf.gov |
| CAREER: Uncovering the mechanisms and repeatability of speciation with gene flow | NSF | Evolutionary Patterns & Processes | 2025 | $806,156 | March 15, 2025 | February 28, 2030 | Katherine L Ostevik | nsf.gov |
| Collaborative Research: Rapid evolution and species coexistence in an orchard fly system | NSF | Organismal Interactions & Ecology | 2025 | $803,697 | September 1, 2025 | August 31, 2029 | Jonathan M Levine | nsf.gov |
| Collaborative Research: Adaptive Bridge or Barrier? The Impact of Horizontal Transfer on Genetic Evolution | NSF | Evolutionary Patterns & Processes | 2022 | $799,491 | February 1, 2022 | January 31, 2027 | Benjamin Kerr | nsf.gov |
| How does seasonal migration influence genetic migration? Testing the evolutionary consequences of a widespread life history adaptation in a species assemblage of boreal birds | NSF | Evolutionary Patterns & Processes | 2022 | $770,868 | July 1, 2022 | June 30, 2027 | Benjamin M Winger | nsf.gov |
| Coupling of Barriers to Gene Exchange: The Role of Demographic, Genetic, and Adaptive Mechanisms in the European Corn Borer Moth | NSF | Evolutionary Patterns & Processes | 2024 | $763,751 | July 1, 2024 | June 30, 2027 | Erik Dopman | nsf.gov |
| Collaborative Research: cis-Regulatory architecture of color pattern convergence | NSF | Evolutionary Patterns & Processes | 2023 | $760,528 | August 1, 2023 | July 31, 2027 | Robert D Reed | nsf.gov |
| CAREER: Integrating Theory & Data to Uncover the Evolutionary Advantages of Recombination | NSF | Evolutionary Patterns & Processes | 2022 | $740,645 | June 1, 2022 | May 31, 2027 | Amy L Dapper | nsf.gov |
| CAREER: Quantifying Genetic and Ecological Constraints on the Evolution of Thermal Performance Curves | NSF | Evolutionary Patterns & Processes | 2024 | $739,066 | March 1, 2024 | February 28, 2029 | Jean P Gibert | nsf.gov |
| RUI: Analyzing the interactions and functional conservation of orphan genes required for mature sperm function in Drosophila | NSF | Molecular Biosciences | 2025 | $722,198 | September 1, 2025 | August 31, 2028 | Geoffrey D Findlay | nsf.gov |
| CAREER: Deconstructing the Fitness Tradeoffs that Limit Viral Host Range | NSF | Evolutionary Patterns & Processes | 2022 | $716,921 | July 1, 2022 | June 30, 2027 | David A Rasmussen | nsf.gov |
| Collaborative Research: cis-Regulatory architecture of color pattern convergence | NSF | Evolutionary Patterns & Processes | 2023 | $715,834 | August 1, 2023 | July 31, 2027 | Sean P Mullen | nsf.gov |
| Using Caenorhabditis viruses to identify the ecological role of spillover outcome on the evolution of disease emergence | NSF | Evolutionary Patterns & Processes | 2022 | $714,745 | July 15, 2022 | June 30, 2026 | David Kennedy | nsf.gov |
| Collaborative Research: Rapid evolution and species coexistence in an orchard fly system | NSF | Organismal Interactions & Ecology | 2025 | $702,401 | September 1, 2025 | August 31, 2029 | Paul Schmidt | nsf.gov |
| Collaborative Research: BEE: Ecological and coevolutionary feedbacks in multi-mutualist communities | NSF | Infrastructure, Institutes, & Centers | 2022 | $699,688 | April 15, 2022 | March 31, 2027 | Mayra C Vidal | nsf.gov |
| Improving, validating, and interpreting amino acid substitution models | NSF | Evolutionary Patterns & Processes | 2024 | $697,510 | September 1, 2024 | August 31, 2027 | Joanna Masel | nsf.gov |
| Collaborative Research: Integrated distribution models for North American mammals as tests of niche conservatism. | NSF | Division Of Environmental Biology | 2022 | $694,321 | August 1, 2022 | January 31, 2026 | Roland W Kays | nsf.gov |
| Testing for repeated evolution in a radiation of alpine beetles | NSF | Evolutionary Patterns & Processes | 2024 | $687,357 | August 1, 2024 | July 31, 2028 | Sean Schoville | nsf.gov |
| The evolution of anticipatory maternal effects versus maternal condition transfer effects in Trinidadian killifish | NSF | Evolutionary Patterns & Processes | 2023 | $686,321 | March 15, 2023 | February 28, 2027 | Matthew R Walsh | nsf.gov |
| Collaborative Research: The Genomic Basis of Evolutionary Innovations in the Squamate Tree of Life | NSF | Evolutionary Patterns & Processes | 2023 | $679,192 | September 1, 2023 | August 31, 2027 | Frank T Burbrink | nsf.gov |
| Role of ecological interactions on diversification of coexisting species in microbial communities | NSF | Evolutionary Patterns & Processes | 2023 | $672,995 | April 1, 2023 | March 31, 2027 | Alejandra Rodriguez Verdugo | nsf.gov |
| CAREER: Testing the roles of evolutionary processes and plasticity in driving the northern range expansion of a tropical jellyfish | NSF | Infrastructure, Institutes, & Centers | 2025 | $671,310 | September 1, 2025 | August 31, 2030 | Marie Strader | nsf.gov |
| Investigating the ecomorphology and evolution of sexual dimorphism in mammalian skulls | NSF | Evolutionary Patterns & Processes | 2025 | $670,175 | September 1, 2025 | August 31, 2028 | Chris Law | nsf.gov |
| CAREER: Linking microevolution to macroevolution using a high resolution, long term fossil stickleback dataset | NSF | GEO - Core Programs | 2022 | $661,310 | March 1, 2022 | February 28, 2027 | Yoel E Stuart | nsf.gov |
| NSFDEB-NERC: Machine learning tools to discover balancing selection in genomes from spatial and temporal autocorrelations | NSF | Evolutionary Patterns & Processes | 2023 | $648,125 | July 1, 2023 | June 30, 2027 | Michael DeGiorgio | nsf.gov |
| Collaborative Research: How do gall-forming insects escape diverse and evolving clades of parasitic wasps - and how do parasites catch up? | NSF | Evolutionary Patterns & Processes | 2024 | $639,125 | August 1, 2024 | July 31, 2028 | Andrew A Forbes | nsf.gov |
| Collaborative Research: Developmental Selection During Reproduction Contributes to Plant Evolution and Adaptation | NSF | Evolutionary Patterns & Processes | 2025 | $637,156 | September 1, 2025 | August 31, 2028 | Mitchell B Cruzan | nsf.gov |
| CAREER: The effects of spatial structure and heterogeneity on local adaptation, diversification, and dispersal evolution: Experimental tests and statistical models | NSF | Evolutionary Patterns & Processes | 2023 | $636,101 | May 1, 2023 | April 30, 2028 | Susan F Bailey | nsf.gov |
