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NSF program Ecosystem Science (738100): 233 awards, $120.9M to 134 organizations
233 NSF awards ($120.9M) under the program element Ecosystem Science (738100) to 134 organizations, fiscal years 2022 to 2026, read 2026-11-03.
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- Program element code
- 738100
- Directorate
- Directorate for Biological Sciences
- Division
- Organismal Interactions & Ecology
Awards
233 awards in the window.
| Award | Agency | Institute or division | Fiscal year | Amount in window | Start | End | Principal investigator | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Full Proposal: Environmental Data Science Innovation and Impact Lab (ESIIL): Accelerating Discovery by Fostering an Open and Diverse Earth Data Revolution | NSF | Infrastructure, Institutes, & Centers | 2022 | $19,831,200 | August 1, 2022 | July 31, 2027 | Jennifer K Balch | nsf.gov |
| The Future of the Atmospheric Hydrogen Soil Sink | NSF | GEO - Core Programs | 2025 | $1,720,000 | September 1, 2025 | August 31, 2028 | Laura K Meredith | nsf.gov |
| Collaborative Research: Density dependent plant-mycorrhizal-soil interactions create self-reinforcing feedbacks on woody encroachment in tundra ecosystems | NSF | Organismal Interactions & Ecology | 2025 | $1,471,168 | September 1, 2025 | August 31, 2029 | William R Wieder | nsf.gov |
| NSFDEB-NERC: Gigante: Quantifying and upscaling the causes and drivers of death for giant tropical trees | NSF | Organismal Interactions & Ecology | 2023 | $1,438,401 | June 1, 2023 | May 31, 2027 | Evan M Gora | nsf.gov |
| CAREER: The Plastisphere of Pond Ecosystems: Understanding the function and fate of novel carbon in biogeochemical hotspots | NSF | Organismal Interactions & Ecology | 2025 | $1,280,735 | August 1, 2025 | July 31, 2030 | Austin D Gray | nsf.gov |
| Collaborative Research: CrustNet: Global determinants of biodiversity in biocrusts, and outcomes for ecosystem function, resistance and resilience | NSF | Organismal Interactions & Ecology | 2024 | $1,239,688 | January 1, 2025 | December 31, 2028 | Matthew Bowker | nsf.gov |
| Addressing the potentially widespread underestimation of carbon uptake in undisturbed forests | NSF | Organismal Interactions & Ecology | 2025 | $1,198,881 | August 15, 2025 | July 31, 2029 | Kimberly A Novick | nsf.gov |
| CAREER: Microbial Mediation of Temperate Tree Responses to Climate Change | NSF | Organismal Interactions & Ecology | 2024 | $1,198,253 | June 1, 2024 | May 31, 2029 | Benton Taylor | nsf.gov |
| CAREER: Mechanisms of ecological and fire regime change in temperate maritime forests: disturbance, heterogeneity, and resilience | NSF | Organismal Interactions & Ecology | 2024 | $1,155,271 | September 1, 2024 | August 31, 2029 | Brian Harvey | nsf.gov |
| CAREER: 3DForests: Using Terrestrial Laser Scanning To Explore Forest Structure Changes Following Disturbance | NSF | Organismal Interactions & Ecology | 2022 | $1,100,215 | June 1, 2022 | May 31, 2027 | Lisa P Bentley | nsf.gov |
| Collaborative Research: Quantifying the effects of different nitrogen forms on marsh resilience to environmental change | NSF | Organismal Interactions & Ecology | 2022 | $1,082,622 | August 1, 2022 | July 31, 2026 | Jennifer L Bowen | nsf.gov |
| Collaborative Research: Advancing a comprehensive model of year-round ecosystem function in seasonally frozen lakes through networked science | NSF | Organismal Interactions & Ecology | 2023 | $1,077,988 | November 1, 2023 | October 31, 2027 | Tedy Ozersky | nsf.gov |
| CAREER: Digging deeper to the roots of soil organic carbon formation, persistence, and function: An integrated research, education, and outreach program. | NSF | Organismal Interactions & Ecology | 2023 | $1,062,396 | March 1, 2023 | February 29, 2028 | Vidya Suseela | nsf.gov |
| CAREER: The end of winter: How changing snow conditions affect soil redox and biogeochemistry | NSF | Organismal Interactions & Ecology | 2023 | $1,015,196 | March 1, 2023 | February 29, 2028 | Caitlin E Hicks Pries | nsf.gov |
| CAREER: Interactive Effects of Land Cover and Climate Change on Forest Carbon Sequestration: Integration of Research and Education to Advance Fundamental Science and Inclusivity | NSF | Organismal Interactions & Ecology | 2022 | $1,010,810 | August 1, 2022 | July 31, 2027 | Andrew Reinmann | nsf.gov |
| Collaborative Research: Impacts of severe drought on tropical forest post-disturbance recovery | NSF | Organismal Interactions & Ecology | 2022 | $1,005,184 | July 1, 2022 | June 30, 2027 | Maria Uriarte | nsf.gov |
| Testing a framework of soil-stream interfaces that expand and contract to affect biogeochemistry in headwater catchments | NSF | Organismal Interactions & Ecology | 2023 | $1,000,000 | September 1, 2023 | August 31, 2027 | Jason Kaye | nsf.gov |
| The influence of biophysical coupling and cross-scale interactions on ecosystems of the Plum Island LTER | NSF | GEO - Core Programs | 2023 | $995,883 | May 1, 2023 | April 30, 2027 | David L Kimbro | nsf.gov |
| Nitrous oxide production by salt marsh sediment fungi: its significance and mechanisms | NSF | Organismal Interactions & Ecology | 2023 | $990,239 | June 15, 2023 | May 31, 2027 | Xuefeng Peng | nsf.gov |
| Collaborative Research: Linking microbial social interactions within soil aggregate communities to ecosystem C, N, and P cycling | NSF | Organismal Interactions & Ecology | 2024 | $982,308 | April 1, 2024 | March 31, 2027 | David Lipson | nsf.gov |
| CAREER: Microclimate Amelioration Underlying Biodiversity-Ecosystem Functioning Research | NSF | Organismal Interactions & Ecology | 2022 | $976,464 | June 1, 2022 | May 31, 2027 | Kirsten Fisher | nsf.gov |
| Collaborative Research: Biodiversity Dynamics: Linking Broad Scale Remote Sensing with Arthropod Metabarcoding Across a Geological Age Gradient in the Hawaiian Islands | NSF | Organismal Interactions & Ecology | 2025 | $975,393 | January 1, 2025 | December 31, 2027 | Rosemary G Gillespie | nsf.gov |
| CAREER: Soil Carbon Loss under Global Change: Unearthing Opportunities for Climate Mitigation | NSF | Organismal Interactions & Ecology | 2024 | $962,832 | June 1, 2024 | May 31, 2029 | Cesar Terrer | nsf.gov |
| Coupling Biocrusts and Vegetation Dynamics to Improve Predictions of Dryland Change | NSF | Organismal Interactions & Ecology | 2023 | $950,580 | October 15, 2023 | September 30, 2027 | Xiaoli Dong | nsf.gov |
| CAREER: Why Are Ponds Biogeochemical Hotspots? Examining How Ecosystem Structure and Function Scale with Waterbody Size | NSF | Organismal Interactions & Ecology | 2022 | $927,356 | April 1, 2022 | March 31, 2028 | Meredith A Holgerson | nsf.gov |
| Collaborative Research: Islands in the Stream: The critical role of bryospheres in small streams and river networks | NSF | Organismal Interactions & Ecology | 2025 | $909,435 | September 1, 2025 | August 31, 2028 | Heili E Lowman | nsf.gov |
| CAREER: Expanding Our Understanding of Freshwater Salinization Through Data-Driven Limnology | NSF | Organismal Interactions & Ecology | 2022 | $902,621 | August 1, 2022 | July 31, 2027 | Hilary Dugan | nsf.gov |
| Assessing the Contribution of Nitrogen from Soil Organic Matter on Plant Growth Response to Elevated Carbon Dioxide | NSF | Division Of Environmental Biology | 2022 | $888,463 | May 1, 2022 | October 31, 2025 | Ines Ibanez | nsf.gov |