| LTREB: Pace of life and differential migration in changing environments | NSF | Organismal Interactions & Ecology | 2022 | $635,648 | September 1, 2022 | August 31, 2027 | David N Koons | nsf.gov |
| Collaborative Research: RUI: Phenotypic Plasticity and the Origin of Species in Threespine Stickleback Fish | NSF | Evolutionary Patterns & Processes | 2024 | $626,837 | August 1, 2024 | July 31, 2027 | Krishna R Veeramah | nsf.gov |
| Collaborative Research: Biogeography, turnover, and evolutionary dynamics of the Late Ordovician mass extinction: phylogenetic and field-based approaches | NSF | GEO - Core Programs | 2024 | $621,781 | August 1, 2024 | July 31, 2027 | Selina R Cole | nsf.gov |
| Collaborative Research: Testing the spatio-temporal repeatability of (co)evolution in Tasmanian devils and their transmissible cancer | NSF | Evolutionary Patterns & Processes | 2023 | $616,108 | August 15, 2023 | July 31, 2027 | Mark J Margres | nsf.gov |
| Collaborative Research: IntBio: Integrating behavior, neurophysiology,and neural circuit modeling to understand speciation at multiple scales of organization | NSF | Evolutionary Patterns & Processes | 2025 | $611,195 | September 15, 2025 | August 31, 2029 | Gary J Rose | nsf.gov |
| LTREB Renewal: Evolutionary and Demographic Responses to Climate in Natural Populations | NSF | Evolutionary Patterns & Processes | 2022 | $599,741 | February 1, 2022 | January 31, 2027 | Diane R Campbell | nsf.gov |
| LTREB: The Multicellularity Long Term Evolution Experiment (MuLTEE) | NSF | Evolutionary Patterns & Processes | 2025 | $596,940 | June 15, 2025 | May 31, 2030 | G Ozan Bozdag | nsf.gov |
| Collaborative Research: Molecular Mechanisms Underlying Repeated Evolution: Integrating Micro- and Macroevolutionary Analyses and Functional Genomics | NSF | Evolutionary Patterns & Processes | 2023 | $569,812 | September 1, 2023 | August 31, 2027 | Michael Tobler | nsf.gov |
| Collaborative Research: LIFE: Leveraging agricultural weeds to understand evolutionary convergence. | NSF | Evolutionary Patterns & Processes | 2025 | $560,288 | September 1, 2025 | August 31, 2029 | Julia Kreiner | nsf.gov |
| LTREB: Sexual selection over time: evolutionary dynamics and outcomes of intense male competition and female mate choice in a lek mating system | NSF | Evolutionary Patterns & Processes | 2023 | $559,294 | June 1, 2023 | May 31, 2028 | Emily H DuVal | nsf.gov |
| Collaborative Research: The causes and consequences of adaptive radiation in animal communication, from individuals to communities | NSF | Evolutionary Patterns & Processes | 2025 | $557,547 | September 1, 2025 | August 31, 2029 | E Dale Broder | nsf.gov |
| Collaborative Research: Biogeography, turnover, and evolutionary dynamics of the Late Ordovician mass extinction: phylogenetic and field-based approaches | NSF | GEO - Core Programs | 2024 | $549,917 | August 1, 2024 | July 31, 2027 | Melanie J Hopkins | nsf.gov |
| ROL: COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: EXTREME ENVIRONMENTS, PHYSIOLOGICAL ADAPTATION, AND THE ORIGIN OF SPECIES | NSF | Division Of Integrative Organismal Systems | 2023 | $546,577 | January 1, 2023 | September 30, 2025 | Joanna L Kelley | nsf.gov |
| Collaborative Research: BEE: Integrating Evolutionary Genetics and Population Ecology to Detect Contemporary Adaptation to Climate Change Across a Species Range | NSF | Evolutionary Patterns & Processes | 2022 | $539,573 | May 1, 2022 | April 30, 2027 | Seema N Sheth | nsf.gov |
| Collaborative Research: The Albatross Re-Collection Project for a century of genomic change in the tropics | NSF | Evolutionary Patterns & Processes | 2024 | $534,915 | July 1, 2024 | June 30, 2027 | Malin L Pinsky | nsf.gov |
| Collaborative Research: The mismeasure of GxE: causes and consequences of environmental exposures for the evolution of plasticity | NSF | Evolutionary Patterns & Processes | 2022 | $528,914 | August 1, 2022 | July 31, 2027 | Kimberly A Hughes | nsf.gov |
| Investigating recurrent cooption of mitochondrial cytochrome c maturation systems in Archaeplastida | NSF | Molecular Biosciences | 2022 | $528,654 | August 15, 2022 | July 31, 2027 | Jeffrey P Mower | nsf.gov |
| Limits to Evolvability Define the Maximal Sustainable Niche of Generalists | NSF | Evolutionary Patterns & Processes | 2022 | $523,102 | March 1, 2022 | February 28, 2027 | Jeremy Draghi | nsf.gov |
| BRC-BIO: GalapaGenomes: Building and Diversifying Undergraduate Research Capacity using Natural History Collections | NSF | Infrastructure, Institutes, & Centers | 2023 | $517,379 | July 1, 2023 | June 30, 2027 | Jaime A Chaves | nsf.gov |
| LTREB: Long-term provenance study of phenotypic plasticity, local adaptation, and response to climate in Quercus (Q-PLAD) | NSF | Evolutionary Patterns & Processes | 2023 | $515,964 | January 1, 2023 | December 31, 2027 | Victoria L Sork | nsf.gov |
| Collaborative Research: Stability of eco-evo dynamics and the maintenance of biodiversity in a host-parasitoid system | NSF | Organismal Interactions & Ecology | 2025 | $509,821 | July 1, 2025 | June 30, 2028 | Kerry M Oliver | nsf.gov |
| Collaborative Research: Developmental Selection During Reproduction Contributes to Plant Evolution and Adaptation | NSF | Evolutionary Patterns & Processes | 2025 | $507,077 | September 1, 2025 | August 31, 2028 | Matthew A Streisfeld | nsf.gov |
| CAREER: Seasonal migration as an ecological barrier to gene flow between hybridizing species | NSF | Division Of Integrative Organismal Systems | 2022 | $505,477 | March 1, 2022 | April 30, 2025 | Kira Delmore | nsf.gov |
| Inferring the gene coevolution network from deep comparative genomics | NSF | Evolutionary Patterns & Processes | 2023 | $499,622 | January 1, 2023 | December 31, 2027 | Gavin C Conant | nsf.gov |
| RUI: Characterizing Microvesicle-Mediated Rotavirus Transmission: Mechanisms and Evolutionary Impacts | NSF | Evolutionary Patterns & Processes | 2025 | $498,069 | September 1, 2025 | August 31, 2028 | John J Dennehy | nsf.gov |