| CAREER: Feedbacks From Drought on the Phytochemical Landscape | NSF | Organismal Interactions & Ecology | 2022 | $882,712 | May 1, 2022 | April 30, 2028 | Elizabeth G Pringle | nsf.gov |
| Species interactions and ecological function under biodiversity loss and climate variability | NSF | Organismal Interactions & Ecology | 2024 | $875,000 | August 15, 2024 | July 31, 2028 | Jedediah F Brodie | nsf.gov |
| Collaborative Research: Termite Methane Emissions Across Tropical Savannas and Forests | NSF | Division Of Environmental Biology | 2025 | $832,871 | July 1, 2025 | August 31, 2025 | Yong Zhou | nsf.gov |
| Collaborative Research: Termite Methane Emissions Across Tropical Savannas and Forests | NSF | Organismal Interactions & Ecology | 2025 | $832,871 | July 1, 2025 | June 30, 2028 | Yong Zhou | nsf.gov |
| Characterizing disturbance interactions between hurricanes, wildfire, and harmful algal blooms (HABs) on the Alabama-Florida (AL-FL) Gulf Coast | NSF | Organismal Interactions & Ecology | 2025 | $817,066 | April 1, 2025 | March 31, 2028 | Richard S Vachula | nsf.gov |
| CAREER: Lakes on a Changing Landscape: A Disturbance Phenology for Phytoplankton Communities and Ecosystem Function | NSF | Organismal Interactions & Ecology | 2022 | $809,321 | September 1, 2022 | August 31, 2027 | Ana M Morales | nsf.gov |
| Collaborative Research: Evaluating paradigms in P biogeochemical cycling: The paradox of high P availability in ecosystems developing on P-poor parent material | NSF | Organismal Interactions & Ecology | 2025 | $809,183 | August 1, 2025 | July 31, 2028 | Peter M Homyak | nsf.gov |
| CAREER: Root Herbivory and Symbiotic Associations Mediate Responses of Root Productivity to Precipitation Extremes and Nitrogen Addition | NSF | Organismal Interactions & Ecology | 2025 | $803,522 | August 1, 2025 | July 31, 2030 | Laureano Gherardi Arbizu | nsf.gov |
| CAREER: Quantifying how and when global change alters the role of biodiversity in ecosystem functioning | NSF | Organismal Interactions & Ecology | 2024 | $793,094 | March 15, 2024 | February 28, 2029 | Laura E Dee | nsf.gov |
| Predicting effects of interannual variability in climate and drought on plant community outcomes, resilience, and soil carbon using temporally replicated grassland reconstructions | NSF | Organismal Interactions & Ecology | 2024 | $780,658 | March 1, 2024 | February 28, 2029 | Sara G Baer | nsf.gov |
| Collaborative Research: NSFDEB-NERC: Spatial and temporal tradeoffs in CO2 and CH4 emissions in tropical wetlands | NSF | Organismal Interactions & Ecology | 2024 | $769,637 | August 1, 2024 | July 31, 2029 | Roy L Rich | nsf.gov |
| CAREER: Influence of soil phosphorus on soil organic matter dynamics | NSF | GEO - Core Programs | 2025 | $765,048 | August 1, 2025 | July 31, 2030 | Christopher Shepard | nsf.gov |
| Research at Multiple Scales: A Vision for Continental Scale Biology | NSF | Division Of Environmental Biology | 2022 | $755,923 | August 15, 2022 | December 31, 2025 | Clifford S Duke | nsf.gov |
| Collaborative Research: Plumbing watershed CO2 evasion | NSF | Organismal Interactions & Ecology | 2024 | $736,973 | September 1, 2024 | August 31, 2027 | Peter Raymond | nsf.gov |
| Carbon cycling and food web energy transfer in salinized headwater streams | NSF | Organismal Interactions & Ecology | 2022 | $699,997 | March 1, 2023 | January 31, 2027 | Sally A Entrekin | nsf.gov |
| Interacting Impacts of Changes in Mean and Variance of Water Availability on Vegetation Phenology and Productivity in Dryland Ecosystems | NSF | Organismal Interactions & Ecology | 2022 | $699,883 | April 1, 2022 | March 31, 2027 | Andrew D Richardson | nsf.gov |
| Examining differential drought responses of forest trees with phylogenies and process-based catchment water age modeling | NSF | GEO - Core Programs | 2023 | $689,896 | September 1, 2023 | August 31, 2027 | James O Knighton | nsf.gov |
| LTREB Renewal: Streams to Screens: Bringing the Hubbard Brook Watershed Ecosystem Record (HBWatER) into the 21st Century | NSF | Organismal Interactions & Ecology | 2024 | $686,836 | July 1, 2024 | June 30, 2029 | Christopher T Solomon | nsf.gov |
| Collaborative Research: Assessing the ecoclimate sensitivity of North American biome-scale ecotones to environmental changes since the last ice age | NSF | Organismal Interactions & Ecology | 2025 | $681,897 | September 1, 2025 | August 31, 2028 | John W Williams | nsf.gov |
| LTREB: Interactions Between Population and Ecosystem Dynamics, and the High-Amplitude Fluctuations of Midge Abundances in Lake Myvatn, Iceland | NSF | Organismal Interactions & Ecology | 2022 | $674,431 | February 15, 2022 | January 31, 2027 | Anthony R Ives | nsf.gov |
| LTREB Renewal: Long-term ecosystem responses to directional changes in precipitation amount and variability in an arid grassland | NSF | Organismal Interactions & Ecology | 2023 | $670,000 | September 1, 2023 | August 31, 2028 | Osvaldo E Sala | nsf.gov |
| Collaborative Research: The Past, Present, and Future of Boreal Fire Feedbacks | NSF | Office of Polar Programs | 2023 | $665,555 | February 1, 2023 | January 31, 2027 | Philip E Higuera | nsf.gov |
| Collaborative Research: Islands in the Stream: The critical role of bryospheres in small streams and river networks | NSF | Organismal Interactions & Ecology | 2025 | $655,198 | September 1, 2025 | August 31, 2028 | Christopher T Solomon | nsf.gov |
| Collaborative Research: Lightning-caused disturbance and patterns of recovery in tropical forests | NSF | Organismal Interactions & Ecology | 2022 | $653,285 | August 1, 2022 | July 31, 2026 | Evan M Gora | nsf.gov |
| Collaborative Research: Biodiversity Dynamics: Linking Broad Scale Remote Sensing with Arthropod Metabarcoding Across a Geological Age Gradient in the Hawaiian Islands | NSF | Organismal Interactions & Ecology | 2025 | $652,022 | January 1, 2025 | December 31, 2027 | Ryan Perroy | nsf.gov |
| CAREER: Nitrogen Sources, Pathways, and Fluxes in Chesapeake Bay Watershed Wetlands | NSF | GEO - Core Programs | 2023 | $644,595 | May 15, 2023 | April 30, 2028 | Kimberly J Van Meter | nsf.gov |
| Collaborative Research: RUI: The influence of ants on regional-scale soil carbon dynamics | NSF | Organismal Interactions & Ecology | 2023 | $642,713 | September 1, 2023 | August 31, 2027 | Joshua R King | nsf.gov |
| Collaborative Research: The interplay of nitrogen loading and ecosystem sustainability in threatened wetlands: an extension of the WETFEET project | NSF | Organismal Interactions & Ecology | 2023 | $642,654 | January 1, 2023 | December 31, 2026 | Samantha K Chapman | nsf.gov |
| CAREER: Integrating a Microbial Data System with an Earth System Model for Evaluating Microbial Biogeochemistry | NSF | Organismal Interactions & Ecology | 2022 | $641,155 | March 1, 2022 | February 28, 2027 | Xiaofeng Xu | nsf.gov |
| CAREER: Past, Present, and Future of the Peatlands of the Caribbean: Implications for the Carbon Cycle in a Changing Climate | NSF | Organismal Interactions & Ecology | 2024 | $641,031 | January 1, 2024 | May 31, 2027 | Julie Loisel | nsf.gov |
| LTREB Renewal: Response of a reservoir ecosystem to changing subsidies of nutrients and detritus | NSF | Organismal Interactions & Ecology | 2024 | $639,999 | September 1, 2024 | August 31, 2029 | Lesley B Knoll | nsf.gov |
| LTREB Renewal: The Arctic Carbon and Climate (ACCLIMATE) Observatory: Tundra Ecosystem Carbon Balance and Old Carbon Loss as a Consequence of Permafrost Degradation | NSF | Organismal Interactions & Ecology | 2023 | $639,659 | September 1, 2023 | August 31, 2028 | Edward A Schuur | nsf.gov |
| Collaborative Research: Termite Methane Emissions Across Tropical Savannas and Forests | NSF | Organismal Interactions & Ecology | 2025 | $639,227 | May 1, 2025 | June 30, 2028 | Andrew B Davies | nsf.gov |
| Collaborative Research: RUI: The influence of ants on regional-scale soil carbon dynamics | NSF | Organismal Interactions & Ecology | 2023 | $636,803 | September 1, 2023 | August 31, 2027 | Jon N Seal | nsf.gov |
| Collaborative Research: MRA: Distributions of Macrofungi: Quantifying Ecosystem and Climate Drivers of Fungal Reproduction | NSF | Organismal Interactions & Ecology | 2022 | $636,463 | January 1, 2022 | December 31, 2026 | Barbara A Roy | nsf.gov |
| Collaborative Research: Whole Ecosystem Test of Restoring Resilience in Lakes | NSF | Organismal Interactions & Ecology | 2023 | $619,757 | September 1, 2023 | August 31, 2027 | Grace Wilkinson | nsf.gov |
| CAREER: Land-Atmosphere Coupling and Feedback in the Context of Climate Change | NSF | GEO - Core Programs | 2023 | $617,304 | September 1, 2023 | August 31, 2028 | Darren Drewry | nsf.gov |
| LTREB Renewal: Climate driven acidification in lowland Neotropical streams: building on a 30-year study of groundwater-surface water interactions | NSF | Organismal Interactions & Ecology | 2022 | $616,395 | April 15, 2022 | March 31, 2028 | Luis A Ramirez-Ulate | nsf.gov |
| Evaluating the resilience of semi-arid vegetation and ecosystem function during the late Holocene in the south-central Andes | NSF | Organismal Interactions & Ecology | 2022 | $611,070 | September 1, 2022 | August 31, 2027 | Sarah J Ivory | nsf.gov |
| LTREB Renewal: Nutrients and climate as drivers of carbon sequestration and ecosystem metabolism in a nitrogen-enriched, shallow coastal ecosystem | NSF | Organismal Interactions & Ecology | 2023 | $610,649 | August 1, 2023 | July 31, 2028 | Robert W Howarth | nsf.gov |
| Center: IUCRC Site Addition WPI: Wildfire Interdisciplinary Research Center (WIRC) | NSF | GEO - Core Programs | 2023 | $602,998 | September 1, 2023 | August 31, 2028 | Albert J Simeoni | nsf.gov |
| LTREB: Long Term Studies of Salt Marsh Primary Production | NSF | Organismal Interactions & Ecology | 2024 | $599,999 | August 1, 2024 | July 31, 2029 | James T Morris | nsf.gov |
| LTREB: Long-Term Consequences of Asymmetric Warming at the Tundra-Taiga Interface | NSF | Organismal Interactions & Ecology | 2022 | $599,939 | January 1, 2022 | December 31, 2027 | Patrick F Sullivan | nsf.gov |
| LTREB: A Mechanistic Understanding of Ecosystem Resilience and Recovery In Seasonally Dry Tropical Forest Experiencing Disturbance | NSF | Organismal Interactions & Ecology | 2022 | $597,693 | October 1, 2022 | September 30, 2027 | Jennifer S Powers | nsf.gov |
| The multidimensionality of forest carbon cycling and structure in response to disturbance | NSF | Organismal Interactions & Ecology | 2023 | $597,648 | December 1, 2022 | November 30, 2027 | Christopher M Gough | nsf.gov |
| Collaborative Research: What Underpins the High Bioavailability of Glacier Organic Matter? | NSF | Organismal Interactions & Ecology | 2025 | $572,154 | August 1, 2025 | July 31, 2028 | Robert G Spencer | nsf.gov |
| CAREER: Scaling Complexities in Soil Biogeochemistry | NSF | Organismal Interactions & Ecology | 2022 | $565,336 | August 1, 2022 | July 31, 2027 | Katherine E Todd-Brown | nsf.gov |
| Understanding past linkages between hydrothermal activity, climate change, and ecosystem dynamics | NSF | GEO - Core Programs | 2022 | $559,324 | July 15, 2022 | June 30, 2027 | David B McWethy | nsf.gov |
| Interactive effects of fire and plant invasion on belowground processes and microbiome functions | NSF | Organismal Interactions & Ecology | 2025 | $558,676 | July 1, 2025 | June 30, 2028 | Albert Barberán | nsf.gov |
| Collaborative Research: NSFDEB-NERC: Spatial and temporal tradeoffs in CO2 and CH4 emissions in tropical wetlands | NSF | Organismal Interactions & Ecology | 2025 | $542,989 | November 15, 2024 | July 31, 2029 | Amy E Zanne | nsf.gov |
| Collaborative Research: Advancing a comprehensive model of year-round ecosystem function in seasonally frozen lakes through networked science | NSF | Organismal Interactions & Ecology | 2023 | $533,782 | November 1, 2023 | October 31, 2027 | Trista J Vick-Majors | nsf.gov |
| Collaborative Research: Understanding biophysical drivers of the CH4 source sink transition in Northern Forests | NSF | Organismal Interactions & Ecology | 2022 | $532,164 | November 1, 2022 | October 31, 2026 | Jennifer Watts | nsf.gov |
| Collaborative Research: RUI: The influence of ants on regional-scale soil carbon dynamics | NSF | Organismal Interactions & Ecology | 2023 | $527,729 | September 1, 2023 | August 31, 2027 | Mark A Bradford | nsf.gov |
| Collaborative Research: Lightning-caused disturbance and patterns of recovery in tropical forests | NSF | Organismal Interactions & Ecology | 2022 | $526,732 | August 1, 2022 | July 31, 2026 | Phillip M Bitzer | nsf.gov |
| CAREER:Understanding Coastal Resilience: Implications of an Expanding White Zone in the Florida Everglades | NSF | Organismal Interactions & Ecology | 2023 | $521,038 | October 1, 2022 | March 31, 2027 | Sparkle L Malone | nsf.gov |
| CAREER: Detecting warming impacts on carbon accumulation across a climate transect of Michigan peatlands | NSF | Organismal Interactions & Ecology | 2024 | $507,824 | March 1, 2024 | February 28, 2029 | Michael Philben | nsf.gov |
| Collaborative Research: Elucidating grass-specific responses to soil and atmospheric drought. | NSF | Infrastructure, Institutes, & Centers | 2025 | $505,181 | September 1, 2025 | August 31, 2028 | Brent Helliker | nsf.gov |
| Collaborative Research: Quantifying terrestrial riparian-stream carbon connections across a salt gradient | NSF | Organismal Interactions & Ecology | 2024 | $503,649 | August 1, 2024 | July 31, 2027 | Natalie A Clay | nsf.gov |
| Collaborative Research: Evaluating paradigms in P biogeochemical cycling: The paradox of high P availability in ecosystems developing on P-poor parent material | NSF | Organismal Interactions & Ecology | 2025 | $500,004 | August 1, 2025 | July 31, 2028 | Jane Willenbring | nsf.gov |
| CAREER: Unveiling the role of hillslope hydrology in mediating ecosystem response to drought | NSF | Organismal Interactions & Ecology | 2025 | $496,959 | July 1, 2025 | June 30, 2030 | Xiaonan Tai | nsf.gov |
| MCA: Improving understanding of controls over spatial heterogeneity in dryland soil carbon pools in the age of big data | NSF | Organismal Interactions & Ecology | 2022 | $495,783 | September 1, 2022 | August 31, 2026 | Heather L Throop | nsf.gov |
| LTREB: How does inter-annual variation in rainfall interact with soil fertility and chronic disruption of soil moisture dynamics to alter soil C cycling in tropical forests? | NSF | Organismal Interactions & Ecology | 2024 | $492,952 | April 1, 2024 | March 31, 2029 | Daniela F Cusack | nsf.gov |