| RoL: COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: EXTREME ENVIRONMENTS, PHYSIOLOGICAL ADAPTATION, AND THE ORIGIN OF SPECIES | NSF | Division Of Integrative Organismal Systems | 2024 | $496,589 | October 1, 2023 | August 31, 2025 | Michael Tobler | nsf.gov |
| Collaborative Research: Adaptation to changing oceans by the most abundant vertebrates on earth | NSF | Evolutionary Patterns & Processes | 2025 | $496,049 | September 1, 2025 | August 31, 2028 | Dahiana Arcila | nsf.gov |
| CAREER: The genomics of urbanization in house mice | NSF | Evolutionary Patterns & Processes | 2023 | $487,616 | February 15, 2023 | August 31, 2027 | Megan Phifer-Rixey | nsf.gov |
| Collaborative Research: RUI: Pressure Adaptation, Stress, and Convergent Evolution in Fishes across Habitat Depth | NSF | Innovation Tools, Informatics, & Functional Genomics | 2026 | $484,767 | August 1, 2026 | July 31, 2027 | Mackenzie E Gerringer | nsf.gov |
| CAREER: Identifying the Role of Tandem Repeats in Great Ape Adaptation through Undergraduate Team Research Using a Novel Statistical Framework | NSF | Division Of Environmental Biology | 2022 | $483,199 | February 1, 2022 | April 30, 2023 | Rori Rohlfs | nsf.gov |
| Collaborative Research: ORCC:RUI: Integrating evolutionary and migratory potential of Chamaecrista fasciculata into forecasts of range-wide population dynamics under climate change | NSF | Infrastructure, Institutes, & Centers | 2022 | $480,795 | January 1, 2023 | December 31, 2027 | Susana Wadgymar | nsf.gov |
| Collaborative Research: Testing Evolutionary Pseudocongruence Along the Baja California Peninsula Through Integration of Geologic and Genomic Data | NSF | GEO - Core Programs | 2023 | $450,191 | October 1, 2022 | September 30, 2026 | Greer A Dolby | nsf.gov |
| RUI: Conflicting selection pressures within mate choice of Jewelwing damselflies | NSF | Evolutionary Patterns & Processes | 2023 | $448,258 | September 1, 2023 | August 31, 2027 | Idelle A Cooper | nsf.gov |
| LTREB: Population persistence in a variable world: spatiotemporal variation in climate and demography across the range of scarlet monkeyflower | NSF | Organismal Interactions & Ecology | 2023 | $442,310 | June 1, 2024 | May 31, 2029 | Seema N Sheth | nsf.gov |
| NSFDEB-NERC: Revealing how climate shapes cooperation: integrating genomics, morphology and behaviour in social wasps spanning Sub-Saharan Africa | NSF | Evolutionary Patterns & Processes | 2025 | $434,429 | July 1, 2025 | June 30, 2028 | Dustin R Rubenstein | nsf.gov |
| Collaborative Research: RUI: Pressure Adaptation, Stress, and Convergent Evolution in Fishes across Habitat Depth | NSF | Infrastructure, Institutes, & Centers | 2024 | $432,357 | August 15, 2024 | July 31, 2027 | Jacob Daane | nsf.gov |
| Collaborative Research: Mechanisms and consequences of centromere drive in monkeyflowers | NSF | Evolutionary Patterns & Processes | 2024 | $418,138 | July 1, 2024 | December 31, 2027 | Findley R Finseth | nsf.gov |
| Collaborative Research: Does Cytonuclear Coevolution Drive Reproductive Isolation? Dissecting the Architecture of Genetic Incompatibility Across a Species Range | NSF | Division Of Environmental Biology | 2022 | $416,757 | January 1, 2022 | December 31, 2025 | Laura F Galloway | nsf.gov |
| Collaborative Research: Genetics of Polar Bear Hair, Skin Color: Adaptations to the Arctic Environment | NSF | Evolutionary Patterns & Processes | 2025 | $415,224 | May 1, 2025 | April 30, 2029 | Greg Barsh | nsf.gov |
| Collaborative Research: RUI: Pressure Adaptation, Stress, and Convergent Evolution in Fishes across Habitat Depth | NSF | Division Of Integrative Organismal Systems | 2024 | $406,930 | August 15, 2024 | October 31, 2026 | Mackenzie E Gerringer | nsf.gov |
| MCA: Disentangling demography and adaptation during the evolution of reproductive isolation for pines | NSF | Evolutionary Patterns & Processes | 2024 | $402,957 | September 1, 2024 | August 31, 2027 | Andrew J Eckert | nsf.gov |
| Collaborative Research: Scales and drivers of variability in dissolved organic carbon across diverse urban watersheds | NSF | Division Of Environmental Biology | 2023 | $401,566 | March 1, 2023 | April 30, 2025 | Rebecca Hale | nsf.gov |
| Collaborative Research: ORCC:RUI: Integrating evolutionary and migratory potential of Chamaecrista fasciculata into forecasts of range-wide population dynamics under climate change | NSF | Infrastructure, Institutes, & Centers | 2022 | $399,383 | January 1, 2023 | December 31, 2027 | Seema N Sheth | nsf.gov |
| STAR: Co-infection and animal migration: Novel perspectives from considering multiple parasites | NSF | Evolutionary Patterns & Processes | 2025 | $399,360 | August 15, 2025 | July 31, 2029 | Allison K Shaw | nsf.gov |
| Collaborative Research: LIFE: Leveraging agricultural weeds to understand evolutionary convergence. | NSF | Evolutionary Patterns & Processes | 2025 | $399,315 | September 1, 2025 | August 31, 2029 | Peter J Maughan | nsf.gov |
| STAR: The genetic and genomic architecture of repeated trait evolution | NSF | Evolutionary Patterns & Processes | 2025 | $399,116 | February 1, 2025 | January 31, 2028 | Matthew A Streisfeld | nsf.gov |
| Collaborative Research: The Albatross Re-Collection Project for a century of genomic change in the tropics | NSF | Evolutionary Patterns & Processes | 2024 | $394,557 | July 1, 2024 | June 30, 2027 | Christopher E Bird | nsf.gov |
| Collaborative Research: LTREB Renewal: Long-Term Dynamics of Amphibian Populations Following Disease-Driven Declines | NSF | Evolutionary Patterns & Processes | 2022 | $393,505 | May 1, 2022 | April 30, 2027 | Thomas C Smith | nsf.gov |
| Collaborative Research: Does Cytonuclear Coevolution Drive Reproductive Isolation? Dissecting the Architecture of Genetic Incompatibility Across a Species Range | NSF | Evolutionary Patterns & Processes | 2022 | $386,265 | January 1, 2022 | December 31, 2026 | Karen B Barnard-Kubow | nsf.gov |
| Experimental speciation: reinforcement in Drosophila melanogaster | NSF | Evolutionary Patterns & Processes | 2022 | $383,432 | August 1, 2022 | July 31, 2026 | Brian Hollis | nsf.gov |
| CAREER: Seasonal migration as an ecological barrier to gene flow between hybridizing species | NSF | Evolutionary Patterns & Processes | 2025 | $382,141 | January 1, 2025 | February 28, 2027 | Kira Delmore | nsf.gov |