| NSFDEB-NERC: Understanding drought and post-drought legacy effects in tropical forest | NSF | Organismal Interactions & Ecology | 2022 | $480,484 | August 1, 2022 | July 31, 2026 | Sassan S Saatchi | nsf.gov |
| Collaborative Research: Understanding biophysical drivers of the CH4 source sink transition in Northern Forests | NSF | Organismal Interactions & Ecology | 2022 | $479,978 | November 1, 2022 | October 31, 2026 | Hinsby Cadillo-Quiroz | nsf.gov |
| LTREB: Quantifying the recovery of central Appalachian forests during the final chapter of society's inadvertent nitrogen fertilization experiment. | NSF | Organismal Interactions & Ecology | 2023 | $474,037 | September 1, 2023 | August 31, 2028 | Edward R Brzostek | nsf.gov |
| Collaborative Research: Integrating modern and paleo perspectives to disentangle grazer and climate controls on fire activity | NSF | Division Of Environmental Biology | 2023 | $471,916 | January 1, 2023 | December 31, 2025 | Ann Carla Staver | nsf.gov |
| Collaborative Research: ULTRA-Data: Developing global riverine solute regime and synchrony frameworks for understanding watershed-scale controls on river biogeochemical signals | NSF | Organismal Interactions & Ecology | 2025 | $459,803 | August 1, 2025 | July 31, 2028 | Lienne Sethna | nsf.gov |
| Collaborative Research: Assessing the ecoclimate sensitivity of North American biome-scale ecotones to environmental changes since the last ice age | NSF | Organismal Interactions & Ecology | 2025 | $457,275 | September 1, 2025 | August 31, 2028 | Nicholas P McKay | nsf.gov |
| Loops in Coastal Channel Networks: a theoretical, experimental, and field-based investigation of their morphodynamic stability | NSF | GEO - Core Programs | 2024 | $451,412 | August 15, 2024 | July 31, 2027 | John B Shaw | nsf.gov |
| CAREER: Control Points on nutrient cycling in hypereutrophic lakes | NSF | Organismal Interactions & Ecology | 2022 | $451,130 | December 1, 2021 | December 31, 2026 | Grace Wilkinson | nsf.gov |
| LTREB: Integrating real-time open data pipelines and forecasting to quantify ecosystem predictability at day to decadal scales | NSF | Organismal Interactions & Ecology | 2023 | $450,000 | January 1, 2024 | December 31, 2028 | Cayelan C Carey | nsf.gov |
| A Consensus Study on Frontiers of Statistics in Science and Engineering: 2035 and Beyond | NSF | Mathematical Science Section | 2024 | $450,000 | September 1, 2024 | August 31, 2027 | Michelle K Schwalbe | nsf.gov |
| Collaborative Research: LTREB Renewal - River ecosystem responses to floodplain restoration | NSF | Organismal Interactions & Ecology | 2023 | $436,333 | October 1, 2023 | September 30, 2028 | Michael DeGrandpre | nsf.gov |
| Collaborative Research: The Past, Present, and Future of Boreal Fire Feedbacks | NSF | Office of Polar Programs | 2023 | $424,932 | February 1, 2023 | January 31, 2027 | Chad M Hoffman | nsf.gov |
| Collaborative Research: Density dependent plant-mycorrhizal-soil interactions create self-reinforcing feedbacks on woody encroachment in tundra ecosystems | NSF | Organismal Interactions & Ecology | 2025 | $420,762 | September 1, 2025 | August 31, 2029 | Daniela F Cusack | nsf.gov |
| STS: Informing Klamath River Restoration Planning with Indigenous spatial analysis and community-identified relational values: Pêeshkeesh Yáv Umúsaheesh | NSF | Division of Social and Economic Sciences | 2024 | $412,891 | February 1, 2024 | August 31, 2025 | Deanne Meyer | nsf.gov |
| Collaborative Research: Advancing a comprehensive model of year-round ecosystem function in seasonally frozen lakes through networked science | NSF | Organismal Interactions & Ecology | 2026 | $412,373 | February 1, 2026 | October 31, 2027 | Stephanie E Hampton | nsf.gov |
| Collaborative Research: How do changes in land cover and climate perturb grassland water and carbon cycles below-ground? | NSF | GEO - Core Programs | 2024 | $405,824 | September 1, 2024 | August 31, 2027 | Pamela L Sullivan | nsf.gov |
| Collaborative Research: NSFDEB-NERC: Spatial and temporal tradeoffs in CO2 and CH4 emissions in tropical wetlands | NSF | Division Of Environmental Biology | 2024 | $402,536 | August 1, 2024 | December 31, 2024 | Amy E Zanne | nsf.gov |
| Collaborative Research: EAR-Climate: Ecohydrological responses to climate change: Changing flowpaths, aging groundwaters, and alterations to aquatic ecosystems | NSF | Division Of Earth Sciences | 2022 | $402,535 | February 15, 2022 | July 31, 2025 | Laura K Rademacher | 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 |
| MIcrobial Diversity Training for New Problems in a New Era | NSF | Organismal Interactions & Ecology | 2025 | $399,985 | September 1, 2025 | August 31, 2028 | Linda Hyman | nsf.gov |
| Collaborative Research: LTREB: Dynamics of Extreme Climate Disturbance in Arctic Lakes (DECaDAL) | NSF | Organismal Interactions & Ecology | 2025 | $399,959 | September 1, 2025 | August 31, 2030 | Jasmine Saros | nsf.gov |
| Collaborative Research: Whole Ecosystem Test of Restoring Resilience in Lakes | NSF | Organismal Interactions & Ecology | 2023 | $399,132 | September 1, 2023 | August 31, 2027 | Michael L Pace | nsf.gov |
| IUSC:STAR:RAINeD: Rain in the Archive: Innovations in Nitrogen Deposition | NSF | Organismal Interactions & Ecology | 2025 | $397,134 | July 1, 2025 | June 30, 2027 | Adam Wymore | nsf.gov |
| MCA: Incorporating Carbon Use Efficiency into Strategies for Ecosystem Restoration | NSF | Division Of Environmental Biology | 2022 | $395,596 | December 1, 2022 | November 30, 2025 | Kathryn M Docherty | nsf.gov |
| Collaborative Research: Advancing a comprehensive model of year-round ecosystem function in seasonally frozen lakes through networked science | NSF | Organismal Interactions & Ecology | 2023 | $394,553 | November 1, 2023 | October 31, 2027 | Steven Sadro | nsf.gov |
| LTREB renewal: Community reordering alters ecosystem processes in desert grassland | NSF | Organismal Interactions & Ecology | 2024 | $388,199 | August 1, 2024 | July 31, 2029 | Scott L Collins | nsf.gov |
| Collaborative Research: Plumbing watershed CO2 evasion | NSF | Organismal Interactions & Ecology | 2024 | $385,400 | September 1, 2024 | August 31, 2027 | Colin J Gleason | nsf.gov |
| Conference: 2022 Underwater Ideas Lab | NSF | Division of Electrical, Communications and Cyber Systems | 2022 | $380,899 | July 15, 2022 | June 30, 2023 | Alexandra Sharpe | nsf.gov |
| Collaborative Research: MRA: Distributions of Macrofungi: Quantifying Ecosystem and Climate Drivers of Fungal Reproduction | NSF | Organismal Interactions & Ecology | 2022 | $380,156 | January 1, 2022 | December 31, 2026 | Anne E Arnold | nsf.gov |
| Collaborative Research: How iron states impact temperature sensitivity of heterotrophic respiration in humid tropical soils | NSF | Organismal Interactions & Ecology | 2023 | $377,311 | May 1, 2023 | April 30, 2027 | Aaron Thompson | nsf.gov |
| Collaborative Research: RUI: Cycling of dissolved organic matter in blue carbon ecosystems | NSF | Organismal Interactions & Ecology | 2023 | $376,476 | August 1, 2023 | July 31, 2027 | Catherine D Clark | nsf.gov |
| RCN: Diversity in Ecology, Evolution, Marine Science and Disease (DEEMD) | NSF | GEO - Core Programs | 2024 | $375,000 | October 1, 2024 | September 30, 2029 | Erica V Harris | nsf.gov |