| RUI: Explaining analytical heterogeneity in ecology and evolutionary biology | NSF | Organismal Interactions & Ecology | 2024 | $379,240 | August 1, 2024 | July 31, 2027 | Timothy H Parker | nsf.gov |
| Collaborative Research: LIFE: Leveraging agricultural weeds to understand evolutionary convergence. | NSF | Evolutionary Patterns & Processes | 2025 | $378,820 | September 1, 2025 | August 31, 2029 | Patrick J Tranel | nsf.gov |
| Collaborative Research: Integrated distribution models for North American mammals as tests of niche conservatism. | NSF | Organismal Interactions & Ecology | 2022 | $374,312 | August 1, 2022 | July 31, 2026 | Jamian K Pacifici | nsf.gov |
| Collaborative Research: The mismeasure of GxE: causes and consequences of environmental exposures for the evolution of plasticity | NSF | Evolutionary Patterns & Processes | 2025 | $360,044 | August 1, 2025 | July 31, 2027 | Julia Saltz | nsf.gov |
| Collaborative Research: From Molecules to Communities: How Levels of Selection Integrate to Tame Selfish Elements | NSF | Evolutionary Patterns & Processes | 2022 | $358,777 | July 15, 2022 | June 30, 2027 | Helen A Murphy | nsf.gov |
| MCA: The genetic basis of complex plumage phenotypes in hybridizing Passerina buntings | NSF | Evolutionary Patterns & Processes | 2025 | $338,479 | January 1, 2026 | December 31, 2028 | Matt D Carling | nsf.gov |
| Collaborative Research: LIFE: Leveraging agricultural weeds to understand evolutionary convergence. | NSF | Evolutionary Patterns & Processes | 2025 | $338,002 | September 1, 2025 | August 31, 2029 | Katherine E Waselkov | nsf.gov |
| MCA: Genomic tools for elucidating evolutionary response to climate change in declining pine populations | NSF | Evolutionary Patterns & Processes | 2023 | $336,155 | September 1, 2023 | August 31, 2027 | Amy V Whipple | nsf.gov |
| Collaborative Research: The Albatross Re-Collection Project for a century of genomic change in the tropics | NSF | Evolutionary Patterns & Processes | 2026 | $335,016 | October 1, 2025 | June 30, 2027 | Malin L Pinsky | nsf.gov |
| Collaborative Research: RUI: Phenotypic Plasticity and the Origin of Species in Threespine Stickleback Fish | NSF | Evolutionary Patterns & Processes | 2024 | $334,317 | August 1, 2024 | July 31, 2027 | Matthew A Wund | nsf.gov |
| Conference: Workshop: Microbial Diversity Molecules to Modeling Across Biological Scales; Summer in WoodsHole | NSF | Division Of Environmental Biology | 2022 | $331,166 | August 1, 2022 | July 31, 2025 | Linda Hyman | nsf.gov |
| CAREER: Hybridization and radiation: Integrating across phylogenomics, ancestral niche evolution, and pollination biology | NSF | Evolutionary Patterns & Processes | 2024 | $326,418 | June 1, 2024 | May 31, 2029 | Ryan A Folk | nsf.gov |
| Collaborative Research: Adaptive Bridge or Barrier? The Impact of Horizontal Transfer on Genetic Evolution | NSF | Division Of Environmental Biology | 2022 | $321,668 | February 1, 2022 | January 31, 2026 | Brandon Ogbunugafor | nsf.gov |
| RUI: The Ancestral Modulation Hypothesis: Predicting Hormonal Regulation Of Sex-Biased Traits | NSF | Evolutionary Patterns & Processes | 2022 | $321,072 | March 1, 2022 | February 28, 2027 | Andrew P Anderson | nsf.gov |
| Collaborative Research: From ecological dynamics to adaptive evolution during the origin of life | NSF | Evolutionary Patterns & Processes | 2022 | $303,254 | August 1, 2022 | July 31, 2026 | Emily L Dolson | nsf.gov |
| Collaborative Research: ORCC:RUI: Integrating evolutionary and migratory potential of Chamaecrista fasciculata into forecasts of range-wide population dynamics under climate change | NSF | Infrastructure, Institutes, & Centers | 2022 | $303,166 | January 1, 2023 | December 31, 2027 | Emily B Josephs | nsf.gov |
| OPUS: Lifetime strategies of wild bottlenose dolphins based on 40 years of research | NSF | Division Of Environmental Biology | 2022 | $299,189 | June 1, 2022 | December 31, 2024 | Janet Mann | nsf.gov |
| Collaborative Research: The mismeasure of GxE: causes and consequences of environmental exposures for the evolution of plasticity | NSF | Evolutionary Patterns & Processes | 2024 | $298,375 | October 1, 2023 | July 31, 2027 | Joel W McGlothlin | nsf.gov |
| Collaborative Research: The role of gene copy number variation in determining detoxification capacity, individual fitness, and population dynamics in a vertebrate herbivore. | NSF | Infrastructure, Institutes, & Centers | 2024 | $297,957 | September 1, 2024 | August 31, 2028 | Carolyn Y Dadabay | nsf.gov |
| CAREER: Mitonuclear conflict and co-evolution in a wild polyploid animal | NSF | Evolutionary Patterns & Processes | 2026 | $297,472 | October 15, 2025 | July 31, 2027 | Rob Denton | nsf.gov |
| OPUS: Synthesizing three decades of tadpole plasticity experiments with two decades of wetland surveys | NSF | Division Of Environmental Biology | 2023 | $288,610 | May 1, 2023 | April 30, 2025 | Rick A Relyea | nsf.gov |
| MCA: Genomic architecture and landscape genomics of polytypism in a poison frog | NSF | Evolutionary Patterns & Processes | 2024 | $285,014 | September 1, 2024 | August 31, 2027 | Brice P Noonan | nsf.gov |
| Collaborative Research: How do gall-forming insects escape diverse and evolving clades of parasitic wasps - and how do parasites catch up? | NSF | Evolutionary Patterns & Processes | 2024 | $280,113 | August 1, 2024 | July 31, 2028 | Kirsten Prior | nsf.gov |
| MCA: Species Diversification and Community Assembly in Andean Land Snails | NSF | Evolutionary Patterns & Processes | 2024 | $277,923 | July 1, 2024 | June 30, 2027 | Christine E Parent | nsf.gov |
| STAR: Deconstructing Theta: Quantifying the rate and spectrum of mutation in non-model Caenorhabditis nematodes | NSF | Evolutionary Patterns & Processes | 2025 | $273,556 | January 15, 2025 | December 31, 2027 | Charles F Baer | nsf.gov |
| Collaborative Research: LTREB: The importance of resource availability, acquisition, and mobilization to the evolution of life history trade-offs in a variable environment. | NSF | Evolutionary Patterns & Processes | 2024 | $268,177 | February 1, 2024 | January 31, 2029 | Andrew G McAdam | nsf.gov |