| Collaborative Research: The interplay of nitrogen loading and ecosystem sustainability in threatened wetlands: an extension of the WETFEET project | NSF | Organismal Interactions & Ecology | 2023 | $374,855 | January 1, 2023 | December 31, 2026 | Lisa G Chambers | nsf.gov |
| Collaborative Research: How iron states impact temperature sensitivity of heterotrophic respiration in humid tropical soils | NSF | Organismal Interactions & Ecology | 2023 | $368,578 | May 1, 2023 | April 30, 2027 | Salvatore Calabrese | nsf.gov |
| Collaborative Research: How do changes in land cover and climate perturb grassland water and carbon cycles below-ground? | NSF | GEO - Core Programs | 2024 | $368,516 | September 1, 2024 | August 31, 2027 | Matthew F Kirk | nsf.gov |
| Collaborative Research: Integrating modern and paleo perspectives to disentangle grazer and climate controls on fire activity | NSF | Organismal Interactions & Ecology | 2026 | $364,804 | October 1, 2025 | December 31, 2026 | Ann Carla Staver | nsf.gov |
| LTREB: Legacy effects of compounding disturbances in the Amazon: implications for ecosystem carbon and water cycling | NSF | Organismal Interactions & Ecology | 2023 | $363,584 | November 1, 2022 | October 31, 2026 | Paulo M Brando | nsf.gov |
| RUI: Measuring ecosystem services from urban agriculture | NSF | Organismal Interactions & Ecology | 2024 | $363,385 | September 1, 2024 | August 31, 2027 | Gaston E Small | nsf.gov |
| Collaborative Research: Lightning-caused disturbance and patterns of recovery in tropical forests | NSF | Organismal Interactions & Ecology | 2022 | $359,135 | August 1, 2022 | July 31, 2027 | Stephen P Yanoviak | nsf.gov |
| Collaborative Research: Quantifying the effects of different nitrogen forms on marsh resilience to environmental change | NSF | Organismal Interactions & Ecology | 2022 | $350,698 | August 1, 2022 | July 31, 2026 | Anne E Giblin | nsf.gov |
| Collaborative Research: How do changes in land cover and climate perturb grassland water and carbon cycles below-ground? | NSF | GEO - Core Programs | 2024 | $332,550 | September 1, 2024 | August 31, 2027 | Li Li | 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 |
| Collaborative Research: Understanding the impacts of an ongoing megadrought: Synthesizing the role of soil moisture in driving ecosystem fluxes from site to regional scales | NSF | Organismal Interactions & Ecology | 2024 | $328,317 | March 1, 2024 | February 28, 2027 | Steven Kannenberg | nsf.gov |
| Collaborative Research: EAR-Climate: Hydraulic and Hydrologic Regulation of Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Forest Soils and Trees and Detection With Radon As A Novel Tracer | NSF | GEO - Core Programs | 2022 | $307,497 | January 1, 2023 | December 31, 2027 | James P Megonigal | nsf.gov |
| Collaborative Research: Elucidating grass-specific responses to soil and atmospheric drought. | NSF | Infrastructure, Institutes, & Centers | 2025 | $301,618 | September 1, 2025 | August 31, 2028 | Jesse B Nippert | nsf.gov |
| Emergent Linkages Among Dissolved Organic Matter Composition, Microbial Assemblages and Respiration in Streams | NSF | Division Of Environmental Biology | 2022 | $300,000 | January 1, 2022 | December 31, 2024 | Amy M Marcarelli | nsf.gov |
| Towards Filling a Major Gap in the Greenhouse Gas Balance From the Arctic: Defining the Importance of N2O Emission in the North Slope of Alaska | NSF | Office of Polar Programs | 2022 | $299,286 | August 1, 2022 | January 31, 2027 | Donatella Zona | nsf.gov |
| LTREB Renewal: Drivers of temperate forest carbon storage from canopy closure through successional time | NSF | Division Of Environmental Biology | 2023 | $297,190 | October 1, 2022 | June 30, 2025 | Lucas Nave | nsf.gov |
| Collaborative Research: ULTRA-Data: Developing global riverine solute regime and synchrony frameworks for understanding watershed-scale controls on river biogeochemical signals | NSF | Organismal Interactions & Ecology | 2025 | $292,970 | August 1, 2025 | July 31, 2028 | Pamela L Sullivan | nsf.gov |
| Collaborative Research: The Past, Present, and Future of Boreal Fire Feedbacks | NSF | Office of Polar Programs | 2023 | $276,934 | February 1, 2023 | January 31, 2027 | Brian Buma | nsf.gov |
| Collaborative Research: Understanding the impacts of an ongoing megadrought: Synthesizing the role of soil moisture in driving ecosystem fluxes from site to regional scales | NSF | Organismal Interactions & Ecology | 2024 | $270,754 | March 1, 2024 | February 28, 2027 | Mallory Barnes | nsf.gov |
| OPUS: The Ecology of Big: A synthesis of 40 years of bioenergetics from keystone carnivores living large on the landscape | NSF | Organismal Interactions & Ecology | 2025 | $268,850 | May 15, 2025 | April 30, 2027 | Terrie M Williams | nsf.gov |
| MCA: Environmental Drivers of Snow Algae Bloom Dynamics, Physiology, and Life-Cycles | NSF | Organismal Interactions & Ecology | 2022 | $265,680 | February 1, 2023 | December 31, 2026 | Robin B Kodner | nsf.gov |
| Quantifying Plant Mediation of Ecosystem Multifunction in Response to Fire and Warming | NSF | Division Of Environmental Biology | 2022 | $249,994 | March 1, 2022 | August 31, 2022 | Rachel M Mitchell | nsf.gov |
| Quantifying Plant Mediation of Ecosystem Multifunction in Response to Fire and Warming | NSF | Organismal Interactions & Ecology | 2022 | $249,994 | August 1, 2022 | February 28, 2027 | Rachel M Mitchell | nsf.gov |
| Collaborative Research: What Underpins the High Bioavailability of Glacier Organic Matter? | NSF | Organismal Interactions & Ecology | 2025 | $244,394 | August 1, 2025 | July 31, 2028 | Jason B Fellman | nsf.gov |
| Planning: FIRE-PLAN: Merging diverse knowledge systems to advance restoration of fire-dependent forests in the Great Lakes region | NSF | Organismal Interactions & Ecology | 2023 | $239,714 | January 1, 2024 | December 31, 2026 | Evan R Larson | nsf.gov |
| Collaborative Research: Understanding biophysical drivers of the CH4 source sink transition in Northern Forests | NSF | Organismal Interactions & Ecology | 2022 | $239,679 | November 1, 2022 | October 31, 2026 | Shawn Fraver | nsf.gov |
| Collaborative Research: Impacts of severe drought on tropical forest post-disturbance recovery | NSF | Organismal Interactions & Ecology | 2022 | $236,307 | July 1, 2022 | June 30, 2026 | Xiangtao Xu | nsf.gov |
| Collaborative Research: Quantifying the effects of different nitrogen forms on marsh resilience to environmental change | NSF | Organismal Interactions & Ecology | 2022 | $234,022 | August 1, 2022 | July 31, 2026 | James T Morris | nsf.gov |
| Collaborative Research: LTREB: Dynamics of Extreme Climate Disturbance in Arctic Lakes (DECaDAL) | NSF | Organismal Interactions & Ecology | 2025 | $233,888 | September 1, 2025 | August 31, 2030 | Adam J Heathcote | nsf.gov |
| Collaborative Research: MRA: Distributions of Macrofungi: Quantifying Ecosystem and Climate Drivers of Fungal Reproduction | NSF | Division Of Environmental Biology | 2022 | $231,660 | January 1, 2022 | December 31, 2025 | Matthew E Smith | nsf.gov |
| Collaborative Research: Quantifying terrestrial riparian-stream carbon connections across a salt gradient | NSF | Organismal Interactions & Ecology | 2024 | $224,827 | August 1, 2024 | July 31, 2027 | Sally A Entrekin | nsf.gov |
| Collaborative Research: Quantifying terrestrial riparian-stream carbon connections across a salt gradient | NSF | Organismal Interactions & Ecology | 2024 | $219,815 | August 1, 2024 | July 31, 2027 | Michelle A Evans-White | nsf.gov |
| Collaborative Research: EAR-Climate: Hydraulic and Hydrologic Regulation of Greenhouse Gas Emissions From Forest Soils and Trees and Detection With Radon As a Novel Tracer | NSF | GEO - Core Programs | 2022 | $215,147 | January 1, 2023 | December 31, 2027 | Karen L Knee | nsf.gov |
| Collaborative Research: MRA: Distributions of Macrofungi: Quantifying Ecosystem and Climate Drivers of Fungal Reproduction | NSF | Division Of Environmental Biology | 2022 | $209,582 | January 1, 2022 | December 31, 2025 | Peter Kennedy | nsf.gov |
| MSA: Self-organizing principles for upscaling ecosystem water and heterotrophic carbon fluxes | NSF | Organismal Interactions & Ecology | 2022 | $200,000 | December 1, 2022 | November 30, 2026 | Salvatore Calabrese | nsf.gov |
| RAPID: Effects of changing wildfire regimes on soil carbon fluxes during and following fire | NSF | Organismal Interactions & Ecology | 2024 | $199,914 | June 1, 2024 | May 31, 2027 | Thea Whitman | nsf.gov |
| RUI: SG: Field and Laboratory Tests of Pyrogenic Organic Compounds in Australian Stalagmites as a Novel, High-Resolution Paleofire Proxy | NSF | Organismal Interactions & Ecology | 2022 | $199,785 | August 1, 2022 | July 31, 2026 | Rhawn F Denniston | nsf.gov |
| RAPID: Quantifying the response of oxic methane production to biogeochemical changes in aquatic ecosystems: record Sierra Nevada snowmelt as a natural experiment | NSF | Organismal Interactions & Ecology | 2023 | $199,678 | August 1, 2023 | July 31, 2026 | John M Beman | nsf.gov |
| Planning: FIRE-PLAN: Wildfire-Resilient Ecosystems and Communities in the Southwest United States: An Early Warning System | NSF | Organismal Interactions & Ecology | 2023 | $198,987 | October 1, 2023 | September 30, 2026 | Donald A Falk | nsf.gov |
| RAPID: Interactive effects of wildfire and severe drought on plants, soil microbes and C storage in a semiarid shrubland ecosystem | NSF | Division Of Environmental Biology | 2022 | $198,970 | December 1, 2021 | November 30, 2024 | David Lipson | nsf.gov |
| RAPID: Returning bison to Blackfeet Nation grasslands: a unique opportunity to advance ecosystem science | NSF | Organismal Interactions & Ecology | 2024 | $197,878 | September 1, 2024 | August 31, 2026 | Melinda D Smith | nsf.gov |
| RUI: SG: Source or Sink? Do Plant-Microbial Interactions Determine the Direction of Carbon Flux During the Wet Phase of Northern Peatlands? | NSF | Division Of Environmental Biology | 2022 | $196,723 | June 1, 2022 | September 30, 2024 | Kevin H Wyatt | nsf.gov |
| RAPID: Ecosystem-level responses along the mainstem of Lookout Creek after a major wildfire | NSF | Division Of Environmental Biology | 2024 | $195,763 | June 1, 2024 | December 31, 2025 | Ivan D Arismendi | nsf.gov |
| Collaborative Research: Planning: FIRE-PLAN: Wildland Fire Science and Management in Semi-Arid Regions | NSF | Division of Behavioral and Cognitive Sciences | 2023 | $192,869 | September 1, 2023 | August 31, 2026 | Justin B Richland | nsf.gov |
| RAPID: Effects of Drying Disturbance on Energy Flux Across the Aquatic-Terrestrial Boundary: Dam Malfunction Influences Aquatic Insect Emergence Quantity and Phenology | NSF | Division Of Environmental Biology | 2022 | $189,528 | February 1, 2022 | January 31, 2024 | Lindsey K Albertson | nsf.gov |
| MCA Pilot PUI: Data Intensive Research Training (DIRT) in forecasting soil respiration at core terrestrial NEON sites | NSF | Organismal Interactions & Ecology | 2023 | $184,420 | September 1, 2023 | August 31, 2027 | John M Zobitz | nsf.gov |
| EAR-Climate: Collaborative Research: Methane Dynamics Across Microbe-to-Landscape Scales in Coastal Wetlands | NSF | GEO - Core Programs | 2022 | $179,901 | October 1, 2022 | September 30, 2027 | Charles A Schutte | nsf.gov |
| Collaborative Research: EAR-Climate: Hydraulic and Hydrologic Regulation of Greenhouse Gas Emissions From Forest Soils and Trees and detection With Radon As A Novel Tracer | NSF | GEO - Core Programs | 2022 | $177,269 | January 1, 2023 | December 31, 2026 | Kevan B Moffett | nsf.gov |
| RAPID: Quantifying post-wildfire carbon retention and cycling in moist, coniferous forests of the Pacific Northwest | NSF | Organismal Interactions & Ecology | 2024 | $176,388 | June 15, 2024 | May 31, 2026 | Jacob J Bukoski | nsf.gov |
| CAREER: Past, Present, and Future of the Peatlands of the Caribbean: Implications for the Carbon Cycle in a Changing Climate | NSF | Division Of Environmental Biology | 2022 | $175,343 | June 1, 2022 | June 30, 2024 | Julie Loisel | nsf.gov |
| Collaborative Research: MRA: Distributions of Macrofungi: Quantifying Ecosystem and Climate Drivers of Fungal Reproduction | NSF | Division Of Environmental Biology | 2022 | $173,853 | January 1, 2022 | December 31, 2025 | Andrew W Wilson | nsf.gov |
| RAPID: Invasive hydrilla and carbon cycling: leveraging an ecosystem-scale herbicide application to investigate feedbacks between invasive plants and greenhouse gas emissions | NSF | Division Of Environmental Biology | 2024 | $172,900 | June 15, 2024 | December 31, 2025 | Kelly Aho | nsf.gov |
| Collaborative Research: EAR-Climate: Ecohydrological responses to climate change: Changing flowpaths, aging groundwaters, and alterations to aquatic ecosystems | NSF | Division Of Earth Sciences | 2022 | $172,232 | February 15, 2022 | June 30, 2025 | John W Umek | nsf.gov |
| Collaborative Research: Biodiversity Dynamics: Linking Broad Scale Remote Sensing with Arthropod Metabarcoding Across a Geological Age Gradient in the Hawaiian Islands | NSF | Organismal Interactions & Ecology | 2025 | $167,390 | January 1, 2025 | December 31, 2027 | Daniel S Gruner | nsf.gov |
| Collaborative Research: Understanding biophysical drivers of the CH4 source sink transition in Northern Forests | NSF | Organismal Interactions & Ecology | 2025 | $165,410 | October 1, 2024 | October 31, 2026 | Debjani Sihi | nsf.gov |
| Collaborative Research: OPUS: Understanding the Complexity of Grazing Ecosystems Through Synthesis | NSF | Division Of Environmental Biology | 2022 | $165,223 | May 1, 2022 | April 30, 2025 | Douglas A Frank | nsf.gov |
| Collaborative Research: Understanding biophysical drivers of the CH4 source sink transition in Northern Forests | NSF | Division Of Environmental Biology | 2022 | $163,828 | November 1, 2022 | February 28, 2025 | Debjani Sihi | nsf.gov |
| RUI: Physiological heterogeneity of plastic-associated microbial communities in freshwater Lake Lacawac | NSF | Division Of Environmental Biology | 2023 | $160,215 | July 1, 2023 | September 30, 2025 | Bryan Crable | nsf.gov |
| Planning: FIRE-PLAN: Exploring fire as medicine to revitalize cultural burning in the Upper Midwest | NSF | Organismal Interactions & Ecology | 2024 | $159,222 | May 1, 2024 | April 18, 2025 | Ferin D Anderson | nsf.gov |
| Collaborative Research: LTREB Renewal: Will increases in dissolved organic matter accelerate a shift in trophic status through anoxia-driven feedbacks in an oligotrophic lake? | NSF | Organismal Interactions & Ecology | 2025 | $153,529 | January 15, 2025 | December 31, 2029 | Lesley B Knoll | nsf.gov |