| Collaborative Research: How do gall-forming insects escape diverse and evolving clades of parasitic wasps - and how do parasites catch up? | NSF | Evolutionary Patterns & Processes | 2024 | $265,065 | August 1, 2024 | July 31, 2028 | Glen R Hood | nsf.gov |
| Collaborative Research: The mismeasure of GxE: causes and consequences of environmental exposures for the evolution of plasticity | NSF | Division Of Environmental Biology | 2022 | $261,704 | August 1, 2022 | October 31, 2025 | Julia Saltz | nsf.gov |
| Evolutionary and neurogenomic mechanisms of species discrimination during character displacement | NSF | Division Of Integrative Organismal Systems | 2024 | $259,792 | July 1, 2024 | April 30, 2026 | Rachel L Moran | nsf.gov |
| Collaborative Research: BEE: Integrating Evolutionary Genetics and Population Ecology to Detect Contemporary Adaptation to Climate Change Across a Species Range | NSF | Evolutionary Patterns & Processes | 2022 | $258,490 | May 1, 2022 | April 30, 2026 | Lluvia H Flores-Renteria | nsf.gov |
| MCA: Deciphering an Invasion: Understanding how invasive traits shape genomic structure and adaptive potential during rapid population growth and range expansion | NSF | Evolutionary Patterns & Processes | 2025 | $257,390 | November 15, 2025 | October 31, 2028 | Charlyn G Partridge | nsf.gov |
| MCA: Estimating quantitative genetic parameters via SNP based relatedness | NSF | Evolutionary Patterns & Processes | 2022 | $250,214 | August 1, 2022 | July 31, 2027 | Ned Dochtermann | nsf.gov |
| Collaborative Research: BEE: Integrating Evolutionary Genetics and Population Ecology to Detect Contemporary Adaptation to Climate Change Across a Species Range | NSF | Evolutionary Patterns & Processes | 2022 | $247,284 | May 1, 2022 | December 31, 2026 | Jeffrey M Diez | nsf.gov |
| OPUS: Robustness and complexity: how evolution builds precise traits from sloppy components | NSF | Evolutionary Patterns & Processes | 2023 | $246,762 | April 1, 2024 | December 31, 2026 | Steven A Frank | nsf.gov |
| SG: Phenotypic plasticity and adaptation under rapid environmental change: Experimental evolution in a freshwater microbial eukaryote | NSF | Evolutionary Patterns & Processes | 2024 | $242,000 | June 1, 2024 | May 31, 2027 | Rebecca A Zufall | nsf.gov |
| Collaborative research: OPUS: Permutational Biometry: Synthesizing the Analytics of Data Analysis in Ecology and Evolution | NSF | Division Of Environmental Biology | 2022 | $241,585 | May 1, 2022 | April 30, 2025 | Dean C Adams | nsf.gov |
| Summer Institute in Statistical Genetics | NSF | Division Of Environmental Biology | 2024 | $235,845 | May 1, 2024 | July 31, 2025 | Gregory C Gibson | nsf.gov |
| EAGER: Surveying impacts of community context on adaptive mutational landscapes | NSF | Evolutionary Patterns & Processes | 2023 | $229,210 | September 1, 2023 | August 31, 2027 | Peter C Zee | nsf.gov |
| MCA: Avian systematics, speciation, and adaptation across large island archipelagos | NSF | Evolutionary Patterns & Processes | 2023 | $224,476 | August 1, 2023 | July 31, 2027 | Herman L Mays | nsf.gov |
| Collaborative Research: BEE: Integrating Evolutionary Genetics and Population Ecology to Detect Contemporary Adaptation to Climate Change Across a Species Range | NSF | Evolutionary Patterns & Processes | 2022 | $216,783 | May 1, 2022 | April 30, 2026 | Jason Sexton | nsf.gov |
| SG: The adaptive (and maladaptive) consequences of non-additive genetic variation | NSF | Evolutionary Patterns & Processes | 2023 | $198,915 | September 15, 2023 | August 31, 2027 | Christopher G Oakley | nsf.gov |
| Collaborative Research: EAGER: Non-Lethal Tools to Estimate the Ages and Lifespans of Chondrichthyan Fishes | NSF | Evolutionary Patterns & Processes | 2022 | $182,243 | September 1, 2022 | August 31, 2026 | Benjamin B Parrott | nsf.gov |
| CAREER: Reproductive mode and horizontal gene transfer in nematode worms: Training early career researchers in computational evolutionary biology | NSF | Evolutionary Patterns & Processes | 2022 | $179,500 | May 1, 2022 | August 31, 2026 | Janna L Fierst | nsf.gov |
| Collaborative Research: LTREB Renewal: Long-Term Dynamics of Amphibian Populations Following Disease-Driven Declines | NSF | Evolutionary Patterns & Processes | 2022 | $178,534 | May 1, 2022 | April 30, 2027 | Erica B Rosenblum | nsf.gov |
| CAREER: At The Convergence of Life Cycles and Reproduction: Insights Into the Diversity of Life | NSF | Division Of Environmental Biology | 2022 | $167,105 | September 1, 2022 | July 31, 2024 | Stacy A Krueger-Hadfield | nsf.gov |
| EAGER: Evolutionary mechanisms and repeatability of adaptive evolution in urban heat islands | NSF | Division Of Environmental Biology | 2022 | $150,657 | October 1, 2021 | August 31, 2025 | Shane C Campbell-Staton | nsf.gov |
| Collaborative: BEE: Ecological and evolutionary processes affecting the co-existence of close relatives | NSF | Evolutionary Patterns & Processes | 2023 | $149,519 | February 1, 2023 | August 31, 2026 | Andrea L Case | nsf.gov |
| BEE: Unraveling the ecological and evolutionary factors shaping host-associated microbial communities | NSF | Division Of Environmental Biology | 2023 | $144,912 | August 1, 2023 | July 31, 2024 | Kasie Raymann | nsf.gov |
| Collaborative Research: BEE: Integrating Evolutionary Genetics and Population Ecology to Detect Contemporary Adaptation to Climate Change Across a Species Range | NSF | Division Of Environmental Biology | 2022 | $143,938 | May 1, 2022 | July 31, 2025 | Christopher D Muir | nsf.gov |
| Collaborative Research: Adaptive Bridge or Barrier? The Impact of Horizontal Transfer on Genetic Evolution | NSF | Division Of Environmental Biology | 2022 | $140,899 | February 1, 2022 | January 31, 2026 | Eva M Top | nsf.gov |
| Collaborative Research: LTREB: The importance of resource availability, acquisition, and mobilization to the evolution of life history trade-offs in a variable environment. | NSF | Evolutionary Patterns & Processes | 2024 | $136,489 | February 1, 2024 | January 31, 2029 | Ben Dantzer | nsf.gov |