| Collaborative Research: RAPID: Forest ecosystem resistance to compounding ice disturbance: Disentangling the effects of prior disturbance severity, pattern, and timing | NSF | Organismal Interactions & Ecology | 2025 | $153,106 | August 1, 2025 | July 31, 2026 | Robert T Fahey | nsf.gov |
| Collaborative Research: MRA: Distributions of Macrofungi: Quantifying Ecosystem and Climate Drivers of Fungal Reproduction | NSF | Division Of Environmental Biology | 2022 | $150,235 | January 1, 2022 | December 31, 2025 | Serita D Frey | nsf.gov |
| Collaborative Research: LTREB Renewal - River ecosystem responses to floodplain restoration | NSF | Organismal Interactions & Ecology | 2024 | $143,000 | January 15, 2024 | September 30, 2028 | Juliana D'Andrilli | nsf.gov |
| Collaborative Research: LTREB Renewal: Will increases in dissolved organic matter accelerate a shift in trophic status through anoxia-driven feedbacks in an oligotrophic lake? | NSF | Organismal Interactions & Ecology | 2025 | $141,346 | January 15, 2025 | December 31, 2029 | Kevin C Rose | nsf.gov |
| Collaborative Research: Advancing a comprehensive model of year-round ecosystem function in seasonally frozen lakes through networked science | NSF | Organismal Interactions & Ecology | 2023 | $130,123 | November 1, 2023 | October 31, 2027 | Hilary Dugan | nsf.gov |
| Collaborative Research: Microbiome mediation of multi-trophic interactions in a tree diversity experiment | NSF | Organismal Interactions & Ecology | 2023 | $127,688 | November 1, 2022 | May 31, 2026 | Eric Griffin | nsf.gov |
| Collaborative Research: Climate effects on Mn oxidation states in soils and Mn/SOM interactions | NSF | Division Of Environmental Biology | 2024 | $111,261 | October 1, 2023 | August 31, 2024 | Mengqiang Zhu | nsf.gov |
| Collaborative Research: RAPID: lake ecosystem responses to fire along gradients of burn characteristics and hydrologic connectivity | NSF | Division Of Environmental Biology | 2022 | $109,391 | March 1, 2022 | February 29, 2024 | Christopher T Filstrup | nsf.gov |
| RAPID: Investigating the Impact of Wildfires on Soil Microbial Communities and Agricultural Recovery in Western North Dakota | NSF | Organismal Interactions & Ecology | 2025 | $107,197 | March 1, 2025 | February 28, 2027 | Eglantina Lopez Echartea | nsf.gov |
| Collaborative Research: RUI: Cycling of dissolved organic matter in blue carbon ecosystems | NSF | Organismal Interactions & Ecology | 2023 | $106,449 | August 1, 2023 | July 31, 2027 | Warren J De Bruyn | nsf.gov |
| Collaborative Research: RAPID: A perfect storm: will the double-impact of 2023/24 El Nino drought and forest degradation induce a local tipping-point onset in the eastern Amazon? | NSF | Division Of Environmental Biology | 2024 | $103,764 | February 15, 2024 | January 31, 2025 | Scott Saleska | 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: Global Land Programme's 5th Open Science Meeting: Pathways to Sustainable and Just Land Systems | NSF | Division of Behavioral and Cognitive Sciences | 2024 | $99,887 | August 15, 2024 | July 31, 2025 | Jon Padgham | nsf.gov |
| Conference: Equity and Inclusion in Open Access Publishing: Workshop to explore barriers and solutions | NSF | Division Of Environmental Biology | 2022 | $99,549 | May 15, 2022 | April 18, 2025 | Adrienne J Sponberg | nsf.gov |
| Workshop on Bioaerosols in the Earth System; Fort Collins, Colorado; February 2025 | NSF | GEO - Core Programs | 2024 | $98,597 | November 1, 2024 | October 31, 2026 | Sonia M Kreidenweis | nsf.gov |
| Collaborative Research: The interplay of nitrogen loading and ecosystem sustainability in threatened wetlands: an extension of the WETFEET project | NSF | Division Of Environmental Biology | 2023 | $97,116 | January 1, 2023 | December 31, 2025 | Emily Dangremond | nsf.gov |
| Collaborative Research: Impacts of severe drought on tropical forest post-disturbance recovery | NSF | Organismal Interactions & Ecology | 2022 | $96,876 | July 1, 2022 | June 30, 2026 | Rebecca A Montgomery | nsf.gov |
| Collaborative Research: RAPID: A perfect storm: will the double-impact of 2023/24 El Nino drought and forest degradation induce a local tipping-point onset in the eastern Amazon? | NSF | Division Of Environmental Biology | 2024 | $96,227 | February 15, 2024 | November 30, 2025 | Valeriy Y Ivanov | nsf.gov |
| STS: Informing Klamath River Restoration Planning with Indigenous spatial analysis and community-identified relational values: Pêeshkeesh Yáv Umúsaheesh | NSF | Division of Social and Economic Sciences | 2022 | $92,100 | September 1, 2022 | August 31, 2024 | Cleo A Woelfle-Hazard | nsf.gov |
| Collaborative Research: RAPID: Does a Range Shifting Species Alter Ecosystem Function? | NSF | Division Of Environmental Biology | 2022 | $87,742 | November 15, 2021 | October 31, 2023 | Amanda J Klemmer | nsf.gov |
| Collaborative Research: Understanding biophysical drivers of the CH4 source sink transition in Northern Forests | NSF | Division Of Environmental Biology | 2022 | $74,898 | November 1, 2022 | October 31, 2025 | Xiaofeng Xu | nsf.gov |
| Collaborative Research: Integrating modern and paleo perspectives to disentangle grazer and climate controls on fire activity | NSF | Organismal Interactions & Ecology | 2023 | $74,683 | January 1, 2023 | December 31, 2026 | John Faith | nsf.gov |
| Collaborative Research: LTREB Renewal - River ecosystem responses to floodplain restoration | NSF | Organismal Interactions & Ecology | 2023 | $72,500 | October 1, 2023 | September 30, 2028 | Robert A Payn | nsf.gov |
| Collaborative Research: LTREB Renewal - River ecosystem responses to floodplain restoration | NSF | Organismal Interactions & Ecology | 2023 | $72,433 | October 1, 2023 | September 30, 2028 | Marc Peipoch | nsf.gov |
| Collaborative Research: OPUS: Understanding the Complexity of Grazing Ecosystems Through Synthesis | NSF | Division Of Environmental Biology | 2022 | $70,593 | May 1, 2022 | April 30, 2025 | Dennis S Ojima | nsf.gov |
| Collaborative Research: RAPID: lake ecosystem responses to fire along gradients of burn characteristics and hydrologic connectivity | NSF | Division Of Environmental Biology | 2022 | $67,792 | March 1, 2022 | February 29, 2024 | Kendra S Cheruvelil | nsf.gov |
| LTREB: Collaborative Research: Long-term changes in peatland C fluxes and the interactive role of altered hydrology, vegetation, and redox supply in a changing climate | NSF | Organismal Interactions & Ecology | 2024 | $59,599 | February 1, 2024 | July 31, 2026 | Jason Keller | nsf.gov |
| Conference: Forest biodiversity response to changing climate across the Americas: Synthesis of long-term ecological data | NSF | Division Of Environmental Biology | 2022 | $49,999 | August 15, 2022 | July 31, 2025 | David Luther | nsf.gov |
| Conference: Methane Alert: What measurement framework is needed to monitor increasing natural methane emissions? | NSF | Division Of Environmental Biology | 2025 | $49,998 | May 1, 2025 | April 30, 2026 | Emily Jack-Scott | nsf.gov |
| Collaborative Research: Linking microbial social interactions within soil aggregate communities to ecosystem C, N, and P cycling | NSF | Organismal Interactions & Ecology | 2024 | $47,604 | April 1, 2024 | March 31, 2027 | Elizabeth M Bach | nsf.gov |
| Collaborative Research: Vegetation assimilation as a source of mercury in a salt marsh ecosystem and implications for soil and tidal water exposures | NSF | Division Of Environmental Biology | 2023 | $44,826 | January 1, 2023 | June 30, 2024 | Inke Forbrich | nsf.gov |
| Collaborative Research: RAPID: Does a Range Shifting Species Alter Ecosystem Function? | NSF | Division Of Environmental Biology | 2022 | $44,696 | November 15, 2021 | October 31, 2023 | Howard H Whiteman | nsf.gov |
| Collaborative Research: ULTRA-Data: Developing global riverine solute regime and synchrony frameworks for understanding watershed-scale controls on river biogeochemical signals | NSF | Organismal Interactions & Ecology | 2025 | $43,078 | August 1, 2025 | July 31, 2028 | Joanna C Carey | nsf.gov |
| Conference: Support to expand access to BIOGEOMON 2024 through incorporating diversity, equity, inclusion, justice, and accessibility | NSF | Division Of Environmental Biology | 2023 | $40,975 | August 1, 2023 | July 31, 2024 | Amanda A Olsen | nsf.gov |
| Collaborative Research: RAPID: Does a Range Shifting Species Alter Ecosystem Function? | NSF | Division Of Environmental Biology | 2022 | $37,702 | November 15, 2021 | October 31, 2023 | Jared A Balik | nsf.gov |
| Collaborative Research: RAPID: Forest ecosystem resistance to compounding ice disturbance: Disentangling the effects of prior disturbance severity, pattern, and timing | NSF | Organismal Interactions & Ecology | 2025 | $37,681 | August 1, 2025 | July 31, 2026 | Christopher M Gough | nsf.gov |
| Conference: 2025 Applied and Environmental Microbiology GRC | NSF | Division Of Environmental Biology | 2025 | $36,500 | April 1, 2025 | March 31, 2026 | Roland Hatzenpichler | nsf.gov |
| Collaborative Proposal: Redefining the ecological memory of disturbance over multiple temporal and spatial scales in forest ecosystems | NSF | Organismal Interactions & Ecology | 2022 | $33,616 | July 1, 2022 | September 30, 2025 | Jaclyn H Matthes | nsf.gov |
| Collaborative Research: LTREB Renewal - River ecosystem responses to floodplain restoration | NSF | Division Of Environmental Biology | 2023 | $31,476 | October 1, 2023 | May 31, 2024 | Juliana D'Andrilli | nsf.gov |
| Collaborative Research: Mineral-associated organic matter: an overlooked source and mediator of bioavailable nitrogen | NSF | Organismal Interactions & Ecology | 2024 | $30,002 | October 1, 2023 | February 28, 2026 | Andrea Jilling | nsf.gov |
| Conference: Gordon Research Conference in Predictive Ecology | NSF | Division Of Environmental Biology | 2023 | $25,000 | April 1, 2023 | March 31, 2024 | Jeff E Houlahan | nsf.gov |
| Conference: Participation of early-career and diverse scientists in the International Conference on Geo-Omics of Archaea II | NSF | Organismal Interactions & Ecology | 2024 | $25,000 | August 1, 2024 | July 31, 2026 | Brian P Hedlund | nsf.gov |
| RAPID: Invasive hydrilla and carbon cycling: leveraging an ecosystem-scale herbicide application to investigate feedbacks between invasive plants and greenhouse gas emissions | NSF | Organismal Interactions & Ecology | 2026 | $23,566 | October 1, 2025 | May 31, 2026 | Kelly Aho | nsf.gov |
| Collaborative research: Cascade “Ecohydromics” in the Amazonian Headwater System | NSF | Organismal Interactions & Ecology | 2023 | $22,374 | January 1, 2023 | May 31, 2026 | Loren P Albert | nsf.gov |
| Conference: 2023 Applied and Environmental Microbiology GRC and GRS: Writing the Microbial Constitution | NSF | Division Of Environmental Biology | 2023 | $19,900 | May 1, 2023 | April 30, 2024 | Joel E Kostka | nsf.gov |
| Conference: Frontiers in artificial intelligence and machine learning for ecology: 17-20 October 2022 | NSF | Division of Biological Infrastructure | 2022 | $19,230 | September 1, 2022 | August 31, 2025 | Kathleen C Weathers | nsf.gov |
| LTREB: Collaborative Research: Long-term changes in peatland C fluxes and the interactive role of altered hydrology, vegetation, and redox supply in a changing climate | NSF | Division Of Environmental Biology | 2024 | $18,947 | August 15, 2024 | October 31, 2025 | Kevin H Wyatt | nsf.gov |
| Collaborative Research: Advancing a comprehensive model of year-round ecosystem function in seasonally frozen lakes through networked science | NSF | Division Of Environmental Biology | 2023 | $12,938 | November 1, 2023 | March 31, 2026 | Stephanie E Hampton | nsf.gov |
| Collaborative proposal: Workshop on ecological impacts of solar radiation management geoengineering; February, 2020; Port Jefferson, NY; October, 2020; Minneapolis, MN | NSF | Division Of Environmental Biology | 2023 | $11,700 | August 15, 2023 | February 29, 2024 | Jessica Gurevitch | nsf.gov |
| Collaborative Research: Planning: FIRE-PLAN: Wildland Fire Science and Management in Semi-Arid Regions | NSF | Division of Behavioral and Cognitive Sciences | 2023 | $5,881 | September 1, 2023 | August 31, 2026 | Carol A Blanchette | nsf.gov |
Organizations
Funding by fiscal year
| Fiscal year | NIH awards | NIH amount | NSF awards | NSF amount |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 0 | $0 | 3 | $5,774,154 |
| 2025 | 0 | $0 | 77 | $32,182,665 |
| 2024 | 0 | $0 | 72 | $28,371,724 |
| 2023 | 0 | $0 | 75 | $27,036,176 |
| 2022 | 0 | $0 | 78 | $24,799,315 |
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 195 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 195 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 195 awards here |
| GROWING CONVERGENCE RESEARCH (GCR) | 24-527 | NSF | 47.074 | February 8, 2027 | $3.6 million | Same assistance listing 47.074 as 195 awards here |
| Mid-scale Research Infrastructure-1 | 24-598 | NSF | 47.074 | February 8, 2027 | $20 million | Same assistance listing 47.074 as 195 awards here |
| Mid-Career Advancement (MCA) | 22-603 | NSF | 47.074 | March 1, 2027 | Not listed | Same assistance listing 47.074 as 195 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 195 awards here |
| NSF National Quantum Virtual Laboratory (NQVL) | 24-586 | NSF | 47.074 | April 6, 2027 | Not listed | Same assistance listing 47.074 as 195 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 195 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 195 awards here |
| EPSCoR Graduate Fellowship Program (EGFP) | 24-588 | NSF | 47.074 | June 1, 2027 | $3.2 million | Same assistance listing 47.074 as 195 awards here |
| Faculty Early Career Development Program (CAREER) | 22-586 | NSF | 47.074 | July 28, 2027 | Not listed | Same assistance listing 47.074 as 195 awards here |
| Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) | 23-601 | NSF | 47.074 | August 18, 2027 | $500,000 | Same assistance listing 47.074 as 195 awards here |
| Postdoctoral Research Fellowships in Biology (PRFB) | 26-504 | NSF | 47.074 | September 28, 2027 | Not listed | Same assistance listing 47.074 as 195 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 195 awards here |
| Plant Biotic Interactions | 20-576 | NSF | 47.074 | October 5, 2076 | Not listed | Same assistance listing 47.074 as 195 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 195 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 195 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 195 awards here |
| Infrastructure Innovation for Biological Research (Innovation) | 23-578 | NSF | 47.074 | October 30, 2076 | $800,000 | Same assistance listing 47.074 as 195 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.