| STAR: Kin recognition and the transition to aggregative multicellularity | NSF | Evolutionary Patterns & Processes | 2025 | $133,324 | December 15, 2024 | November 30, 2027 | William Ratcliff | nsf.gov |
| RAPID: Population Assessment and Sampling of an Invasive Species Wave in Puerto Rico: Apex-Predator Hypercompetition | NSF | Division Of Environmental Biology | 2024 | $122,446 | December 15, 2023 | May 31, 2025 | Timothy J Colston | nsf.gov |
| Collaborative Research: OPUS: Synthesizing long-term data to understand the ecological and evolutionary consequences of hurricanes | NSF | Evolutionary Patterns & Processes | 2024 | $121,325 | August 1, 2024 | July 31, 2027 | Jason J Kolbe | nsf.gov |
| Collaborative Research: RAPID: Testing the Mechanisms and Consequences of an Adaptive Response to a Catastrophic Fire and Heatwave in Stream Frogs | NSF | Division Of Environmental Biology | 2022 | $121,120 | June 1, 2022 | May 31, 2025 | Chris Funk | nsf.gov |
| Conference: MEE Hubs: A hybrid conference in microbial ecology and evolution | NSF | Evolutionary Patterns & Processes | 2024 | $120,910 | September 1, 2024 | August 31, 2026 | Maria Rebolleda-Gomez | nsf.gov |
| Collaborative Research: RAPID: The effect of extreme flooding on population genetic structure of freshwater fishes in the southern Appalachians | NSF | Evolutionary Patterns & Processes | 2025 | $118,674 | December 1, 2024 | November 30, 2026 | Maya F Stokes | nsf.gov |
| Collaborative Research: EAGER: Non-Lethal Tools to Estimate the Ages and Lifespans of Chondrichthyan Fishes | NSF | Evolutionary Patterns & Processes | 2022 | $117,196 | September 1, 2022 | August 31, 2026 | Gavin Naylor | nsf.gov |
| Collaborative Research: OPUS: Permutational Biometry: Synthesizing the Analytics of Data Analysis in Ecology and Evolution | NSF | Division Of Environmental Biology | 2022 | $111,690 | May 1, 2022 | April 30, 2025 | Michael L Collyer | nsf.gov |
| Collaborative Research: RAPID: Genomic and phenotypic responses to hurricane-mediated selection in an invasive lizard: does epistasis constrain evolution? | NSF | Division Of Environmental Biology | 2023 | $108,415 | November 15, 2022 | October 31, 2024 | Jason J Kolbe | nsf.gov |
| Conference: Microbiome Data Management in Action, June 12-13, 2024, Atlanta, GA | NSF | Cell Development & Physiology | 2024 | $100,000 | June 1, 2024 | May 31, 2026 | Julia Kelliher | nsf.gov |
| Conference: Networks of success to broaden participation in the environmental sciences. | NSF | Division Of Environmental Biology | 2023 | $99,995 | June 15, 2023 | May 31, 2025 | Bala Chaudhary | nsf.gov |
| Conference: Evolving in Publishing Ecosystem | NSF | Evolutionary Patterns & Processes | 2024 | $99,915 | July 1, 2024 | June 30, 2027 | Michael N Dawson | nsf.gov |
| Collaborative Research: RAPID: Testing the Mechanisms and Consequences of an Adaptive Response to a Catastrophic Fire and Heatwave in Stream Frogs | NSF | Division Of Environmental Biology | 2022 | $78,879 | June 1, 2022 | May 31, 2025 | Alisha A Shah | nsf.gov |
| Collaborative Research: RAPID: The effect of extreme flooding on population genetic structure of freshwater fishes in the southern Appalachians | NSF | Evolutionary Patterns & Processes | 2025 | $77,447 | December 1, 2024 | November 30, 2026 | Thomas J Near | nsf.gov |
| Collaborative Research: BEE: Integrating Evolutionary Genetics and Population Ecology to Detect Contemporary Adaptation to Climate Change Across a Species Range | NSF | Evolutionary Patterns & Processes | 2025 | $76,466 | July 1, 2025 | April 30, 2026 | Christopher D Muir | nsf.gov |
| Collaborative Research: LTREB Renewal: Feedbacks between evolution and demography in severely fragmented prairie populations of the purple coneflower, Echinacea angustifolia | NSF | Evolutionary Patterns & Processes | 2026 | $70,250 | April 1, 2026 | March 31, 2027 | Stuart Wagenius | nsf.gov |
| Collaborative Research: OPUS: Synthesizing long-term data to understand the ecological and evolutionary consequences of hurricanes | NSF | Evolutionary Patterns & Processes | 2024 | $59,636 | August 1, 2024 | July 31, 2027 | Jonah Piovia-Scott | nsf.gov |
| Conference: The Social Lives of Viruses Meeting | NSF | Division Of Environmental Biology | 2023 | $49,974 | July 15, 2023 | June 30, 2024 | Samuel L Diaz | nsf.gov |
| RAPID: Eco-evolutionary dynamics of host-parasite interactions in a novel environment | NSF | Division Of Environmental Biology | 2023 | $49,011 | May 15, 2023 | April 30, 2024 | Marianna Szucs | nsf.gov |
| Collaborative Research: RAPID: Genomic and phenotypic responses to hurricane-mediated selection in an invasive lizard: does epistasis constrain evolution? | NSF | Division Of Environmental Biology | 2023 | $48,596 | November 15, 2022 | October 31, 2023 | Sean T Giery | nsf.gov |
| Collaborative Research: LTREB Renewal: Long-Term Dynamics of Amphibian Populations Following Disease-Driven Declines | NSF | Evolutionary Patterns & Processes | 2022 | $47,722 | May 1, 2022 | April 30, 2027 | Mark Q Wilber | nsf.gov |
| Collaborative Research: RAPID: Genomic and phenotypic responses to hurricane-mediated selection in an invasive lizard: does epistasis constrain evolution? | NSF | Division Of Environmental Biology | 2024 | $42,643 | October 1, 2023 | October 31, 2024 | Sean T Giery | nsf.gov |
| RAPID:Collaborative Research: Micro- and macro-ecological succession in anchialine habitats during creation via volcanism | NSF | Division Of Environmental Biology | 2022 | $30,200 | March 1, 2022 | December 31, 2023 | Scott R Santos | nsf.gov |
| Collaborative Research: The Albatross Re-Collection Project for a century of genomic change in the tropics | NSF | Evolutionary Patterns & Processes | 2024 | $29,114 | July 1, 2024 | June 30, 2027 | David T Gauthier | nsf.gov |
| Collaborative Research: The Albatross Re-Collection Project for a century of genomic change in the tropics | NSF | Division Of Environmental Biology | 2024 | $8,622 | July 1, 2024 | January 31, 2026 | Brendan N Reid | nsf.gov |
| Collaborative Research: The mismeasure of GxE: causes and consequences of environmental exposures for the evolution of plasticity | NSF | Division Of Environmental Biology | 2022 | $526 | August 1, 2022 | November 30, 2023 | Joel W McGlothlin | nsf.gov |
Organizations
| Organization | Place | NIH awards | NIH amount | NSF awards | NSF amount |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| University of Virginia | Charlottesville, VA | 0 | $0 | 4 | $4.1 million |
| Pennsylvania State Univ University Park | University Park, PA | 0 | $0 | 4 | $3.1 million |
| North Carolina State University | Raleigh, NC | 0 | $0 | 7 | $3.1 million |
| University of California-Irvine | Irvine, CA | 0 | $0 | 5 | $2.8 million |
| University of Wisconsin-Madison | Madison, WI | 0 | $0 | 4 | $2.7 million |
| University of Minnesota | Minneapolis, MN | 0 | $0 | 3 | $2.6 million |
| University of Montana | Missoula, MT | 0 | $0 | 2 | $2.4 million |
| Michigan State University | East Lansing, MI | 0 | $0 | 6 | $2.4 million |
| University of Vermont & ST Agric College | Burlington, VT | 0 | $0 | 1 | $2.4 million |
| University of Denver | Denver, CO | 0 | $0 | 2 | $2.3 million |
| Auburn University | Auburn, AL | 0 | $0 | 2 | $2.3 million |
| University of California-Riverside | Riverside, CA | 0 | $0 | 2 | $2.3 million |
| William Marsh Rice University | Houston, TX | 0 | $0 | 3 | $2.3 million |
| University of Texas at Arlington | Arlington, TX | 0 | $0 | 2 | $2.2 million |
| Florida State University | Tallahassee, FL | 0 | $0 | 4 | $2.1 million |
| Duke University | Durham, NC | 0 | $0 | 2 | $2.1 million |
| University of Alabama at Birmingham | Birmingham, AL | 0 | $0 | 3 | $2.1 million |
| University of Oregon Eugene | Eugene, OR | 0 | $0 | 4 | $2 million |
| Clemson University | Clemson, SC | 0 | $0 | 2 | $2 million |
| University of Michigan at Ann Arbor | Ann Arbor, MI | 0 | $0 | 3 | $1.9 million |
| University of Pennsylvania | Philadelphia, PA | 0 | $0 | 2 | $1.9 million |
| University of Georgia Research Foundation Inc | Athens, GA | 0 | $0 | 3 | $1.8 million |
| Cornell University | Ithaca, NY | 0 | $0 | 2 | $1.7 million |
| University of Chicago | Chicago, IL | 0 | $0 | 2 | $1.6 million |
| University of Iowa | Iowa City, IA | 0 | $0 | 2 | $1.5 million |
| University of Washington | Seattle, WA | 0 | $0 | 2 | $1.5 million |
| University of Memphis | Memphis, TN | 0 | $0 | 1 | $1.5 million |
| University of California-Berkeley | Berkeley, CA | 0 | $0 | 2 | $1.5 million |
| Stanford University | Stanford, CA | 0 | $0 | 2 | $1.4 million |
| University of Rhode Island | Kingston, RI | 0 | $0 | 3 | $1.4 million |
| Texas A&M University | College Station, TX | 0 | $0 | 3 | $1.4 million |
| University of California-Santa Cruz | Santa Cruz, CA | 0 | $0 | 3 | $1.4 million |
| University of Massachusetts Lowell | Lowell, MA | 0 | $0 | 1 | $1.4 million |
| University of Kentucky | Lexington, KY | 0 | $0 | 1 | $1.3 million |
| Louisiana State University | Baton Rouge, LA | 0 | $0 | 1 | $1.3 million |
| University of Kansas Center for Research Inc | Lawrence, KS | 0 | $0 | 1 | $1.3 million |
| Washington University | Saint Louis, MO | 0 | $0 | 1 | $1.3 million |
| Indiana University | Bloomington, IN | 0 | $0 | 2 | $1.2 million |
| Board of Regents, NSHE, obo University of Nevada, Reno | Reno, NV | 0 | $0 | 1 | $1.2 million |
| American Museum Natural History | New York, NY | 0 | $0 | 2 | $1.2 million |
| University of Wyoming | Laramie, WY | 0 | $0 | 2 | $1.2 million |
| Reed College | Portland, OR | 0 | $0 | 2 | $1.2 million |
| Augustana University Association | Sioux Falls, SD | 0 | $0 | 1 | $1.2 million |
| University of Nevada Las Vegas | Las Vegas, NV | 0 | $0 | 1 | $1.2 million |
| Northern Illinois University | Dekalb, IL | 0 | $0 | 1 | $1.2 million |
| Northern Arizona University | Flagstaff, AZ | 0 | $0 | 2 | $1.2 million |
| Washington State University | Pullman, WA | 0 | $0 | 3 | $1.1 million |
| Mississippi State University | Mississippi State, MS | 0 | $0 | 2 | $1.1 million |
| University of Missouri-Saint Louis | Saint Louis, MO | 0 | $0 | 2 | $1.1 million |
| San Francisco State University | San Francisco, CA | 0 | $0 | 2 | $1 million |
| Vanderbilt University | Nashville, TN | 0 | $0 | 1 | $997,860 |
| University of Maryland Baltimore County | Baltimore, MD | 0 | $0 | 1 | $987,148 |
| University of Cincinnati | Cincinnati, OH | 0 | $0 | 1 | $970,670 |
| Georgia Tech Research Corporation | Atlanta, GA | 0 | $0 | 3 | $966,109 |
| Clark University | Worcester, MA | 0 | $0 | 1 | $955,781 |
| Princeton University | Princeton, NJ | 0 | $0 | 2 | $954,354 |
| Syracuse University | Syracuse, NY | 0 | $0 | 1 | $936,605 |
| University of Arkansas | Fayetteville, AR | 0 | $0 | 1 | $925,711 |
| University Corporation at Monterey Bay | Seaside, CA | 0 | $0 | 1 | $890,044 |
| Univ of North Carolina Chapel Hill | Chapel Hill, NC | 0 | $0 | 1 | $880,393 |
| Lehigh University | Bethlehem, PA | 0 | $0 | 1 | $879,124 |
| College of William & Mary Virginia Institute of Marine Science | Gloucester Point, VA | 0 | $0 | 1 | $874,010 |
| Whitman College | Walla Walla, WA | 0 | $0 | 2 | $864,007 |
| Texas Tech University | Lubbock, TX | 0 | $0 | 1 | $862,082 |
| University of Texas at Austin | Austin, TX | 0 | $0 | 1 | $852,591 |
| Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University | Blacksburg, VA | 0 | $0 | 2 | $821,477 |
| Columbia University | New York, NY | 0 | $0 | 2 | $816,570 |
| Tufts University | Medford, MA | 0 | $0 | 1 | $763,751 |
| Colorado State University | Fort Collins, CO | 0 | $0 | 2 | $756,768 |
| College of the Holy Cross | Worcester, MA | 0 | $0 | 1 | $722,198 |
| Trustees of Boston University | Boston, MA | 0 | $0 | 1 | $715,834 |
| University of Massachusetts Boston | Dorchester, MA | 0 | $0 | 1 | $699,688 |
| University of Arizona | Tucson, AZ | 0 | $0 | 1 | $697,510 |
| Friends of the North Carolina State Museum of Natural Sciences | Raleigh, NC | 0 | $0 | 1 | $694,321 |
| University of Houston | Houston, TX | 0 | $0 | 2 | $674,357 |
| Loyola University of Chicago | Chicago, IL | 0 | $0 | 1 | $661,310 |
| Florida Atlantic University | Boca Raton, FL | 0 | $0 | 1 | $648,125 |
| Portland State University | Portland, OR | 0 | $0 | 1 | $637,156 |
| Clarkson University | Potsdam, NY | 0 | $0 | 1 | $636,101 |
| SUNY at Stony Brook | Stony Brook, NY | 0 | $0 | 1 | $626,837 |
| University of Oklahoma Norman Campus | Norman, OK | 0 | $0 | 1 | $621,781 |
| University of South Florida | Tampa, FL | 0 | $0 | 1 | $616,108 |
| University of Utah | Salt Lake City, UT | 0 | $0 | 1 | $611,195 |
| American University | Washington, DC | 0 | $0 | 1 | $557,547 |
| University of Nebraska-Lincoln | Lincoln, NE | 0 | $0 | 1 | $528,654 |
| University of California Los Angeles | Los Angeles, CA | 0 | $0 | 1 | $515,964 |
| University of Mississippi | University, MS | 0 | $0 | 2 | $514,224 |
| CUNY Queens College | Flushing, NY | 0 | $0 | 1 | $498,069 |
| University of California-San Diego Scripps Inst of Oceanography | La Jolla, CA | 0 | $0 | 1 | $496,049 |
| Drexel University | Philadelphia, PA | 0 | $0 | 1 | $487,616 |
| Davidson College | Davidson, NC | 0 | $0 | 1 | $480,795 |
| Grinnell College | Grinnell, IA | 0 | $0 | 1 | $448,258 |
| Regents of the University of Idaho | Moscow, ID | 0 | $0 | 2 | $418,822 |
| Scripps College | Claremont, CA | 0 | $0 | 1 | $418,138 |
| SUNY College at Geneseo | Geneseo, NY | 0 | $0 | 1 | $406,930 |
| Virginia Commonwealth University | Richmond, VA | 0 | $0 | 1 | $402,957 |
| Smithsonian Institution | Washington, DC | 0 | $0 | 1 | $401,566 |
| Brigham Young University | Provo, UT | 0 | $0 | 1 | $399,315 |
| Yale University | New Haven, CT | 0 | $0 | 2 | $399,115 |
| Texas A&M University Corpus Christi | Corpus Christi, TX | 0 | $0 | 1 | $394,557 |
Funding by fiscal year
| Fiscal year | NIH awards | NIH amount | NSF awards | NSF amount |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 0 | $0 | 4 | $618,472 |
| 2025 | 0 | $0 | 70 | $35,604,489 |
| 2024 | 0 | $0 | 65 | $27,264,441 |
| 2023 | 0 | $0 | 54 | $30,207,397 |
| 2022 | 0 | $0 | 68 | $33,963,151 |
Open federal funding opportunities
From Grants.gov: notices that funded awards in this table, and open notices on the same agency and assistance listing.
| Open opportunity | Number | Agency | Listing | Closes | Award ceiling | Why it matches |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unlocking Dataset Value for AI-Enabled Scientific Discovery (AI Datasets) | 26-512 | NSF | 47.074 | November 4, 2026 | Not listed | Same assistance listing 47.074 as 208 awards here |
| National Science Foundation Translation to Practice (NSF TTP) | 25-540 | NSF | 47.074 | November 17, 2026 | $2 million | Same assistance listing 47.074 as 208 awards here |
| EPSCoR Research Infrastructure Improvement Program: Focused EPSCoR Collaborations (FEC) | 24-573 | NSF | 47.074 | January 26, 2027 | $1.5 million | Same assistance listing 47.074 as 208 awards here |
| GROWING CONVERGENCE RESEARCH (GCR) | 24-527 | NSF | 47.074 | February 8, 2027 | $3.6 million | Same assistance listing 47.074 as 208 awards here |
| Mid-scale Research Infrastructure-1 | 24-598 | NSF | 47.074 | February 8, 2027 | $20 million | Same assistance listing 47.074 as 208 awards here |
| Mid-Career Advancement (MCA) | 22-603 | NSF | 47.074 | March 1, 2027 | Not listed | Same assistance listing 47.074 as 208 awards here |
| Pathways to Enable Secure Open-Source Ecosystems (PESOSE) | 26-506 | NSF | 47.074 | March 2, 2027 | Not listed | Same assistance listing 47.074 as 208 awards here |
| NSF National Quantum Virtual Laboratory (NQVL) | 24-586 | NSF | 47.074 | April 6, 2027 | Not listed | Same assistance listing 47.074 as 208 awards here |
| EPSCoR Research Infrastructure Improvement (RII): EPSCoR Research Fellows | 24-528 | NSF | 47.074 | April 13, 2027 | Not listed | Same assistance listing 47.074 as 208 awards here |
| Findable Accessible Interoperable Reusable Open Science (FAIROS) | 25-533 | NSF | 47.074 | April 14, 2027 | Not listed | Same assistance listing 47.074 as 208 awards here |
| EPSCoR Graduate Fellowship Program (EGFP) | 24-588 | NSF | 47.074 | June 1, 2027 | $3.2 million | Same assistance listing 47.074 as 208 awards here |
| Faculty Early Career Development Program (CAREER) | 22-586 | NSF | 47.074 | July 28, 2027 | Not listed | Same assistance listing 47.074 as 208 awards here |
| Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) | 23-601 | NSF | 47.074 | August 18, 2027 | $500,000 | Same assistance listing 47.074 as 208 awards here |
| Postdoctoral Research Fellowships in Biology (PRFB) | 26-504 | NSF | 47.074 | September 28, 2027 | Not listed | Same assistance listing 47.074 as 208 awards here |
| Historically Black Colleges and Universities - Excellence in Research (HBCU - EiR) | 23-598 | NSF | 47.074 | October 19, 2027 | Not listed | Same assistance listing 47.074 as 208 awards here |
| Plant Biotic Interactions | 20-576 | NSF | 47.074 | October 5, 2076 | Not listed | Same assistance listing 47.074 as 208 awards here |
| Core Research in Biological Sciences (BIO Core) | 26-517 | NSF | 47.074 | October 5, 2076 | Not listed | Same assistance listing 47.074 as 208 awards here |
| National Science Foundation National Innovation Corps Teams (NSF National I-CorpsTM Teams) Program | 25-549 | NSF | 47.074 | October 6, 2076 | Not listed | Same assistance listing 47.074 as 208 awards here |
| Facilitating Research at Primarily Undergraduate Institutions: (RUI and ROA-PUI) | 14-579 | NSF | 47.074 | October 14, 2076 | Not listed | Same assistance listing 47.074 as 208 awards here |
| Infrastructure Innovation for Biological Research (Innovation) | 23-578 | NSF | 47.074 | October 30, 2076 | $800,000 | Same assistance listing 47.074 as 208 awards here |
Updated November 3, 2026. Read from NIH RePORTER ExPORTER and NSF Award Search. Published by NIH and NSF as U.S. government data. NIH awards are fiscal years 2021 to 2025 (NIH files published to 2026-07-09); NSF awards are fiscal years 2022 to 2026 (NSF files published to 2026-11-02). NIH amounts are the total cost of each fiscal year in the window; NSF amounts are the funds obligated in the window. Organizations are matched on the UEI. Open opportunities come from Grants.gov and match on agency and assistance listing number, and on the notice number NIH prints on an award. Free to reuse with credit to SpecStream under CC BY 4.0. Spot a wrong value? Write to [email protected] with the link to this page.